Become a member

Member benefits

  • Tuition discount: WGM members receive a discount on tuition for classes and workshops. We offer classes both online and in-person. Read our Covid-19 classroom policies here.
  • Receive the member e-newsletter, The Draft: The Draft features upcoming classes and events, sale and volunteer announcements and member opportunities. The Draft is the best way to find out what is going on at the guild and is sent every other Wednesday.
  • Participate in an Interest or Study Group: Join one of WGM’s member-led and self-directed monthly groups. Groups can meet at WGM at no charge and use guild equipment for group projects.
  • Textile Center Library borrowing privileges: All WGM members have lending privileges with the Textile Center library, the largest circulating textile library in the nation with a professional librarian.
  • Equipment access: Members can use small tools on-site at no charge; this includes warping boards, warping reels, bobbin winders, manual drum carders, niddy noddys, umbrella swifts and ball winders. Please check with staff before visiting.
  • Equipment rental: Members can rent spinning wheels, and rigid and inkle looms for use off-site. Members can also rent floor looms for use on-site when they are not needed for classes.
  • Access to WGM’s on-site media collection: WGM holds collections of Vav, Handwoven, and SpinOff magazines, and a non-circulating library of book resources and a swatch collection.
  • Network at a Member event: Programs include talks by visiting artists, presentations by local experts, a winter social in December, and the annual spring potluck/election.

New members

Join WGM today

Join the Weavers Guild of Minnesota, one of the oldest guilds in the country. Our mission is to preserve and advance the arts of weaving, spinning and dyeing. Join us and be inspired!

We offer two membership levels; both receive full benefits:

$60 annual membership

$30 annual membership for individuals 30 & under

Renewing members

Students and their work
Students and their work

Want to give a gift membership?

Gift memberships can be purchased in person or over the phone. Please be prepared with the recipient’s address and email.

Students and teacher together in class
A student holding his work