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November Meeting Empire Electric Building Chat Time: 9:30am 801 Broadway Meeting Time: 10:00am Cortez, CO After our meeting and show & tell, we’ll have our annual Christmas Party.
Kahty Sehnert will fix a turkey for our potluck and everyone else bring side dishes or desserts.
If you would like to participate in our grab bag gift exchange, please bring a wrapped gift consisting
of a handmade craft item, and a food item. By general consent, last year we used a type of
"progressive" grab bag where any opened gift could be stolen from the original recipient; it was lots
of fun.
directions to Empire Electric at end of newsletter
********************************************* Contacts for the Four Corners Weavers’ Guild Current Officers President – Anne Hanson 970 799-4275 Vice-president – Kathy Sehnert 505-334-2669 [email protected] Secretary – Sharon Sichi 505 334-6685 [email protected] Treasurer – Elaine Bakkenson 505 324-9888 [email protected] Membership Chairman--Kathy Sehnert [email protected] The FCWG meets 6 times a year on the 3rd Saturday of odd numbered months. Meeting places vary and are announced in the newsletter published at the beginning of odd numbered months. Yearly dues for the FCWG are $25.00 (payable in May for established members). Payments should be made to FCWG and sent to:
Kathy Sehnert ****Note address for dues**** 12014 Rd 42 Mancos, CO 81328
Please send newsletter information to Sue Johnson, PO Box 6576, Farmington, NM 87499 or email to [email protected] . The newsletter is usually sent out the first week of the meeting months, so have information to me by the last week of the month before the meeting. Classified ads cost $5.00 (payable to FCWG) and should be sent to Caroline Spurgeon, PO Box 359, Yellow Jacket, CO 81335.
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MINUTES Minutes for Sept 15, 2012 Four Corners Weavers Guild
Meeting was called to order by Pres. Anne Hansen in Pagosa Springs. One guest, Pam Davis was introduced.
Old business
A thank you card from Pam Marshall to the guild for her award at the La Plata County Fair was passed around. The remembrance basket for Kris Dixon is ongoing and available for gifts for her. The sale of yarn from Zelpha Gentry's estate at the July meeting made $1,700 and the barn and garage sale made an additional $3,000. Treasure Elaine Bakkenson reports we have a balance of $1,900.13 in the guild account. Kathy Sehnert passed out new membership lists and it is also available on the web site.
New business
The November meeting will be in Cortez at the electric company building and will be our Christmas pot luck and gift exchange for those who wish to participate. Our service project of scarves, hats and gloves for the women's shelter will be collected for distribution also. A proposal by Jere Lard to give Anna Kinney an honorary guild membership was discussed favorably but for lack of a quorum was not voted on. Discussion about future meeting places and ideas and suggestions for programs, speakers and workshops should be passed on to VP Kathy Sehnert. The business meeting was followed by show and tell, a pot luck lunch and a tour of Mary Wall's studio and a workshop on cob web felting by Mary.
Submitted by Sec. Sharon Sichi
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Well, it’s getting to be that time of year already! I can’t believe that it is almost time for our annual Christmas gift/goody exchange, it’s always so fun to see what everyone has done. This always seems to me like the kick off to the beginning of the holiday season! Hope a lot of you have had time to make up a scarf or hat to donate to our service project as this is the time of year we do this and it would be fun to have a good turnout for a good cause! Looking forward to seeing all of there! Anne
NEWS FROM MEMBERS From Jere Lard: Would someone take the hospitality January until May 2013 for me… I’ll be in Hawaii.
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And be sure to start working on items to put in the county fairs next year – time always sneaks up on us! Anna Kinney met with us in Farmington to review and update categories for woven and spun entries to the fair. The new sections should allow people to enter more items than they have in the past. From Linda Smith: Not a whole lot new here on the spinning/weaving side of things. Have been trying to get all the angora goats shorn before winter sets in, but a thousand things keep getting in the way. We do have a couple of Wensleydale ewes and a beautiful ram for sale along with several angora goats, both doe kids and buck kids. If anyone knows of anyone who is interested, please call us at 970-884-0502. Linda and Jim Smith
MEMBERSHIP
The printed membership address list was printed and distributed at the September meeting. We have 35 members. The lists will be available at the next meeting; however, if you are not able to get one then, let me know and I'll send one in the mail to you.
COMING EVENTS
Call for Entries: Fiber Celebration 2013, the 39th annual juried show at the Loveland Museum and Gallery. The opening reception is 1 - 3 pm Saturday, Feb. 16 and runs until April 14th, 2013. Deadline for entries is November 30, 2012. This year's juror is Catherine
Ellis, author of Woven Shibori. The prospectus is available at www.fortnet.org/NCWG/ .
Contact: Barb Richards, 970-962-4011 [email protected] or Paula Becker 970-481-9518 [email protected]
INTERMOUNTAIN WEAVERS CONFERENCE IWC 2013 - A Conference for Fiber Artists
Celebrating 30 Years Intermountain Weavers Conference will celebrate its 30th anniversary, July 25 - 28, 2013 at Fort Lewis
College in Durango, Colorado. Mark your calendars so you will not miss this wonderful event with 3-day workshops, exhibits, and a vendor market.
IWC 2013 will honor all attending participants by featuring their work in a very special exhibit, A Celebration of Fiber. The exhibit will be open to all participants – work will not be juried into the exhibit. Numerous awards will be given. Look for more details to come. A separate exhibit will showcase work by workshop
leaders and board members. Visit the website for updates, www.intermountainweavers.org .
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Navajo Weaving in Canyon de Chelly, An Exclusive Cultural Odyssey in the Southwest: Anasazi Ruins, Legendary Posts & Historic Textiles I’d like to introduce my company, Loom Dancer Weaving Odysseys, a tour company that specializes in worldwide fiber workshops. We offer fiber workshops in Peru, Oaxaca, Africa, Scotland, Ecuador, and other destinations rich in textiles. I am writing to you today because we are excited to announce an upcoming odyssey that is practically in your backyard. I thought perhaps your Guild members might be interested in learning about our upcoming new trip close to home. Imagine sitting at your loom, at the base of the ruins in Canyon de Chelly, inspired by the view that has influenced countless Navajo weavers from the beginning of time. Loom Dancer Weaving Odysseys has obtained exclusive permits to weave in this ancient landscape, infused with collective memories, taught by two 5
th-generation Navajo master weavers.
This is truly an exclusive cultural journey into the Four Corners area featuring a 4 Day Navajo Weaving Workshop at the base of the ruins deep in Canyon de Chelly. We will weave for four days, each day at a different ancient site within the canyon. Beginning and ending in Durango, Colorado, this odyssey includes the following exclusive highlights:
Exclusive Permits to Weave with 5th
Generation Navajo Weavers at the Base of the Ruins in Canyon de
Chelly!
A Private Viewing of Eight Centuries of Southwest Weaving from the Rarely-Seen Vault of The Durango
Collection® of Historic Textiles
2 Exclusive Receptions with Renowned Southwest Historians
Preferential Visits to 4 of the Most Historic Trading Posts of the Southwest personally hosted by their
owners I invite you to take a look at our website for further details on this trip and others. You can download a detailed itinerary for Canyon de Chelly as well as our other upcoming odysseys at: www.loomdancerodysseys.com
******************************************** FOR YOUR INFO, HERE ARE SOME CONTACTS FOR VARIOUS FIBER-RELATED THINGS *WEAVERS CONFERENCES/MAGAZINES: [email protected] www.fiberartsfiesta.org http://www.weavespindye.org Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta www.complex-weavers.org http://www.intermountainweavers.org Complex Weavers Intermountain Weavers Conference http://www.midwestweavers.org http://www.interweave.com Midwest Weavers Conference Interweave Press http://www.interweave.com/weave/handwoven_magazine Handwoven Weaving Weekly enewsletter (subscribe at link above) http://www.cnch.org/cnchnet/
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e-journal of the Conference of Northern California Handweavers (CNCH) *WOOL MARKET/WOOL FESTIVAL [email protected] [email protected] http://www.estesnet.com/events/woolmarket.htm http://www.taoswoolfestival.org Estes Park Wool Market Taos Wool Festival http://www.pagosafiberfestival.com/ Pagosa Fiber Festival
Directions to Empire Electric, Cortez, CO
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