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Protected: LWSG 09-2014 Newsletter
Protected: LWSG 10-2014 Newletter
Surrey Museum’s Fifth Annual “Pic-Knit”
Saturday, August 4th, 11-4. Surrey Museum’s Fifth Annual “Pic-Knit”, Surrey Museum, 17710 56A Ave, Cloverdale. Local Fibre Vendors, Knitters, Fibre Enthusiasts, demos, short classes and the Cloverdale Blueberry Festival. A fun day for all members of the family to attend.
ANWG Booth Planning
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weavers from both the United States and Canada. Let this theme of global community be a starting point for your imaginations to “follow the thread” to what binds your guild together and what connects it to all ANWG guilds throughout the northwest and to weavers throughout the world and across time.
On our website you will find a 
ANWG Conference 2013
The 2013 ANWG NW Weavers Conference kicked off its conference awareness campaign with its first newsletter today. The newsletter went out to 347 individuals who either signed up for the newsletter via our website or via the 2011 conference survey. We also published the same information on the conference blog.
Several additional webpages have been added to the website, including two webpages especially created to help ANWG reps with conference information. The new webpages include:
Guild Booths, designed to help with booth planning
Conference Colors, information about the colors and how they relate to yarn colors
Conference Awards, lots of awards for 2013!
ANWG Rep Conference Tools, check it out and bookmark this webpage!
Press Releases, PDF files of press releases you can give to your newsletter editor or send directly to your members. Also bookmark this webpage as it will be updated regularly as additional information is available. The links to the Press Release and Conference Tools pages are located in the footer of each webpage.
To publicize the conference to weavers everywhere we have created a Facebook page and a Twitter page. We suggest you send these links to your guild members so they too can follow us on Facebook and Twitter. They can also sign up for our newsletter on our website.
The next newsletter will be published around May 23 and will focus on the instructor line-up for 2013. If you haven’t already signed up for the newsletter, please do so! We will be publishing the conference newsletter online monthly, except in July and August. In the fall the link to the registration booklet will be in the newsletter, appearing at the same time as it appears on the webpage and in the blog.
Conference information will be mainly available online, however, we will be creating press releases to go with the online information so you can share it with your guild members. If you have guild members who use a dial-up internet connection, please recommend they sign-up for the newsletter which is delivered as an email and can be read off line.
In the future, our conference blog will dig behind the topics found in the newsletter…providing more in-depth information. To do this, blog updates will appear more frequently than the newsletter. We are also investigating creating a Pinterest page to feature photos related to the conference and using a few other social media tools. We will let you know as they are added to our toolbox.
If you have suggestions for the newsletter, blog or website, please email those to publicity@anwg-conference-2013.com.
Here is a recap of our important internet links:
Conference website http://www.anwg-conference-2013.com/
2013 NW Weavers Conference blog: http://anwg-conference.blogspot.com
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/2013NWWeaversConference
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/@NWWeaversConfer
On Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/assoc-northwest-weavers
Surrey Museum’s Textile Studio
Here’s what’s happening in the Surrey Museum’s Textile Studio in June.
Felted Tea Cozy – Join talented felter Donna Hunter, as she shares the steps to make a one-of-a-kind felted tea cozy. Choose your own designs and colours or bring a teapot for inspiration. Supply fee $8. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956.
Saturday, June 2 10:00am-2:30pm 1 session $34 (16yrs+)
At Surrey Museum 17710-56A Avenue www.surrey.ca/heritageJob position available at the Seymour Art Gallery – Guest Exhibition Curator
Location: North Vancouver, BC
Closing Date: May 30th, 2012
Remuneration: $3,000
Job Description:
Curator required for one six week exhibition at the Seymour Art Gallery from July 30th to September 8th, 2013. The exhibition must be curated with art/artist’s concept and rationale highly developed with supporting material or context and to standards expected for a successful application of a BC Arts Council Project Grant. Solo or small group exhibition with no constraints on media; modest installation costs to fit our limited budget.
Apply:
Board of Directors
Seymour Art Gallery 4360 Gallant Avenue North Vancouver, BC V7G 1L2 (604) 924.1378 info@seymourartgallery.comDeadline for application, with cover letter: May 30th, 2012
Interviews and selection of the successful applicant: June 4-6th, 2012.
Background Information:
Seymour Art Gallery recently completed a 5 year Strategic Planning Process (a complete strategic plan is posted on the Gallery’s website). One of the directions in the Strategic Plan was to raise artistic and curatorial standards of some exhibitions, while retaining other more community oriented exhibitions and annual exhibitions. There was a decision to start with one more highly curated exhibition in 2011, and increase the number of such exhibitions in subsequent years, and seek BC Arts Council funding for at least one such exhibition per year starting in 2012. The special exhibition for which we are seeking a Guest Exhibition Curator is envisaged as one of two such exhibitions in 2013.
Check Seymour Art Gallery website for: Gallery Floor Plan, other Gallery exhibitions and Strategic Plan
Position Summary:
Select and dialogue with artist/s
Undertake all necessary research
Coordinate with and obtain approval by the Gallery’s Curatorial Committee
Generate associated educational materials (handout or publication)
Generate and make all arrangements for associated events (2 times during the 6-week run of the exhibition) which could consist of an artist talk, curator talk or performance type event
Oversee installation in coordination with the Gallery Coordinator and our crew of installation volunteers
Coordinate preparation of advertising and promotional material with the Gallery Coordinator
(If requested by the Gallery, prepare substantive portions of grant applications to BC Arts Council and other funding agency/s, for an additional fee)
Qualifications, Skills and Experience Preferred:
- A post secondary fine arts degree
- Curatorial experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Exemplary knowledge of contemporary art practices
- Strong organizational and management skills
Submission:
- CV including educational and relevant employment background
- Preliminary ideas for a suitable exhibition/s
- Three personal references
- Outline descriptions of previous exhibitions curated
- Experience in successful grant writing (especially for BCAC project assistant grants)
- Demonstrated understanding of Seymour Art Gallery, its core audience and specifics of our current situation
- Confirmation of availability and ability to meet our time constraints
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Richmond Weavers & Spinners Guild Sale
Richmond Weavers & Spinners Guild and The Richmond Potters Club
Spring Sale
Friday, April 27th 1pm – 9pm
Saturday, April 28th 10am – 4pm
Sunday, April 29th 10am – 3:00pm
The Richmond Cultural Centre , 7700 Minoru Gate
Unique handcrafted gifts
Come meet and support the artists
Dawn Michelle Russell
On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, textile designer Dawn Michelle Russell is presenting her grad collection at the University of the Fraser Valley’s Annual Fashion Show in Abbotsford. Her label, Della Terra Designs, translates from Italian as ‘of the earth.’ Dawn’s textiles are earth inspired and sourced, influenced by her association with VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver. Working with plant extracts, mineral pigments, rusting techniques and other methods that evolve from earth elements, Dawn colours and transforms cotton, linen, silk and paper. Decomposing red cedar, patterns in rocks and filtered light through a tree canopy have inspired textiles she has created.
Dawn’s passion for textiles was nurtured as a graduate of Ryerson’s Fashion Design program. An extended hiatus ended in 2007 when she enrolled as a student in Extended Studies–Textiles at UFV. Dawn began experimenting with hand weaving and surface design techniques. She has developed her fibre art skills through projects, workshops, classes and independent study. Each naturally dyed, original design fabric is cut individually to create Della Terra Designs‘ distinctive coats and weekend wear.
For tickets to the 2012 UFV Fashion Show: https://www.ufv.ca/Fashion/Fashion_Show/Absolute_2011_Order_Form.htm