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Rummage Sale
The MWGBG Rummage Sale will be held Saturday, July 10 FROM 8:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 651 Eucalyptus Avenue, Vista
(Corner of Escondido Ave. and Eucalyptus). The church is across from the
Farmer's Market so it should be a good location for us.
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| Events are at Quail Botanical Gardens unless
otherwise noted. There will be no meeting in July.
Sunday June 6th · 12 noon * Formal Meeting & Potluck
The board will meet at 10:30 a.m.
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Special Classes |
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 Mark your calendar! The schedule for
upcoming classes sponsored by MWGBG is exciting! The classes will be
advertised individually as the time approaches. In the mean time,
mark you calendars and watch for the announcements. All signups will
start at a guild meeting, so be sure to attend the meetings! October
9-10, 2004 **J o Campbell-Amsler-Willow Purse. This class will be
held at the home Peggy Wiedemann, Hungtinton Beach
January 15-16, 2005 ** Cass Schorsch, February 19- 20, 2005 **
Flo Hoppe. September 2005 ** Patti Hawkins, February 2006** Mary
Hettmansperger
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Shows/Exhibits/Happenings |
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| The 8th Annual National Gourd Fine Art Show
will run June 6 to June 27th, at the Art &Cultural Center, 103
S. Main Street, Fallbrook. Several of our members are in the
show-Jeanne Ames, Mary Pryor, Jan Seeger, Don Weeke, and Peggy
Wiedemann. Opening reception is Saturday, June 5th from 5 to 7pm.
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Conferences/Workshops/Retreats/Opportunities |
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| Plan your summer trip to include basketry, at a
3 day convention: "Great Basin Basketmakers Weave-In: A Fresh
Approach" in Reno, Nevada July 15-18, 2004. For more information, or
to receive a brochure, access our web site
www.greatbasinbasketmakers.org, or contact Eileen Brilliant,
530-544-5145, or Tia Flores, Convention Registrar, P.O. Box 8808;
Reno, NV 89507
The National Basketry Organization is having its 2005 Convention
in Lake Tahoe, CA June 14-18, 2005, http://www.nationalbasketry.org
Info Call: (770)641- 9208 Maybe we should put some sort of
disclaimer in the newsletter if there will be listings on where to
show, that the Guild is not responsible or supporting any listing.
Opportunities to show, go to www.fiberartsmagazine.com and click
on competitions
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Gourd Beat, by Peggy Blessing |
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| Welburn Festival Mark your calendars for the
8th Annual International Gourd Art Festival
[http://www.gourdfestival.com/] on June 26 - 27, 2004 at Welburn
Gourd Farm. Classes will take place on June 24 and 25. We encourage
all of our gourd artist members to submit artwork in the annual
California Gourd Society competition during the Festival. It's a
great opportunity to expose your art to thousands of people. Pieces
are due to be delivered to Welburn Gourd Farm by Thursday, June 24,
5:00pm, as the show will be set up for judging on Friday. Items
submitted by mail must be postmarked by June 15. Rules and
information on the adult and children's categories are on the CGS
website [http://calgourd.com/comp_rules.htm] and in the Spring 2004
issue of the Golden Gourd.
Call for Volunteers As the San Diego Patch, we will provide the
core volunteers needed to work at the CGS information/sales booth.
We will also provide some security in the exhibit tent and help out
with some of the festival activities and demonstrations. There will
be other CGS volunteers working beside us, and it's a great way to
interact with fellow gourders from all over the State.
Contact
us today! (link
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Member's Doings |
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 There was indeed magic in the air Saturday evening at
the May 1st opening of "Baskets, Gourds & Imagination" at The
Next Door Gallery in Golden Hill. The exhibition features the work
of many of the finest contemporary fiber artists in Southern
California. It almost goes without saying that a substantial
majority of them are Guild Members - thirteen out of seventeen, in
fact. The approximately 50 pieces exhibited include almost every
imaginable type of basketry and gourd art technique: coiling,
twining, plain weaving, twill, construction, random-weave, sewing
(by both machine and hand), gourd carving, dyeing, bead work, and
painting, all done with consummate skill and imagination. The show
is the vision of Susan Roberts, Cathey Byrd and Maureen Ceccarelli,
the owner of The Next Door Gallery. They brought the artists
together to showcase what is new and exciting in the world of
basketry and gourd art. Polly Jacobs Giacchina and Johanna Hansen
hung the show beautifully, incorporating over four dozen works, some
quite large, into a very small space, yet achieving a balanced,
spacious feeling. Member participants are: Jeanne Ames, Cathey Byrd,
Michal Costello, Lynne Everett, Polly Jacobs Giacchina, Nancy
Johnson, Kathi Klopfenstein, Paul Klopfenstein, Carol E. Lang, Mary
Pryor, Susan Roberts, Don Weeke, Peggy Weidemann. Additional
participants are Charlotte Bird, Keely Berry-LeBlanc, Robin Pryzbyz,
and Cat Varvis. A small jewel, The Next Door Gallery is affiliated,
and shares space, with Studio Maureen at 2963 Beech Street, San
Diego, three minutes from the heart of downtown San Diego. Hours are
Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5:00 p.m.
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highlights of the Nantucket and China Box classes»
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Classes |
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| Our members offer a variety of classes
including, pine needle basketry, seaweed basketry, knotless netting,
traditional baskets, gourd decorating and much more!
Teachers: Sharol Clay * Lynne Everett * Carol Lang * Barbara
McDermott * Nadine Spier
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Sponsors |
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 The Caning Shop GOURD CRAFTING, CHAIR CANING, &
BASKETRY are the specialties of The Caning Shop. Our supplies,
tools, how- to books, help and quick, friendly service will add to
your enjoyment of these ageless crafts. Among our books are the
definitive guides to gourd crafting and chair caning website:
http://www.caning.com/
Gratiot Lake Basketry - Retail & Wholesale A complete line of
basket making supplies, including pounded ash, dyed sea grass and
interesting natural materials. website:
http://www.gratiotlakebasketry.com/index.html
Fishsticks Basketry & Bouquet Banque Nursery Basketry classes
are conducted by owners Judy Zugish and Bill Roeder. Specialties are
natural materials in traditional contemporary forms, bamboo, skeined
willow and material preparation. Guest teachers from around the
world also hold classes. PO Box 1417, Marysville WA 93552 (360)
658-2398 - email fishsticks@greatnorthern.net
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