South
Jersey Guild of Spinners and Handweavers
Hello, Guild members (spinners, weavers, everyone!) —
See
the Schedule page for information on the
Apple Festival Show & Sale.
See the Weavers page for
information on the latest weaving gatherings and study groups. See the Spinners page for the latest SJ Spinners Newsletter
and information on Rock Day 2012.
Our membership is concentrated
in Camden and Burlington Counties in Southern New Jersey, but extends south
into parts of Gloucester County, east to the Jersey Shore and west to the
Philadelphia area. The greatest benefit of
belonging to a weaving or spinning guild is the tangible and substantial
reward of increased creativity and productivity flowing from the regular
contact with fellow artists and craftsmen. All members receive our periodic
newsletter Loose Ends which covers upcoming events, programs and other
items of interest. Our Guild maintains membership
in the Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association (MAFA), an organization of
nearly 60 fiber guilds from New York to North Carolina. Our guild membership in
MAFA entitles each of our members to receive the MAFA newsletter via its
website: www.mafafiber.org
and to attend MAFA's biennial conferences. All Guild members have access to
our library of books and videotapes, which cover a wide range of spinning and
weaving topics. See also our Special Events section. To
Join:
Dues for 2011 –
2012 are $10. We look forward
to having you as a part of the Guild! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remembering Naomi Cannon It is with great sadness that we
note the passing of longtime Guild member Naomi Cannon on May 23, 2011. Naomi
shepherded many, many people into the art of weaving, and was a talented and
prolific fiber artist herself in several techniques. At one time or another
in her long association with the Guild, she coordinated nearly every aspect
of its functions. The SJGSH has made a donation to one
of Naomi’s favorite causes, her alma mater, Green Mountain College. In
concert with the College, Naomi’s family created a scholarship in tribute to
her that will be awarded to a Green Mountain student who is the first to
attend college in her or his family, as Naomi herself was. If you feel moved
to make an individual donation in Naomi’s memory, please send it to: Green Mountain College Development Department Attention: Mary Lou Willits One Brennan Circle Poultney,
VT 05764 The name of this fund is the “R. Naomi Perry – ’54 Scholarship.” Please include a reference to this with your contribution. To read a lovely remembrance of
Naomi by Karen Donde, past Guild Coordinator and co-owner of Sutherland
Handweaving Gallery & Teaching Studio in Asheville, NC, please visit http://karendonde.blogspot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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