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Camille Segretto Service Project: Las
Arañas is continuing the project to weave scarves for people undergoing
chemotherapy for cancer but under a new name that pays tribute to Camille
Segretto. Many chemotherapy drugs make people very susceptible to the cold and
they could really use warm scarves. The scarves need to be warm and soft but not
scratchy. Examples of materials that could be used in the scarves are: cotton,
chenille, silk, tencel, rayon, rayon boucle, acrylic. This will be a permanent
Las Arañas project with the scarves donated to the Cancer Center every year in
the fall. The scarves we gave last year were much appreciated. Give any scarves
you weave, knit or crochet to Sally Rogers at any time during the year. We will
also be weaving scarves for this project in the Creative Arts Building during
the State Fair.
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Spinning:
2nd Wednesday, at Rose’s
house. Call 256-3217 to RSVP.
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Fiber Arts Fiesta: The dates for the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta 2009
are May 21-23. The show will move to the Manuel Lujan Building which gives more
room for vendors, classes/lectures and the juried shows. If you want to have a
vendor booth, contact Frances Starnes at 255-8094 or starnes@unm.edu. Several
fiber organizations and guilds will have juried shows, many with cash awards.
The Las Arañas show is open to all New Mexico residents and Las Arañas members.
There are 5 categories: Wearable—woven, knitted, felted, crocheted Functional,
non-wearable (rugs, table linens, etc. Non-functional Handspun in a completed
piece Small Format—up to 10”x10”x10” You may enter 6 pieces, 3 per Division.
Deadline for entry is March 1, 2009 |
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Call for Artists:
Girls
Inc. 36th Annual Arts and Crafts Show,
August 2 & 3 on the Santa Fe Plaza and historic downtown. Show your work at one
of the best shows in the nation! This juried show features the work of over 150
artists and draws over 30,000 people annually.
Sunshine
Artist
magazine has ranked our show in the top 150 of the US. We are looking for local
artists to participate in our show. If you are interested in receiving an
application, please email Kelly Fowler at kfowler.sf@girls-inc.org or call
982-2042.
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Entries wanted for The Fine Fiber & Folk Art Show:
July 7 through August 15 at the Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair, McHenry County
College, Crystal Lake, IL.
Deadline for entry is May 31.
Application forms are online at www.FiberAndFold.com. Email contact:
FineFiberShow@artaffairs.org. |
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Southwest Regional Spinners Retreat: Yearly Spinning retreat in
Cloudcroft, NM, August 1-2. Jan Brydon 912 Conway, Las Cruces, NM 88005 is the
contact. Her email is jbrydon@comcast.net. Her phone is 575 523-4605. You can
receive registration forms on line.
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Tuscany Trip with Patricia Werner: Patricia, author of Dazzling Knits is
leading a 10-day trip into the heart of Tuscany, Italy. If interested go to
www.janethornley.com/blog/index.php/site/Knitaly/
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Best of the Southwest Fiber Arts Festival: November 7-9 in Farmington,
NM. Workshops, shopping, vendors, demonstrations, competitions. For more
information go to www.woolfestivalsw.meridian1.net. |
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Taos Wool Festival: Taos, NM., October 4 - 5. |
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2007-2008 Travel Guide:
Direction Press announces the new edition of the
Knitters’, Needlepointers’ Crocheters’,
Weavers’ & Spinners’ Travel Guide. Regular price is $15.95 but if six
people order one the price goes down to $7.95 each. Contact them at Michele@directionpress.com
or www.ShopYarn.com.
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Living with Beauty Show:
Pikes Peak Weavers Guild is sponsoring a juried exhibit of
Handwoven Textiles for the Home. The
exhibit runs from June 13 to July 26, 2008 and deadline for entries is December
15, 2007. Entries must be handwoven by the artist for use in the home interior,
be of original design, and be finished objects (not yardage). Contact the
newsletter editor if you want a copy of the prospectus.
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Perfect Buttons New Products: Robin Pascal has added a line of art glass
cabinet knobs and drawer pulls to her line of dichronic glass accessories. The
knobs are special order directly from
www.perfectbuttons.com. |
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Ghost Ranch is presenting the following fiver shows:
Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology:
May 2 - July 6 - Art Through the Loom
July 9 - Sept 5 - Las Tejedoras
Sep 9 - Nov 11 - Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center
Peidra Lumbra Education and Visitor Center:
May 3 - Jul 6 - Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center
Sep 16 - Oct 30 - Art Through the Loom |
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Surface: Layered Symposium & Workshops: July 28-August 1. at Coconino
Community College, Flagstaff, AZ. Includes: Color Mixing for Dyers with Carol
Soderlund; Puttin’ on the Rips with Joanne Tallarovic; Printing on Silks with
Barb Wills; Creating Designs on Textiles with Kathyanne White; Going Down Your
Own Road with Darcy Falk; Direct Dye Painting and Composition with Melanie
Testa; Hand-Dyed Fabric Extravaganza with Adriene Buffington. For more info
contact Alan Petersen at (928) 266-4322 or alan.petersen@coconino.edu |
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