Las Arañas Membership Benefits
When you become a member of the Las Arañas spinners and weavers guild you are not only joining a massive collective of knowledgeable folks with a passion similar to yours, you also get access to:
- MEETINGS: Monthly Meetings featuring unique programming with convenient alternate morning and evening times.
- NEWSLETTER: Informative monthly newsletter delivered conveniently to your email inbox. Keep up with guild meetings, members, outreach, national and regional fiber related news, recipes and more!
- CLASSIFIEDS: Free classified ad listings in the newsletter and on the website. Sell your equipment, advertise your business or service.
- WORKSHOPS: Exciting workshops by noted craftspeople on various techniques and fiber usage. Guild members get first dibs for signups!
- FIELD TRIPS: Join official guild or guild member organized outings to local and regional museums, shops and other places of interest to fiber artists
- COMMUNITY: Our guild is often invited to provide educational outreach and the demonstration opportunities seem endless
- LIBRARY: The members only guild library is filled to the brim with a vast collection of books and magazines related to spinning and weaving. Some very hard to find out of print publications!
- RENTALS: As a guild member you will have access to a nice selection of equipment for rent at a very modest monthly rate
- SCHOLARSHIPS: The guild has a scholarship fund that members can apply for to attend educational events etc.
- MENTOR MEMBERS: Many of our members are expert fiber artists and a few are available for problem solving and most are quick to offer advice. Mentors are listed in the Membership Book!
- MARKETS: Sell your work! Two annual fiber arts sales organized or co-sponsored by the guild. Sheep to Shawl (Fall) and the Spiders Market (Spring) Details for sellers are listed in the Membership Book!