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HGA PUBLISHES LACE ARTICLE BY MANON PELLETIER
WGRI’s Manon Pelletier’s article on Leavers lace has been published in the Summer 2020 edition of Spindle, Shuttle & Dyepot, the journal of the Handweavers Guild of America (HGA). Manon has researched Leavers lace production in Rhode Island and...
IN MEMORIAM DAVID R. WESTCOTT
Mr. David R. Westcott, AICP, 66, of North Providence passed away peacefully in his home on April 13, 2020 after a long battle with cancer. Dave was president of WGRI 2012 to 2014. Born in Providence, he was the son of Harry Steven Westcott and Jane (Reynolds)...
SPIDER SILK
THE JUNE & JULY ISSUE OF 1843, STORIES OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WORLD, PUBLISHED BY THE ECONOMIST, FEATURES A STORY ON SPIDER SILK On March 11, 2020, a group of 20 WGRI members went to the Rhode Island School of Design for a private tour of The Art and Design of Spider...
WGRI SALLY DUBOIS WEAVING AWARD
Sally (Sara) DuBois began weaving in 1977, in a class taught by Norma Smayda at the South County Museum. She has been a Weavers Guild of Rhode Island member ever since. Trained at the Rhode Island School of Design in industrial design and mechanical...
IN MEMORIAM SALLY DUBOIS
Sara (Shaw) DuBois was 95 when she passed away on February 11th. Sally grew up in Webster, MA with five siblings and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 1946. She met her late husband, James E. DuBois, in Providence and raised her two children there....
ARTISTS ACCEPTED INTO SMALL EXPRESSIONS
Reported in Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot: Spring 2020 WGRI member, Kate Barber’s work: Fractal. Free machine embroidery. Linen, cotton, Pellon, acrylic paint, thread.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH 2019-2020 AT WICKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Under the direction of Joy Beeson the guild worked for a second year with Wickford Middle School art teacher Alicia Skaggs. This year Joy and three assistant weavers — Mary Brunell, Judy Tysmans, and Janet Cooper — instructed after school art students frame...
WGRI CHALLENGE 2019-2020
Coordinators: Sally Rianhard and Margaret Moone The weaving challenge for this year is to be creative and find inspiration with a picture from the book “Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors” by Joyce Sidman. Pictures from the book...
NEW ENGLAND WEAVERS SEMINAR 2019
NEWS AT SMITH COLLEGE JULY 11 – 14, 2019 WGRI NEWS Representatives Ginny Walsh and Judy Schafer NEWS 2019 WGRI Summary NEWS 2019 was held at Smith College in Northampton, MA on July 11 through 14. There were almost three hundred attendees...
ARTISTS ACCEPTED INTO HGA SMALL EXPRESSIONS 2019
EXHIBIT ARTISTS FOR 2019 ANNOUNCED The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., (HGA) announced its 2019 annual juried exhibit of small works: Small Expressions. The exhibit features 33 contemporary small-scale art works by artists from 20 states and 3 countries. Small...