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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...
COMMUNITY OUTREACH 2018 AT WICKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
On November 21 and December 5, 2018, WGRI worked with middle school art teacher, Alicia Skaggs to weave with her students. The guild members donated fibers and loaned looms. Table looms were loaned for use by WGRI, Claire Wanabo, and Sally Rianhard. Inkle loom loaned...
WEAVERS CHALLENGE 2018-2019
Margaret Moone and Sally Rianhard WGRI Challenge Coordinators This year we took part in weaving scarves “With a little help from our friends.” I’m sure you recognized the quote from The Beatles, even if you weren’t around in the 1960’s. This year...
YARDAGE CHALLENGE 2018-2019
Background In 2015, a guild member donated money to the guild to be used to encourage interest in weaving yardage that could result in future submissions to NEWS. Therefore, the competition called the Yardage Challenge was created. Yardage Challenge Entry...
HGA CONVERGENCE 2018
CHERYL MINCONE, WGRI MEMBER, created this two piece garment headed to Convergence Reno. The fabric was woven at the Handicraft Club in Anastasia Azure's studio. The skirt and collar is an original draft of an undulating twill with medallion (8 shafts). The top is a 12...