Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild



Home Coming Events Workshops Join Us! Members Only Classified Ads Links About Us	The Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild is a non-profit organization dedicated to the encouragement of the fiber arts in Alaska. The guild seeks to promote the exhibition of fiber arts and to inform its members and the public through lectures, workshops and craft demonstrations. We hold monthly meetings from September through May, often featuring a guest speaker. at 10:00 a.m. the second Saturday of the month. Other Guild activities include beginning weaving and spinning classes, workshops led by professional instructors, demonstration of weaving and spinning at local events, participation in the Alaska State Fair, and a spring and fall fiber retreat in cooperation with the Valley Fiber Arts Guild. We will resume our monthly Membership meetings this fall, on the second Saturday of September, and each month following. Our September, October and November meetings will be held at Out North Theatre Co., 3800 DeBarr Road. Contact us for more information, or watch for our late summer newsletter coming out the beginning of August. Exciting news! We will be teaching beginning Weaving and Spinning Classes this October through Parks and Recreation/Community Schools program! Their Fall 2009 Class Guide will be out the end of August. Stay tuned for more details about signing up for these classes as space will be limited! We hope to see you at some of our summer activities! Guild Library: The guild has a library of spinning and weaving books, videos and equipment available for rent to members. See members only page. Alaska State Fair: Entries: At the fair grounds - Aug. 14 from 12 to 8 pm and Aug. 15 from 10-6 pm. At Mountain View Boys and Girls Club - Aug. 10 from 12-8 pm and Aug. 11 from 12-8 pm. If you are a judge please do not volunteer to help with entries during this time. Weaving Judging Day - Aug. 16 starting at 9 am. Fleece Judging Day is Aug. 23 starting at 11 am. Display Set up - Aug. 18 from 1 to 6 pm, anyone can come and help set up. The fair starts August 27th on a Thursday and ends Monday September 7. All Anchorage volunteers have the 1st weekend Friday the 28 to the end of Sunday the 30th. Friday demo time is 12 to 8 pm. Saturday demo time is 10 to 8 pm. Sunday demo time is 10 to 8 pm. Please contact Guild President Tom Hobbs to get your name down for any kind of demo. Tom will be passing out the tickets for that weekend so he needs to know how may tickets to get. Car pool as much as possible as we only get so many parking passes Tom must have the final count by Aug 1st. If you want to volunteer any other times please get in touch with Myler so she can get your name down for tickets. "Art on the Lawn" Festival - A Chance to Demonstrate Your Skills. The AWSG is invited to demonstrate our Weaving and Spinning skills on Saturday, August 1st, at the "Art on the Lawn" festival to be held on the grounds of the Firefly Art Gallery. We should be prepared to demo from 9AM until 4PM. This will give us the opportunity to show case the Guild skills to another segment of the local community. Please volunteer your time if possible. Dena'ina Arts & Crafts Emporium Sell or help at the Dena'ina Arts & Crafts Emporium this Fall. Contact: Annita Magee e-mail (asmagee@gci.net) or phone 868-2616 Scarf by Nancy Perry Photo by Chris Arend Wrap by Nancy Perry Photo by Chris Arend © copyright 2009 AWSG \| PO Box 244055, Anchorage, AK 99524 \| Email Website by Conover Designs

The Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild is a non-profit organization dedicated to the encouragement of the fiber arts in Alaska. The guild seeks to promote the exhibition of fiber arts and to inform its members and the public through lectures, workshops and craft demonstrations.

We hold monthly meetings from September through May, often featuring a guest speaker. at 10:00 a.m. the second Saturday of the month. Other Guild activities include beginning weaving and spinning classes, workshops led by professional instructors, demonstration of weaving and spinning at local events, participation in the Alaska State Fair, and a spring and fall fiber retreat in cooperation with the Valley Fiber Arts Guild.

We will resume our monthly Membership meetings this fall, on the second Saturday of September, and each month following. Our September, October and November meetings will be held at Out North Theatre Co., 3800 DeBarr Road. Contact us for more information, or watch for our late summer newsletter coming out the beginning of August.

Exciting news! We will be teaching beginning Weaving and Spinning Classes this October through Parks and Recreation/Community Schools program! Their Fall 2009 Class Guide will be out the end of August. Stay tuned for more details about signing up for these classes as space will be limited!

We hope to see you at some of our summer activities!

Guild Library: The guild has a library of spinning and weaving books, videos and equipment available for rent to members. See members only page.

Entries: At the fair grounds - Aug. 14 from 12 to 8 pm and Aug. 15 from 10-6 pm. At Mountain View Boys and Girls Club - Aug. 10 from 12-8 pm and Aug. 11 from 12-8 pm. If you are a judge please do not volunteer to help with entries during this time.
Weaving Judging Day - Aug. 16 starting at 9 am.
Fleece Judging Day is Aug. 23 starting at 11 am.
Display Set up - Aug. 18 from 1 to 6 pm, anyone can come and help set up.
The fair starts August 27th on a Thursday and ends Monday September 7.
All Anchorage volunteers have the 1st weekend Friday the 28 to the end of Sunday the 30th.
Friday demo time is 12 to 8 pm. Saturday demo time is 10 to 8 pm. Sunday demo time is 10 to 8 pm.
Please contact Guild President Tom Hobbs to get your name down for any kind of demo. Tom will be passing out the tickets for that weekend so he needs to know how may tickets to get. Car pool as much as possible as we only get so many parking passes Tom must have the final count by Aug 1st. If you want to volunteer any other times please get in touch with Myler so she can get your name down for tickets.

"Art on the Lawn" Festival - A Chance to Demonstrate Your Skills. The AWSG is invited to demonstrate our Weaving and Spinning skills on Saturday, August 1st, at the "Art on the Lawn" festival to be held on the grounds of the Firefly Art Gallery. We should be prepared to demo from 9AM until 4PM. This will give us the opportunity to show case the Guild skills to another segment of the local community. Please volunteer your time if possible.

Dena'ina Arts & Crafts Emporium
Sell or help at the Dena'ina Arts & Crafts Emporium this Fall. Contact: Annita Magee e-mail (asmagee@gci.net) or phone 868-2616