Requirements for membership are very simple. You do not have to own a loom or a spinning wheel. You do not have to have ever woven anything. All you have to do is have an interest in the fiber arts and show up at meetings!
We send out a newsletter twice a year to announce the specifics for the next meeting. We prefer to send the newsletter to you by email since this saves on postage, photocopying and paper, but, getting a copy by regular mail is still an option. Cost for a lifetime membership is $4 and we also ask for $4 every few years to help cover postage costs. There is usually a modest admission charge for each meeting, about $10-15, which usually covers lunch. It is not necessary to pay your dues before coming to a meeting.
Handweavers Guild of America
Midwest Weavers Association
Complex Weavers
President/Newsletter:
Linda Ryden <[email protected]>
Vice President:
open
Treasurer:
Lucy Hansen <[email protected]>
Secretary:
Mary Ehrlich
Fall Meeting
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Decorah, Iowa
The Oneota Weavers and Spinners Guild invites you to Northeast Iowa for a day of
Scandinavian textiles. The cost is $73 in advance or $85 on site.
Steyer Opera House, Hotel Winneshiek, 104 East Water Street
8:00 � 10:30 Conference check-in (Lobby)
9:00 � 9:30 �Weaving and Design in Norway� - Carol Colburn, Cedar Falls IA
9:30 � 10:00 Report on the Rya (Pile Weave) Study Group - Judy Ness, Eugene OR
10:00 � 10:30 Refreshment Break
10:30 � 11:30 �Tradition and Innovation: Rugs from Fishermen�s Boats Transformed to Tapestry�- Inger Anne Utv�g, Oslo, Norway
11:30 � 12:00 �Hard Times and Scandinavian Spinning in the Upper Midwest: Alfred Andresen�s Catalog for Home Industries� - Patricia Hilts, Columbus, WI
Downtown Decorah and Vesterheim�s Westby-Torgerson Education Center, 502 West Water Street
12:00 � 1:30 Lunch on your own. Time to view Woven Women and Exhibit of the Rya Study Group (First Floor). Iowa Federation Board meeting (Third Floor).
1:30 � 2:00 Business Meeting (Third Floor).
Vesterheim�s Main Building, 523 West Water Street
2:00 � 2:45 Gallery Talk in Sacred Symbols, Ceremonial Cloth (Third Floor)
- Mary B. Kelly, Hilton Head, South Carolina
2:45 � 5:00 Time to explore the museum on your own. Don�t miss the exhibition Knitting Along the Viking Trail (Third Floor).
* There will be no Popular Choice Exhibit or White Elephant Sale at this meeting.
Registration forms are available at http://vesterheim.org/events/Iowa%20Federation.pdf
Register by phone: (weekdays 9-5) 563-382-9681. By mail: CNWT Registration, Vesterheim Museum, PO Box 379, Decorah, IA 52101-0379. By fax: 563-382-8828. Registrants will receive a confirmation email or letter with additional conference information. With questions about the conference, call 563-382-9681 or [email protected].
Cancellation policy: Registration fee refunded minus $50 administrative fee if canceled by September 4, 2009.
No refunds after September 5, 2009.
September 26, 2009
The Oneota Weavers Guild invites you to Decorah, Iowa, on Saturday, September 26, for a day of Scandinavian textiles. The morning session will begin at 9:00 at the historic Hotel Winneshiek in downtown Decorah. American presenters will speak on design and weaving for garments, a cross-country weaving study group, and spinning history. At 10:30 keynote speaker Inger Anne Utv�g, dean of the faculty of Art, Design and Drama at Oslo University College, will describe her journey as an artist. She started weaving traditional �boat rugs,� heavy wool coverlets with one side of knotted pile. Now she uses vibrant colors and contrasting textures to create contemporary pile-weave artworks to honor Norway�s coastal history.
There will be a break for lunch at noon. Bring a sack lunch or enjoy lunch out in one of Decorah�s many downtown restaurants. The afternoon session will take place on the �campus� of Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, also in downtown Decorah. The Iowa Federation board and business meetings will be followed by a gallery talk in Sacred Symbols, Ceremonial Cloth. Guest curator Mary Kelly will explain the important pre-Christian functions of symbols (good luck, fertility, protection, and connecting the human and spiritual worlds) on embroidered and woven textiles. The gallery talk will end by 3:00. Stay and explore the other special textile exhibits at Vesterheim: Knitting Along the Viking Trail (knitwear designed by Elsebeth Lavold), Woven Women: Representations of the Female in Norwegian Weaving (a juried show), and projects by the Rya (Pile-weave) Study Group.
The morning presentations are part of a three-day Conference on Norwegian Woven Textiles (CNWT) hosted by Vesterheim and Luther College. Pre- and post-conference fiber arts and jewelry workshops are listed online at vesterheim.org under �Lifelong Learning.�
From the south on Hwy 52: Turn right onto Hwy 9. At the second stoplight, turn left onto Montgomery St. Continue on Montgomery. Follow the road as it turns left onto Water St. Turn right at the first stoplight, which is State St. Turn left into the parking lot. Park and enter under the Hotel Winneshiek portico.
From the north on Hwy 52: Turn left onto Pole Line Rd. Turn right onto College Dr. Continue on College Dr. over the bridge and follow the road as it turns left onto Water St. At the 7th stoplight, State St., turn left and left again into the parking lot. Park and enter under the Hotel Winneshiek portico.
From the west on Hwy 9: Turn left at Montgomery St. Continue on Montgomery. Follow the road as it turns left onto Water St. Turn right at the first stoplight, which is State St. Turn left into the parking lot. Park and enter under the Hotel Winneshiek portico.
From the east on Hwy 9: Turn right at Montgomery St. Continue on Montgomery. Follow the road as it turns left onto Water St. Turn right at the first stoplight, which is State St. Turn left into the parking lot. Park and enter under the Hotel Winneshiek portico.
The following exhibits will be on view at Vesterheim Museum. In the museum�s main building (open 9-5, free with your name tag): Knitting Along the Viking Trail, an exhibit of knitwear by well-known designer Elsebeth Lavold; and Sacred Symbols, Ceremonial Cloth, about pre-Christian symbols on woven and embroidered textiles. In the museum�s Westby-Torgerson Education Center (exhibits open 1-5, free): Woven Women: Representations of the Female in Norwegian Weaving, an exhibit of contemporary artworks in a variety of weaving techniques; and the Exhibit of the Rya Study Group, projects in pile weave. Note: there is not a Popular Choice Exhibit.
Because there are so many great places to shop in downtown Decorah, there will not be a White Elephant Sale at the fall meeting. Here are just a few of the stores you might enjoy (listed in order from east to west on Water Street): Agora Arts (American art and fine crafts), Vanberia (embroidery supplies and European gifts), Blue Heron Knittery (knitting and crochet supplies), Pine Needles (quilting and sewing supplies), Vesterheim�s Folk Art Supply Store (weaving, knitting, and embroidery books), Vesterheim Gift Shop (Scandinavian gifts). Most stores are open until 5:00 on Saturday.
President/Newsletter Treasurer
Linda Ryden Lucy Hansen
3024 143rd Ave. Ct. W. 1004 Delta Ave.
Milan, IL 61264 Tipton, IA 52772
[email protected] [email protected]
Secretary Complex Weavers Rep
Mary Ehrlich Collyer Ekholm
14910 Wirt St. 3221 Deerfield Dr., NE
Omaha, NE 68116 Swisher, IA 52338
[email protected] [email protected]
Spring Fall
Des Moines 2010 Waterloo/CFalls
Iowa City 2011 Ames
Northwest 2012 Cedar Rapids
Decorah 2013 Quad Cities/Clinton
Waterloo/CFalls 2014 Des Moines
Iowa Federation Meeting
April 10
Des Moines
Speaker:
Carol Rhoades
To become a member of the Iowa Federation of Handweavers and Spinners, please fill out this form and mail, along with a check for $8 made out to the Iowa Federation, to the treasurer at: Lucy Hansen, 1004 Delta Ave., Tipton, IA 52772. Or come to a meeting!
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