- Basket Artisans of Arizona
Phoenix, AZOur mission is to weave baskets, and to learn all we can about the time-honored
practices and techniques of basket weaving.
We promote basketry as a craft and art form through education at our meetings, classes,
demonstrations, and exhibits. We welcome beginning, experienced, and professional weavers,
as well as collectors of baskets and other fiber arts.
- Wild West Basketweavers Guild
Sedona, AZ
Shirley Eichten Albrecht
Email: sealbrecht@esedona.net
- Central Arkansas Basket Weaving Guild
Conway, Arkansas
Contact: Wilma Gilbert
211 Adams Lake Road
Conway, AR 72032
Email: wilma@aristotle.net
- Bay Area Basket Makers Guild
BABM is a member of The Conference of Northern California Handweavers.
(CNCH) which includes guilds for fiber arts. The majority of our members
live in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, however a number of
our members reside in Northern & Central California.
BABM Meeting Places:
The Caning Shop,
926 Gilman St.,
Berkeley, Ca 9470, (510)-527-5010.
Chatham Preschool,
4359 39th Ave.,
Oakland,Ca., (510)-531-1534.
- California Indian Basketry Association
6894 China Flats Rd.
Nevada City, CA 95959
Email: ciba@oro.net
- Los Angeles Basketry Guild
Membership : $20.00/ 2 yrs
Los Angeles, CA
Leah Danberg, President
Email: to_leah@pacbell.net
This is a well established and large guild,
which meets four times a year at various sites in the Los Angeles area, and
has an annual weekend retreat in Julian, CA.. Quarterly newsletter listing
classes, shows, materials sources, and
other items of interest to basketmakers.
- Misti Washington Gourd and Basketry Guild
Quail Botanical Gardens
230 Quail Gardens Drive
Encinitas, CA 92024
Email: Kelly Anderson
Meets on the first Sunday of every month from 12:30 to 3:30, and
has about 50 members.
$10 per year for individuals and $15 per year for
households (two or more individuals at the
same address). Dues run
from Jan. to Dec.
(Encinitas is just north of San Diego.)
Information:
MWGBG
7040 Avenida Encinas #104-266
Carlsbad, CA 92009
- High Country Basketry Guild
Membership $25.00/yr
HCBG
- Delaware Basket Association
Wesley College
Dover, DE
Contact: Evelyn Greenwood, Membership
Dover, De 19901
Email: eegreen@comcast.net
- Gulf Coast Weavers Guild
Membership: $12.00/yr
Sally Way
3700 Olive Rd. E.
Pensacola, FL 32514
- Intercostal Weavers Guild
Membership: $10.00/yr
Mary Brandenburg
299 Granada Rd.
W. Palm Beach, FL 33401
- Nature Coast Basketmakers Guild
Spring Hill, Florida
Meets the second Thursday of the month at the
Hernando County Blood Bank on S.R.
50 in Spring Hill. Meetings are held from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. from September to May.
- Tampa Bay Basketmakers Guild
Membership: $15.00/yr
Meetings Sept. to May
This guild was organized in 1991 by
a group of basketmakers from Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties.
They now have over 60 members. Currently the guild rotates its
meeting sites from St. John's Episcopal Church in Clearwater to
Bayshore Presbyterian Apartments in Tampa on the third Saturday
of the month from Sept. through May. The newsletter,
"The Woven Word", is distributed quarterly. Annual dues,
payable on Jan. 1, are $15.00. The president
is Judy LeGath, phone (727)669-0135,
E-mail J2LeGath@aol.com.
- Venetian Society of Basket Weavers
Membership: $15.00/yr
Venetian Soc. of Basket Weavers
PO Box 1411
Venice, FL 34284-1411
Email: Flasue@aol.com
- Georgia Basketry Association
Contact: Sybil Sweat
770-594-0780
Email: sweatsybil@aol.com
Annual Convention first weekend in February
- Basketweaver's Guild of Georgia
Membership: $15.00/yr
Representative: Hannah Sommer
770-434-7501
Email: hannahsommer@mindspring.com
Meets: 2nd Thursday 10am-1pm, Bulloch Hall in Roswell
- Flint River Basket Weavers
Representative: Dot Dowling
229 432-2857
Email: Dotsbaskets@bellsouth.net
Meets: 3rd Thursdays, 10-3 Albany, GA
- Greater Atlanta Basket Guild
Membership: $15.00 per year
Representative: Judi Purvis
770 434-3430
Email: Smrynaweaver@aol.com
Meets: 3rd Wednesday at East Marietta Library
on Lower Roswell Rd. 6-8:30pm
- Gwinnett Basketweaver's Guild
Membership: $15.00/yr
Representative: Pat Christman
706 376-0916
Email: tdchris@hartcom.net
Meets: 2nd Wednesday 6:30pm,
Burkmar High School in Lawrenceville
- Mountain Weavers
Representative: Maureen Wilson
706 745-1879
Email: laurelcabin@alltel.net
Meets: 1st Friday 9am-12,
St. Clare’s Episcopal Church in Blairsville.
- River Country Basket Guild
Representative: Suzanne Simoneau
706-733-3733
Email: dwsnose@aol.com
Meets: every Tuesday 7-9pm in Augusta,
membership $12 per year.
- Aloha Basketweaver's Guild
Lois Keener
2331A Appollo Ave.
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu, HI 96818
- Cut & Tuckers
Membership: $15.00/yr
Linda Matheis
4827 Basil Court
Indianapolis, IN 46237
317-887-6159
Cut & Tuckers meets the 4th Monday of every month at Glenns Valley United Methodist Church,
8650 Hwy 37 South, Greenwood, Indiana.
- Elkhart County Basketweavers Guild
c/o Sherry Sayles
59943 County Road 15
Elkhart IN 46517
(219) 875-7072
Email: sdsbaskets@star-link.net
- Earthweavers
Greenfield, IN
Meets the first Monday of the month.
Membership $19.00/yr
Judy Jackson,
Co Road 1050 S.
Pendleton, IN 46064
(317) 778-2327
- Evansville Basket Weavers Guild
Contact: Narda Jones
1405 Cheshire Bridge Rd.
Evansville, IN 47710
812-422-7503
Email: narda@jonesplace.com
- For The Love Of Baskets
Columbus, IN 47201
Meets the first Monday of each month except Sep. (2nd Monday).
Dues are $15 per year. We weave a different basket each month. Members who do not wish to do
the featured basket are encouraged to bring a basket on which they wish to work. President: lfleming@bcsc.k12.in.us
- Ft. Wayne Basketmakers Guild
Membership: $15.00/yr
Jand Carter
8627 Medicine Bow Run
Rt. Wayne, IN 46825
- Logaland Basketmakers Guild
Membership: $15.00/yr
Gay Miller
R.R.6, Box 243
Logansport, IN 46947
- Nothwest Hoosier Basket Guild
Membership: $15.00/yr
Lois Miller
95 Colonial Ave
Falpraiso, IN 46383
- Northwest Hoosier Basket Guild
Membership: $15.00/yr
Kim Cobban
(219) 988-2309
Email: lida1@netnitco.net
Meets the third Monday of the month.
The meeting place alternates between the SELF
school in Valparaiso, IN and the Lakes of the
Four Seasons Club House in Lakes of the Four Seasons,
Crown Point, IN. We have a mini-convention in June.
- Pony Creek Basket Guild
Membership: $10,00/yr
Shelley Graves
7863 N 200 E
North Manchester, IN
- Spokes and Weavers Basket Guild
Membership: $20.00/yr
Janet Bottomley
(260) 347-2920
Meets the third Tues. of each month, except Dec.
- Towne Twiners Basketmakers Guild
Information: Carol Antrim,
12701 W. River Valley Rd,
Yorktown, IN 47396
Email: cantrim@bigfoot.com
Meets 6:00 PM on 3rd Monday of the month at
Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, IN.
- White River Basketmakers Guild
Membership: $15.00/yr
401 E. 95th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Email: tom@netride.net
- Amana Arts Guild
P.O. Box 114.
Amana, IA 52203
Email: americanbaskets@yahoo.com
- Basketry Arts Guild of Iowa and Illinois
Membership: $7.00/yr
Melanie Dilts
5111 78th Ave Lot 50
Milan, IA 61201
- Iowa Basketweavers Guild
Membership: $10.00 a year, January-December
Please send a check for $10.00 to:
Maribeth Woolsey, Treasurer
621 Olive Street,
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
Email:
IBWG@mchsi.com
now
Also include the following information:
Name, Address, Phone Number and Email Addy.
With membership, you receive
the IBWG newsletter four times a year. When you join, you will
receive all back issues published in the current year. There are two
meetings a year (Spring and Fall), hosted by members in various
locations around the state. To publish articles,
supply workshop information or buy advertising
space contact newsletter Editor:
Sue Little,
2251 Palmer,
Iowa City, IA 52240,
Email: IBWG@mchsi.com
- Kansas Sunflower Basket Weavers Guild
Arlene Smith
1302 17th St.
Wamego, KS 66547
- Basket Weavers on the Prairie
Wichita, KS.
We meet the first Friday of every other month at CityArts. Our next meeting will be in Oct., 1998. Anyone with basic basketweaving exp. is
welcome to attend. Our dues are $12 a year.
For informatin contact Karen D'Angelo at
dangelo@southwind.net
- Anne's Rib Guild
Harrodsburg, KY
Guild meets on the 2nd Sat. of the month at Anne Coleman's residence from
9 a.m.-??. Special weaving events thru the year: New Year's Day, Doe Run Inn in
Louisville, KY, Shakertown in October to name just a few.
Dues are $5 per year includes quarterly newsletter.
Email: annecoleman@kycom.net
or weavekat@aol.com
- Big Sandy Basket Guild, Pikeville, Kentucky
Contact: Mary Wiss
PO Box 2179
Pikeville, KY 41502
(606) 432-3618
- Bluegrass Basket Guild, Taylorsville, Kentucky
Contact: Ardia Herndon
3034 Plum Ridge Road
Taylorsville, KY 40071
(502) 477-2797
- Derby Basket Guild
Dues: $10.00 yearly
Donna Stout
9108 Hurstwood Ct.
Louisville, KY 40222
Started in 1997. Currently has 62 members.
Membership provides a quarterly
newsletter with area class information,
patterns and area basketry events.
- Kentucky Basket Association
The Kentucky Basket Association was established in 1995, dues are $15.00 annually.
Membership in required to attend the state convention which will be in Corbin,
Kentucky July 13 - 15, 2006. You do not need to be a member of a guild to be a
member of the state association. Quarterly newsletter includes basketry events,
class information, and news from basket guilds across the state.
Please contact Vicky Brown 270-274-4234 or
brownbasket@bellsouth.net
for further information. .
- Kentucky River DreamWeavers Basket Guild
Contact: Martha Newby
180 Beasley Road
Versailles, KY 40383
Email: mnewby@ky.nrcs.usda.gov
Monthly classes plus Spring Fling Basket Gathering in April-May (This
year April 14-15) in Versailles, Kentucky. Yearly Dues $5 -
January-December.
- Lake Cumberland Weavers
A basket weaving group located in the Lake Cumberland region of Kentucky.
We are associated
with the Pulaski County Extension Service.
- Woven Together in Western Kentucky
The Woven Together in Western Kentucky basket weaver's guild meets the
second Saturday of the month, at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Philpot,
Kentucky. Membership runs from July to June, dues are $15.00. Activities include
classes, workshops, trips, a dye party, and the Annual Weaver's Retreat in Western
Kentucky since 1995. WTWKY was organized June 1993. For further information you may
contact Vicky Brown, 270-274-4234 or email:
brownbasket@bellsouth.net
Northeast Basketmakers Guild
- Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
P.O. Box 3253
Old Town, ME 04468
- Deer Creek Basketry Guild
PO Box 514
Bel Air, MD 21014
Email: jmhersey@juno.com
Meets 1st Sundays of the month (unless conflicts with a holiday) at the Isaac Walton Lodge, 3518 Woodsdale Road, Abingdon, MD (off MD Rt 24 and Rt 924 (1 mile from I 95, exit 77, Harford County, MD). We welcome guests. The Guild has monthly meetings, technique clinics, guest teachers, in-guild teachers and workshops for non-members, adults and children.. We demonstrate basketry at local community events.
- Association of Michigan Basketmakers
Membership: Individual $20., Cottage $25.,
Business $35. Dues must be paid in full by
Jan. 31, to receive information and attend
the yearly convention.
Nancy Carlson
1258 South Dr.
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Email: ambnanc@power-net.net
Basket Reeder editor: Anita Kaminski
Email: anitak@flash.net
- Baskets and Friends Guild
Troy/Rochester Area
Membership $10.00/yr
(must be a member of AMB)
Contact person is:
Debbie Richards
535 Indianwood Rd
Lake Orion, MI 48362
Email: Debrichard@aol.com
- Betsy's Bunch Guild of Davison, MI
Membership $10.00/yr
(must be a member of AMB)
Joanne Shilling
9302 Atlas Dr.
Davison, MI 48423
Email: apluspromotions@blclinks.net
We meet in Davison, MI on the 3rd wednesday of the month,
6:30p.m.-9:00p.m. We have all levels of weaving and would love to have
anyone interested join us in our open membership
- Crossroads Basketweavers Guild
Membership dues $10.00/yr
(must be member of AMB)
Judy Clark, Newsletter Editor
5726 West Curtice Road
Mason, MI 48854
Email: jsclark@voyager.net
- Dream Weavers Guild of Western Michigan
Leslie Spurrier
3208 Giddings SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49508
(616) 452-3069
Email: jlsprrr@iserv.net
- Ironland Basket Guild
Membership: $10.00/yr
Gail Marlowe
412 Forsberg Rd.
Iron River, MI 49935
- Thumbweavers Basket Guild
Membership: $5.00/yr
Pamela Woodbury
12601 Rathbun Rd.
Birch Run, MI 48415
Email: pywoodbury@worldnet.att.net
- Southwest Michigan Basketmakers Guild
Lorraine Otto
7686 West State Rd.
Middleville, MI 49333
- Traverse Area Basketry Guild
Membership: $12.00/yr
Peggy Core
4519 S. elm Valley Rd.
Suttons Bay, MI 49682
- Headwaters Basketmakers Guild
Membership: $12.00/yr
Peg Solberg,
RR 1 Box 450
Lengby, MN 56651
Email: epbensum@mail.paulbunyan.net
- Minnesota Basket Weavers Guild
The new board of directors for the Minnesota Basket Weavers Guild was just
elected at the first of the year. President is
new president:
Janet Prow, email:
whose e-mail address is: janet.prow@co.hennepin.mn.us.
janet.prow@co.hennepin.mn.us
Treasurer-Membership is Molly Stahlke email:
basketmoll@aol.com
The guild meets on the 4th Saturday of each month with a Fall Basketry
Workshop, usually in November. Every month after the business meeting, a
couple of classes are taught by other guild members.
Membership dues are $20 individual, $25 Cottage, $30 business and include a
quarterly newsletter Feb., May, Aug. and Nov.
Meetings are held at the Textile Center of Minnesota, 3000 University
Ave. SE #100, Minneapolis, Mn 612-436-0464.
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- Nebraska Basket Weavers Guild
Membership: $10.00/yr
Ann M. Renli
3710 Alden Ave.
Lincoln, NE 68502
Email: Pam Allen
- Great Basin Basketmakers
Membership: $12.50/yr
Mary Lee Fulkerson
5055 Twin Springs Rd.
Palomino Valley, NV 89510
Northeast Basketmakers Guild
- Penn Jersey Basketry Guild, Inc.
Membership: $15.00/yr
President: Karen Wychock
8 Long Loop Rd.
Levittown, PA 19056
(215) 547-2348
Email: kwychock@neshaminy.k12.pa.us
- North Carolina Basketmakers Association
Membership: $25.00/yr
NCBA
Susanna Miller
254 S. Hillcrest Dr.
Goldsboro, NC 27534
(919) 735-5924
Email: susybasket@aol.com
- Cape Fear Basketmakers' Association
c/o Cheryl Thomas
714 Buena Vista Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28311
(910)822-3188
- Catawba Valley Basketmakers Association
c/o Jeanette Staley
4980 Kennedy Street
Hickory, NC 28602
(828)294-2990
Dues: $12.00 per year
Meetings: 4th Sunday of every month, 2-4 pm,
Allen Frye Clubhouse, Hickory, NC
- Chapel Hill Basket Guild
Contact person: Jackie Quirk
Email: jackiequirk@yahoo.com
Membership Sept - August $5
Meetings: Monthly, Sunday afternoon, 2:30 - 5:30, CH Public Library
- Charlotte's W.E.B.
Membership: $10.00/yr
Susan Van Dyke
5258 Addison Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28211
- Costal Carolina Basketweavers Guild
Membership: $10.00/yr
Vickie Rowe
6180 Highway 17 N.
Vanceboro, NC 28586
- Goldweavers Guild in Goldsboro, NC.
Membership: $10.00/yr
President: Ingrid Quick
211 S. Hillcrest Dr
Goldsboro, NC 27534
(919) 735-7575
Email: ingridg@earthlink.net
- N.E.W. Weavers
Betty Bronczkowski
613 Lucille Dr.
Tarboro, NC 27886
- Port City Basketmakers Guild
Donna Meinert
345 Scottsdale Dr.
Wilmington, NC 28405
- Triangle Basket Weavers
Linda Rolfe
Email: lrolfe@nc.rr.comt
3505 Fernwood Drive
Raleigh, NC 27612
Membership: $10.00/year (year is Sept-July)
Meetings: 2nd Wed. of each month (except Aug.)
- Heritage Basketry Guild of Dayton, OH
Meetings are the first Monday of every month 7PM at
the Community Methodist Church, 339 Meyer Avenue,
Riverside, OH. It is at the corner of Burkhardt
and Smithville, just off Route 35. There is a planned
weaving product each month and a monthly newsletter.
Dues are $20 for the year. For more information please
contact our President,
Carol White, at:
carolwhite43@woh.rr.com
or Teacher Liaison,
Cindy Clark, at:
Baskets58@aol.com
Join us for our annual
MID SUMMER WEAVE the second Saturday in July, see:
MID SUMMER WEAVE
- Westside Basketry Guild
1608 Lauderdale Ave.
Lakewood, OH 44107
Becky Wing-Cubberley
(216) 226-6391
- Maumee Bay Basketweavers Guild
Carol Bates
10751 W Duff Washa Rd
Oak Harbor, OH 43449
- Medina County Basket Weavers Guild
c/o Nancy Haake
11605 Prospect Road
Strongsville, Ohio 44149-2927
(440) 238-5434
Meets first Thursday of the month September through May in
Medina at 7:30pm at the Medina Career Center on rte 18. Membership: $12.00/yr.
New members welcome. Call for further information
or Email: DEERWEAVER@worldnet.att.net.
- Ohio Valley Basketweavers Guild
Membership: $20.00/yr, Jan-Dec.
Meets the 3rd Wed. of every month in Cincinnati, OH; 7pm
- Western Reserve Basketry Guild
Karen Sonderman
4160 Darrow Rd.
Stow, OH 44224
- Wildwood Basketry Guild
Membership $25.00/yr
Wildwood Cultural Center
8400 Civic Center Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
- BasketWeavers Guild of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
Info: Marcia Balleweg, Email: mballeweg@yahoo.com
- Columbia Basin Basketry Guild
Membership: $20.00/yr
Columbia Basin Basketry Guild
Multnomah Art Center
7688 SW Capitol Highway
Portland OR 97219
Info: Judy Green, Email: JLG@fei2.feico.com
- BasketWeavers Guild of Bedford County
We hold a basket class monthly in Bedford, PA. Annual dues are $15. Members receive a monthly newsletter and reduced fee for classes.
Info: Loretta Radeschi, 311 Oakview Rd., Bedford, PA 15522
Email: lradeschi@bedford.net
- Central Pennsylvania Basketweavers Guild
1:30 PM 2nd Sunday of every month.
East Shore Library, 4501 Ethel Street, Harrisburg, PA.
Info: Suzette Humer, 104 Milltown Road,
Landisburg, PA 17040.
Email: basketsandgoodies@pa.net
Northeast Basketmakers Guild
- Upper S.C. Basketmakers Guild
Membership: $15.00/yr
Sandy Elbrecht
504 Tiffany Lane
Taylors, SC 29687
- Northeast Basketmakers Guild
- Green Mountain Basket Guild of Vermont
Membership: $20.00/yr
Sue MacIntire
Main St.
P.O. Box 235
Shoreham, VT 05770
- Centralia College Basketry Guild
Centralia College
600 W. Locust St.
Ecntralia, WA 98531
- Northwest Basketweavers
Membership $15.00/yr
Northwest Basketweavers
PO Box 75131
Seattle, WA 98125
(206) 285-0132
Email: dede@zipcon.com
We offer classes, and workshops, as well as
monthly meetings. We meet on the second
Wednesday of each month (except July, August,
Dec) At the Shoreline Historical Museum at
175th and Aurora. We also maintain an
email list as well as a snail-mail and
phone list of our members. In addition we
have an annual Spring Retreat.
Three and a half days off in the wilderness.
- West Virginia Basketmakers' Association
Yearly dues $20.00/y individual; $25.00/yr teacher, business. Quarterly meetings at
different loctions in the state. Semiannual newsletters.
Semiannual weave-ins Guilds, teachers, and
classes in different areas of West Virginia.
Contact: Sharon Sutton, 160 Scenic Hills, Parkersburg, WV 26104-8085
Email: sasutton@charter.net
- Cedar Creek Basket Guild
Membership $10.00/yr
Cedar Creek Basket Guild
Leslie Beyer
932 Glenwood Dr.
Cedarburg, WI 53012
(414) 377-5484
- Lake Country Basket Guild
Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month (except May - Basket Fest Event) from 6:30-9:30pm
at Galilee Lutheran Church, Pewaukee, WI - with special weaving projects conducted at each meeting. Annual
dues of $20.00 for membership from February 1st through January 31st. Also receive our NewsWeave publication
quarterly for upcoming events and other Basketry Tidbits.
For more information, visit our website:
www.lakecountrybasketguild.com
- Lake Country Basket Fest - The theme for this years annual event that takes place the first weekend
in May will be "Weave Moved" to the Washington County Fair Park, West Bend WI. Take classes from National &
Local Instructors and shop at the Basket Supply Vendors Market Place. You must be a member of the
guild ($20.00 membership) to register for Basket Fest. Registration for Basket Fest is $100.00 plus
class fees payable to the instructors. Brochures will be sent to all current members in the month of
December, and these members will be eligible for the first round of registrations. Anyone joining after
the first round will be allowed to register for classes not already filled. For more information visit
our website:
www.lakecountrybasketguild.com
- Silver Creek Basket Guild
Membership: $10.00/yr
Virginia Laper
N2947 E. Little Green
Markesan, WI 54946
Email: virjimmy@dotnet.com
Meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 6:30PM at
Messiah Lutheran Church in Ripon, Wisconsin.
- Waukesha Area Basketweaver Guild
Membership $10.00/yr
Jeanine Mensinga
206 Meadowside Ct.
Pewaukee, WI 53072
(414) 691-9608
- Wisconsin Weave Basketry Guild
Dues -$5 per year
Contact: Annetta Kraayeveld
7029 South State Road 213
Belit WI 53511
608 365-0714
Email: krazyveld@hotmail.com
- Wolf River Basketry Guild, Shawano, WI
Membership $15.00/yr
Judi Raddant
W7850 County Road MMM
Shawano, WI 54166
Email: rjraddant@frontiernet.net
- The Basketry Network
Membership: individual $30. p.a.; 2 members at
the same address $35.; non-Canadian residents US$25.
Contact: Tony Pasman, Chairperson
8 Peter St. R.R.1
Grand Valley, ON L0N 1G0
Email: antopasm@enoreo.on.ca
- Basketry Guild of The South Okanagan
Penticton, BC
Marha Cloudesley
(604) 494-9865
- The Agassiz Harrison Fibre Arts Group
Box 383
Harrison Hot Springs,
B.C. Canada, VOM 1K0
Email: lscobie@uniserve.com
Most of our members do traditional willow basketry. We hold regular
workshops for both members and others interested in traditional crafts.
We meet twice monthly at a home we rent near our cultivated willow
fields. We need to rent a home in order to store all our willow and
other collected materials.
- Greater Vancouver Basket Weavers
The Greater Vancouver Weavers and Spinners Guild basket group meets the first
Thursday of each month from 10 am -2 pm at a member's house. We work on our own basket
project, have show and tell, and exchange ideas.
Contact person: Irene Weisner 604-469-0840,
email: ireneweisner@shaw.ca
- Nova Scotia Basketry Guild
Contact: Joleen Gordon
121 Crichton Avenue
Dartmouth Nova Scotia Canada B3R 3R6
(902) 469-2798
Email: joleen.gordon@ns.sympatico.ca
- Southwestern Ontario Basketry Guild
Southwestern Ontario Basketry Guild is committed to spreading the art of basketry in Ontario and
beyond through our educational program, visiting experts in basketry and basketry conferences.
Members will have an opportunity to teach and/or study in a variety of artistic and educational settings.
Meetings 3rd Saturdays at the Chatham Cultural Centre, Chatham, Ontario feature basketweaving projects and a
short business session.
- The Basketmakers' Association
Hon. Mem. Sec. - Sally Goymer
37 Mendip Road
Cheltenham
Glos. GL52 5EB
England
Email: Roy Youdale
Membership of The Basketmakers' Association (for
basketmakers and chairseaters) is open to any person
interested in these and allied crafts.
It publishes a quarterly Newsletter and provides
numerous services for its members, including organising
courses at all levels and publishing a comprehensive
listing of courses and exhibitions throughout the UK.
Overseas membership is #15 per annum (in sterling),
and there are currently members in 14 countries
outside the UK.
US membership (which can be in the name of an individual
or a local group) is the equivalent of #15 sterling per
calender year. The Editor is happy to send single copies
to interested individuals who request it.
We want to make contact with makers from all over the USA
(and even the world!!), to establish links, exchange
information, and generally enhance the level of awareness
of what is happening in the basketmaking world.
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