Link of the Month: Barbara Burns
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Tapestry Organizations
• Gloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry Studies, Tucson, AZ,USA
• Studies in Western Tapestry
Tapestry Groups
• B.C. Stars (British Columbia Society of Tapestry Artists)
Contact: Barbara Heller bheller@telus.net
• The British Tapestry Group
• The Canadian Tapestry Network
Co-editors:Madeleine Darling-Tung madeleinedt@shaw.ca and Barbara Heller bheller@telus.net.
• Chicago Tapestry
• Desert Tapestry Weavers
Contact: Kathy Perkins, 7408 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505, TapKath at aol dot com or Lyn Hart, 3003 W. Camino Christy, Tucson, AZ 85742, desertsonghart at gmail dot com
• European Tapestry Forum
• TAPIS (Tapestry Artists from Vancouver Island)
Contact: Elaine Duncan P.O. Box 623, Errington, BC, Canada V0R1V0, or Anne Clark 163 Wildwood Ave., Victoria, BC, Canada V8S 3V8,
Currently dues are a one-time-only $10.00.
• TAPS (Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound)
For more information about the membership jury process for TAPS
contact Mary Lane 703 Foote Street, NW, Olympia, WA, 98502.
• TWiNE (Tapestry Weavers in New England)
Contact: Janet Austin 191 Cedar St., E. Greenwich, RI 02818. Membership is $20 yearly and open to anyone.
• TWS (Tapestry Weavers South)
Contact: Membership Chair, Rosemary Smith rpsmith5 at windstream dot net
Membership is $20 yearly and open to anyone.
• TWW (Tapestry Weavers West)
Contact: Marcia Ellis, 5565 Idlewood Rd., Santa Rosa , CA. 95404
Membership is $25 yearly and open to anyone.
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Fiber Organizations
• Association of Northwest Weavers' Guilds
• Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.
• L'association du Domaine de la Lice
• Sudbury and District, Weaver's and Spinner's Guild
• Surface Design Association, Sebastapol, California, USA
Craft Organizations
• Baulines Crafts Guild
Galleries
• Brown Grotta Arts
• Gail Martin Gallery, New York, NY
• Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
• Weaving Southwest, Taos, New Mexico
Weaving Supplies in alphabetical order...
• Ashford Looms, New Zealand
• Blomqvist/Nordiska,Textil-Garner AB, Överlida, Sweden
• Bountiful, Colorado, USA
• Borgs Vävgarner AB, Sweden
• Brennan Pipe Looms, Jesse Brennan
• Columbine yarns, Bothell, Washington, USA
• Fibres Plus, Whonnock, Maple Ridge, B.C.
• Fine Fiber Press, Albany, Or., USA
• Fireside Looms, Butler PA, USA
• George Weil Fibrecrafts, Surrey, UK
• The Lamb's Wool, Lansdale, PA, USA
• Lunatic Fringe, Havana, Florida, USA
• Mirrix Looms, New Hampshire, USA
• Norsk Fjord Fiber,Sapphire,North Carolina, USA
• Nordic Studios,Katy, Texas, USA
• Running Moon Farm, Dry Creek, Louisiana, USA
• Schacht Spindle Co., Boulder, Colorado, USA
• Spinning Loft, Howell, Michigan, USA
• Tierra Wools, New Mexico, USA
• Unicorn Books and Crafts, California, USA
• Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
• Weavers Bazaar, UK
• Weaving Southwest, New Mexico, USA
• Weaving Works, Washington, USA
• The Woolery, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA
• Ymmyarns 4 Tapestry, Australia
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Magazines in alphabetical order...
• Fiberarts
• Selvedge
• Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot
• Surface Design
Learning Opportunities (also see Where to Find) by location
USA - Mid-Atlantic and Southeast
• Joan Griffin, Virginia, USA
USA - West
• Nancy Jackson,Timshel Studio, Vallejo, California, USA
• Lynda Brothers, Moorpark, CA, 805-523-3101 email her
• Kathe Todd-Hooker, Salem, OR, USA, email her
• Damascus Fiber Arts School , Damascus, Oregon, 503-558-1727
• Weaving Works, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Joanne Hall, Montana, USA, jah at montana dot com
• Tricia Goldberg, Berkeley, California, USA
Australia
• TAFE
Canada
• Line Dufour, Ontario, Canada
• Krystyna Sadej, Ottawa & Orleans, Ontario, Canada
United Kingdom
• Tapestry and Textile Art programme, West Dean College, UK
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Workshop Instructors
List of people who teach at conferences, events, alterative educational venues. Check various websites for current schedules or contact a teacher to set up a workshop for your guild.
• Archie Brennan and Susan Martin Maffei
• Kathe Todd-Hooker, Oregon, USA
• Pam Patrie, Oregon, USA
• Sarah C. Swett, Idaho, USA
• Joanne Hall, Montana, USA, jah at montana dot com
• Marilou Schultz, Mesa, AZ, USA
• Mirrix Looms, New Hampshire, USA
Navajo Rug Information:
• Navajo Rug Repair Company
Links of Interest:
• jeanne b.'s tapestry links