Welcome to the Members Only Page
Discover the benefits of membership. The Guild Calendar includes events open to members only, including the ability to register for special workshops. Access important documents, including those for the Holiday Sale and the Operations Manual for Guild governance and procedures. Finally, you can access emails in the Guild Contacts section.
Members Benefits
- Presentations by fiber artists from around the world at both daytime and evening meetings. You may bring a guest once a year.
- Community of fiber enthusiasts to share ideas with
- The Yarn newsletter, five times a year
- Library books to borrow for a month
- Rent Guild Equipment for minimal fee
- Holiday Sale eligibility where you may volunteer and sell your fiber works
- Workshops with renowned teachers
- Study Group participation with peers, announced at Guild meetings or The Yarn, or on Members page calendar
- Scholarships available to members only
- Link to your own fiber arts website on the Guild’s website
- Attend Open Studio hours and use Weaving & Fiber Arts Center resource library
- Free ¼ Page Ad in The Yarn once a year
- Volunteer opportunities to promote fiber arts and support the Guild
- Just-the-Ticket Auction—Donate your unneeded fiber items and bid on others’
- Vote on the future of the Guild
- Member to member Sale at annual picnic with no Guild commission
WGR Calendar
If you want to list a committee meeting, study group, etc. for members only, please email it to web@weaversguildofrochester.org.
Annual Meeting, Picnic, and Members’ Sale
First Baptist Church, Rochester, NY.
10:00 am
Weaving Challenge for the Summer
Weaving and Fiber Arts Center, East Rochester, NY.
6:30 pm
Board Meeting
2:00pm
Chromatic Fantasy, Music, Mathematics and Magic in Doubleweave with Jennifer Moore
First Baptist Church, Rochester, NY.
9:30 am
Wearables Study Group, Weaving & Fiber Arts Center
East Rochester, NY.
1:00 pm
Double Rainbow Workshop with Jennifer Moore
First Baptist Church, Rochester, NY.
Wed, 1-4:00 pm, Thur - Fri, 9:00 am - 4 pm
Holiday Sale Registration Deadline
The Yarn deadline
Finger Weaving – Simple or Complex with Janis Castrogiovanni Weaving & Fiber Arts Center,
East Rochester, NY.
6:30 pm
Holiday Sale Inventory Form Deadline
Scholarship Deadline
Designing: Moving from Ideas to Woven Objects with Michael Rohde
First Baptist Church, Rochester, NY.
9:30 am
Wearables Study Group Weaving & Fiber Arts Center
East Rochester, NY.
1:00 pm
Annual Holiday Sale
Perkins Mansion/AAUW House, 494 East Avenue, Rochester, NY.
Saturday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm ; Sunday 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cards with Handwoven Cloth with Lynne Blum Weaving & Fiber Arts Center
East Rochester, NY.
6:30 pm
Make a Simple Book with Melita Gill Weaving & Fiber Arts Center
East Rochester, NY.
6:30 pm
Guild Documents
Holiday Sale
2026 Holiday Sale Vendor Information available on September 1.
The Yarn Archives
Past issues of The Yarn are available one year ago to date.