WGR Social Media
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weaversguildofrochester/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555700817665
Resources for Fiber Artists
Affiliations
Alling Coverlet Museum
The Alling features the largest collection of American hand woven coverlets in the United States. WGR supports the museum by providing volunteers to act as docents.
www.historicpalmyrany.com/alling.htm
Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference
EGLFC is a biennial conference organized and put on by fiber art guilds in the greater Eastern Great Lakes area. The small friendly conference of about 85 participants includes 6 instructors and is held at the Chautauqua Institute in western New York.
www.eglfc.org
Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association
MAFA is a non-profit organization whose objectives are to promote education in the fiber arts; to plan, organize, and conduct conferences; and to facilitate communication among member guilds.
www.mafafiber.org
Handweavers Guild of America
HGA provides educational programs, conferences, and an award-winning quarterly publication to its members as it seeks to increase awareness of and appreciation for the fiber arts.
www.weavespindye.org
Weave a Real Peace
WARP is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women and communities-in-need around the world through textile arts.
www.weavearealpeace.org
Publications
Weaving Lives at 65: An Anniversary Exhibit
Celebrating the Guild's 65th anniversary, this book incorporates history, photos and 33 project drafts. SOLD OUT! Can be seen in library.
Handwoven
Original weaving designs, tips and techniques. Five issues a year.
www.interweave.com
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot
Quarterly HGA journal featuring a broad spectrum of articles about the fiber arts.
www.weavespindye.org
Member Websites
Margaret 'Peg' Cherre
Pamela Frame
www.FrameArtsFlowers.com
Melita Gill
Denise Kovnat
Ruth Manning
Sarah Saulson
Jan Hewitt Towsley
Marcia Weinert
Alanna Wilcox
Retailers
Special thanks to these retailers who support the Weavers' Guild of Rochester.
Amazon Smile (Your purchases here may support the Guild)
smile.amazon.com
Bead Breakout
www.beadbreakout.com
Daft Dames Handcrafts, 13384 Main Road, Akron, NY, 14001, (716) 542-4235
www.facebook.com/pages/Daft-Dames-Handcrafts/162647053759257
Halcyon Yarns, 12 School St, Bath, ME 04530, (207) 442-7909
Heart Forge Solutions, Custom 3d Printed Craft Tools
heartforge.solutions
Hope Farm, 2921 Oakmount Road, East Bloomfield, NY 14669
Twisted Wool, (585) 430-7823
Yarn Culture
Regional Fiber Arts
Cherry Valley Country Spinners and Fiber Artists, Cazenovia, NY
www.cherryvalleycountryspinners.org
Foothills Weaving and Fiber Arts Guild, Clinton, NY
foothillsweavingandfiberartsguild.weebly.com/
Golden Fleece Spinners’ Society, Baldswinsville, NY
www.goldenfleecespinnerssociety.org
Schweinfurth Art Center
Syracuse Weavers Guild, Fayetteville, NY
Weavers Guild of Buffalo, Amherst, NY
sites.google.com/view/weaversguildofbuffalo/home
