New England Weaving Seminar (NEWS) 2019
Location: Smith College, Northampton, MA
Dates: July 11–14, 2019
Congratulations to the following guild members for their award-winning weaving achieved at NEWS 2019:
Lucienne Coifman – Gallery Show NEWS Special Awards, Popular Choice, “Relax”
MaryAnn Bennett – Gallery Show Category Awards, Table Linens, 2nd place, “Purple Waves”
Lucienne Coifman – Fashion Show Category Awards, Scarves-Fewer than 8 shafts, 2nd place, “Eyelashes”
Rebecca Jensen – Gallery Show Sponsored Special Awards, Pioneer Valley Weavers: Barbara Elkins Award for Creativity and Originality in Following the “What Would Happen If…” Trail, “Pentapus”
Barbara Bendix – Gallery Show Sponsored Special Awards, Pioneer Valley Weavers: Pushing Boundaries: The Creative Use of Colors, Materials, Structure of Design in a Handwoven Piece, “Prague, 2017”
2019 Vermont Weavers Guild Show
We welcomed all guild members to submit a favorite work or works from the last few years to the Studio Place Arts show. Both functional and non-functional pieces were welcome.
Location: Studio Place Arts, 201 N Main St, Barre, VT
Dates: Sept 9 – 30
Theme: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Congratulations to the following award winners for their submitted work to the show:
Andy Bird – Best in Show/Popular Choice, “Color Gamp”
Betty Mitchell – Best Woven to Theme, “Chanticleer”
Pamela Burghardt – Best New Weaver, “Just a Moment”
Show Committee: Dianna Mitchell, Janet Clark, Jane Bird, Annette Higby,
Pamela Wilson, Julie George, Mary Alice Favro, Susan Rockwell and Betty Mitchell
Questions can be sent to any of the committee members.
Judging Prior to NEWS 2019
While NEWS is not requiring any pieces to be pre-judged before entry into this year’s Seminar show, our guild members find value in having items critiqued and wished to continue having items judged locally.
Items do not have to be going to NEWS to participate.
Members who wish to have their work judged should bring completed items along with all necessary forms to the May 11 guild meeting. If you will not be attending the meeting, please arrange to have someone else from the guild bring in your entries or contact one of the show committee members listed above.This year’s judging of “How Does Your Garden Grow” show items will take place between 5/11/19 and 06/01/19 to allow ample time for those items going on to NEWS to meet the delivery deadline.
Please see the following forms to include with your piece to be judged.
- 2019 VWG Judging Prior to NEWS (Entry Instructions)
- VWG 2019 Judging/NEWS Cover Sheet (Entry Cover Sheet)
2018 Scarf Exchange – A Tribute to Georgia O’Keeffe
The Guild project for the 2019 Guild Show was a scarf exchange based on the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe.