Welcome to HGB

Feel free to expore this site. Our monthly meetings are described at Meetings. The list of current programs and workshops are shown at Programs & Workshops. For a bit of history about the guild, and how to join go to A Bit of Information About the Guild.

For more information about the Guild, contact us.

Upcoming Navajo Textile Exhibit at CU Museum

On May 29th, "Navajo Weaving: Diamonds, Dreams, Landscapes" opens at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. The exhibit is comprised of three separate iterations, each displaying 20-30 Navajo textiles. This exhibit will showcase nearly 100 textiles from the Museum's spectacular collection of rare Southwestern textiles.

The three iterations of the textiles will be divided into Diamonds and Beyond, Dreams, and Landscapes, each focusing on a different design element found in Navajo textiles. Most of the textiles have never been displayed for the general public before.

For more information visit the CU Museum webpage about the event. For more information about the CU Museum visit their website.

Intermountain Weaving Conference

The Intermountain Weaver's Conference will be held July 30 - August 2, 2009 once again in Durango, Colorado. Each year The IWC has great Raffle Baskets. All raffle proceeds go towards scholarships to participate in the next IWC conference; the 2007 raffle raised $1700 for 2009 scholarships and has awarded assistance to five attendees to this year's conference and benefit from new knowledge, skills, and inspiration.

Raffle Baskets provide Conference participants a lot of fun and excitement and an opportunity to receive something special they may not otherwise purchase. A Raffle Basket may include a variety of quality items - fiber, yarn, ribbon, beads, books (gently used are fine), special fabric, tools, various craft materials, gift certificates, subscriptions, soaps, lotions, even chocolate(!) In short, something for everyone, no matter what their interests.

HGB is collecting donations for a basket to donate to The IWC.

Donations can be dropped off at Shuttles in a box labeled "IWC". The deadline for donations is July 15.

TACtile Goes Green

Get your creative juices flowing, minimize your consumptive footprint, make something beautiful, again! TACtile is planning a show of artwork (Sept. 18 – Nov. 6, 2009) made from reused, recycled, repurposed fibers, textiles and related objects. Artworks should embody the “green” concept of reducing consumerism by reusing mass produced goods in new creative ways. Works may be functional or non-functional, for sale or NFS. More info: www.tactilearts.org.

Save the Date ! Our 2nd Annual Holiday Gift Show will be Nov. 13 – Jan. 8. Holiday gift buyers are waiting to buy your handmade fiber art treasures.

A Bit of Information about the Guild

The Handweavers Guild of Boulder began in the early 1960s with 10 founding members. HGB now has a membership of over 300 textile artists.

HGB meets monthly from September through May; arranges workshops on a variety of textile-related topics; sponsors public exhibits, demonstrations and educational displays; and holds an annual sale. Visitors are always welcome at the Day and Evening Guild meetings.

Membership

Membership to the guild runs from June 1 through May 31. To be included in the HGB yearbook and the Annual Sale you must send in your membership form and pay your dues by September 12. Membership applications are available at our meetings, at Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins in Boulder, and here.

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