News & Events

ANWG Challenge Grant Awarded, Congrats to Debbie Ellis!

Debbie Ellis, whose rigid heddle banner project through PHG is a recipient of a 2018-19 ANWG Grant. PHG was one of 25 guilds receiving grants through ANWG. Debbie is leading a project to demonstrate and gain community participation in rigid heddle “freeform” weaving at various local events over the next year. People of all ages are welcome to learn and weave part of a pre-warped banner. The resulting banner cloth will be donated to a local entity. The initial outing of the project was at Gathering of the Guilds.

Debbie is looking for volunteers to help with the weaving project at upcoming events, including the Wilsonville Festival of Arts, June 2-3; the Oregon City Farmers Markets through the summer; Art in the Pearl, September 1-3; Gathering of the Guilds 2019; and similar events. Please contact Debbie (e: artisanfibers@aol.com) if you are interested in volunteering.

Membership News

Membership Rate Change
PHG’s dues are now $45 for individuals and $70 for family memberships, effective March 1, 2018.  Life and student memberships will remain unchanged. Memberships can pay by cash or check as usual. New Membership Form online, to download and print form: 2018-9_Membership_form
Additionally, you can now pay your PHG dues using PayPal!

Member Roster
A complete roster is available in pdf format on the Members Only page of the PHG website. Members who joined or renewed after printing are listed on the Members Only page in a Corrections and Additions document, which can be printed out at will.

Google Group (Our Digital Bulletin Board)
Also, all PHG members are being added to the PHG Google group as they join or renew, if they were not already in the group. This is a way to quickly connect with fellow members about events, equipment for sale and other topics of interest to weavers. Please reach out to Amy if you need to be added, amybelgan@gmail.com 

PHG Financial Reports
Beginning in March, the Guild monthly financial reports will be posted on PHG’s Google Drive. These will be particularly relevant as we budget for the coming fiscal year. Please take a look by signing in to your Google account and clicking here Other PHG folders and documents may be accessed on the Google Drive by clicking here

HGA (Handweavers Guild of America)

As the Oregon Representative for Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) Margaret Zeps would like to encourage you to also become a member of HGA. HGA is our national weaving organization whose mission is to educate, support and inspire the fiber arts community. Many of us think of Convergence, the biennial international conference, when we think of HGA.
Membership also entitles you to receive the quarterly Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot magazine, guided study opportunities, grants to study or take workshops, fiber resources such as textile kits and multimedia rentals, travel excursions and eligibility for Small Expressions exhibit and the HGA Award given to more than 30 deserving artists each year. Please visit http://www.weavespindye.org/, for more information, or contact Margaret Zeps e: zepsm@hevanet.com

ANWG Annual General Meeting Report

The recent ANWG annual general meeting, held on May 19 in Portland, Oregon was awesome! Lead by President Linda Gettmann, many details were covered. Especially of note is that Deb Ellis’ rigid heddle banner proposal for one of the Challenge Grants was accepted! (Please see Congratulations to Deb above.) Email Debbie artisanfibers@aol.com if you would like to help with this outreach project.

Show and share of items brought by the various Guild Reps is always a feature of this meeting. The information on the winners of the Best categories, such as Color, Weave, Inspiration, will be posted on the website and in their newsletter. PHG Representative Ladella Williams also requested information about the specific entries that were chosen by the reps in the various categories. From each of the reps, we heard the “story” behind the projects – fun, interesting and inspiring!

Information updates were shared on the upcoming ANWG conference in Prince George, BC, Canada, June 11-16, 2019. Sights to see, travel modes, details of the conference facilities and list of instructors. The theme is Confluences. More information can be found here . The keynote speaker is Abby Franquemont. The conference activities we look forward to include a fashion show, gallery exhibits, meeting old friends and making new friends.
ANWG guild members attending Convergence are invited to a “meet and greet” on Sunday, July 8, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm in the White Orchard Dining Room at the Peppermill Resort.  For more detail go to the website from there link to the Blog and Facebook page, or sign up for the mailing list to receive information as it unfolds.

2021 ANWG Conference
July 12-17, 2021  Willamette University, Salem, OR
2021 Conference Co-chairs Linda Gettmann and Sue Walsh are gathering a great team for the Steering Committee. Many positions are filled and planning is underway. ANWG will keep you informed of their news and events in the ANWG Newsletter as time marches on…  It will be 2021 before we know it.   For more info or to provide comments, please contact Sue Walsh.

Association of Northwest Weavers Guilds (ANWG) Newsletter is Now Online
The Association of Northwest Weavers Guilds (ANWG) is an association of fiber arts guilds located within the Pacific Northwest United States and Western Canada.  ANWG provides services and support to its Member Guilds with the idea that combining resources and providing an economy of scale, services can be provided that would not be possible for the individual guilds to provide on their own. Click here to read the Winter 2018 Newsletter. 

Textile Hive in Portland, OR

Textile Hive, based in Portland OR, is home to the 40,000 textiles of the Andrea Aranow Textile Design Collection. The collection is the largest fully digitized independent textile collection in the world. Through its membership program the visual database offers access to educational institutions, design professionals and textile enthusiasts. Textile Hive’s mission is to preserve and enable greater access to the rich history, intricate techniques, and stunning visual beauty of the textile collection through immersive physical and digital experiences. Click here to learn more, or sign up for a tour.

PHG – Interweave Affiliate Ads

PHG is now a member of the Interweave affiliate program. That means you’ll now see ads for Interweave on the PHG website. Clicking on the ads will take you to the Interweave website, and if you make a purchase then PHG will make a commission on the sale. Best of all, the ad has a 15% discount code on it, so you’ll save money and help raise funds for PHG. Win – Win!  If you have any questions about the ads or how the program works email Dan Steves: dansteves@gmail.com