A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for October 17, 2012, and containing information on upcoming study groups and member meetings; lists of featured classes and workshops; a reminder of Fiber Fair 2012; a list of volunteer opportunities and a thank you to recent volunteers; and an update from the Fiber Source store.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for October 24, 2012, and containing reminders of Fiber Fair 2012 and the November Guild tour of Faribault Woolen Mill; a call for financial support for the Guild; information on upcoming artist visits, festivals, and open studio events; a list of featured classes with online links; a thank you to Guild volunteers; and an update on local construction.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for October 24, 2012, and containing reminders of Fiber Fair 2012, the November Guild tour of Faribault Woolen Mill, and the Upper Midwest Fall Fiber Festival in Hopkins, Minnesota; information on upcoming open studio events and artist visits; online links to featured classes; a thank you to Guild volunteers; and updates on the Fiber Source store and on local construction.
Kilamphong Kounlavong was born in Savanhnakhet, Laos. Subjects discussed include: Escaping Laos in 1975 - living in a Thai refugee camp - coming to Warroad, Minnesota from Thai refugee camps - Lao community in Warroad, Minnesota - going back to visit family in Laos. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The interview is conducted in Laotian but the transcript has been translated into English.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for November 7, 2012, and containing reminders of Fiber Fair 2012, and the November Guild tour of Faribault Woolen Mill; an announcement of a 2013 Fiber Art Almanac by Jenny Wilder of Wildwood Press including work by several Guild members; information on volunteer opportunities, and a thank you to recent Guild volunteers; online links to featured classes; and updates on the Fiber Source store and on local construction.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for November 14, 2012, and containing reminders of the November Guild tour of Faribault Woolen Mill, Give to the Max Day; an announcement of a Guild potluck dinner and show-&-tell; a thank you to Fiber Fair volunteers; online links to featured classes, visiting artists, and a biography of Guild instructor Traudi Bestler; an announcement of a fire at the studio of Judith MacKenzie in Forks, Washington; and an update on local construction.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for November 21, 2012, and containing a reminder of the Guild Potluck Dinner and Show-&-Tell; a thank you to those who donated on Give to the Max Day; online links to featured classes, and to an introduction of new staff at the Textile Center; announcements of Go Green Saturday!, and the Duluth Fiber Handcrafter's Guild Fair and Sale in Duluth, Minnesota; updates on local construction and the Fiber Source store; an article from the Archives Committee about the first Fiber Fair; and a thank you to volunteers.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for November 28, 2012, and containing a reminder of the Guild Potluck Dinner and Show-&-Tell; updates on local construction and the Fiber Source store; information on upcoming holiday sales; a thank you to volunteers; and a list of featured classes with online links.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for December 5, 2012, and containing a reminder of the Guild Potluck Dinner and Show-&-Tell; announcements of Guild member Sue Bye being named Kumihimo Artist of the Month by "What a Knit" newsletter, and two grants awarded to the Guild for general operating and technology; information on upcoming holiday sales, December open studio time at the Guild, and an upcoming fiber materials and books swap; thanks to the Technology Task Group and to recent Guild volunteers; and a list of featured classes with online links.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for December 12, 2012, and containing reminders of the Guild Potluck Dinner and Show-&-Tell, and an upcoming fiber materials and books swap; an update from the Fiber Source store; a report on Fiber Fair 2012; a thank you to recent volunteers; an online links to a photo album of the recent Guild trip to Faribault Woolen Mill; and information on featured classes, December open studio time at the Guild, and a trunk show with Mary Sue Fenner.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for December 19, 2012, and containing information on upcoming events, featured classes, a meeting on spinning with Jacey Boggs, and a trunk show with Mary Sue Fenner; an announcement of a Fiber Artist Project Grant to Guild member Chiaki O'Brien; an online link to a photo album of the recent Guild "Home for the Holidays" celebration; and an update from the Fiber Source store.
Skippers from left to right - Tom Weigel, Mike Elson, Gary Peterson, Gary Retier, Geoffrey Elson, and Kurt Hotze. These DN boats are 12 feet long with a 21 inch wide cockpit.
The Saint Paul Almanac is an annual calendar and guide to take the curious urban adventurer through the year of 2013 in Minnesota's capital city. The Saint Paul Almanac brings the diverse Saint Paul community together via city-wide events and fostering individual artistic expression via the stories and poems featured in each issue.
Booklet with information about Frank White's book and presentation about the history of the Rondo neighborhood's baseball teams. A panel held in 2013 highlighted a brief history of outstanding athletes and baseball players in the Rondo community and panelists included Bill Peterson, F. Stephen Winfield, Jim Robinson, and Frank White.
Colorful Gwiazda with roosters in black, green, red, pink, yellow, and blue on white paper. "Wycinanki" is the Polish word for "paper-cut design." This Polish folk art tradition features floral motifs, birds, trees, and village scenes. A Gwiazda paper cut features a circular or star-shaped image with lacy meshwork.
Colorful Gwiazda of two roosters in green, yellow, blue, red, and purple on white paper. "Wycinanki" is the Polish word for "paper-cut design." This Polish folk art tradition features floral motifs, birds, trees, and village scenes. A Gwiazda paper cut features a circular or star-shaped image with lacy meshwork.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for January 9, 2013, and containing information on featured classes and workshops, and the upcoming Material Swap and Mini Book Review; an announcement of the Guild receiving an award from the Archie D & Bertha H Walker Foundation; a thank-you to recent Guild volunteers; and an update from the Fiber Source store.
Nancy Walton worked in Minnesota, Maryland, California, and Morocco before returning to Minnesota. In Minnesota, she started out at the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library (1994-1998), State Library Programs Specialist (1998-2010), and ended her career by serving as State Librarian and Director of State Library Services (2010-2013).
In her interview, she touches on her first experience working in her school library as a member of the Library Club at Minneapolis's Washburn High School to working as a Peace Corp volunteer in Rabat, Morocco (1971-1974), to working within State Library Services. Other topics touched on in her interview include: working in the Ames Collection in Wilson Library (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) next to Minitex staff in 1969; working with Bill DeJohn (Minitex Director, 1984-2012); her role as State Librarian in providing equity of access to information and resources; the 1994 expansion of the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault; the 2002 closing of the library for the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning and layoffs of State Library staff; the disbursement of State Library Services professional library collection to St. Catherine University's School of Library and Information Science; the long history of the State Library Services and the Regional Public Library systems in Minnesota, and words of wisdom to library staff today. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for January 16, 2013, and containing information on a trunk show with Mary Sue Fenner, featured classes and workshops, an upcoming Textile Center exhibit, and an author lunch; a report on the recent Materials Swap and Book Review; announcements of a Guild member orientation and studio space available in the Q.arma Building, Minneapolis; a thank-you to recent Guild volunteers; and an update from the Fiber Source store.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for January 23, 2013, and containing information on a trunk show with Mary Sue Fenner, featured classes and workshops, an upcoming author lunch, and a new exhibit at the University of Minnesota's Goldstein Museum; announcements of a Guild member orientation meeting, and a change of email software for the Guild newsletter; a thank-you to recent Guild volunteers; a welcome to new members; an update from the Fiber Source store.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for January 30, 2013, and containing information on a trunk show with Mary Sue Fenner, a Guild exhibit on color theory, the book "Interaction of Color" by Josef Albers, volunteer and outreach opportunities, and featured classes; announcements of a Guild member orientation meeting, and of a cancelled workshop; a reminder to log volunteer hours; a thank-you to recent Guild volunteers; and an update from the Fiber Source store.
