The 1975 Dodge County Extension Services Annual Report contains the 41-page Annual Progress Report . The report includes: Short Summaries on Agricultural and Related Industries, 4-H and Youth Development, Community and Resource Development. Components of the report also include: Dairy Improvement, Farm Management, Soil Fertility, Demonstration Plot, Beef Production, Swine Improvement, Soybean Production, Corn Production, Forage and Small Grain, Art, Clothing, Foods and Nutrition, Home Decorating with Color, Horticulture, Low Income, On Your Own Lesson, Youth Technology, Leadership and Citizenship, 4-H In Depth Review, Planning and Zoning, Trees and Wildlife, Pollution Control, Professional Improvement, Extension Administration, Equal Program Opportunity, 4-H Knitting and Crocheting. Items of interest include: Junior Holstein Association organized fertilizer costs tripled in past year; Labor Day frost;, 2nd 4-H Livestock Auction nets $3,000; First County Fair overnight Arts-In; Pat Stark hired as Youth Assistant; Junior Riders Club out of probation; one large 4-H club split into three.
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Volume 15, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the first quarter of 1991. On the front page is a photo of knitters Jacky Rayman and Susan Meisner at a retreat. Other contents include the announcement of the end of the publication 'Artscape'; a knitting retreat started by Susan Saari; the Collective Visions gallery, a collective of women artists; Minnesota Hands, the organization involved with planning local events for the Year of American Craft 1993; exhibition of Minnesota bead artist Diane Fitzgerald at the International Bead Conference; and the creation of the Crafters' Insurance Program.
Volume 29, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the fourth quarter of 2001. On the front page is a color photo of textile work by Jan Friedman. Other contents include MCC artists participating in the St. Paul Charlie Brown exhibits; the Textile Center of Minnesota's move to a new facility; profiles of Fiber/Metal 2001 artists Heinz Brummel, Dennis Alfred Phillips, Barbara and Dana Deardorff, Kathleen Rivard, Louise Rauh, and Anna Carlson; a list of artists exhibiting at Fiber/Metal 2001; and award winners and color photos of works from the Minnesota Crafts Festival.
Volume 28, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the fourth quarter of 2000. On the front page are photos of works by artists at the upcoming Fiber/Metal show. Other contents include Fiber/Metal artist of distinction Tim Harding; MCC as a recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant; summary of a kiln-building workshop with Banner Oak Pottery and potter Svend Bayer; photos of works and a list of Fiber/Metal artists; profiles of some Fiber/Metal artists (Diane Tsurutani, Ken Dumdie, Judith Kinghorn, Gerd Kreij, Brenna Busse, Erika Mock, Theresa Harsma, and Naomi and Lee Peck); award winners from the 2000 Minnesota Crafts Festival; and tips and benefits of offering open studio tours.
This issue of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the fourth quarter of 1998. It immediately follows volume 23, number 3, but is labeled as volume 24, number 4. On the front page are photos of fiber artist Charlene Burningham and her work. Other contents include Charlene and Bob Burningham as the 1998 Fiber/Metal Arts Artists of Distinction; a list of artists for the upcoming Fiber/Metal Arts show; profiles of some Fiber/Metal Arts artists (Wendy Richardson, Marilyn Krogfoss, Laura Leonard, Kelly Marshall, Peter Ringheim, Mary Burns, and Carolyn Halliday); photos and list of award winners from the 1998 Minnesota Crafts Festival; and Phipps Center for the Arts.
First issue of the fourth volume of the "Minnesota Weaver Quarterly" newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota in the fall of 1984, containing reminders about upcoming study group meetings, and volunteering at Minnesota Germanfest and Fiber Fair; a report, with pictures, on the Midwest Weavers Conference, hosted by the Guild; and descriptions of upcoming workshops, and conferences.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for February and March 1987, containing descriptions of upcoming classes, workshops, exhibits, the February Members Meeting on the business of art, and ARTWEAR �87; a biography of board member Paula Pfaff; an article on katzone, Japanese stencil dyeing; an update from the Fiber Source committee; and a calendar of Guild activities.
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.
First issue of the second volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in September 1976 and containing descriptions of upcoming talks, Guild cleanup day, an autograph party for guild author-members, workshops, classes, Fiber Fair, and the Art Institute Christmas tree; a letter from the president and the editor; reports about the July board meeting and out-of-town and guild summer workshops; an article of the importance of sampling; columns titled "The Rigid Heddle", "From Woods & Fields", and "Of Fiber", and "Swap Shop"; and library news.