June 2014 Issue - Georgia Basketry Association

GBA Newsletter
Letter from the President
JUNE, 2014
Dear GBA,
Happy Spring, finally! Although the winter was
brutal hasn’t this been a glorious Spring? My
flowering plants and trees never looked better,
although I did lose my wonderful huge rosemary
bush...how did your yard fare?
Your convention co-chairs, Kathy and Lillian,
have been hard at work putting together Baskets
to Love for us to enjoy when it is winter again.
Isn’t Lillian doing an awesome job with our Facebook page? I so enjoy looking often to see what
she has posted. If you don’t have FB, find someone who does and get them to pull up the GBA
page for you. You will love it! One of their goals
is to increase our attendance at the convention and the groundwork has already
been laid by their obtaining our beautiful new location. A lot of hours of hard
work and shrewd negotiations went into that happening, I assure you. So
here’s where you come in-please invite your friends, neighbors, co-workers,
family, the clerks at the stores that admire your basket pocketbook (ok, I’ll stop
there…we don’t want to appear too obsessed!) to come. Convention is the best
place for beginners to learn. Let’s help Kathy and Lillian obtain their goal and
make this the best and most attended convention yet.
As your President, I welcome your input, questions, comments and suggestions
about the GBA so that I can share with the Board and make our association the
best that it can be. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or
770-962-3486.
Happy Weaving,
Tracey Reidy
Membership Dues
GBA membership dues must be paid by July 1, 2014 in order to be eligible for
“First Day” status for convention. If you have not already paid your dues,
please remit $15 to GBA and send to:
GBA c/o Sybil Sweat
1785 Azalea Springs Trail
Roswell, GA 30075
I N S I D E T HI S IS S UE :
President’s Letter
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Membership
1
Member Spotlight
2
Guild Meetings
3
Guild News
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Upcoming Events
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Member Spotlight—Andi Szanti
Congratulations to former GBA President Andi Szanti!
The North Gwinnett Arts Association began as a thought in 2009, evolving into a reality
during the start of 2010. The NGAA was formed with the purpose of bringing artists and
art lovers together.
The mission of the Association is to connect art lovers with artists through knowledge,
skills and friendships.
As a non-profit organization, the North Gwinnett Arts Association, Inc. maintains a goal of
supporting local charities and schools through fund-raising and active involvement.
Based in Suwanee, Georgia, the organization maintains an open membership policy. The
NGAA is designed to be a gathering of artists, crafts persons and art lovers from everywhere who bring their experiences, ranging from beginner to professional, local to international, to share and enjoy.
Regular monthly meetings include a featured speaker and demonstration, as well as networking opportunities. Membership is open to anyone interested in art!
Every year on the third Saturday in May, the NGAA sponsors an Arts & Crafts festival
known as Arts in the Park at the Suwanee Town Center. This year over 60 crafters took
part in the annual festival. I have participated in this wonderful event since the very first
one. This year was the first time Best of Show/First Place awards were given out and I
was ecstatic to have received the Best of Show/First Place award in the Elements category – the other categories were Photography and Jewelry. It is a great one day show
where I am able to vend my baskets, demonstrate our craft and really get to talk to the
people who stop by my booth about basket weaving!
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Guild Meetings
Greater Atlanta Basket Guild (Marietta) - (Annette Roose, Guild Rep)
Meets: 3rd Saturday 11 am Main Cobb Co. Library
Roswell Street, Marietta, GA
Gwinnett Basket Weaver’s Guild (Gwinnett) - (Ann Massey, Guild Rep)
Meets: 2nd Saturday 10am
Berkmar High School in Lawrenceville
Basket Weaver's Guild of GA (Roswell) - (Kathleen Fosha, Guild Rep)
Meets: 2nd Thursday 10am-12pm
Bulloch Hall in Roswell
River Country Basket Guild (Augusta) - (Suzanne Simoneau, Guild Rep)
Meets: every Tuesday 7-9pm in Augusta
Kolomoki Weavers (Arlington) - (Joyce Causey, Guild Rep)
Meets: 2nd Tuesday
100 Park Ave., Arlington, GA
Shooting Creek Basket Guild (Shooting Creek, NC) - (Ann Massey, Guild Rep)
Meets: 2nd Wednesday 9:45
Shooting Creek Volunteer Fire Department Community Building
Guild News
Are you curious to know what projects each Guild works on throughout the year? Please submit a written
update or photo of the guild or project to Ann Massey at [email protected] to be included in future
Newsletters.
River Country Basket Guild:
Our guild has continued to meet weekly. Some of the baskets we have made lately are
“Woven Cross” and a small Nantucket basket. For many, this was their first experience
with weaving a Nantucket. We also have done several kits from NC Basketworks. Many
of our group participated in a sweet grass class by Barbara McCormick. Laura Lee
Zanger continues to teach twill classes. This year, she has been at NCBA and Stateline.
She will be at Upper SC in June and then Jabez, Ky. She continues to design and teach
her wonderful Cherokee twill baskets and mats.
Suzanne Simoneau
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Greater Atlanta Basket Weavers Guild:
We will be wrapping up a very successful programming year of weaving on Saturday,
June 21 with our Summer Cookout and Election. Linda Lattanzio has graciously volunteered to host this guild event at her Woodstock home. Laurine Haynes, Kathie Smith,
and Debi Stultz have each put a lot of time and effort into their respective offices and it’s
now time to pass the torch! We are currently looking for members who may be interested in serving the GABG as President, Vice President/Programs, and Raffle Coordinator.
After taking a break for the month of July, our August program will be a Nantucket style
pencil cup designed by convention favorite Nate Taylor. This basket is woven over a
porcelain goblet and measures 3” in diameter and 6” high. The project is woven with
cane and adding a white ash rim. Cindy Lampman will lead us in the project!
The fall programming is tentatively set, including holiday weaving and preparing for the
2015 GBA Convention. We are excited that the convention will be held in our own
backyard at the Hilton Atlanta Marietta Hotel & Conference Center!
Annette Roose GABG Secretary/Newsletter
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Gwinnett Basket Weavers Guild:
In April, our meeting was held in Tate City.
Ann Massey hosted the weekend. We had
fun weaving baskets, relaxing, and exploring the community. It was a great way to
start Spring!
Some of us had a “dyeing party” at Pat
Christman’s home in May. It was lots of
fun seeing the lovely colors we created.
Tisa was so excited that she reached in a
bucket and came up with a blue hand!
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Shooting Creek Basket Weavers
Guild:
SCBWG has many talented members who
share their knowledge
with our guild. Annie
Foreman, a former instructor at John C.
Campbell Folk School,
recently taught the
group how to make
Nantucket style vases.
Everyone was so excited to learn how to
make the larger
ones, Annie taught a second class on small vases,
too!
In May, President Kay Swanstrom
taught members how to make name
tags. We were being creative with
dyed reed, buttons, and
charms for embellishment.
Nancy Jones won 2nd place in Twill Design at NCBA
Convention 2014.
Kay Swanstrom and Nancy Jones will be teaching at the Bluegrass Area Seminar in Jabez, Kentucky on June 17-21.
Kay—”Cleopatra Basket”
Nancy—”Friends Afoot”
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Upcoming Events
June 2-8, 2014
Stowe Basketry Festival
July 20-26, 2014
Nancy Jones “Twills Made
Easy”
June 6-8, 2014
Weave In 2014
Upper South Carolina Basketmakers
August 3-9, 2014
Nancy Hinds “Extraordinary
Painted Paper Baskets”
June 17-21, 2014
Bluegrass Area Basketmakers
August 10-16, 2014
Matt Tommey “Bark and Vine
Basketry”
June 26-29, 2014
Woodland Retreat
www.handmadencbaskets.com
August 22-24, 2014
Pattie Bagley “Antler Baskets”
July 16-19, 2014
Tennessee Basketry Assoc. Convention
www.tennesseebasketryassociatio
n.com
July 31-August 3, 2014
Missouri Basket Weavers Guild
Convention
[email protected]
August 24-30, 2014
Eric Taylor “Traditional Methods...Contemporary Designs”
August 31-Sept. 6, 2014
Peggy Wilcox “Scottish Baskets with an American Twist”
September 12-14, 2014
Fonda Haddad “Basketry
Gourds”
JC Campbell Folk School:
June 22-28, 2014
Fonda Haddad “Gourd Art
Works”
October 5-11, 2014
Don Ferris “Nantucket Lightship Baskets: Weaving a Collectible”
June 29-July 5, 2014
Joan Stoneham, Carol Blackburn
“Brushes & Reed”
October 12-18, 2014
Jean Kerr “Pine Needle Basketry”
October 26-Nov. 1, 2014
Lee Nelson “Basketry Trio”
November 9-14, 2014
Valerie Poirier “Backpacks,
Totes, and Market Baskets”
November 14-16, 2014
Peggy McCarson “Stair Step
Basket with a Thrifty Twist”
November 16-22, 2014
JoAnn Kelly Catsos “Shaker
Baskets and Brooms”
December 3-6, 2014
Pattie Bagley “Woven Ornaments & Decorations”
December 7-13, 2014
Marianne Barnes “Creative
Embellishments for Gourd
Art—Holiday Style”
Please visit www.folkschool.org
for complete information on
classes offered at JC Campbell
Folk School. Many of our talented GBA members teach
classes at JCC!
Officers:
www.georgiabasketry.com
President
Tracey Reidy
Past President
Pattie Bagley
Vice President
Judi Purvis
Treasurer
Sybil Sweat
Secretary/Newsletter
Ann Massey
Historian
Barb Wisuri
Webmaster
Kathy Morris
The purpose of the Georgia Basketry Association shall
be to perpetuate the art of basketry, stimulate interest
and knowledge in all phases of basketry, and preserve
the importance of basketry as a heritage craft.
Membership is open to anyone of similar purpose.
Check out our Facebook page and “like” us for
regular updates.
Enjoy Your Summer!