PLEASE JOIN US!! Guests and prospective members are welcome at all Guild meetings. If you are not a WGNS member and would like to attend a meeting via Zoom or a Nightweavers meeting, please send an email to weaversguildnorthshore@gmail.com.
WHERE? All Guild and workshops will be held in person at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, 1330 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, with an online Zoom option also available. NIghtweavers meetings are held at the homes of WGNS members.
ZOOM! Zoom links for all meetings and locations for Nightweavers meetings will be sent out in the monthly Newsletters. Links to recordings of the monthly Guild meetings will be available in the Members Only area.
WORKSHOPS: Please sign up early! We have to notify Workshop Presenters at least 2 months ahead of the workshop if we don’t have enough participants to run it. Registration for workshops requires payment in full, in advance, to reserve a space. Because the Guild must cover all workshop costs, refunds will be limited to cases of family & health emergencies. If there is a waiting list and someone can fill your slot, your fee will be returned to you.
SHOW & TELL: Sharing our work with each other is an important part of every meeting, even on Zoom. Please remember to bring your projects to show us.
MARCH
Thursday, March 7 (10 am)
My Artistic Journey with Ani Afshar
A Chicago-based artist, born in Istanbul, educated in Europe, Ani brings cultural sensibility to her artwork. www.aniafshar.com
Thursday, March 14 (7 pm)
Nightweavers
Program: Color Sampling for Weaving with Maggie Leininger
Co-Host: Sue Michalek
APRIL
Thursday, April 4 (7 pm) *Evening Meeting*
Reflections on a month visiting the Icelandic Textile Center with Emily Winter
Emily is the co-founder of The Weaving Mill, an artist run industrial weaving studio in Chicago. www.theweavingmill.com
Saturday, April 6 (10 am – noon)
Workshop: Reverse Drafting with Emily Winter
Emily will supply swatch samples and give instructions. Participants will unravel swatch samples and diagram the construction, using weave draft notations.
WGNS Member Rate: $35
Non-Member Rate: $45
Thursday, April 11 (7 pm)
Nightweavers
Program: Tablet Weaving
Host: Julia Blake / Co-host: Deb Mucha
MAY
Thursday, May 2 (10:30 am)
FIELD TRIP TO THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Tour of the “Warps and Wefts” exhibit with Melinda Watt, Chair and Christa C. Mayer Thurman Curator at the AIC
Thursday, May 9 (7 pm)
Nightweavers
Program: Baskets with Lynn Rosenberg
Host: Lynn Rosenberg / Co-host: Helen Rek
JUNE
Thursday, June 6 (10 am)
The Art of Dyeing with Dagmar Klos
Long time guild member, gifted artist and teacher will share her experience with dyeing fibers.
Thursday, June 6 & Friday, June 7
Workshop: Warp Painting with Dagmar Klos
Dagmar Klos, WGNS member, will teach a warp painting workshop. Participants will bring their own fiber they want to paint/dye. It could be premeasured warps and wefts from animal based fibers like wool, silk, alpaca. All the dyeing materials will be provided. Participants will apply dye on the fiber and the fiber will be steamed afterwards.
WGNS Member Rate: $60
Non-Member Rate: $65
Be sure to submit your payment (by check or Square payment) to guarantee your place in the workshop.
Thursday, June 13 (7 pm)
Nightweavers
Program: Wrapped Rocks with Faye Ryan
Host: Faye Ryan / Co-host: Karen Jackson
JULY
Thursday, July 11 (10 am)
[Note! Meeting moved to the 2nd Thursday due to the July 4 holiday]
Guild Picnic: Bunker Hill Nature Preserve
Location: Grove 3 (same location as July 2022)
W Harts Road, Niles
(Southeast of Touhy Ave & N Milwaukee Ave)
Share and Swap / Spinning
Thursday, July 18 (7 pm)
Nightweavers
Program: Pounded Flowers
Host: Dagmar Klos / Co-host: Mariana McCullough
AUGUST
Thursday, August 1 (10 am – 4:20 pm)
Weaving Adventures: From Mill to Mini Micro Mill with Sam Goates
Scotland based weaver, Sam Goates, will share her experience setting up a mill in Scotland that is equipped with early-mid 20th century looms in perfect working conditions. Check out Sam’s Instagram account @WovenInTheBone
Post Program Social
Join guild members following a takeout lunch for study group planning, group discussions, and socializing.
Thursday, August 8 (7 pm)
Nightweavers
Program: Tissue Dyeing with Jeanne Wehman
Host: Helen Rek / Co-host: Lynn Rosenberg
SEPTEMBER
Thursday, September 5 (10 am)
Zuan – Tools of Kyoto’s Kimono trade with Lisa Pevtzow
Zuan were reference works for textile, designers, kimono-makers and their customers. Inked,
printed and bound by hand, design idea books reflected a world of connoisseurship and a
sophisticated appreciation for fabric and color. Lisa is a collector of Japanese textiles and design
books, to learn about Japan’s textile industry and see some of the tools of the trade — sample
books, dyers’ notebooks, stencils and textiles.
Thursday, September 12 (7 pm)
Nightweavers
Program: Tapestry Weaving with Karen Maddi
Host: Marilyn Lindeman / Co-host: Carolyn Seng
OCTOBER
Thursday, October 3 (10 am)
Virtual presentation of our members’ weaving projects.
Inspired by the wonderful 2022 virtual visits to workspaces. Now we will share our work! Please see Tonya’s request in the November 2023 Newsletter on page 2 HERE
Thursday, October 10 (7 pm)
Nightweavers
Program: Collapse Fabric
Host: Jeanne Reed / Co-host: Karen Maddi
NOVEMBER
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 1, 2, 3 (10 am – 5pm)
No Nightweavers Meeting
DECEMBER
Thursday, December 5 (10 am)
Weaving and Dyeing in Oaxaca with Ceecee Menaker
Samples and slides from a visit to textile centers of indigenous artisans in January 2020.
Thursday, December 12 (7 pm)
Nightweavers
Program: Cookie Exchange & Program Planning for 2025
Host: Faye Ryan / Co-Hostess: Everyone!
