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February Zoom meeting is Thursday, February 18…and a hint

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Join us for a presentation by member Laura Martin. As a Cleveland Museum of Art docent, she has prepared a talk.

Zoom details will be emailed via emailldodo–the evening before or morning of Feb 18

11:30 am Chat.

12 noon Meeting.

Presentation by Laura Martin following meeting.

HINT:

March 1 will be here sooner than you think. That means a Newsletter deadline approaches.

October Program invitation for October 14 and 15. Both are virtual.

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Plan on watching the Cleveland Museum of Art virtual program on Wednesday October 14 at 12:00 noon. You can find the program on the museum’s web site.  It is a Close Looking at a Distance (CLAD) program featuring the Korean Embroidery exhibit.  This ‘field trip” will be virtual.
Follow this with our Zoom meeting to discuss and expand on our virtual visit with the museum’s staff and share our personal experiences with embroidery and/or Korean textiles. The Zoom meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 15 at 11:30 am (our regular meeting day and time).  Once again, be on the look-out for an invitation from Lynne.
About CLAD–
Cleveland Museum of Art has  a program called Close Looking at a Distance-CLAD- and on Wed Oct 14 at 12 Noon, they are having a Virtual Event About the Korean Embroidery exhibit that will be closing at the end of this month. It is easy to access on a computer.
    Go to cma.org/events/virtual-events
    Look for the pop up for Close Looking at a Distance
    There is data about times and an introduction.
    Scroll down to Join the Conversation and follow the prompts.
From CMA’s website:

Close Looking at a Distance: Scrutinizing the Stitches

Wednesday, October 14, 12:00 p.m.

What can a wedding gown, liberally decorated and lovingly patched and repaired, tell us about the culture, values, and artisans from which it emerged? In this CLAD session, join host Key Jo Lee and curator of Korean art Sooa McCormick for a guided look at an intricately embroidered garment from the CMA’s permanent collection, currently on view in the exhibition Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea.

Upcoming exhibit of interest to the guild is:
A new exhibit in the Textile Gallery will be coming November 22 featuring the textiles of the Guna, an indigenous territory in Panama. Think Mola!

A note about visiting in person:

The museum is open with the normal distancing and masking restrictions if anyone does want to try to see the Korean exhibit before it closes. Check their web site for details.

Election results and upcoming Zoom meeting

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Here are the election results for officers for the 2020-2021 season. Thanks for voting.

OFFICERS

President- Roberta Jones-Shafer

Secretary- Joan Horwich

Treasurer- Jean Jackson

SERVICE POSITIONS
Newsletter- Nancy Allman

Membership- Victoria Johnson-Parratt

Librarian- Victoria Johnson-Parratt

Card Correspondent- Ele Richardson

Webmistress- Victoria ??or TBA

Hospitality- Sarah Berg / Elfriede Heaney

Programs- Patty Hridell and Victoria Johnson-Parratt

DUES DECISION

Suspension of dues until the COVID situation change was approved.

UPCOMING ZOOM MEETING

A Zoom meeting is tentatively scheduled for Thursday October 25 at 11:30 am.  Keep an eye out for an emailed invitation to join us.

CWG and September and beyond…………and a thank you to Elfriede.

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Dear Weavers

The summer is nearly over , and the new weaving year is supposed to start in September. This has been a strange summer for us all. There has been a lot of anxiety, worry and stress, but I hope you and your family are well. The inability to make plans has driven most of us crazy. We like plans – even if they have to be changed!

There are no fixed dates or plans for the weavers guild. We will resume our meetings when the libraries allow us to gather again in groups.

We do have a little business we must attend to now. As your current president I have taken it upon myself to get this done.

WE NEED YOUR VOTE

The nominating committee met and did their thing. To make it official, all you need to do is contact me. Call text or e-mail with your vote. I pledge to keep an accurate talley.

Here is our current slate of officers for the 2020-2021 season.

President- Roberta Jones-Shafer

Secretary- Joan Horwich
Treasurer- Jean Jackson
Newsletter- Nancy Allman

Membership- Victoria Johnson-Parratt

Librarian- Victoria Johnson-Parratt Card Correspondent- Ele Richardson

Webmistress- Victoria ??

Hospitality- Sarah Berg / Elfriede Heaney

Programs- Patty Hridel and Victoria Johnson-Parratt

Since we have no scheduled events at this time, I propose a suspension of dues until we meet again.Victoria seconded the motion, so you can vote on that too.

I want all of you to know that being guild president was a fun learning experience for me. Thanks to all who helped in the last three years. You will see me at meetings for sure, Elfriede

June news

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There will be no June meeting. Elfriede wishes everyone a healthy summer and we hope to get together in September. Details for the autumn plans will come out in August.

The nominating committee (Victoria, Lynne and Elfriede) are putting together a slate of officers before then.

Call Elfriede with questions.

CWG Program News and COVID-19

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Patty and Sheri share:
This April our weavers guild had many exciting events and opportunities planned and on the calendar. Many of them we have been looking forward to for more than a year. And, BOOM! now we have nothing! Well, we can make the adjustment, it will be different, but we will still be weaving and we will still want to see each other and share information as well as beautiful hand woven projects as we have been doing for 50+ years.
As of today, April 6, 2020, we have notified our guild members that the Study Group meeting for April 2nd. and the April 3rd. hanging of the show at the Beachwood library will not take place.
Further cancellations are:
                The entire show at the Beachwood library has been cancelled considering the library being closed until further notice.
               We are cancelling our workshop with Sara Bixler April 23 & 24. Sara was considering her possibilities of video workshop or mailing us the workbook materials for the workshop. We have not talked to her for a final determination but when we do we will make the proper refunds to each weaver who had signed up for the workshop.
               We will not, obviously, have to take down the show on April 24 & 25.
As for May, I wish I could use my Seer skills and be able to predict what the virus situation will be in May. At this time, I am assuming the normal study group meeting will take place on May 7 and the regularly scheduled Guild  meeting will continue on May 21. We hope so! Meantime, I suggest we consider an email vote for officers for the next Weaving Year, 2020-2021. We will hopefully be able to have the show in Chagrin Falls in conjunction with the Valley Art Center’s Art by the Falls Festival. That is still on the Art Center’s “Cautiously Optimistic” calendar.  June 1 will be our set up.
Won’t we be delighted as we meet next, the days will be warm, our greetings reflecting how pleased we are to see each other, our weaving efforts will look brilliant! Meantime, Weave ON!