Basketweaving Guilds & Conventions

• Amana Arts Guild
  PO BOX 114 Amana IA 52203
  Amana Website
  Annual NATURAL BASKETRY FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
  The conference will be held at the Amana Arts Guild Center in High Amana. The guild is located near I-80 in eastern Iowa in one of the nation's top historic tourism areas.
  You don't need to be a member of the Arts Guild or any basketry guild to attend.
  For more information send a SASE to Joanna Schanz, 618- 8th Avenue, West Amana, IA 52203 or phone (319) 622-3529.
  
• Iowa Basket Weavers Guild
  e-mail The purpose: To exchange ideas, give moral support to other basket makers, share experiences, and to develop a greater appreciation for all basketmakers.
  Contact: Maribeth Woolsey, Treasurer 621 Olive Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
  Also include the following information: Name, Address, Phone Number
  With membership, you receive the IBWG newsletter four times a year. When you register, you will receive all back issues published in the current year.
  Meetings: There are two meetings a year, hosted by members in various locations around the state.
  Newsletter: To include information and Classified Advertising in the IBWG newsletter, mail or e-mail it to: Sue Little, 2251 Palmer Circle, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 e-mail
  Newsletters sent in March, June, September, and December
  

• Basket Buddies
  6:30 evening meetings are held the 2nd Monday of each month.
  Please e-mail Mona Hartzler.
  
• Basket Weavers on the Prairie
  They meet every other month at CityArts in Wichita, KS - meetings are the first Friday of the month from 6:30 to 10:00.
  Everyone is welcome.
  If you have questions please contact - Karen D'Angelo e-mail
  Annual "Weave-In" held in Oct. (Friday pm and Saturday).
  If you would like more info, e-mail Anne Hoopes at e-mail and a brochure will be sent.
  
• Kansas Sunflower Basket Weavers Guild
  Meetings are held the 3rd Sunday of the month at the Senior center in Lawrence, KS.
  Please contact: Sylvia Martin at 2035 Ohio Street, Lawrence KS 66046. Tele: 785-843-2512.
  
• Woven Circle Chapter
  Please contact: Debby Ross at 11320 East 57th Terrace, Raytown MO 64133. Tele: 816-313-0727. e-mail.

• The Derby Basket Guild
  Started in June of 1997 with 10 attendees. Today they have about 80 members.
  Classes are odd months throughout the year on the 3rd Sat.
  4 newsletters a year.
  Each meeting is about 30 minutes and then they get down to fun! There is always a class or classes scheduled on meeting days. Class days are until we are finished...sometimes until 4 or 5!
  Contact persons:
  Donna Stout e-mail
  Cindy Johnson 6813 Briar Hill Rd,Crestwood KY 40014 e-mail
  Their "mother" guild is Kentucky Basket Association which has a convention in August each year. Contact person: Rosemary Graves, 119 Desha Road, Lexington KY 40502
  
• Kentucky Basket Association
  The Kentucky Basket Association was established in 1995, to promote the art of basketry and help connect guilds across the state.
  Membership runs January through December and is required to attend convention.
  The annual convention will be in Corbin, Kentucky July. You do not need to be a member of a guild to be a member of the state association.
  Quarterly newsletter includes basketry events, patterns, tips, class information, and news from basket guilds across the state.
  Visit their website: www.thekentuckybasketassociation.org for more information.
  
• Kentucky Gourd Society
  Visit the KYGS web site for more information.
  
• Kentucky River DreamWeavers
  Dues are payable at Spring Fling. All events are held at the Agriculture Resource Building in Versailles, Kentucky, 10 miles west of Lexington and 65 miles east of Louisville.
  For more info please contact: Martha Newby - marnew370@aol.com or 859-873-4941 (day).
  "Annual Spring Fling"in April.
  
• Paducah Area Basket Guild
  There is a monthly newsletter.
  They meet the 3rd Sat of every month at Grace Episcopal Church on 9th and Broadway with a different basket taught each meeting.
  For more info please contact: Patty Feather - pattyfeather@comcast.net or 270-519-1626.
  
• Woven Together in Western Kentucky
  http://groups.msn.com/wtwky
  The Woven Together in Western Kentucky basket weaver's guild meets the second Saturday of the month, at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Philpot, Kentucky. Membership runs from July to June, dues are $15.00. Activities include classes, workshops, trips, a dye party, and the Annual Weaver's Retreat in Western Kentucky since 1995.
  WTWKY was organized June 1993.
  For further information you may contact Vicky Brown, 270-274-4234 or email.
  19th Annual Weaver's Retreat in Western Kentucky will take place March 20013 at The Executive Inn, in Owensboro, Kentucky. Booklets are available for registration.
  15 instructors will be teaching 40 classes from beginner to advanced, in a variety of styles and methods, including gourds, stools.
  For more information and retreat booklet, call Jo West 270-424-5044 or email Vicky Brown at email.
  You do not have to be a member of any guild to attend.
  This retreat is sponsored by the Woven Together in Western Kentucky Basket Guild.
  http://groups.msn.com/wtwky
  

• see also Northeast Basketmakers Guild
  

• Bay Weavers
  Southern Maryland. Meetings held at All Faith Church on Rt. 6 in Charlotte Hall on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM.
  For more information, e-mail to bayweavers@cs.com or frick@olg.com
  
• Deer Creek Basketry Guild
  Deercreekbasketryguild.org
  This guild meets the first Sunday of every month at the Izaak Walton League Lodge, Woodsdale Road, Bel Air, MD 21014
  For more information, contact:
  Deer Creek Basketry Guild
  PO BOX 514
  Bel Air, MD 21014
  
• see also High Country Basketry Guild
  
• Patuxent Basketry Guild
  The first meeting of Southern Maryland basket weavers will be held Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. at Busy B's Baskets in Calvert Commerce Center, 101 Skipjack Rd., Suite 14, Prince Frederick, MD.
  They will be making a tapestry basket and organizing the guild. For information email Flora Barrett at fcbarrett@comcast.net or call 410 533-6066 (day) or 401 535-9128 (evening).
  

• Lexington Arts & Crafts Society Basketmakers Guild
  130 Waltham Street Lexington, MA 02421
  Chairman: Lois Coit
  Co-Chairman: Marjorie Weerts
  Contact: Nicki Shaban, Secretary E-Mail
  General meetings are held the 2nd Saturday of the month at 9:30am in the LACS Building
  Scheduled workshops, gallery exhibits & marketplace
  To become a member of the Basketmakers Guild, one must be a member of the Lexington Arts & Crafts Society.
• see also Northeast Basketmakers Guild
  

• Ann Arbor Area Weaver's Guild
  Meetings are held the 1st Wednesday of the month from 6:30 - 9 pm and the 3rd Saturday from 9 am - noon.
  Dues are $10 payable to Ann Arbor Area Weavers. Mail to: Cherilyn Braun Basketweaving, 7300 Huron River Drive, Dexter, MI 48130.
  Field trips and special events are scheduled throughout the year.
  For questions, please contact Cherilyn Braun at 734-424-9225 or cherilynbraun@basketweaving.biz
  
• Association of Michigan Basketmakers
  AMB Website (check the AMB website for more info/contact for other MI guilds)
  Membership runs from January 1 - December 31
  For more information or to join AMB, please contact: Membership chairperson AMB Membership P.O. Box 1105, Mt. Pleasant MI 48858-1105
  or Nancy Carlson 1258 South Drive Mt. Pleasant MI 48858 e-mail
  Convention dates:
  32th AMB convention - 2013 - October Radisson Plaza Hotel Kalamazoo, MI
  The BasketReeder newsletter is published quarterly - March, June, September, and December.
  The newsletter editor is Anita Kaminski e-mail
  Spring Event - sponsored by an AMB guild with classes offered and lectures.
  Also for more information contact the President: Eileen LaPorte e-mail
  
• Baskets and Friends Guild
  They meet at members homes in the Troy, Rochester area.
  Meetings - usually the 3rd Friday of the month.
  Contact person - Debbie Richards e-mail
  
• Basket Buddies of Saginaw County
  Meetings are held at Hemlock High School during the school year and at a member's house during the summer.
  If you are interested in joining, please contact Sue Collins at scollins@spsd.net and list "baskets" in the subject line.
  
• Betsy's Bunch Basket Guild
  They meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Davison, Michigan
  The dues are payable at the beginning of the year, but you may join at anytime of the year. You get l free visit as long as it's not when a special teacher is teaching.
  They'd prefer you were a member of the Michigan Guild.
  They welcome "new blood" and all levels of weaving are accepted. Most of the guild members are seasoned weavers. If you'd need help, there's always someone to pitch in.
  Applications for both guilds are available if needed.
  At least once a year a special teacher comes in to do a workshop. Some of our special teachers have included: Donna Carlson, Flo Hoppe, Ruthann Morningstar & Pamela Woodbury, to name a few. They try to do several community projects through the year, including demos at schools, churches, history re-enactments (wearing period clothing), and Nature Festivals/Craft Fairs. They do not sell their baskets at any of the events.
  For more information or directions, please contact Cathy Smith e-mail
  
• Crossroads Weavers Guild in Mason Michigan
  Established in January 1992, the Crossroad Weavers Guild currently has 60+ members and meets at the Aurelius Township Hall, 1939 South Aurelius Road, Mason, MI 48854-9729 (located South of Mason, Michigan - just off 127 North of Jackson, Michigan).
  Meetings are held at 6:30p.m. from October through June, on the first Wednesday and the third Thursday of the month. In July, August, and September they meet only on the third Thursday of the month.
  Guild membership provides a monthly newsletter and opportunities to make lots of interesting and challenging baskets, learn new skills and enjoy friendship and fellowship with other weavers.
  The 20th Annual Mid Winter Get-A-Way with be held February 2012 for more information or to register, contact: Sharon at mcelroysharon@aol.com or Sue at canafax@voyager.netor
  They are an AMB sponsored Guild.
  For more information or to join the guild, write or call:
  Crossroads Weavers Guild c/o Carol Zeller
  339 West Burnham Street
  Battle Creek, MI 49015-2173
  (269) 964-1831
  e-mail
  
• The Heartland Basketweavers Guild of Mt Pleasant
  They meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 10-3 p.m. at the First Church of Christ and hold a Christmas in July.
  Contact persons:
  Nancy Carlson
  1258 South Drive
  Mt Pleasant MI 48858-3235
  (517)772-3069
  e-mail
  
• Ironland Basket Guild
  Meetings are held the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:30 in the CCD Building in Cyrstal Falls.
  Annual workshop in September.
  Call Dianne Jacob - 906-265-3732 or Ann Wagner - 906-875-3702 for details.
  
• Mid Michigan Basket Weavers Guild
  They meet the first Sat. of each month, unless it is a holiday, then meetings are held on the second Sat. of that month.
  They are an active guild doing some community projects.
  Contact: e-mail or call 810.621.4947 for more information.
  
• North Country Basketmakers Guild
  Northern MI
  
• Mill Race Basket Weaver's Guild
  
  Meetings held monthly in Northville's quaint historical Mill Race Village.
  The basket weavers meet at the Cady Inn. The salt-box style building is believed to have been a tavern and early stage coach stop. Local legend says the building served as a stopping point for the underground railroad prior to the Civil War.
  The creed of the basket weavers is to preserve the ancient art of basketry, while incorporating traditional techniques. The Mill Race Basket Guild is not designed to make baskets for profit, although the guild participates in a few juried events sponsored by the Historical Society throughout the year.
  From time to time the Guild will have a well known guest come to teach a workshop. Most months they take turns with the 'program' and being hostess. There is a short formal meeting each month. Prospective members are required to be juried into the Guild as experience is mandatory. The Mill Race Basket Guild has changed over the years but its Bylaws are respected, as is the ancient art of basket weaving.
• Mid Mitten Basketmakers
  A small guild based in the Lansing area.
  Meetings are held in members' homes from September to May.
  The guild tries to do one service a year such as making baby baskets or decorating a Christmas tree for the Lansing "Festival of Trees".
  Contact Marguerite Mahler at 517-332-5636 for more information.
  
• Northern Connections
  Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula (not a guild of the Association of Michigan Basketmakers - due only to the lack of number of members)
  An active guild with meetings once monthly from 2 to 8 p.m. the third Thursday of each month, alternating every other month between Hessel, MI, and DeTour Village, MI, in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, about 30 miles south of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, and 30 miles northeast of St. Ignace, MI. There is weaving at each gathering, either personal projects or a project that a member presents. A potluck meal is shared at every meeting. They welcome new or experienced weavers. If more information is needed, please feel free to contact: Elizabeth M. Denoyer, 1054 S. Hill Island Road Cedarville, MI 49719 - Home (906)484-3863 or e-mail: mdenoyer@src-miup.com
  
• The Superior Basketweavers Guild
  This guild has been weaving baskets since 1986.
  They meet at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center , 700 1st Avenue South, in Escanaba on the first Monday and third Thursday of every month (except June, July & August).
  The agenda for the year is voted on by the membership at the end of each year for the upcoming year. They have two baskets a month to choose from or they can work on a basket of their choice and help each other and share their knowledge.
  They order supplies once a month as a group to receive wholesale prices and share the shipping costs.
  Dues make you a member of the Bay Area Arts Association and entitles you to the use of the building, a quarterly newsletter and a discount on classes that the Association sponsors. The dues also allow you to exhibit your artwork in the gallery during the BAAA Membership show ("Baskets & Quilts") and discounts on entry fees to the Summer Festival and the Christmas Show in the gallery.
  They have members that travel each month and they encourage 100 % participation - new ideas - sharing - making lasting friendships. They love weaving baskets!
  The contact person is - . Jane Paulin 2116 12th Avenue South, Escanaba MI 49829
  e-mail
  
• Thumbweavers Basket Guild
  They meet at the Rittemueller Middle School the second Thursday of every month from 6:30-9 in Frankenmuth MI.
  Pam Woodbury is the guild Chairperson e-mail
  Joanne Shilling is the Sec/Treas
  They make a basket each meeting. Everyone is supposed to take turns sharing each month. They have a special AMB guest each year. Other than that most of the guild members are very advanced weavers so they do the sharing themselves.
  That does not mean that a beginner weaver is not welcome to come because they sure are!
  
• Tri-County Basketweavers
  Centered in Kingston, MI.
  The Guild meets on the 4th Thursday of each month, during the school year, at 6:30 PM in Kinston Middle School.
  They do some community service in the park in June, July and August.
  Please contact Marty Holihan - 810-686-6729 for more information on the meetings.
  
• Woven Together In Kalamazoo Basketmakers Guild
  Woven Together In Kalamazoo Basketmakers Guild is affiliated with the Assoc. of MI Basketmakers.
  Meetings are in Kalamazoo MI at 7:00 pm on the third Thursday of each month.
  

• Faribault Art Center
  Questions? Email Maggi McDermott.
  210 Central Avenue, Faribault MN 55021
  Telephone: 507-332-7372
  
• Headwaters Basketmakers Guild
  The guild meets the third Sat. of each month except July & August. Meetings are held in Bemidji, MN.
  Each April they hold a three day workshop and in June they hold a weekend retreat.
  Annual Headwaters Basketmakers Workshop April at the Finnish Village (Salolampi) of the Concordia Language Camp in Bemidji, Minnesota. Last year’s workshop was well attended and they expect a higher level of participation this year (40-60). Many participants commented about the excellent weaving experience that was provided but also the scenic beauty, fabulous food, and special time with friends.
  For information contact Eve Sumsky at 481 Lake Ave NW, Tenstrike, MN 56683 or e-mail
  
• Minnesota Basket Weaver's Guild
  (formerly Basket Weaver's Guild-Midwest)
  www.mbwg.org
  The guild was formed in April of 1997 and is located in central Minnesota.
  Monthly meetings are held at the Textile Center of Minnesota, 3000 University Ave. SE #100, Minneapolis, MN 55414, Tele: 612-326-0464 (unless otherwise noted) on the fourth Saturday of the month. A Fall Basketry Workshop is held usually in November and December is a potluck brunch and basket swap. Each month there is a business meeting, followed by a basketry class or open weave session. Meeting times are: 8-8:30 AM - Meet and Greet, 8:30-9 AM - Informal Meeting, 9-3 PM - Classes. There will always be an "open weave" table for those who do not wish to take a class. Don't forget a bag lunch.
  Membership is open to all and run from January to December. Contact: Treasurer-Membership Molly Stahlke
  6294 Meadowlark Lane, Maple Grove, MN 55369
  612-559-5074
  e-mail
  Checks are to be made out to MBWG.
  A newsletter is printed quarterly; February, May, August and November, by editor Susan Hagberg e-mail Phone: 612-682-5236
  President is Sandi Quint, email
  
• North Shore Basket Guild
  Guild in Duluth, MN since May 1999
  North Shore Web-site
  They meet the second Saturday of each month, except for June, July, and August, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 410 N. Arlington Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota, from 10:00 to 2:00.
  A non-member may attend one class without paying dues.
  President: Carol Ankrum
  1077 County Rd 4
  Wrenshall MN 55797
  (218) 384-4379
  cankrum@d.umn.edu
  Treasurer: Debbie Johnson
  Secretary: Cheryl Ankrum
  Membership: Susan Turnquist    Tele: 218 834-3559 or sue.turnquist@co.lake.mn.us
  Newsletter: Lesley Lenox
  Program Chairman: Betty Melichar and Barb Teske
  10th Annual Basket Retreat - August 2013.
  
  For more information check the North Shore Web-site, or call for a brochure 218-726-8835, or e-mail.
  
• 20th Annual Weavin' in Winona June 2013
  
  www.weavinwinona.com
  All workshop information including colored pictures of classes and a registration form which can be printed and mailed will be available on the web site.
  For more info, visit the web site www.weavinwinona.com.
  For a printed brochure when it is available (mid January), please send a LSASE to Deb Mather - 2075 Edgewood Dr NE, Owatonna MN 55060 or e-mail at bsktcasemn@charter.net.
  

• Chimneyville Weavers and Spinners Guild
  Write: Chimneyville Weavers and Spinners Guild
  P O Box 1152
  Ridgeland, MS 39158
  Or e-mail : mailing list and request to be placed on the mailing list for their workshops and conventions.
  
  

• Basket Buddies
  Meet the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:30 pm at Westridge Apartment Community Center, 80th & Westridge, Raytown, MO
  Contact Mona Hartzler 816-761-9215 or e-mail
  
• Gateway Basketweavers Guild
  Membership includes newsletter, membership directory and eligibility to participate in guild activities for one calendar year.
  Activities include: meetins, classes and open weaves.
  For more information, please contact: Geri Bahn at 12939 Mayerling, St. Louis, MO 63146.
  
• Missouri Basketweavers Guild
  Missouri Basketweavers Guild, Inc. is dedicated to stimulating interest and to perpetuating the historic art of basketry while providing an outlet for making new friends, sharing ideas, talents and experiences. They hold a convention each year on the first weekend of August, in either St. Louis or Kansas City, Missouri.
  The Missouri Basketweavers Guild annual convention will be held in August. Please go to the MBG website for information on MBG membership, newsletter and events."
  
• Ozark Mountain Weavers Guild
  They meet the third Saturday of every month from 10am till 4pm at the Southside Senior Center, 2215 South Fremont Street, Springfield MO.
  For more info contact: Ozark Mountain Weavers
  c/o Pat Walden P.O. Box 111458 Springfield, MO 65808
  (417) 883-8970 after 6pm.
  Everyone is welcome
  
• Show Me Gourd Society
  Annual Show Me Gourd Society Festival April Visit the SMGS web site for more information.
  
• Southside Weavers
  Meet the 2nd Monday of each month from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at St. Louis Basket Supply, 11420 Gravois Road, St. Louis, MO 63126
  Most months have a planned program or open weave.
  For member information, please contact Wendy Reary at 314-843-5005 or e-mail.
  
• Weavers' Guild of St. Louis
  Guild Website
  The guild is a not-for-profit group of contemporary textile artists. Founded in 1926, it is the second oldest fiber guild in the United States. Our membership ranges from the novice hobby weaver to the professional production weaver. The guild sponsors ongoing study groups in the areas such as spinning, tapestry weaving, knitting, color and dyeing, depending on the members' interests. Workshops and programs are scheduled each year to bring in fiber artists from outside the St. Louis area with expertise in color, design, weaving techniques, spinning, dyeing, basketry, and other subjects of interest to fiber folk. Guild members can sell and exhibit their work in the annual sale each fall. Proceeds from a special scholarship table at the sale support a fund used for educational purposes, such as full or partial scholarships for those interested in attending workshops and summer fiber schools as continuing education.
  Membership in the guild helps pay for our meeting place, speakers, newsletters, yearbooks, library acquisitions, and other guild responsibilities. Dues for the guild year, which runs from June 1 through May 31, are payable at the April meeting. Membership forms can be printed from their website or can be requested from Jo Ann Treumann, 8326 Delcrest Dr., Apt. 3C, St. Louis, MO 63124.
  The guild meets monthly (except June and July) usually on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 9:30 a.m. in the Brentwood Community Center, Brentwood, Missouri. There is also a night meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Weaving Department in the Myers House, 180 Dunn Rd., Florissant, Missouri, usually the same day as the daytime guild meeting. The May meeting is a picnic in a local park.
• Wild West Weavers
  Meet the 4th Monday of each month from 7:00 - 8:30 pm at Brooking Park Activity Room, 307 S. Woods Mill, Chesterfield, MO.
  For more information contact Sue Dickey at 636-227-4387 or e-mail.
• Woven Circle Guild
  Meet the first Sunday of each month at 1:00 pm at Raytown Historical Society Museum, 9705 E. 63rd Street, Raytown, MO 64133.
  For more information, please contact Debbie Ross, President at e-mail
  

• Basket Maker's Guild of Helena Montana
  328 North Rodney, Helena MT 59601. Please contact: Deb Marie Long at 406-449-4773.
  
• Central Montana Fibre Arts Guild
  Jackie Olsen
  HC 86 Box 19
  Moore, MT 59464
  There is a monthly meeting and newsletter.
  
• See also: Association of Northwest Weavers' Guilds

• Nebraska Basket Weavers Guild
  They meet 2:30-4:30pm on the 3rd Sunday of each month, in the classroom area of Mangelsen's, 3457 S. 84th Street, Omaha, NE
  "Anyone interested in joining us is welcome."
  Contact: Marsha Conley, 6300 Mesaverde Dr. Lincoln, NE 68510 for more information.
  

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