Northwest Basket Weavers Vi Phillips Guild P.O. Box 75131 Seattle, WA.  98175

BASKET DAY at Meridian Park Located behind the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford (50th & Meridian) Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:00 am until 4:30 pm Guild members and guests - come and weave a basket on Basket Day! Register NOW! Click here for Workshops and information, or here for the Registration form.	REGIONAL BASKET DAY at West Richland Saturday, September 11th The Guild will be sponsoring a Regional Basket Day in West Richland, WA. This event provides an opportunity for the Guild to offer learning and knowledge to both our members in outlying areas and the general public. Classes are sponsored by the Guild, with students paying a small participation fee and the materials fee. For More Information and Registration: Forms in PDF format Forms in WORD format
Exploring Baskets A Show and Sale of Work by Members of Northwest Basket Weavers Guild Dec 3 - 24, 2010 at the Depot Arts Center, Anacortes, WA. The guild has been invited to have a show of members' work at the Depot Arts Center. This will be a juried show, with Danielle Bodine and Lanny Bergner as our jurors. All guild members are encouraged to submit entries for this show! For a small entry fee you will be able to enter up to 5 works (a series or set of works will be considered one entry). All items in the show must be available for purchase. To submit baskets for the show: Forms in PDF format Forms in WORD format DEADLINE is August 25, 2010 A Holiday Basket Day A "Holiday" themed Basket Day Dec 4, 2010 In conjunction with the show, we're having a "holiday" Basket Day, with classes and demonstrations. We're looking for class proposals! To submit workshop proposals: Forms in PDF format Forms in WORD format DEADLINE is September 15, 2010 Call for Help They always say that many hands make light work, and these two events in December can use your support. What can you do to help? Call for volunteers: Forms in PDF format Forms in WORD format	WIN C.A. MICHEL'S FEATHER BASKET! Nationally recognized Northwest artist CA Michel generously donated this gorgeous basket to our guild, requesting that the funds raised by its sale be used for education. This amazing basket is 9" in diameter and 4 1/2" tall, constructed of hand-coiled camel hair over a linen core, with ringneck pheasant feathers attached during the coiling. The acrylic stand is included. Click here to find out how to purchase tickets. Want to see it in person? The basket will be on display July 10 - Aug 10 at:      Pacini Lubel Gallery             207 2nd Avenue South             Seattle, WA 98104 Date of Drawing: September 8, 2010, at 7:30 pm during our Guild meeting at the Shoreline Historical Museum, 759 N 175th, Shoreline, WA. You need not be present to win. International winner will pre-pay shipping. Direct Inquiries to:  raffle@nwbasketweavers.org
Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at the Shoreline Historical Society Museum, 749 N 175 St, Shoreline, WA, except in July, August and December. The Guild's extensive library collection of books, pamphlets and video tapes is housed at the museum for members' use during the 6:30 to 7:30 social time, after that a program is presented, with subjects such as basketry techniques and materials, members' basketry travels, or unique basket makers. Visitors are welcome to attend.	The purpose of our guild is to preserve and promote the art of basket making. Members are primarily from the states of Washington and Oregon, and range from  beginning basket weavers to the professional artist.	Besides being able to hang out with a lot of wonderful people, members get the newsletter (11 months a year), attend our annual Retreat and Basket Days, have the opportunity to learn a variety of techniques from our outstanding teachers, use our library of books and video tapes, and recieve information of "basketry happenings" around the Northwest and nationally.

Spring Retreat Each March we enjoy a retreat from Wednesday through Sunday. It's open to members of our Guild and the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild. It's easy to become a member; you can join on the registration form! It's a great way to relax, weave as much as you want, visit with guild members, and take classes from talented teachers. Click here for the brochure and registration. Check out some previous year's photos!  You can also see photos from 2005 and 2004. The dates for the next Retreat are March 16-20, 2011.

Gallery Gala Each year at our Spring Retreat a gallery is set up to showcase our members' work.Members submit up to three baskets for the Gallery. On Friday night after dinner, we open the Gallery show with a Gala. All of the wonderful baskets are available for close-up viewing while snacking on fine chocolates and sparkling cider. Our members are diverse and talented, and it is always inspiring and amazing to see what they are doing. This is our chance to share - we especially encourage beginners to exhibit their work. The theme for next year is Twice Loved! So get busy and create some wonderful baskets with recycled materials or ideas.

August 21 - Basket Day, Meridian Park. Registration form. August 25 - Deadline for application for Depot Arts Gallery Show September 11 - Regional Basket Day in West Richland, WA. Registration form. October 20-24 - Fall Retreat in Oregon (put on by the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild) December 3-24 - "Exploring Baskets: A Show and Sale of Work by Guild Members" at the Depot Arts Gallery, Anacortes December 3 - Show Opening, 6-9pm, at the Depot December 4 - Holiday Basket Day at the Depot. Workshop proposal. March 16-20, 2011 - Spring Retreat

Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month

January 13 - Jill Green - Collecting Tribal Baskets: Borneo, Tarahumara, Thailand - without leaving home! February 10 - Sheila Wray, Elaine Twogood - Weaving Evening - Neolithic Braid or open weave March 10 - Lissa Hunter - Artist profile March 25 - Annual Guild meeting at Retreat - elections, committee reports. April 14 - Jack Curtright, Ginnie Porter - Collecting Pacific Northwest and Alaska Native American Baskets May 12 - Kay Harradine - Weaving Evening - Open Twined Wall Pouch or open weave June 9 - Michele Wipplinger from Earthhues - Natural Dyes for Basketry September 8  -  Joan Carrigan - Combining Two Passions: Basketry and Travel October 13  -  Eva Seidenfaden: Visiting Artist November 10 - Annual Holiday pot luck dinner and Gift Exchange.

USEFUL FORMS  (.PDF format requires Adobe Acrobat)

For more information about the Guild,  see the Introduction Letter, or for a three-fold brochure you can print our flyer.

For Guild members who made board-approved expenditures and need reimbursement, print out the Reimbursement Form, fill it out and send it with your receipts to Treasurer Sally Anaya.

For Guild Committee members' monthly information sheet, print out the Committee Form.

For Teachers wanting to propose a class at the Spring Retreat, send in the Workshop Proposal form, or for Basket Day: Regional Proposal form.

For Guild members who may need a grant for projects they are planning, download the Grant Application Form.

EVENT FORMS  (.PDF format requires Adobe Acrobat)  These forms are time sensitive. Please note deadlines.

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This page last updated on 24 July 2010.