The Atlantic Spinners and Handweavers provide the opportunity for weavers, spinners and dyers living in the Halifax area and beyond, to meet in a social atmosphere, to exchange information, learn new techniques and methods and share their interests.
MEETINGS:
ASH members meet on the second Thursday of each month, September through June at 7:15 p.m. at the
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History,
Summer Street, lower level entrance. Meeting programs include a variety of interesting lectures, slide presentations, demonstrations, and guest speakers. Coffee, tea and conversation close every meeting.
NEXT MEETING: Thursday, September 9, 2010.
MEMBERSHIP:
For an annual membership fee of $30.00Cdn, members receive the ASH newsletter,
Loomsong, published September to June. Members also have full voting rights in the affairs of the society and the use of an excellent library, with borrowing privileges.
Loomsong is published 5 times per year and accepts ads for equipment,
yarns, courses etc.
Membership Form
New Advertising rates are:
1/8 page - $15/issue, $70/year
1/4 page - $20/issue, $90/year
1/2 page - $25/issue, $110/year
Full page - $40/issue, $170/year
There is no charge for ASH members to advertise if they are not advertising a
commercial business.
Contact: Elinor Crosby, Editor.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Baddeck Fibre Festival and Craft Sale. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily.
October 8-13, 2010. Baddeck Community Centre.
LINKS TO NOVA SCOTIA ART/CRAFTS SITES:
Nova Scotia Centre for
Craft and Design
- (The Mary E. Black Gallery and The Guide to Craft and Art in Nova Scotia)
Cape Breton Centre for Craft and
Design
Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council
NSCAD University
and Anna Leonowens Gallery
Nova Scotia Museum
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Wile Carding Mill
Sherbrooke Village
Scott Manor House
Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts
Lismore Sheep Farm (and River John Needle Company)
GAPACC
Beach Lane Lavender Farm
Tradewind Knitwear Designs
Lake Ainslie Weavers and
Craft Guild
The Loop Craft Cafe
The Spinner's Loft
Shaydan Shetlands Farm
Del Zoppo's Point Michaud Beach House
Project Peru
ASH MEMBERS' HOME PAGES:
deWeever's Wovens
Dawn MacNutt
Armstrong Fox Textiles
Links
compiled by Ruthe Stowe, Burlington Handweavers and
The Handweavers Guild of America has an extensive listing of weaving related
sites.
For more information contact
Daphne Trenaman
Web page maintained by: Fred Popowich
Last revised: Sept. 2, 2010.