Conference of Northern California Handweavers www.cnch.org
– Umbrella organization of guilds in Northern California hosts a biennial fiber conference. Member guilds information, educational opportunities.
– Links to calendar of events
– Quarterly Newsletter
– Announcement of conferences
Handweavers Guild of America: www.weavespindye.org
Founded in 1969 to inspire creativity and encourage excellence in the fiber arts, the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., brings together weavers, spinners, dyers, basketmakers, fiber artists and educators. HGA provides educational programs, conferences, and an award-winning quarterly publication, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, to its members as it seeks to increase awareness of and appreciation for the fiber arts.
Pacific Textile Arts: www.pacifictextilearts.org
– Complete list of library books online
– Links to related sites
– Announcement of current exhibit
Mendocino Art Center www.mendocinoartcenter.org
– List of class offerings
– Info about discounts for locals
– Current exhibits
California Wool Growers Association: www.woolgrowers.org
– the voice of the California Sheep Industry at the local, regional, state, and national level.
– To provide consumers with safe, quality lamb and wool products
Arts Council of Mendocino County www.artsmendocino.org
-County Arts Events Calendar
– Membership information
A Loom With a View http://www.sheilaohara.com/
When I was 10 years old my mom sent me off with two of my sisters to the Josephine D. Randal Junior Museum in San Francisco to take summer art classes. We would ride the streetcar to Market and Castro Streets and climb up the steep hill to the museum. I took drawing, ceramics, jewelry making, and weaving for several summers. I liked all the mediums but there was something about the weaving that seemed to suit me well. The mathematical side of me enjoyed the yarn calculations. The artistic side of me enjoyed the colors and the designing. The tactile side of me enjoyed handling the yarns and fabrics. In high school I continued to take art classes as well as weave at the Junior Museum after school when I was not in softball or volleyball practice.
Stephanie T. Hoppe – Handwoven Rugs and Tapestries www.stephaniehoppe.com
FINE ARTS & CRAFTS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY
Mendocino Artists & Artisans www.MendocinoArtists.com
Mendocino Woodworking www.MendocinoWoodworking.com
Brian Lee Custom Doors & Sash www.mendocinodoors.com
FINE CRAFTS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
Baulines Craft Guild www.BaulinesCraftGuild.org
Janice Rowell Gallery www.janicerowellgallery.com
TEXTILE AND FIBER ARTS & ARTISTS
American Tapestry Alliance www.americantapestryalliance.org
California Rug Project www.californiarug.org
Gloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry Studies www.tapestrycenter.org
Silvia Heyden (Tyndall Galleries)
Sally Jones www.sallyjones.com
Gunta Stölzl www.guntastolzl.org
Roxy Wells & Tyler Wells www.roxywells.com
WEAVING & DYEING SUPPLIES
Weaving Southwest (Taos, NM; the source for the yarn I use; looms, books, gallery) www.weavingsouthwest.com
ProChemical & Dye (Somerset, MA; the source for the dyes I use)
www.prochemical.com
VISIT MENDOCINO COUNTY
GoMendo.com www.goMendo.com
Mendocino Search & Travel www.mendosearch.com
Visit Mendocino www.visitmendocino.com