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Color: Classic to Contemporary – on display through July 27th.

Hudgens Center for Art & Learning
Sugarloaf Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30097

The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild, founded in 1955, is one of Georgia’s oldest arts organizations. The guild’s biennial textile exhibit is the longest, continuous running juried exhibit in the Southeast. The 2019 exhibit, open to artists working in all fiber media, drew entries from fiber artists all across the nation. The exhibit will be on display from May 4 – July 27, 2019. Gallery hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 am to 5 pm. 

Competition to get accepted in the show was high. We ultimately received entries from 54 artists representing 23 different states, including entries from 47 non guild members, 2 guild members, and 5 students. Of the 91 works that were submitted by those artists, 30 were chosen for the show. Two guild members, Linda Jarrett and Dianne Totten, had works accepted for the exhibit and Dianne Totten’s work, Fire in the Night, took the Third Place prize. 

8 awards were presented during the reception held on May 11: 

  • 1st Place, provided by the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild: Daryl Lancaster, Autumn Patchwork Duster
  • 2nd Place, provided by the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild:  Tommye Scanlin, A Year in My Life: 2018
  • 3rd place, provided by the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild:  Dianne Totten, Fire in the Night
  • Student Award, provided by the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild:  Frances Parry, Exposure: Realizing Strength Through Grief and Chaos
  • HGA Award, provided by the Handweavers Guild of America: Susan Lenz, In Box CCCXXXI
  • Complex Weavers Award, provided by Complex Weavers: Hedy Lyles, Kilim Silk Scarf
  • Best of Show Made With Cotton, provided by the Georgia Cotton Commission: Naomi Velasquez, Tumbling
  • Best Use of Dye Award, provided by PRO Chemical & Dye: Daryl Lancaster, Chaos Yardage

The guild would like to thank these people and organizations for their support:

Kathrin Weber of Blazing Shuttles, Juror
The Hudgens Center for Art & Learning
Handweavers Guild of America
Georgia Cotton Commission
PRO Chemical & Dye

Check out the full listing of exhibits, results, artist statements and price listing by clicking the link – Exhibit Listing.

Details of winning entries can be seen in the gallery below.

 

Click Here For The Exhibit Listing
Velasquez - Tumbling

Velasquez – Tumbling

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Velasquez – Tumbling detail

Totten - Fire in the Night

Totten – Fire in the Night

Totten - Fire in the Night detail

Totten – Fire in the Night detail

Scanlin - Year of My Life 2018

Scanlin – Year of My Life 2018

Scanlin - Year of My Life 2018 detail

Scanlin – Year of My Life 2018 detail

Parry - Exposure

Parry – Exposure

Parry - Exposure detail

Parry – Exposure detail

Lyles - Kilim Silk Scarf detail

Lyles – Kilim Silk Scarf detail

Lyles - Kilim Silk Scarf

Lyles – Kilim Silk Scarf

Lenz - In Box CCCXXXI

Lenz – In Box CCCXXXI

Lenz - In Box CCCXXXI detail

Lenz – In Box CCCXXXI detail

Lancaster 1- Autumn Patchwork jpg

Lancaster 1- Autumn Patchwork jpg

Lancaster 1- Autumn Patchwork detail

Lancaster 1- Autumn Patchwork detail

May meeting highlights:
Liturgical Weaving in the Judaic and Christian Traditions by
Glyn & Will Ruppe-Melnyk

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Here’s what you missed at the March meeting…

We had a great meeting with lots of things shared, an HGA cover girl and a presentation by Dawne Wimbrow of Lofty Fibers. After the meeting folks were busy winding up Winter Class projects.

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Mini Workshop presented after the March meeting – Felt a Critter with Madelyn.

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Here’s what you missed at the February meeting…

Marion Scoular shared her work at London’s Royal School of Needlework and members shared What’s On Our Looms… 

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Here’s what you missed at the January meeting…

Denise Kovnat shared her weaving journey and members shared What’s On Our Looms… 

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Here’s what you missed at the November meeting…see the whole presentation on the Members Only page.

Judie Dysart and Geri Forkner took us on a tour of the crafts of Uzbekistan – an amazing journey along the Silk Road. The presentation left many with a yen to follow in their footsteps. Here are a few images from the meeting. 

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upcoming events

a message from our president

Welcome to Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild.  Please explore our website to find out who we are and what programs we offer.  We have a strong educational mission and offer a multitude of classes over fall, winter, spring and summer quarters.  In addition we host regional, national, or international experts in weaving for workshops three times a year.  This September will see Susan Wilson’s Polychrome Crackle workshop.  Then Denise Kovnat will join us in January for Echo Weave and finally Deb Essen will be exploring color in early April 2019.

Next year will also be our biennial Juried Show, COLOR: Classic to Contemporary.  Kathrin Weber will be our jurist for the show.  Look for more information on the show to be posted soon.  We are excited to be exhibiting at the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for Art & Learning in Duluth, GA.  The show will run from May 4, 2019 to July 27,  2019 with the opening reception on May  11th.

Our meetings are open to visitors and we hope that you decide to drop in at one of them.  Generally they are held on a 3rd Saturday of the month, but when workshops are scheduled, they occur on the Friday evening prior.  Check our calendar to be sure.

Ray Callaway
President, CHG

Board of Directors

President – Ray Callaway
VP Programs – Open
VP Workshops – Liz Bein
VP Juried Exhibits – Leigh Skowronski
Treasurer – Allison Bishop
Membership – Tonya Leach
Secretary – Kathy Roulston
Properties – Kay Guilmet
Members Show – Emily Kahn
Education – Ann Doherty
Communications – Elyse Anderson
CoWorkshop – Liz Bein

Committees

Registrar
Librarian – Clare Anderson, Colleen Casey
Newsletter – Teresa Edmisten

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