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In September 2016 the Australian Rugmakers Guild will be holding the Bi-annual Retreat, Meeting and Exhibition at the Woolshed at Strathnairn Arts Centre in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. For more details, see the Calendar page of this website.
The Australian Rugmakers Guild has made their first video, called Judi’s Folly – Chook On A Ladder. The Guild has shared it on YouTube. To see it, click on the link or go to
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2018 Swaledale Triennial dates!
UPDATE!
Full details of the classes on offer at the 2018 Triennial, as well as the costs and other helpful information, will be sent to members of TIGHR in the November 2017 edition of Hooking Matters. A little while after members get the information, it will be published on the Swaledale triennial pages of this website.
The 2018 TIGHR Triennial in Swaledale will run from Monday 8th October until Thursday 11th October 2018. The first event, the opening ceremony, will be held in St Andrew’s Church, Grinton, shown here in a postcard from 1910. There are a few more trees now but, fundamentally, Grinton still looks like this!
On the day after the closing ceremony and banquet (in a venue that will amaze and delight you…), Friday 12th October, an optional all-day mini Fibre-Fest trip will be available and, during the weekend after the Triennial, on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October, several extra classes will be taught by visiting teachers of rugmaking. Further details will be made available in the November edition of Hooking Matters and, shortly afterwards and very briefly, on this website.
The Gallery, UConn, 1 University Place, Stamford, CT will be the site of an exciting collection of fiber art with hooking as one of many techniques. Coordinated by Newtown Hooked Art Shows and curated by Liz Alpert Fay the opening reception is Saturday, October 25, 2014 from 1-4 pm. Click the link for The Gallery to find directions and hours. If unable to attend and meet the artists who will speak about their process, the show is up through November 29, 2014.
The following 18 artists contributed fifty-five pieces- (TIGHR members are in GREEN with sites hot linked)
Liz Alpert Fay, CT LizAlpertFay.com Mary Jane Andreozzi, RI MJAndreozzi.com Marilyn Bottjer, NY Molly Colegrove, NY Linda Rae Coughlin, NJ TheArtRugs.com Gail Dufresne, NJ GoatHillDesigns.com Susan L. Feller, Augusta, WV ArtWools.com Leslie Giuliani, CT LeslieGiuliani.com Tracy Jamar, NY TracyJamar.com Beth Kempf, CT HappyRugHooker.com Lori LaBerge, NC LoriLaberge.com Rachelle LeBlanc, AB, Canada RachelleLeBlanc.com Lara Magruder, CA LaraMagruder.com June M. Myles, Elkins, WV Constance D. Old, CT ConstanceOld.com Alice Rudell, NY Michelle Sirois-Silver, BC, Canada MichelleSirois-Silver.com Missy Stevens, CT MissyStevens.com
Here is a preview of the show from our TIGHR participants.
Enjoy a gallery of work by some of our Canadian members works representing nature in honor of CANADA DAY on July 1, 2014, the 147th anniversary of the British North American Act joining the Province of Canada with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as CANADA
These images were curated from our private site’s*** Gallery of members’ works.
***The site is a unique membership benefit which allows members to post images, participate in specialty groups, list events and send messages to other members. All of our newsletters are available online along with our constitution and educational handouts. See Membership Form for more reasons to join.
Udderly Canadian by Susan Sutherland, ON
St. Martins Covered Bridges by Lucy Richard, NB
Impressionistic Poppies by Sheila Stewart, BC
Blue Fish by Lynne Hunt, BC
Puffins by Marilyn Moore, NL
Northern Lights Bunny by Janice York, BC
We have posted a pdf for the Conference and one for the Expo classes on the public website www.tighr.net. See the page: 2012 Tri-Ennial, click and scroll through the calendar listings for the event of interest. Click and print the highlighted registration material. Remember you must also be a TIGHR member for attendance at the Conference.
But anyone is welcome to select workshops during the Strathalbyn Expo October 20 and 21, 2012. Hope to see you there.