Free Needlework Show at Sanger Library
The Needle Arts Guild of Toledo (NAGT) will host its 34th Annual Judged Needlework Show on September 25th and 26, 2009 at the Sanger Branch of the Toledo Library, 3030 W. Central Avenue, Toledo, OH 43606. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Enjoy viewing hand-stitched works of art in beading, cross stitch, needlepoint, embroidery, multimedia, etc., – many original. Viewing times are: on Friday, September 25th, 10 am – 5 pm; and, Saturday, September 26th, 9 am – 4 pm. During viewing hours, the guild members will be demonstrating various needlework techniques.
The Needle Arts Guild of Toledo is a chapter of The Embroiderers’ Guild of America (EGA), Inc. (http://www.egausa.org/), a non-profit educational organization founded in 1959 to foster high standards of design, color, and workmanship in embroidery; teach the embroidery arts; and preserve our national needle arts heritage. The EGA serves thousands of members through a network of over 300 chapters which are grouped into thirteen geographical regions. Membership in NAGT is open to all interested in needlework and currently includes members from 15 Northwest Ohio municipalities as well as some from southern Michigan. However, you need not be a member of the guild to submit an entry. Visit http://www.needle-arts-toledo.org/showinfo.htm to obtain entry fee schedules and forms, rules and other details. Entry drop off is 4 pm – 8 pm on Wednesday, September 23rd, however, special arrangements may be made for mailed submissions by contacting the show registrar via [email protected].
Our judge this year is Sandy Rodgers. Sandy is an internationally recognized designer and needlework teacher, having taught for over 25 years. In addition she is a certified judge, the author of seven books, a columnist, and editor of Needle Pointers magazine, the official publication of the American Needlepoint Guild Inc. Sandy’s extensive credentials and biographical information may be viewed at http://sandyrodgers.com/Resume.htm
As a community outreach project at the show, the guild will collect complete needlework kits (needles, threads, materials and instructions) to be sent to the Brooks Army Hospital at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. These kits are used by our veterans and their families while they are recovering at the hospital. Through July 2009, the Needle Arts Guild of Toledo has sent over 760 such kits to the hospital.
Press Release Contact Name: Christine Hampshire, Publicity Chair
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Press Release Contact Phone: 419-698-0241
Organization Name: Needle Arts Guild of Toledo
Website or Link: www.needle-arts-toledo.org
Organization Address: 647 Peregrine Drive, Northwood, OH, 43619-2683