Almost Ready to Open the Doors

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Everything has been moved to our new location at 751 George Washington Boulevard in Wichita, and we’re getting settled in and ready to start a new chapter in the Guild’s history with the first classes in January 2018!

Online registration is now live for the classes scheduled for the first quarter – online payment isn’t quite ready yet, but will show up as an option as soon as possible.  See the class calendar or click on a class featured on the site’s home page.

This location seems meant for the new Fiber Arts Center – from the beautiful architecture to the ease of access.  Can you tell we’re excited?

Studio|School, home of the Wichita Guild and Fiber Arts Center
The Morris Street entrance, closest to our room.
Through the door, our room is first on the left.
Looking to the left, across the mostly-empty room to the shelving.
Looking to the right, the former science room has smaller rooms, some with sinks!
There’s plenty of natural light in the small room selected for the library.
Some of the fiber…
Sorting and arranging cones of weaving yarns.
And more fiber and other items. (Yarn makes great packing material!)
Balls of yarn and additional cones will fill up this storage space,
The Wall Of Color in the weaving studio
The first looms are in! As more looms were brought over, the science lab counter was moved out to open up floor space.

Several Guild members spent days planning, cleaning, packing and moving, and many others pitched in whenever they could.  December isn’t the easiest time of year to carve out time for a major project, but this enterprise is dear to our hearts, and it was managed beautifully.

We know there will be some bumps in the road as we sort out details and class logistics, so we appreciate your support as we work to solve any problems that crop up in our new adventure.  Join us in making 2018 a fun and productive year!

 

Wichita Fiber Classes Will Have New Home

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After CityArts administration told us they were ending the weaving classes, Guild members scrambled to find a way to keep fiber instruction opportunities alive in Wichita.

In a few short weeks, we have planned to receive the looms and other classroom equipment and supplies as a donation from the City of Wichita (thank you!!), identified a viable location, come up with a financial plan, and presented the information to the Guild members at large.  The immediate outcome was a unanimous vote at the November meeting to support this exciting effort!

And now the time is short, and the logistics and other planning by the steering committee has ramped up to the next phase.

If all goes well, we will move everything out of the current space in mid-December to our new home, and start classes in January!

Once everything is signed and finalized, we’ll be delighted to share the details and start taking class registrations, but we’re not quite at that point yet.

Watch for updates here and on our Facebook page!

 

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November 2017 Meeting

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This will be an important business meeting, during which the future of weaving classes in the Wichita area will be discussed and voted on!

Program(s) will follow the business meeting.

For non-spinners, there will be a small loom available for members to try their hand at a 3-shaft weaving project.

Bouclé Spinning

Bring your spinning wheel and any batts or fiber you would like to spin into a loopy bouclé yarn!  Instructor Deb Waggoner will teach the technique of spinning around a core yarn (which will be provided), and will demonstrate making art batts on a drum carder.

If your wheel has a flyer with no hooks and a large orifice, so much the better!

Fiber will be also available for purchase.

November 4, 2017
Location: Room 118, McKnight Hall, WSU campus
Social Time begins @ 9:00 am
Meeting & Program begins @ 10:00 am

Directions: Exit off of Hillside onto Alumni Drive. The McKnight building is the second building on your right. Park in the lot across the street, and enter the north wing through the brown double doors that face Hillside (shown in the center of the picture below). Look for a “Guild” sign on the doors!

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