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American
Needlepoint Guild, Inc. - ANG
http://www.needlepoint.org
ANG is an educational, non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote
educational and cultural development through participation in and encouragement
of interest in the art of needlepoint. ANG defines needlepoint as any
counted or free stitchery worked by hand with a threaded needle on a readily
countable ground. Membership in ANG is open to all stitchers, amateur
and professional, novice and experienced, and everything in between. The
only criteria for membership are a love of needlepoint and a desire to
learn more about this popular art.
Callaway
Gardens School of Needlework
http://www.callawaygardens.com/
This four star resort holds the annual needleart workshops in January
each year in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Students can attend one or both sessions.
Two-day and four-day classes are taught by nationally recognized teachers.
Call Becky Bonner at 800 7-NEEDLE ( 800-763-3353) to request a catalog.
Coupeville
Arts Center - CAC
http://www.coupevillearts.org
CAC is a non-profit visual arts educational organization located on Whidbey
Island in Washington State. The Arts Center sponsors workshops throughout
the year with nationally and internationally recognized instructors with
the goal of "Enhancing the Arts Learning Experience" for those
wishing to expand their artistic horizons.
The
Embroiderers' Guild of America, Inc. - EGA
http://www.egausa.org
EGA was founded in1958 as the American Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild,
London, The Embroiderer's Guild of America, Inc. was incorporated in New
York State in 1973 and is known affectionately as EGA. The Guild's Headquarters
are in Louisville, Kentucky. EGA is a non-profit, educational, charitable,
non-discriminatory organization with more than 20,000 members, and over
350 chapters across the United States and Canada, as well as members-at-large.
The chapters are grouped within 13 regions:
Embroiderers'
Guild - (United Kingdom)
http://www.embroiderersguild.org.uk
Japanese
Embroidery Center
www.japaneseembroidery.com
This school is located in Dunwoody, Georgia and offers classes throughout
the year in the Kurenai-Kai method of Japanese embroidery in Atlanta as
well as around the world.
Japanese Embroidery Cyberspace Gallery
http://needleartworks.com/edu/je/gallery/gallery_list.htm
These web pages were created to celebrate the love of this beautiful needlework with stitchers everywhere. The youngest student that started studying with me, Jennifer Ashley Taylor, was 16 and the oldest 82. I hope you will find the work of these extraordinary stitchers inspirational and exciting.
National
Academy of Needlearts - NAN
http://www.needleart.org
NAN is an organization devoted to the advancement of embroidery as an
art form. Its goal is to uphold the highest standards in the needlearts
by providing excellence in education to all those interested in furthering
their embroidery skills as teachers, judges, artists, designers, authors,
and technically proficient embroiderers. NAN was established in 1985.
NAN
annually sponsors an Assembly for Embroiderers, which is an unrivaled
needlework seminar for stitchers of all skill levels and interests. The
National Academy of Needlearts offers stitchers an ambiance of stitching
luxury for the new millennium at The Fairmont Kansas City at the Plaza
hotel. http://www.fairmont.com
Royal
School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace - England
http://www.royal-needlework.co.uk
Founded in 1872, the Royal School of Needlework specializes in the restoration
and conservation of textiles, running an aprrentice scheme, 1 year and
other various classes.
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