Canadian Guilds

Lethbridge, AB
Rep: Lorelie Lenaour

Rep name: Barbara Harrison
Rep email address:  behdesign@shaw.ca

President name: Barbara Schneider
President email address: baschnei@ucalgary.ca

Abbotsford
Rep: Kathy Bandurka
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Chilliwack, BC
Rep: Marlene Randall
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Port Moody, BC
Rep: Janice Griffiths
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WA-BC
Rep:Jean Lavell
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Sidney, BC
Rep: Alix Lines
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Denman Island, BC
Rep: Isabelle Fusey
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Oliver, BC
Rep: Marg Harkness
President: Wendy Hauk

Website: http://desertsageguild.ca/

The Desert Sage Spinners and Weavers have changed their name to the Desert Sage Fibre Arts Guild. The decision was made at the June meeting of the Guild and reflects some of the changes in the Guild since it began almost 50 years ago. The new name embraces the wide variety of fibre arts and crafts practiced by members. Though the majority still spin and weave, many members also hook, felt, dye, crochet, knit and engage in a wide range of highly creative and skilled fibre arts. 

But that’s not all that’s new at the Desert Sage Guild. A new website, filled with photos and information about the Guild’s activities, has been launched at https//desertsageguild.ca. The new website reflects the Guild’s creative aims, objectives and activities including a History section on the Guild’s almost 50 years of being involved in the fibre arts and crafts.  

Working with fibre such as wool, silk, cotton, linen, bamboo and a host of others both natural and synthetic, the Guild’s current membership includes over 65 artists and crafters from the South Okanagan and Similkameen.

The Guild has a new name, a new website but also a new email address. Here’s the Guild’s new info:

Desert Sage Fibre Arts Guild
desertsageguild.ca
desertsagefibrearts@gmail.com

The postal address remains the same: P.O. Box 1473, Oliver, BC,  V0H 1T0

Fernie, BC
Rep: Gayle Vallance
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Cranbrook, BC
rep:  Lorraine Schmidt

Gabriola Island, BC
Rep: Donna Townsend

Vancouver, BC
Rep: Janice Griffiths
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Kamloops, BC
Rep: Alice Turkenburg
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Kimberley, BC

Rep: Marie Wright

Langley, BC
Rep: Pat Wrigley
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Nanaimo, BC
Rep: Kathy McDonald

Campbell River, BC
President: Val Evans
Rep: Joyce Fauchon
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Nanoose Bay, BC
Rep: Christine Rivers
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Hudson Hope & Fort St. John, BC
Rep: Rene Giesbrecht
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Surrey, BC
Rep: Janice Griffiths
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Kelowna, BC
Rep: Loraine Farrow
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Prince George, BC
Rep: Serena Black
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Parksville, BC
Rep: Sheila Carey
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Salt Spring Island, BC
Rep: Valerie Short
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Robson, BC
Rep: Diane Cushing
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Salmon Arm, BC
Rep: Anne Patterson
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100 Mile House, BC
Rep: Linda Peterson

Gibsons, BC
Rep: Lynda Annibal (acting)
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Courtenay, BC
Rep: Sheila Carey
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Kamloops, BC
Rep: Elaine Woods

Powell River, BC, Canada
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Victoria, BC
President: Barbara Williams
Rep: Christine Purse
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Maple Ridge, BC
Rep: Irene Weisner
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Saskatoon, SK
Rep: Malcolm Benson-Dyke