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April 2026 Newsletter

Guild Calendar

Guild Meeting

Monday: April 20th, 2026  

10:00 am to Noon

Activity: Color Palettes

North Berkeley Public Library (location change)

Study Group

Saturday, March 25th - cancelled

10:00 AM - Noon PM

Planning: Weaving Cloth for Clothing

North Berkeley Public Library​

Get Together

Tuesday, May 26th (+ Guild Meeting)

10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Downstairs Meeting Room

North Berkeley Public Library  

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President's Message

Dear Weavers,

 

Many Thanks to all who were able to make the RAC Opening Reception on April 11th. Bernie sent me pics and a mini-movie showing Big Smiles on everyone, which really warmed my heart.

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Golden Gate History Archive

If you have pictures you would like to share, please send them along to me. They will go into our guild history scrapbooks. 

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For now, enjoy these photos taken at the reception. 

 

I'm planning to be at the Artist's Talk on Saturday, April 25th. I'm healing up just fine from my surgery, but get tired easily.

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Happy Weaving!  ~ Vicky

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Opening - Weaving Between the Lines Exhibition

The exhibit, curated by Lonnie Lee and Bob Darchi, officially opened on April 12 at the Richmond Arts Center.  The exhibition features weavings by members of our guild, Golden Gate Weavers, as well as baskets by Bay Area Basket Makers.

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The exhibition is open Wednesday through Saturday through June 5.

 

Members are encouraged to sign up to speak at the Artist Talk on April 25. See Lonnie's email for details on how to participate.

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Meetings

Guild Meeting

Date: Monday, April 20th, in person at the North Berkeley Public Library

Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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TOPICS:

  • President's news and updates

  • Activity: Color Palettes & Color Clinic

  • Study Group updates, "Weaving Cloth for Clothing"

  • CNCH News

  • Member updates​

  • Show-and-Tell

  • Birthdays (month & day) please

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Color Palettes Activity​

​Working in small groups, we'll look at different color palettes from Zollie and discuss how we design with color, color combinations, proportionality, the use of tones and value, and more.

 

Color Clinic

What colors do you like to weave together? Do you have a color that you don't know what to do with? We'll employ the wisdom of the crowd (Golden Gate Weavers) to discuss color design choices.

 

Please bring with you:

  • Paper​

  • Pen

  • 2-3 colors of fiber from your stash

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The Golden Gate Weavers Guild meets on the third Monday of the month, 10:00 am to Noon in the Gooseberry Room, at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave, or on Zoom. No meetings in July, August, and December.

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Study Group

Saturday, April 25th - Cancelled, conflict with RAC "Artist Talk" on the same day

Time: 10:00 AM - Noon

Large Meeting Room, North Berkeley Public Library​

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Weaving Cloth for Clothing

In our March meeting, we started planning and designing our projects. People are moving along at different paces.

 

Project Plans shared:​

  • Making a Quechquemitl, poncho, from cloth she has woven (Koko)

  • Exploring clothing options from IKAT cloth she wove one year at CNCH, or from a length of Heart pattern yardage (Susie)

  • Making a blouse with a cowl neckline her finely woven cloth (Penny)

  • Replicate some Harris Tweed for a vest and/or make a peasant's blouse (Bernie)

  • Sewing a silk vest from fabric woven with a weft of torn silk komono fabric (Naoko)

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You can join the Study Group at any time, and get help or to check out what we're doing. It's a great way to see how your fellow guild members develop ideas, plan, sample, and make cloth. Below are some photos from the group meeting.

Get Togethers

Tuesday, May 26th in combination with May's Guild Meeting

10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Large Meeting Room at the North Berkeley Library

1170 The Alameda, Berkeley

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An informal gathering and an opportunity for Show and Tell.​

Show and Tell

CNCH News

 

 

www.cnch.org 

 

CNCH 2026 - May 14-17, Asilomar

  • Teachers and Classes: https://www.cnch.org/conferences/​

    • Classes include: Inkle Weaving, Weaving two Ways on the Ridgid Heddle Loom, Tablet Weaving, Huck Lace, Hands on Color, Vibrant Rugs, Spinning Angora Rabbit & Cotton, Spinpossible, Shibori Dyeing with Indigo, Painted Warps and Parallel Threading, Fabulous Felted Flowers, Transparency Weaving, and Pine Needle Baskets

    • Instructors include: Sienna Bosch, Gretchen Fancher, John Mullarkey, Rosalie Neilson, Cameron Taylor-Brown, Mary Zicafoose, Julie Drogsvold, Michael Kelson, Ana Lisa Hedstrom, Denise Kovnat, Dawn Edwards, Rebecca Smith and Marilyn Mckanel

  •  Registration - now CLOSED​

  • Silent Auction: Our guild is submitting a "tea party" themed hat box, including a handmade hat from Naoko, a draft for weaving pinwheel napkins and fiber, plus items for making tea and scones.

 

CNCH 2027 Planning  

  • Area Three, which includes GGW, is planning the 2027 Conference. Vicky and Bernie are part of the planning group.

    • Golden Gate Weavers has been assigned the task of Grant Fundraiser

EVENTS

  • Weaving Between the Lines, April 8 to June 5, Richmond Arts Center, Featuring works by Golden Gate Weavers. https://richmondartcenter.org/exhibitions/weaving-between-the-lines/

  • Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries, at the Asian Art Museum through June 20. The first solo museum exhibition in the Bay Area by Chiharu Shiota, best known for large-scale installations that fill spaces with densely woven webs of colored fibers. Featuring works from throughout Shiota’s career spanning installation, sculpture, video, drawing, and stage design, the exhibition offers a timely meditation on belonging, impermanence, and living with “in-betweenness.” https://exhibitions.asianart.org/exhibitions/chiharu-shiota-two-home-countries/

  • The Woven Pixel, January 29 to May 11 at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. This exhibition explores the rise of digital weaving which emerged in the early 2000s. It brings together a variety of work by artists and designers who experiment with digital looms and jacquard software. https://sj-mqt.org/upcoming-exhibitions

  • New Works: Sheila Hicks, now on, ends August 9, 2026, at SFMOMA. Hicks’s first solo exhibition at SFMOMA features a site-specific installation in the museum’s New Work gallery. The works are inspired by objects, textures, and patterns observed in her adopted city or in her migratory life.  https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/new-work-sheila-hicks/

  • Arts of Indigenous America, ends August 31, 2028, at the de Young. The theme “Relationship to Place.” Developed with Native scholars and in consultation with communities of origin, the project centers Indigenous values and voices. Works spanning over a thousand years of history in all types of media. https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/arts-indigenous-america

Resources

Publications

Watch, Read, Listen to

Guild Members Recommendations

Board of Directors

President - Vicky McAdams Vickybees@comcast.net

Treasurer - Karen Schwartz 

Acting Secretary - Karen Tripp 

Newsletter/Comms - Bernie Geuy bernie.geuy@gmail.com

Programs - Vicky McAdams & Bernie Geuy

Membership - Koko Baker 

Librarian - Sarah Leverett 

Historian - POSITION OPEN

CNCH Liaison - Sheila Fitzgerald

Webmaster - Bernie Geuy

Newsletter Deadline:

Please submit any items to be included in the Newsletter by the 2nd Sunday of the month.

Email: bernie.geuy@gmail.com

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