The Kamloops Arts and Crafts Club is not just a weaving and spinning guild! In our large group from the Kamloops, BC area, we have in addition, potters, painters, stained glass makers, calligraphy, wood carving, batiking, lace making, silk painting, pine needle basketry, sculpture and tole painting. Members can drift from one discipline to the other and frequently do. We add other arts and crafts as the need arises. Of the 170 members of the Club, there are 30 fiber artists. We choose and do group projects on five looms our group owns. Some of our group projects have gone on for years, they are so popular, such as "tie on afghans", rosepath wool rugs, summer and winter rugs, and small projects we can finish in a sitting.

The original club began in the mid thirties meeting in homes, but in 1967 the city of Kamloops in a Centennial project gave us a home base called Heritage House which is in a beautiful riverside park. We have two large rooms, one a pottery studio and the other a meeting and workshop area where the weavers and spinners have their weekly meetings. We meet on Tuesday mornings from 9:30 to noon with the meeting room available longer if we are doing a project.

Many of our members live an hour or more away from our meeting place, and we sometimes have special gatherings in homes where the artists meet with us and sketch while we felt or spin.

We specialize in teaching beginners and as well have a visitation committee to travel to homes with new looms for help and advice.

We have two sales, demonstrations and displays each year where we show the public what we do. At these gatherings we generally add new members. We keep a photo and narrative scrapbook with all activities and projects displayed. All members are sent a monthly newsletter. We are a friendly group and welcome newcomers.

For membership information, contact:

Sandra Tucker
Box 1431
Kamloops, BC
V2C 6L7

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Updated January 2007