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MEMBER BENEFITS

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  • Annual Sale: Sell finished products in the annual guild sale. ​

  • Class/Workshop Discount: Receive a discount on all class and workshop prices. 

  • Equipment Use:  Use tools and equipment on-site at the studio to work on your project at no charge; this includes warping boards, warping reels, bobbin winders, manual drum carders, umbrella swifts and ball winders.  ​

  • Equipment Rental: Rent spinning wheels, table looms, inkle looms, tools, and accessories for use off-site. 

  • Guild Library: Take advantage of lending privileges for the guild library, which has the best collection of fibre arts resources in western Canada. Members can look up available resources on a wide range of topics using an online catalogue. 

  • Member E-Newsletter: Receive the guild newsletter featuring upcoming classes/workshops, outreach opportunities, special programming, events, sale and volunteer announcements and other member opportunities.  

  • Membership Area on Website - Our website offers exclusive content for guild members, including access to special events and workshops presentations.

  • Member Events: Participate in member only events that include special guest presentations, social events, mini-workshops, open studio, newbie studio, and more.

  • Study Groups: Join one or all of the member-led and self-directed monthly study groups. Groups meet in the studio and can use guild equipment for study group projects, when they are not in use for classes/workshops. 

  • Website Online Forum:  Members can share information about their projects, seek advice, and engage in discussions to inspire and learn from each other (to name just a few purposes). Our forum fosters collaboration, creativity, and growth in the art of fibre.

Heritage Weavers and Spinners Guild of Calgary

210-3112 11th St NE Calgary AB T2E 7J1

Copyright 2024 HWSG

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We acknowledge that the land we gather on, Mohkinsstsis, is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories, the Tsuut’ina Nation, and the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations. Today this land is home to the Metis of Region 3 as well as many First Nations and Inuit peoples from across Turtle Island.We acknowledge that there has been art, music, dance, storytelling and ceremony on this land since time immemorial and it is in the spirit of this land and its people that we do our work.

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