MEETINGS

Our meetings are held at the FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 27th Street and 8th Avenue, Bldg. "A", Faculty Lounge, 8th Floor Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Program begins at 6:15 p.m. Guest Fee: $5.00 (for non-members)

Our meetings are our time to come together and share our passion for beads. We listen to and talk with wonderful, inspiring speakers; we share our own work with each other (completed and in-progress); we sign up for workshops; we have fun. And we always welcome newcomers!

NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, May 21, 2008

3rd Annual Garage & Tag Sale!

Attention Shoppers! The Garage Sale is back giving Members another chance to unload those long unused, hoarded, forgotten, "why did I buy those beads" beads from their closets. There will never be enough hours to use up all that has been accumulated. The rest of us have a chance to hunt down bargains.

Beginners, now is your chance to start your collections at bargain basement prices. Consider stocking up for the next workshop. Over 35 members will be selling, and/or giving away their excess beads, findings, tools, bead magazines and books.

We repeat the mantra, "one person's garbage is another person's treasure." Well here, it's all treasure and beautiful. Come see what sparkles are being offered. Get inspired by your colleagues' collections. Maybe find that Bead & Button back issue! COME. ENJOY & SHOP FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST.

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED -  FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL

SAMPLING OF PAST SPEAKERS AND TOICS:

• Leslee Frumin
  Designing from Concept to Completion

• Rachel Nelson-Smith
  Merging Beadweaving Stitches

• Photographing Your Jewelry

• The Art and Spirit Works of Annette Tacconelli
  In Between the Lands of Meticulous Beading and Conceptual Modern Art Lives One of Our Own...

• Alice Melzer
  The Business of Beadwork: Selling Your Craft

• Myron Toback and Family
  Whether You Bead It, Wire It, Link It, Pierce It, String It, Clasp It, Flux It...

• Judith Fine, founder of The Breast Form Fund
  Show Us Your Bra!

• Debby Rooney
  Beads for Education: Handcrafts from the Massai Women in Kenya

• Tips & Tricks and Bead Emergency
  One of our most popular meetings ever!

• Jean Campbell
  The Embellished Shoe

• Christopher Tanner
  Ravaged by Romance or The Sparkle Amidst The Darkness

• Paula M. Mikkelsen, Ph.D.
  Pearls: A Natural History

• Jacqueline Lilli
  Collecting Beads

• Flora Kaplan
  The Kingdom of Benin

• Kate Fowle
  Glass Bead Making

• Tory Hughes
  Polymer Clay Beads

• Joyce Scott
  Sculpture with Seed Beads

• Ramona Solberg
  Wire Construction