We’re getting very excited about the 2023 Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds Conference and hope you are too!

If you have visited the 2023 ANWG Conference website or are receiving conference blog posts, you may be wondering about our conference theme, colors and venue. Well, wonder no more!

Our conference theme, Fiber Connections, celebrates all the connections that are made as a result of the coming together of fibers and people. We weave for our families and friends, connecting us socially.  We weave for sale, connecting us with clients.  We weave for fun to connect with our inner child, and we weave to connect with our creative selves. Without fiber connections you would have no spun yarn, no weaving, no felting, no braiding, and no wonderful fiber arts guilds to bring us all together.

Our conference colors reflect the colors of the host state, Oregon. These colors connect us with the other states and provinces of ANWG with whom we share these great waterways, majestic mountains, vast forests, and rich fields. We hope you find inspiration in these colors when creating your own unique fiber works of art!

 

The adobe rusty-red represents the rimrock overlooking so many places in Oregon, including Central Oregon’s Smith Rocks.

 

 

 

Green is for our agriculture, forests and the Willamette Valley.

 

 

 

 

Blue is for the waters in and around us.

 

 

 

 

Gold is for the golden fields, sunshine on a summer day, and our state gem, the sunstone.

 

 

 

Purple represents our majestic mountains and renowned wine industry.

 

 

Stay updated!

The Weaving Guilds of Oregon steering committee is very busy planning for the upcoming Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds Conference. Please continue to visit our website for information and conference updates. If you would like to receive information delivered to your inbox, please subscribe to the conference blog.