The Who, What, Where, and When of WeGO
A wonderful aspect about being a part of the weaving and fiber arts community are the great organizations that help support special events that include the next Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds Conference. If you’re planning to attend the 2023 Fiber Connections conference, you may be wondering about what the Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO) is, and would like to know more about this statewide organization.
Who is WeGO? WeGO was formed in 1982 and currently has over 780 individual members in the 16 Oregon guilds. The organization’s purpose is to share information and resources, educate and promote fiber art throughout the state of Oregon. Every three to five years, WeGo sponsors a statewide traveling exhibit; and every 10 years since 1981 WeGO has sponsored the ANWG conferences in the ‘01’ years. Due to the pandemic, the 2021 conference was rescheduled to June, 2023. The new venue is the Riverhouse Convention Center and Hotel in Bend, Oregon.
What is WeGO? Weaving Guilds of Oregon, Inc. is an organization of weaving, spinning and related fiber craft guilds in Oregon.
Where are WeGO meetings held? WeGO meetings are held twice a year, in the spring and fall. Meetings are held in different areas of the state to help facilitate guild participation.
When did WeGO begin? Dee Ford Potter of Bend, Oregon, invited the 1981 Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds to the biennial conference in Oregon. In the process of organizing this conference, Dee contacted guilds around the state for help and formed the network that became WeGO, Inc. Guilds recognized the value of inter-guild communication and sharing, and formally organized WeGO in 1983. It is now a non-profit corporation.
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