May Meeting
Fiber Feast!
Spring Luncheon
Saturday, May 30, 2026
11:00 - 2:00 at Crosstown Concourse
It's time for our annual spring potluck luncheon. Bring a favorite dish to share and your latest project for show & tell. Enjoy good food and fellowship with other weavers. After lunch, try your hand at a beginner-friendly fingerweaving project led by Angela - no loom required! Supplies provided.
A reminder - Elections for new Board members will occur in May. Thanks to our nominating committee (Alysia, Katie, Tanya). Please consider running if one of them reaches out to you - or nominate yourself!
Summer Study Group
Do you have a topic you'd like to cover in a summer study group? Do you want to dive deep into dyeing? Get wrapped up in bandweaving? Relax with a rigid heddle? Delve into drafting? Bring your ideas and wishes to the May luncheon to discuss summer study group options.
Meeting Location: Crosstown Concourse, 1350 Concourse Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Free parking in the garage in the back rows and upper levels; the first rows have a fee after 2 hours. Once in the building, take the Central Atrium elevator to the 7th floor, turn right, and enter through the Parcels office.
Looking ahead - Pink Palace Crafts Fair
September 25-27, 2026
The 2026 Pink Palace Crafts Fair will be held in a new location - the grounds of the Pink Palace Museum at 3050 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN. We are invited to be demonstrating craftsmen again. This is a great event for sharing the art of weaving with the public and offering your finished handweaving for sale. Weave for it!
Membership
Enjoy the benefits of guild membership for $20 annual dues.
- Monthly meetings with educational programs or social gatherings, or extended workshops
- Participate in the guild booth at the Pink Palace Crafts Fair demonstrating craftsmen's tent
- Library of books, media, and equipment available for check-out
- Information on looms for sale (local area)
- Weavers who are always ready to help answer questions or lend a hand!
Monthly Meetings
Monthly meetings include a short business meeting, educational program, and viewing of members' work.
Meetings are typically at Crosstown Concourse (7th floor in the Patio area of the Parcels office) from 9:30 - 12:00 on the 4th Saturday of the month - however dates do change around the holidays (November and December meetings).
Guild History
The Memphis Guild of Handloom weavers was founded in 1947 but Viola Joyce Quigley and fellow students from the Memphis Academy of Art. Since then, the guild has held art shows, workshops with internationally reknowned instructors, classes for the public, and sales of handwoven goods.
We continue to promote the time-honored craft of handweaving into the 21st century.
Guild Library
The guild keeps an extensive library of over 300 books and videos on a wide variety of weaving topics. Members may check out media from the library.
The guild also owns 10 looms and a colections of smaller equipment and tools.