2021 Programs

EGA Dayton Chapter Programs 2021 - via Zoom, even though we will be in person, too.

Wednesday Group Programs (2nd Wednesdays, meeting begins at 10 AM with programs around 11:00 AM-ish)--all times are Eastern Time:  

• January 13: Tricia Wilson Nguyen lecture - Materials for Historic Embroidery

  • January 21 at 12:30 PM: We will be joining Buckeye ANG for a Lois Kershner lecture, Achieving Perspective in Stitching

• February 10: Relics in Situ lecture - The Necessity of the Needle

  • February 8 at 1:45 PM: We will be joining Greater Cincinnati EGA for a Catherine Jordan lecture, Creating Needlework Maps

  • February 18 at 12:30 PM: We will be joining Buckeye ANG for a Margaret Kinsey lecture, Metal Thread and Its History

• March 10: Dawn Ronningen, author of Antique American Needlework Tools, lecture - 19th Century Sewing Rolls and Needlebooks

  • March 11 at 11 AM: We will be joining Columbus EGA for a Laura Smith lecture, 7 Ways of Color Contrast

• April 14: Liz Almond lecture on blackwork - Islamic Inspiration

  • April 15 at 12:30 PM: We will be joining Buckeye ANG for a Celeste Chalasani lecture, From Silkworm to Sari: Sericulture in India

• May 8 with the lecture starting at 10 AM: Eileen O'Connor-Ramsey - The Fibers and Fashions of Our Foremothers: Lessons in Clothing Sustainability from the 18th Century

  • May 10 at 7 PM: We will be joining with Greater Cincinnati EGA for an Yvette Stanton lecture on Whitework

  • May 13 at 11 AM: We will be joining Columbus EGA for a Relics in Situ lecture, In the Archives of the Fitzwilliam Museum

• June 9: Elizabeth Lay of Smithsonian Associates lecture - Rationing Fashion: How Paris, London, and New York Fashion Survived WWII

• July 14: Ann Strite-Kurtz lecture - The History of EGA —and the Stories--oh, the stories! - IN PERSON!

• August 11: Denise Harrington Pratt finishing class - Lovely Leaves, Acorn Scissors Fob

  • Aug 9 at 11 AM: We will join Cincinnati EGA for a lecture by Mary Jo Kopecky - Temari Balls

  • Aug 21 at 10 AM: We will join QCSG for a lecture by Sheryl DeJong of the Smithsonian: Index of American Design

• September 8: Laura Smith lecture - Skin of Venus: The Subtle Power of the Background

• October 13: Relics in Situ lecture - In the Archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum

  • October 23 at 10 AM: We will be joinging QCSG for a lecture by Claudia Dutcher, Bristol Sampler collector - Bristol Orphan Samplers: Samplers with a Story

• October 13: Deborah Mitek Workshop - "Bloomin' Roses" - 1-4 PM via Zoom

• November 10: EGA Study Slides - Berlin Work: The Elizabeth Kaplan Sampler and Members' examples of Berlin Work - send your pictures by November 10

• December 8: Christmas Party Thread Exchange and Show & Tell

2021 GLR Lectures

February 14: Carol Lynn Stratton - Color and Design

March 28: Relics in Situ - In the Archives of the Embroiderers’ Guild UK

May 23: Toni Gerdes - The Art of the Japanese Internment Camps

July 11: Laura Smith - The Seven Ways of Color Contrast

September 26: Lynn Hulse - Women as Embroiderers in the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods

November 7: Tricia Wilson Nguyen - Patterns and Pieces: Whitework Samplers of the 17th Century

For EGA's Virtual Lecture Series: https://egausa.org/virtual-lecture-series/