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, June 25, 2008

Tips & Tricks

What a great opportunity to see how it's done! Thanks to member volunteers, you will get to watch those techniques you may have wanted to learn. See demos of Spirals: regular and dutch; Right Angle; Herringbone; Bead Crochet; Pearl Knotting; Wire Work; Chain Maille and much more.

Have a color question? Bring in your beadwork sample for a consultation with one of our volunteers. We'll also be hosting a demonstration of Ferido, a new product presented at the recent MJSA show.

We hope this evening will inspire you through the summer months ahead.
 

BIG  APPLE GLASS ART & BEAD FESTIVAL  NEWS

The Big Apple Festival, October 17-19, is coming back for its third year. The Soft Flex Company again will be presenting this 3 day event in association with the Bead Society of Greater New York. As well as volunteers for the entrance and BSGNY info tables, we will need volunteers at the Make-it-Take-it section of the show. Look for e-mail updates during the  summer.

There will be a volunteer signup table at the June meeting or you can e-mail us your preferences at info@nybead.org or leave a message on our phone: 212-591-1127.

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