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Our Annual Board meeting will again be over Zoom. Attendees will be sent a link. The meeting will start at 9:00 AM and go until our business is done.
A reminder, please have a quiet workspace available. No tv, pets or radio.
See you there.
Thursday - Check-in starts at 11:00 am. Lunch is at Noon.
Sunday - Check-out for your room is at 11:30 am. Unless you are staying the extra night. Lunch is at Noon for everyone. The work room is open all day.
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The festival will host the Northern CGS Gourd Art Competition
California Gourd Society Retreat 2023
Gourd Blossom Retreat at the St. Anthony Retreat
Three Rivers, CA
Location: Olive Moore's Home, Upland, CA
Some of the Topics to be Discussed:
~ What should judges look for?
~ How to recognize the subtle differences between good-better-best at the various division levels
~ Practice judging
~ New AGS Scoring Forms
If you are a current CGS judge or clerk and would like to attend, please RSVP by March 1st
(email: olive@olivesgourds.com or text: 909-456-6935)
Judging will take place on Saturday, August 20 at noon. The display will not be open for viewing.
The "Gourd Quilt or Mosaic Tiles" gourd art is offered as opportunity drawing prizes at the
“Gourds and Baskets: Containers of our Culture”
Event in Visalia, California
April 23, 2022
This was a 50/50 fundraiser with CGS Gourd Artist Groups. Proceeds benefit the statewide educational outreach of the California Gourd Society and its gourd artists groups. Funds are also used by the individual gourd groups to help offset the cost of sending their representative/leader to the annual Regional Rep meeting and for the Northern and Southern Program Directors to host the meeting.
The following positions are open to all members for terms.
The remainder of 2022 through January 2024 are:
Secretary
Director of Membership
Northern Ambassador at Large
Southern Ambassador at Large
Complete details can be found here
June 26th – 27th, 2021 Click for complete details Amador Gourd and Fine Art Festival 2021 -Hosted by the Amador Gourd Artist at the Amador Flower Farm. Click to download the Festival Flyer and Map.
Extra classes on Friday, June 25th and Monday, June 28th. Pre-registration required for all classes.
There is no competition this year. But there is Display both Saturday and Sunday. Anyone that wants to add their Gourd artwork for a chance to win the People’s Choice award for the day. It’s free and you can sell your Gourd from the Display table.
Click to download the complete competition details. How to Enter and Entry Form, Vendor Application and Festival Flyer.
Check back for more details we are working on them now.
The agenda will cover such topics as:
· Election for changing officers
· Director of Programs Reports
· Director at Large Reports
· Future Retreats Planning
· Membership Report
· Website and Newsletter Report
· 2017 Budget
· Committee Assignments
· Bylaws Update
· And more...
If you have ideas or suggestions for the agenda, please feel free to contact CGS President Olive Moore at: pres@californiagourdsociety.com
or call (909) 982-7790 by December 15, 2016.
Click to download and print Teacher Application
This conference will be hosted by the Tulare/Sequoia Gourd Patch and endorsed by the California Gourd Society. It is the seventh Basket and Gourd Conference to be held in the city of Visalia, California. Visalia is located in the center of California, close to Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Parks.
Our keynote speaker, JoAnn Kelly, is an award-winning black ash splint basketmaker and teacher from Western Massachusetts. Her designs are influenced by Shaker and New England splint basketry.
Fees: Class Fee for Participants: $65
Teachers will receive $45 per student, and may also charge a materials fee.
Proposals must be received by March 31, 2017. Class decisions will be mailed by May 10, 2017. The proposed class needs to be unique and taught for the first time in California at our 2018 conference.
Please send the teaching application, biography, PROFESSIONAL QUALITY PHOTOS with a high resolution image on a CD, flash drive, or as an attachment to an email (300 - 400 dpi or higher, no compression: JPG, Tiff, or EPS format) to the address below.
We ask that all of our instructors participate in the Arts Visalia Show by sending a minimum of three pieces by the middle of March. The show will be broken down on Sunday, the last day of the conference.
In conjunction with the Orange County Woodcarvers at their 20th Annual Show & Competition, Santa Ana, CA.
Follow the link for complete competition details.
Hosted by The Calabash Club of Silicon Valley - 5th Annual Gourd Festival
San Martin, CA 95046
Follow link for competition details.
There are seven main features of our GourdFest, all focused on our Mission – Education in Gourds
ONE: The Make and Take tables, for children of all ages. For a nominal fee, a kit bag is purchased, and then taken to one of the tables. There a Calabash Volunteer will provide the child with paints, brush, glitter, cording, and whatever else is needed to make the little gourd critter, shard necklace, or decorative hanging. The projects are designed so that when they are dry, the child can take it home. Some parents even purchase additional kits for later use.
TWO: There are free demonstrations, not only at the Calabash Demonstration Booth, but throughout the Fest booths. At the Demonstration Booth, Calabash members show how to clean, cut, and prepare a gourd, as well as some of the more popular methods of decoration. Throughout the Fest, there is gourd burning by accomplished artists, and everyone is more than willing to explain how a particular gourd item was produced.
THREE: The Exhibiting Artists and the Supply booths. The Calabash Club has a booth of its own, where all members can exhibit and sell. Other individual artists, sometimes in pairs, will take their own booth. The Fest is open to anyone doing gourds as an art form, not just Calabash members. Other booths have materials and books for sale.
FOUR: At the Information Booth, Calabash Volunteers provide general information about gourds and point out the various features of the GourdFest. They also pass out printed information about The Calabash Club, including a membership application.
FIVE: There is an Opportunity Drawing, consisting of art donated to the Fest by participating Club members, and afree door prize - a basket chock full of gourd goodies, including a gift certificate for a one year Calabash membership. Anyone who visits the information booth and fills out a free door prize drawing ticket has a chance at winning the free door prize.
SIX: Classes in Gourd Art. Each year, several professional gourd art teachers are recruited, to each teach a day class in a specific gourd technique. In 2015, we had Vickie Echols (Fancy Raffia Basket, Rainbow Swirls Basket); Kristy Dial (Fancy Shawl, Spirit Dreamer); and Jelena Clay (Hawaiian Sun, Fretwork Tropical Vase). Each class is about 6 to 8 students. Interested students should consult our web page, www.GourdFest.com to see who the teachers will be for 2016, what projects they are offering to teach, and to find an application for enrollment.
SEVEN: The People’s Choice Award. This year, after a hiatus of several years, we have decided to offer a People’s Choice feature. In this, any individual, not just gourd club members, can bring a piece of gourd art to display. Fest goers, The People, can peruse the display of gourds, and vote for the gourd of their choice. In a way, this is a competition, but there are no official judges. Everybody gets to vote for the gourd of their choice.
Orange County Gourd Patch Gourd Exhibit
Gallery Building in Centennial Farm
Orange County Fair Grounds
Costa Mesa, CA
July 15 - August 14
The 2016 California State Fair Crafts and the California Crafts exhibitions will be July 8th thru July 24th.
For the most current and up to date information please check the CALEXPO website: http://calexpo.com/ or the California State Fair website: http://www.castatefair.org/home/
Division 112 Gourds
The Competitive Classes will be:
1. Pyrography
2. Painted/Colored
3. Carved/Filigree
4. Other Gourd Art
