BSGC Recorded History

For those of you who love too much information, here is a list of all BSGC programs and workshops from the beginning of time. If you catch me in a mistake, please let me know. This was great fun to compile and to see our evolution. (Judith Schwab)

• 2004 January 8-annual group wide discussion and Show and Tell
  February 12-Nicole Anderson delievered Luigi Catalan's paper on the history of the Venetian Glass Seed Bead Industry.
  March 11-Stefany Tomalin, head bead of the Bead Society of Great Britian, spoke on "The Emancipation of Beads in 20th Century Fashion.
  April 8-Pat Jordan spoke about the art, the culture and the lives of the Hill Tribe people of Thailand and the production of the beads and pendants which are so popular, After spending a lot of time there, he has become an importer of their work and is now having some of his designs created by them.
  May 13-Sonya Clark spoke about her Beaded Prayer Packets Project which began with a BSGC workshop and ended with a project with thousands of entries which traveled etensively.
  June 10- Gwen Blakley Kinsler and Susan Lutz Kenyon, BSGC members, spoke about the Rhythm of Crochet, a juried 2003 traveling exhibit which challenged traditional expectations and included several beaded pieces.
• 2003
  January 9-annual group-wide discussion and Show and Tell
  January Workshop-Dona Anderson-Swiderek taught "Marriage of Metal and Beads Bracelet".
  February 13-Jean Campbell, editor of Beadwork Magazine, presented "Ins and Outs of Beadwork"
  February workshop- Jean Campbell taught Mousies, a sculptural peyote stitch class.
  March 13-Valerie Hector spoke about The Art of Beadwork, her book which will be out in 2004.
  April 10-Robin Atkins presented a talk on facilitating the exploration of creativity, especially through improvisational bead embroidery
  April workshops- Suzanne Golden taught "Rainbow-Colored Tubular Netted Bracelet and Peyote Spiral Bracelet workshops.
  May 8-Barbara McGuire presented "Development of a Design".
  May Workshop-Barbara McGuire taught Designing a Display.
  June 12-Cindy Jenkins presented an overview of contemporary glass bead making showing slides that have been sent to her for inclusions in her books.
  September 11-Judy Zeddies and Nancy Walters were the members who presented their work.
  October 9-Laura Beaslet discussed sequin and beaded Haitian Vodou flags. Her talked about African origins and religious roots. She is the owner of Ridge Art in Oak Park.
  November 13-J. Mark Kenoyer presented his slide show on "New Perspectives on Beads in Ancient and Historical South Asisan." He spoke oabout recent discoveries he made on Khambhat bead trade.
  December 9 was the annual auction and holiday party.
  
• 2002
  January 10-Society wide discussion and Show & Tell
  February 14-Deborah Stokes presented "Dress Codes/African Beadwork: Adornment and Identity" which examined the artistic traditions of beadwork in sub-Saharan Africa as expressed through ritual dress, spiritual affiliation and personal identity.
  March 14-Larry Scott presented "Searching for a Positive Definition of Craft, or It's hard to have 12 things on your mind when you only have two hands."
  April 11-Arline Fisch presented "Textile Techniques in Metal.' A slide survey of the development of her research into the use of textile structures in metal, illustrated with her work and that of other artists.
  April Workshop-Arline Fisch taught Knitting and Crochet in Wire.
  May 9-David Dean spoke on "How to Research Beadwork" with an emphasis on Native American Beadwork
  May Workshop taught three: A Watchband Class, a Keychain Class and Combination Basket and Tassel Techniques Class.
  June 13-Mary Ann Hickey presented a slide presentation on her body of work that was based on family photo archives.
  June Workshops-Theresa Guthrie taught No Warps! and Loom Sampler workshops.
  September 12- Eve Alfille, president of Pearl Society introduced us to The Pearl Exhibit at the Field Musuem.
  October 10-Kenneth King's slide presentation/lecture was entitled "The Creative Process or Creativity is the Opposite of Fear!"
  October Workshop was Kenneth King's Embroidering with Beads.
  November 14 was Members' Night and Chris Ann Phillips presented her work.
  December 12 was Holiday Auction and Party
• 2001
  January 11-Society-wide discussion and Show & Tell
  February 8-Jody Clowes, "Strung, Woven, Knitted & Sewn: Beadwork from Europe, Africa and the Americas
  February Workshop-Laura Shea, Introduction to Triangle Stitch
  March 8-Steve Meltzer, "The Jurying Process and Your Slides, or What in the World do those Jurors Want Anyway?"
  March Workshop-Using Photographs to Increase Sales and Improve your Career by Steve Meltzer
  April 12-Jamey D. Allen, "Reworking Ethnic Jewelry"
  April Workshop-James Allen's Bead Stringing Clinic
  May 9-Alex Leskov gave a slide presentation on Scythian Art and the digs in the Ukraine
  May Workshops- Lynn Merchant taught Beads 1 and Findings, both two day workshops.
  June 14-performance by Sha Sha Higby, performance artist who uses costumes and music to produce a theatrical program full of shapes, sensations, noise and artistry.
  June Workshop-Sha Sha Higby, "Building a Magnificent Body Sculpture"
  September 13-Members' Presentations
  September workshop-Laura Liska taught "Seven Glorious Secrets of Color"
  September workshop-Cynthia Rutledge taught Aurora Bracelet; Simply Elemental: A Beyond Basics Necklace and Autumn Leaves Bracelet.
  October 11- Kristen Franzen Orr, glass bead maker, spoke of her work and what influences her.
  November 8- Susan Etcoff Fraerman presented "Panning for Gold: Minning the Creativity Within" spoke about her process and artistic inspiration, creativity and originality.
  December 13-Holiday Party and Auction
• 2000
  January 13-Giant Show and Tell and Discussion Program
  February 10-Myra Schwartz, member, presented a retrospecitive of her work.
  March 10-Ati Gropius Johansen presented, "Joseph Albers, 20th Century Master of Color"
  March workshop-Joseph Albers Color Theory by Ati Johansen
  March workshops by Lynn Merechant. 10 Beads to Tantalize and Chain of Events
  April 13-Cynthia Toops and Dan Adams presented a retrospecitive of their collaborative bead and jewelry work. (Polymer and glass.)
  April Workshops by Cythnia Rutledge, Monet Garden Necklance and Beyond Buttons
  May 11-Anita Luvera Mayer spoke about her personal journey as a self-taught weaver.
  May workshop-Embellishing the Surface by Anita Mayer
  June 8-Diane Fitzgerald presented "My Life in Beads"
  June workshop-Diane Fitzgerald's Tie One On and Ginko Leaf
  September 14-Members Presentation
  October 12-Robert Liu "Fakes, Replicas and Artist Interpretations"
  November 9-Randall White, "Technology of Bead & Female Amulet Production of Ice Age Europe: Social and Cosmological Implications
  December-Holiday Auction and Party
• 1999
  January- Giant Show and Tell and BSGC member-wide discussion
  January workshop-Rachel Cotugno, Earthernware Beads
  February-no meeting-speaker snowed out and door at Army locked-went to Dapers
  February workshop-JoAnn Baumann and Tina Bloomenthal, Free-form Brick Stitch Bracelet
  March-Mimi Holmes, a retrospective of her work.
  March workshop-Mimi Holmes, A Beaded Patchwork Doll
  April-Judy Onofrio, a retrospective of her work
  April workshop-Cynthia Rutlege: Unsupported Beaded Vessel
  May 6-Liza Lou presented a retrospective of her work
  May 13-NanC, a talk about her work and that of some others and asking questions about what is art.
  May workshop-Lynn Merchant, Beads I and Pins
  June-Members' Night:
  June workshop-Dona Anderson's Life Time Necklace
  September-Members' Night
  September workshop-Beaded Prayers Project by Sonya Clark
  October-Audrey Forcier, "Talismans, Symbols and Poetry and their Influence on Contemporary Artists"
  October workshop-Audrey Forcier, Precious Metal Clay
  November-Jeannette Cook, a retrospective of her work and that of The Beady Eyed Women
  November workshops-Jeanette Cook's Bead Party Necklace and Patchwoork Collage Vessel
  December-Holiday Fundraiser
• 1998
  January-Giant Show and Tell-all members participate
  February-Gwen Kinsler, "Beaded Crochet Miser's Purses"
  February workshop-Rachel Cotugno, Earthernware Beads
  March-Donna Kato, retrospective of her work.
  March workshop-Cynthia Ruledge, Sharp Curves and Beaded Buttons and Flowers, Leaves and Vines
  April-Joanne Lessig, a retrospective of her work.
  April workshop-JoAnne Laessig's Stockpot Shading
  May-Lynn Merchant, a retrospective of her work
  May workshop-Lynn Merchant workshop Beads 1 and Beads 2
  June-Members' Night
  September-Don Pierce, a retrospective of his work
  October-Liz Manfredini, a retrospective of her work
  October workshop-Liz Manfredini, Body Parts from Head to Toe
  November-Sonya Clark, "African Crown as Inspiration"
  December-Holiday Fundraiser
• 1997
  January-Eve Alfille, "Design with Pearls"
  February-Nick Cave, a retrospective of his work
  March-Donna Kato, a retrospective of her work
  March-Cynthia Rutledge, "Inspired to Bead: A Path to Creativity-or-The Agony and the Ectasy of the Bead Crazed Artist"
  March workshop-Cynthia Rutledge workshop, Sautoir Necklace and Samburu Collar
  April-Maureen Culligan, evolution of her work with masks and apparitions.
  April Special meeting-Steven Ford and David Forlono of City Zen Cane, retrospective of their work with polymer clay
  April workshop-City Zen Cane, Canes
  April workshop-Maureen Culligan, Making a Human Figure with Unlikely Objects
  May-David Dean, "Design, Color and History of Native North-American Beadwork from a Beadworker's Perspective"
  June-Members' Night
  September-Peter Francis, "History and Importance of Seed Beads"
  October-Johnathan Mark Kenoyer, "An Ancient Bead Collector of Harappa, Pakistan"
  October special program-David Chatt, "Through My Eyes: A Survey of Contemporary Beadwork"
  October workshop-masters' retreat with David Chatt
  October workshop-Further Dimensons in Bead Work
  November-Alice Korach, her work and life, and in particular, bead knitting.
  November workshop-Sue Jackson and Wendy Hubick, Wonder Beads
  December-Holiday Fundraiser
• 1996
  January-Marla Gassner, "Designing with Handmade Glass Beads"
  February-Lindsay Obermeyer, "Traditions and Metaphors surrounding Illness"
  March-Kenneth King, a retrospective of his work, including samples of his work
  March workshop-Kenneth King, Embroidering with Beads
  April-Jill McKay, "Starting Out, the Business of Art"
  April workshop-Jill McKay, friendly plastic and David Chatt, further dimensions in bead work and beaded basketry and scuptural forms using right-angle weave.
  May-Nan Roche, slide presentation on polymer clay artists and their work
  May workshop-Roche, polymer clay in ornmentation
  June-Members Night
  July-Maureen Culligan workshop Making Aparations with Beads
  August-Joyce Scott, retrospective of her work
  August-Joyce Scott workshops, Fearless Beadwork and Beaded Face
  September-Bead challenge and program and workshop presentation
  October-Robin Atkins, "Living Traditions: Beadwork, Embroidery and Folk Arts of Three Transylvania Villages"
  October workshop-Robin Atkins, finger-woven treasure necklace
  November-Axel Russmeyer, a slide presentation of his work
  November workshop-Axel Russmeyer, Beaded Bead
  December-Holiday Fundraiser
• 1995
  January-:workshop-Peg Morris, "Fasteners, Old & New"
  February-Valerie Hector, "Aesthetics of Asian Beadwork"
  March-Diane Fitzgerald, "Designing with Contemporary Art Glass Beads"
  March workshops-Diane Fitzgerald, sea anemone bracelt and one-to-many strand necklace
  April-Members showcase
  May-Barbara Volk."An Overview of Beadwork-Historical Craft/Modern Art"
  May workshop-Barbara Volk, setting stones with beads, applique and peyote bezels
  June-David Chatt, a retrospective of his work
  June workshops-David Chatt, New Dimensions in Beadwork and Further Dimensions in Beadwork
  September-Members who work with polymer clay talked about and exhibited their work
  September workshop-Kate Drew-Wilkinson, Wireworking
  October-Carol Wilcox Wells, a retrospective of her work
  October workshop-Carol Wilcox Wells, Beading a Personal Talisman.
  November-The Longs talked about and demonstrated wire work.
  December-Holiday Fundraiser
• 1994
  January-Nancy Bromberg, Chicago artist, retrospective of her small constructions aglitter with sparking objects
  January workshop-Diane Velasquez, beginning polymer clay
  February-Hal Kacanek, "Bali, an Island and its Beads"
  February workshop-Alice Jenks, beaded and embellished tassels
  March-Jeff Pacheco demonstrated wire wrapping
  March workshop-Bev Decman & Sue Elgar -lampworking
  April-Tania Reynarowzch, "Traditional Beaded Ukranian Clothing and Personal Adornment"
  April workshop-Teresa Palaggi, knotting
  May-Audrie Wiesenfelder demonstrated glass bead making
  May workshop- Brigid Finucane, paper jewelry
  June workshop-Norah Delany, photo transfer
  September-Discussion of bead sale and upcoming programs and workshops and slide presentation of members' work slide show put together by Betsy Kirkley-Edwards
  September workshop-Kate Drew-Wilkinson, wireworking
  October-Jana Burnham, "History of Glass Bead Making in the US"
  October workshop-Linda Leibsker, bead embroidery
  November-Autumama Okatie, "African Beaded Objects"
  November special 5th year anniversary celebration featured Ramona Solberg, "Found Object Jewelry
  November workshop-Ramona Solberg, simple metal elements and beads
  December-Holiday Fundraiser
• 1993
  January-Adrienne Outlaw, "Uncovered Territories-Beaded and Sequined Hats and Fans
  January workshop-Alice Jenks, needle woven technique
  February-Carol Berry, slide presentation, "Metalsmithing & Jewelry Designs," retrospective of her work
  March-Tina Fung Holder, "My Life and Times with Beads"
  March workshop- Holder. Incorporating Beads with Twined and Coiled Basketry Techniques
  April-John Lotter, "Heddle Loom Beading"
  May-Charleen Hopkins, "Memory Antique Buttons"
  June-Ivy Hofstoder, "Amulets and Talismans"
  September-Bead Sale discussion and presentation of future workshops and programs
  October-Sandie Eileen, "Glamour," clothing and jewelry 20s-50s
  November-Stanley Balzekas, President of Museum of Lithuanian Culture, "Amber, a Fossil Resin often Referred to as Lithuanian Gold"
  November workshop-Jeanine Goreski, three dimensional bead netting techniques
  December-Holiday Silent Auction Fundraiser and Book Sale
• 1992
  January
  February
  March-Joyce Scott presented a retrospective of her work
  April-Doris Kemp
  May-Marilyn Bresniham
  June-Helen Parker
  June workshop-Jamey Allen, Advanced Fimo
  June workshop, Lindsay Obermeyer, Basic Bead Embroidery
  September-Barbara Schreier, Costume Department Curator, Chicago Historical Society's collection, especially beaded gowns.
  October-Designer Showcase.
  October workshop-Carol Wilcox Wells workshop on peyote stitch
  November-Eve Alfille, founder New Pearl Society, slide presentation on pearls
  December-Holiday Silent Auctio Fundraiser and Book Sale
• 1991
  January-Valerie Hector, "17th Century English Beaded Christening Baskets"
  February- Park Chambers, "Hatian Voodoo Banners"
  March-Mary Roddy, "Beads and Adornment in Thailand and Southeast Asia"
  April-David Ebbinghouse, "dZi Beads"
  May-Alice Sherer, director of Center for the Study of Beadwork, "Contemporary American and European Beadwork"
  June-Norman Sandfield with Robert Kinsey, "Ojime Beads of Japan"
  June workshop- Jamey Allen, Beginning and intermediate polyform workshops
  July-Tour of Native American Beadwork at Mitchell Indian Musuem of Kendall College
  September-Lois Sherr Dubin, "The Most Spectacular Beads in the World-from Ancient to Modern Times" at the Art Institute
  October-Dr. Patricia Whittier, "Beaded Baby Carriers from Borneo"
  November-Jamey Allen, "History of Chevron Beads"
  November workshops-Allen, Polyform Beadmaking, one beginning & intermediate & one advanced and Knotting
  December-Holiday Silent Auction Fundraiser and Book Sale
• 1990
  January-Valarie Hector, "Precious Bits of Glass: Antique Beadwork form India and Indonesia" illustrated by favorites from her own collection of antique beaded tapestries
  February-Ron Klein, owner of International Bead & Novelty, "Ancedotes of a Life in the Bead Trade"
  March-Jamey Allen, "Mosaic Glass Bead Technology"
  March workshop-Jamey Allen, Making Polymer Clay Beads
  April-Membrs Bead Identification Night
  April workshop-John Lotter demonstrated heddle loom beading in his home
  May-Carole Komarek, "Native American Beads in the Southwest: Pre-Hispanic to the Present"
  June-Designer's Night: Marla Gassner, Barbara Watson, Caroljo Morgan-Cox, Ellie
  Burke, Margot Murrin
  June- Fred Berkhill workshop-Lampworked Glass Beadmaking included a slide presentation on history of lampworking
  July workshop- Barbara Moon, Beadstring
  August- tour of Oriental Institute lead by John Larson featuring lecture and tour of ancient Egyptian faience
  Sepember-Ani Afshar, weaver and jewelry designer, personal experiences of bead buying in India.
  October-Joanne Laessig, "History of Bead Embroidery"
  October-workshop, Laessig on bead embroidery
  November-Peter Francis Jr, "Beads and the Discovery of America"
  November seminar-Francis, "Amber, Shell and Chinese Glass Beads: Creation and Authentication
  December-Holiday Silent Auction Fundraiser & Book Sale
• 1989
  October-Organizational meeting run by Sue Kobos
  November-Emily J. B. Christian, Nancy Bender, Lavania Tackbary, and Margot Murrin, "Collections and Creations", their personal collections of glass beads and buttons