Taylor Backes Studio Tour
The May 5, 2015 General meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Taylor Backes Glass Studio at 150 South Washington Street (corner of 2nd & Washington Streets), Boyertown, PA 19512.
Will Dexter and Karla Trinkley have exhibited their work nationally and internationally. Their objective in co-founding Taylor Backes Studio was to continue developing their own individual styles and to collaborate with other glass artists to produce distinctive, innovative work. Their work is in the permanent collections of The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The American Craft Museum, The Corning Museum of Glass and the Smithsonian Institute.
This will be a real treat for all. (Open to Members and their guests only)
Directions: (Thanks to Bob Ballantyne)
Picnic
Our Annual Picnic will be held June 2, 2015 at 6 PM (rain or Shine) at Gring’s Mill, 2083 Tulpehocken Road, Reading, PA 19610. Be sure to bring either your favorite picnic dish or dessert
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Teacher’s wanted for Kids Camp
July 27-31, 2015
We’re looking for teachers and volunteers for Kid’s Camp – the PGCHC’s cultural camp for children aged 6-14. If you would like to teach a craft or historic activity, please let us know! We’re also in need of volunteers to assist teachers and supervise lunchtime and recess breaks.
Interested? Great! Call 610-683-1589 or email arichard@kutztown.edu.
Teachers and volunteers should have PA Child Clearances.
BCTV
Don’t forget to tune into “Your Berks Craftsmen” on Wednesday May 20 at 7:00 PM to see the The Glass Guys, Chris Frey and Dave Glasser from the Glasswerks. They are the guest artists this month and we will find out if Dave’s last name really is Glasser (or is that just his stage name??). Also it is not too early to start getting your donations into BCTV for the Octoberfest Auction. BCTV will be placing the items on their website this year as early as June to start whetting the appetites of future bidders for Octoberfest. Bring your donations to our general meetings and I will see that they get into the BCTV studio.
Thanks so much to our Guild members for their great support to BCTV! Kay Bennecoff
W. Eugene Burkhart Jr.
THE FRAMED BOUQUET –
An Auction of W. Eugene Burkhart, Jr.’s Pressed Flower Artwork
Are you “pressed” for unique artwork? An auction of items from the personal collection of the late W. Eugene Burkhart, Jr., an internationally celebrated pressed dried flower artist, will take place at 11 a.m., Saturday, September 12, 2015, at Renninger’s Market, 740 Noble St., Kutztown, PA. Included among the many items will be framed and unframed originals, prints, awards, and Philadelphia Flower Show entries which earned Burkhart coveted Best-in-Show recognition. Auctioneer Bill Howze, CAI, of The Renaissance Auction Group will officiate. This historic auction is sponsored by the Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen of which Burkhart was a distinguished member.