President’s Message Looks like Old Man Winter is making his presence be known this year; though, I think he is being a little extreme.  A big thank you to Paul Vezzetti for volunteering to be the Spring Show Chairperson. Paul, as you take on this position this year,...

President’s Message Happy 2026! What a great year it will be! Our country will be celebrating our 250th birthday this year. Let’s help to make this year “The Year to Celebrate” everything great. The question to all of our great craftsmen and artists is how can our...

President’s Message Another year is almost over. Looking back over 2025 and the accomplishments that our Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen accomplished . . . I can say, job well done. I also want to shout out a big congratulations to the Kutztown University Football...

President’s Message Another successful Holiday Festival in the books! What a great weekend we had; beautiful weather, a diversified group of craftsmen, fine artists, and talented student artists. A great thanks to Program Chairperson Steve Hunter and his committee who...

President’s Message I cannot wait until our general meeting on Tuesday, October 7, at 7:00 PM. Our newly juried members from March and September of this year will be right here at the GoggleWorks along with our mini grant winners from April. These amazing artists will...

President’s Message As I am sitting down to write my message to our Reading-Berks Family, I am looking at my old-fashioned paper calendar and realize I will be flipping it to September 2025. How quickly our Summer has passed and Autumn is just around the corner. You...

President’s Message Looks to me like it is time to get back into prepping for shows and attending meetings. With that being said, we do have one more social meeting coming up on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at Sly Fox. This one is great fun! After this meeting, we will get...

President’s Message Looks like it is time to get outside and soak up some Vitamin D. Speaking of getting outside, our June picnic is moving to a new location. On Tuesday, June 3, 2025 we will be picnicking at the Jim Dietrich Park in Muhlenberg Township. This is a...

President’s Message Spring has sprung, and it looks like The Reading-Berks Guild is budding also! Our Spring Show is ready to happen on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at Renninger’s Farmers’ Market at 740 Noble Street in Kutztown, PA. If you want to be part of this event and...

President’s Message I think I will have a talk with Mr. Ground Hog and Mother Nature. Their communication skills leave a lot to be desired. One week it feels like Spring and the next week we are experiencing an Arctic Chill. Our February program certainly got us all...