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Guilds & Clubs

(Phoenix) East Valley Beaders Association
Visit their Web site.
Phoenix, AZ
Kathi Hofferth
2212 E. Marquette Dr. Gilbert, AZ 85234
(480) 503-2431
lambie@cox.net
Meetings: Once a month at local coffee shops. E-mail for more info.
3 Rivers Glass Beadmakers
Darlene Durrwachter-Rushing
1239 Resaca Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Contact: a3rgb@aol.com
About Beads
Dale Leuthold
2100 N. 106th, Apt. 301
Seattle, WA 98133
Adirondack North Country Bead Society
Jennifer Van Benschoten
c/o Lily Pond
17 Bridge St. Plattsburgh, NY
12901 (518) 563-9334
Adirondack Polymer Clay Guild
Helene Goodman
Contact: Email
Akron Area Jewelry Making Meetup Group
Visit their Web site.
Becky
Contact: Email
Alaska Bead Society/Anchorage Chapter
Micaela Dover (President)
PO Box 242972 Anchorage, AK 99524-2972
(907) 333-7698
Contact: mdover@alaska.com
Alaska Beadwork
Juneau, AK
Sandee Elsvaas
PO Box 197 Seldovia,
AK 99663
Alaska Polymer Art Guild
Visit their Web site.
Juneau, AK
Kellie Robinson, Karen Ottenbreit
Contact: kellie@polymerclaycentral.com, kottenbreit@alaska.com
American Sewing Guild
Visit their Web site.
National Headquarters Houston, TX
9660 Hillcroft, Suite 516 Houston, TX 77096
(713) 729-3000
Contact: info@asg.org
Antelope Valley Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
SuZan V
(661) 992-7717
Contact: av_pcg@yahoogroups.com
Arizona Bead Society
PO Box 80111
Phoenix, AZ 85060-0111
(602) 266-3375
Arizona Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Phoenix, AZ
Charlene Dawson, Cheri Oshinsky
Contact: charlenedawson@worldnet.att.net,
coshinskyartist@yahoo.com
Arkansas Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Carolyn Weatherford, Joan Bowman
2407 Crescent Drive Horseshoe Bend, AR 72512
(870) 670-4348, (870) 670-5332
Contact: car34hbar@centurytel.net,
cpp10638@centurytel.net
Asheville Polymer Clay Guild
Asheville, NC Tammy Fulford PO Box 1851 Weaverville, NC 28787
(864) 834-4561 Contact: ttscreations@earthlink.net
Athens Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Cindy White
c/o Bead & Things store
(740) 592-6453
Contact: white@ohio.edu
Atlanta Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Carol Sowell, President
PO Box 69 Decatur, GA 30031
(404) 321-5292
Contact: abspresident@comcast.net
Meetings: First Thursday of the month (no meeting in July).
Austin Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Grace Glenn, Marsha Foss-Krumrey
PO Box 656
Austin, TX 78767-0656
(512) 448-1834
Contact: Austinbeadsociety@yahoo.com
Meetings: Fourth Monday (except July & December) at Murchison Middle School
Austin Fireflies (glass beadmakers)
Visit their Web site.
Austin Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Karen Omodt
Contact: apcg@cox.net
Australian Glass Beadmakers Guild
Visit their Web site.
Brisbane
Bakersfield Polymer Clay Guild
Kathi
Contact: email
Baltimore Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Mary Lou Jones, Treasurer
8510 High Ridge Road
Ellicott City, MD 21043
Baltimore Polymer Clay Guild
Baltimore, MD
Deirdre Woodward
8000 York Road
Towson University Towson, MD 21252
(410) 663-2596
Contact: dwoodward@towson.edu
Baton Rouge Bead Society
Jane Olson-Phillips, President
Libby Quintana
14238 Addington Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
(225) 752-0806,
(255) 755-1332
Contact: janeobeads@cox.net
Meetings: Second Thursdays 7-9pm
BDI Beadesigner International
Visit their Web site.
(aka New England Area Bead Society)
Belmont, MA
c/o Temple Beth El
2 Concord Ave.
Belmont, MA 02478
Contact: info@beadesignerintl.org
Meetings: Last Wednesdays of the month at Temple Beth El
Beach Cities Polymer Clay Guild
Karen Hardy
Contact: hardymama@adelphia.net
Bead Brains Anonymous
Suzanne Muir
PO Box 1501
Sandpoint, ID 83864
(208) 263-5920
Bead Friend Hui
c/o DACS Beads
1320 Kalani St.
Honolulu, HI 96819
(808) 842-7714
Bead Group of the Palouse
Visit their Web site.
321 Webb St. NW
Pullman, WA 99163
(509) 332-2479
Bead Party USA - NE OH Beading Class [meetup group]
Visit their Web site.
Stefanie
Contact: Email
Bead Society of Alabama
Austin Cooper
2913 Lennox Dr. SW Decatur, AL 35603
(256) 350-1921
Contact: boysown@charter.net
Bead Society of Bucks County "Bucks Beaders"
1271 Payne Rd. Green Lane, PA 18054
(215) 234-2818 Contact: char@theplace2b.com
Bead Society of Central Arizona
Aurora Berry
PO Box 561
Concho, AZ
(520) 337-4054
Bead Society of Central Ohio
Visit their Web site.
249 King Ave.
Columbus, OH 43201
(614) 291-6565
Contact: Email
Bead Society of Columbus
Visit their Web site.
Paula Rosenberg
c/o The Beadcage
Columbus, GA
Bead Society of Eastern Pennsylvania
Visit their Web site.
St. Luke's Hospital
10th St., Roy B. Taylor Room
Quakertown, PA 18951
Contact: cre8iveb@aol.com
Bead Society of Great Britain
Visit their Web site.
Carole Morris
1 Casburn Lane
Burwell, Cambridgeshire CB25 0ED, England (UK)
011-44-1638-742024
Contact: bead.society@ntlworld.com
Bead Society of Greater Chicago
Visit their Web site.
Nancy Rosasco, President
PO Box 8103 Wilmette,
IL 60091-8103
(312) 458-0519
Contact: info@bsgc.org
Bead Society of Greater Kansas City
Visit their Web site.
Barbara Page-Stocks
PO Box 255 Independence, MO 64051
(913) 888-7193
Contact: bpsarts@sprintmail.com
Bead Society of Greater New York
Visit their Web site.
Cynthia Stern
PO Box 6219 FDR Station
New York, NY 10150
(212) 591-1127
Contact: info@nybead.org
Bead Society of Greater Vancouver
Maria Sparks
7700 Minoru Gate
Richmond, BC V6B 3A0, Canada
(604) 264-9705
Meetings: 3rd Weds., monthly, 7-9pm, @ 919 McDougall Rd.
Bead Society of Greater Washington
Visit their Web site.
Elaine Robnett Moore, President
400 Seventh St. NW. Washington DC, 20004
(202) 624-4500
Contact: info@bsgw.org,
info@beadmuseumdc.org
Meetings: Monthly, 7 pm at Chevy Chase Community Center; Museum W-Sat. 11-4; Sun. noon-4, and by app't.
Bead Society of Hawaii
Dottie Rosinsky, Newsletter Editor
PO Box 235578
Honolulu, HI 96823
*Contact through mail Meetings: Once a month
Bead Society of Hawaii-Maui Chapter
170 Hale St.
Lahaina, HI
Bead Society of Hawaii-Oahu Chapter
Dottie Rosinsky
170 Hale St.
Lahaina, HI
dottie@lava.net
Bead Society of Los Angeles
Visit their Web site.
Judie Davis or Ricki Pecker
PO Box 241874 Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 204-4810
Contact: info@beadsocietyla.org
Bead Society of New Hampshire
Ellen Gaimari
PO Box 356 Atkinson, NH 03811
Contact: bead_society_of_nh@yahoogroups.com,
beads@labyrinthbeads.com,
gdevoid@tds.net
Meetings: In Concord, Second Sundays
Bead Society of New Jersey
Visit their Web site.
Andrea Domroe
PO Box 537
Colts Neck, NJ 07722
Contact: adomroe@comcast.net
Bead Society of New Orleans
114 Midway Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70123
(318) 458-0519
Bead Society of North Florida
Debra Coule
c/o Chevron Trading Post
2320 N. Monroe Tallahassee, FL 32303
Bead Society of Northern Idaho
Jane Cooper
PO Box 574 Coeur d'Alene,
ID 83816
Bead Society of Orange County
Visit their Web site.
Maria Bastanchury, President
2202 North Main Street Santa Ana, CA 92706
(714) 778-5336
Contact: corliss@media enterprises.com
Meetings: Fourth Saturdays @ the Bowers Museum, 2020 N Main (20th & Main)
Bead Society of San Diego County
Visit their Web site.
Marcia DeCoster, President
PO Box 17547 San Diego, CA 92117-7547
(619) 465-1593
Contact: president@sdbeadsociety.org
Bead Society of Southeastern Virginia
Visit their Web site.
Eva Washington
PO Box 580 Norge, VA 23217
(434) 244-2905
Contact: dwashington@zeltech.com
Bead Society of Southern Africa
Visit their Web site.
Carol Kaufmann, President
c/o South African National Gallery
PO Box 2420
Cape Town 8000 South Africa
27-(0)21-4651628
Bead Society of Victoria
Visit their Web site.
PO Box 5312
Pinewood, Victoria 3149 Australia
Contact: info@beadsociety.com.au
Meetings: 1st Sundays every other month starting Feb. at Ashburton Community Centre, High Street, 10am - 3:30pm
Beadazzled Beaders Society
Robin Kaplan
5090 St. Albert Dr. Fontana, CA 92336
(909) 307-2669, (949) 552-7429
Contact: Oiseau222@juno.com
Beaders Anonymous Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
c/o The Bead Shoppe
Nampa, ID 83816
(208) 461-3639
Beads Indeed!
2829 NW 58th
Seattle, WA 98107
Beady Bunch
Omaha, NE
Gail May
(402) 933-8745
Contact: gailmay@juno.com
Belleville Polymer Clay Guild of New Jersey
Visit their Web site.
Sueli Cifarelli
(201) 978-5654
Contact: Email
Best Bead Artists
Visit their Web site.
Elizabeth Geltman
3538 Albemarle St. NW Washington,
DC 20008
Contact: egeltman@starpower.net
Billings Bead Society
Helen Widenhofer
(406) 656-6778
1727 Miles Ave
Billings, MT 59102
Black Sheep Handweavers Guild
Visit their Web site.
Rosemary Brock
PO Box 253 Los Altos, CA 94022
Contact: rbrock@prosaix.com 1st Thursdays
Blue Highways Polymer Clay Guild
Margaret Stroisch
(217) 566-2362
Contact: garymas@gcctv.com
Meetings: Saturdays in Williamsville, IL every four to six weeks.
Call (217) 566-2362 for the date and location of the next meeting.
Blue Ridge Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Asheville, NC
Tom Sampson
(864) 834-4561
Contact: president@brpcg.com
Boise Bead Society
Eileen Barker
3065 N. Cole Rd.
Boise, ID 83704
(208) 375-9924
Contact: boisebeadsociety@aol.com
Boston Chapter, ISGB
Visit their Web site.
Wesley Fleming
PO Box 470462 Brookline, MA 02447
(800) 489-8934
Contact: boston.isgb@elementalglass.com
Boston Jewelry Making Meetup Group
Visit their Web site.
Grace Tsuei
PO Box 470462 Brookline, MA 02447
(800) 489-8934
Contact: tribeadgirl@gmail.com
Alternate website
Bozeman Bead Society
Danita Twedt
(406) 586-7192
PO Box 10293 Bozeman, MT 59719
Contact: danitalt1@yahoo.com
Brandywine Bead Society
1840 Tall Oaks Rd.
Orwigsburg, PA 17961
British Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Philippa Todd, Secretary
2 Shelburne Way
Calne, Wiltshire Derry Hill SN11 9PA, England (UK)
Contact: shelley@bpcg.org.uk
Calgary Rock & Lapidary Club
Visit their Web site.
Murray Nicholson
110 Lissington Dr. SW
Calgary, AB T3E 5E3, Canada
(403) 240-2575
Contact: martintm@telus.net
Meetings: 2nd Fri., monthly, @ Spruce Cliff Community Centre
California Blacksmith Association
Visit their Web site.
Herb Upham
PO Box 997 San Jacinto, CA 92581-0997
(909) 927-6683
Contact: president@calsmith.org
Meetings: Call for more information
California Gourd Society
Visit their Web site.
Altadena, CA
Leigh Adams,
President 827 E. Chevy Chase Dr. #2 Glendale, CA 91205
(626) 797-3728
Contact: gourdniki@yahoo.com
Cape Cod Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Contact: jannasp@gmail.com
Capital Area Beading Organization (CABO)
Visit their Web site.
Jeannie Maher
PO Box 10222 Raleigh, NC 27605
Contact: caboraleigh@yahoo.com,
info@caboraleigh.org
Alternate website
Capital Area Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Lauren Van Hemert
Contact: stampin_nc@yahoo.com
Capital District Jewelry Making Meetup Group
Visit their Web site.
Sharon Herr
Caren Schwartz, President
Contact: Email
Carolina FireFiends (glass beadmakers)
Visit their Web site.
Courtney Graham Hipp
Contact: cghipp@cetlink.net
Center for the Study of Beadwork
Alice Scherer
PO Box 13719
Portland, OR 97213
Central Alabama Bead Society
Sherri Schaiefer
5510 Wares Ferry, Suite 1 Montgomery, AL 36117
(334) 356-7891
contact: beadgypsie@yahoo.com
meetings first Tuesday of each month
Central California Bead Society
Sherry Estep,
Rhonda Gamble,
Jennifer Housler
PO Box 16412 Fresno, CA 93755
Sherry Estep (209) 966-1106, Rhonda Gamble (559) 276-2336
Contact: ccbeadsociety@yahoo.com
Central Illinois Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Pam Miller
(309) 444-7774
Contact: pampaints@insightbb.com,
cipcg@yahoogroups.com
Meetings: Saturdays in Williamsville, IL every four to six weeks.
Call (217) 566-2362 for the date and location of the next meeting.
Central Iowa Polymer Clay Guild
Deana Carfrae
30 Edgewater Circle
Cumming, IA 50061
(515) 287-3928
Contact: beaderdee@aol.com,
beaderdee@msn.com
Central Maryland Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Kathryn Ottman
Contact: imaginethisco@hotmail.com
Central Massachusetts Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Jo-Anne Lowe
Contact: mamaduckdesigns@msn.com
Central New England Polymer Clay Guild and Lexington Massachusetts Polymer Clay Guild (they meet together)
Visit their Web site.
Paula Lewis
92 Drake Rd
Burlington, MA 01803
(781) 272-8674,
(781) 862-9696
Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
(405) 494-6394
Charlottesville Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
c/o 321 E. Main St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Contact: baboobeads@aol.com
Chicago Area Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Elmhurst, IL Jenny Bezingue
5928 Downers Rd.
Downers Grove, IL 60516
(630) 640-6793
Contact: president@capcg.org,
jennybez@earthlink.net
Alternate website
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday of each month
Chicago Metal Arts Guild
Visit their Web site.
Chicago Midwest Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
1511 Sherman St.
Chicago, IL 60201
(708) 328-4040
Contact: ayla@aylasoriginals.com
Circle Work Beading [Meetup] Group
Visit their Web site.
Long Island, NY
Sarah
Contact: Email
Clarksville Polymer Clay Guild
Hilda Walker, Donna B. Hogan
Contact: thepolymerpig@earthlink.net,
turkeyquilt@yahoo.com
Clay Amies
Cathy Simpson
Contact: casimpson@thezone.net
Closing Down [Beadwork meetup group]
Visit their Web site.
Mary Cattapan
1511 Sherman St.
Chicago, IL 60201
(708) 328-4040
Contact: Email
Clube da Ceramica Plastica
Monica Girard
Contact: mogirard@gmail.com
Coeur d'Alene Bead Society
Lisa Hobson
PO Box 5301
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814-1955
(208) 765-6758
Colorado Metalsmithing Association (updated 8/07)
Visit their Web site.
Denver, CO
Columbia Gorge Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Portland, OR
Jamie or Yvon cgpcg@yahoo.com
Meetings: 4th Thurs. at Clackamas Community Center, 15711 SE 90th, Clackamas, OR
Columbus Ohio Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Jeanette Kandray
4164 Rowanne Road
Columbus, OH 43214
(614) 538-8810
Contact: jkandray@columbus.rr.com
Meetings: Columbus Cultural Arts Center 139 W. Main, Columbus, OH
Connecticut Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Eleanor Fink
115 State Street Guilford, CT 06437
(203) 458-9378
contact: ctbeadsociety@sbcglobal.
EJ52@aol.com
Craft Guild of Iowa City
Jeanne Cadoret
815 Oakland Ave.
Iowa City, IA 52240
(319) 624-2746
Contact: jcadoret@southslope.net
Craft League of Urbana-Champaign
Visit their Web site.
Bill Bush, President
Beverly Fagan, Art Fair Chairman
Rosalind Faiman Weinberg, Secretary
PO Box 23 Urbana, IL 61803
(217) 398-4077
Contact: jjmbush@aol.com,
bevfagan@msn.com,
rfweinberg@insightbb.com
Meetings: See Web site for details
Creative Metal Arts Guild
Visit their Web site.
Bruce McKay, President
PO Box 8946 Portland, OR 97207
Contact: info@cmaguild.org
Meetings: 2nd Tues. see Web site for more details.
Crystal City Bead Society
21 S. Wheaton Rd.
Horseheads, NY 14845
Cumberland Valley Bead Society
Brenda Delaney, President
PO Box 41903 Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 847-4436
Contact: motherbead@aol.com
Dallas Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Chris Simon, President
PO Box 38065 Dallas, TX 75238
214 475 7571
Contact: simonc@eisher.decus.org,
dallasbeadsociety@hotmail.com
Dayton Area Polymer Clay Guild
Powell, OH
Jan VanDonkelaar
clay4me@woh.rr.com
Delaware Bead Society
Jane Powley
1417 Fresno Rd. Wilmington, DE 19803 (302) 478-3782
Contact: cj.powley@verizon.net
Delaware Valley Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
908) 996-6930
Contact: marl@att.net
Denver Jewelry & Beadwork Meetup Group
Visit their Web site.
Denver, CO
Al Steffen
Contact: email
Eastern Washington Polymer Clay Guild
Pasco
Cathy Johnston
Contact: cjohns@charter.net
Emerald Coast Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
PO Box 13472
Pensacola, FL
(407) 331-3452 Contact: nona2kylie@cox.net
Emerald Coast Polymer Clay Guild
Pensacola
Cheryl Ross
(850) 474-3991
Fire & Rain Glass Bead Society (Seattle Chapter, ISGB)
Visit their Web site.
Janelle Zorko, President
5308 21st Avenue SW Seattle, WA 98106
(206) 650-6836
Contact: janelle@pigeonpointglass.com
Florida Gainesville Bead Society
6912 SW 75th
Street Gainesville, FL
(850) 474-3991
Florida Glass Dragons
Visit their Web site.
Becky Mason
2610 Cloudcroft Drive Apopka, FL 32703
(407) 415-4919
Contact: Beckymason@earthlink.net
Florida Gulf Coast Bead Society
Becky Mason
1729 Unice Ave. N.
Lehigh Acres, FL
Florida Society of Bead Researchers
Polly Miller, Coordinator
121 Larkspur Dr. Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
(407) 831-0843
Florida Society of Goldsmiths (Northeast Chapter)
Visit their Web site.
Nancy Neeb, Lisa Campagnone
(386) 451-5273,
(386) 871-7700
Contact: fsgne@yahoo.com,
gems@karentweedie.com
Florida Society of Goldsmiths (NW Chapter)
Visit their Web site.
Fae Mellichamp, Starr Payne
1100 N. Monroe St. Tallahassee, FL 32303
Contact: bdnstarr@earthlink.net,
email_list@fsgnw.com
Meetings: Third Thursdays at 1100 N. Monroe
Florida Society of Goldsmiths (Southeast Chapter)
Visit their Web site.
Beth Katz, Tracy Egert
10001 NW 50th St. #111 Sunrise, FL 33351
Contact: info@myuniquesolutions.com,
tnje@bellsouth.net, Beth@myuniquesolutions.com
Alternate website
Meetings: E-mail for details, meetings vary.
Florida Society of Goldsmiths (Statewide Chapter)
Visit their Web site.
Jean Marie DeSpiegler,
Executive Director
719 Central Ave.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 822-7872 ext. 28
Contact: fsgjm@earthlink.net
Florida Society of Goldsmiths (SW Chapter)
Visit their Web site.
Tallahassee, FL
Bev Fox
PO Box 1218 Estero, FL 33928
(239) 433-9322
Contact: sleepingfox@comcast.net,
email_list@fsgnw.com
Meetings: Third Thursdays at 1100 N. Monroe
Florida Society of Goldsmiths (West Panhandle Chapter) (updated 8/07)
Visit their Web site.
Stephanie Ritchie
Belmont Arts Center
401 N. Reus St. Pensacola, FL, 32501
(850) 341-0471
Contact: sduty@nettally.com
Florida Society of Goldsmiths (Westcoast Chapter)
Visit their Web site.
Mary Winstead,
Sally Bedrosian
(727) 824-7081,
(727) 992-2134
Contact: sbedrosian@tampabay.rr.com
Florida West Coast Bead Society (updated 8/07)
Sarasota, FL
Eileen Murphy
6300 Flotill Dr #79
Holmes Beach, FL 34217
(941) 922-0460
Contact: patmartin@comcast.net
Franklin Beadwork and Jewelry Making Meetup Group
Visit their Web site.
Diana
Contact: Email
Frederick Hot Glass Society
Visit their Web site.
Tracey Alfaro
Contact: taalfaro@msn.com,
frederickhotglass@yahoo.com
Gilbert Beadwork Meetup Group
Kim DiLullo
11617 N. 40th Way
Phoenix, AZ
(480) 200-5839
Glass Art Society
Visit their Web site.
Elizabeth Byrd
1305 – 4th Ave., Suite 711
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 382-1305
Contact: glassartsoc@earthlink.net
Glass Artists Fellowship
Visit their Web site.
Liz McRae, President
195 Iris St. Broomfield, CO 80020
(303) 452-8774
Contact: info@glassartistsfellowship.com
Glass Beadmakers UK
Visit their Web site.
Diana East
The Old Dairy, George Street
Enderby, Leicester LE19 4NQ, England (UK)
Contact: dianaeast@globalnet.co.uk
GlassAct (SE MI Glass Beadmakers Guild - ISGB)
Visit their Web site.
Margaret Sutherland
PO Box 2216 Dearborn, MI 48123
(313) 438-3969
Contact: info@glassact251.org
Grand River Bead Society
Guelph, ON
Roxann, Ingrid
Contact: beadaddict@sympatico.ca,
beadnut2002@yahoo.ca,
beadaddict@guelpharts.ca
Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild
Visit their Web site.
Jeanette Isenhour
PO Box 1639 Royal Oak, MI 48068-1639
(586) 997-7043
Contact: JJIsenhour@aol.com
Meetings: Third Tuesday of the month (except December) at: 1669 West Maple, Birmingham, MI
Greater Atlanta Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Susan Stembel
4532 LaVista Rd.
Tucker, GA 30084
Contact: rocco@mindspring.com
Greater Columbus Bead Society
Donna Pyka, President
c/o Pink Flamingo Beads
71 W. Olentangy St.
Powell, OH 43065
(614) 848-4747
Meetings: Monthly at Pink Flamingo Beads
Greater Los Angeles Polymer Clay Guild
Karen Mitchell
14013 La Maida St.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
(626) 798-8491
Contact: AnKara@AnKaraDesigns.com
Meetings: First Tuesdays, 7 pm at San Gabriel Bead Company
Greater SE Florida Bead Society
6560 Fillmore St.
Hollywood, FL
(954) 961-5267
Guild of Eugene Metalsmiths (GEM)
Christine Sundt
20 W. 31st Ave.
Eugene, OR 97405
Meetings: Monthly in Eugene
Gypsy Beaders
Ida Williams
2111 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
Shreveport, LA 71118
(318) 687-8197
Contact: iwilliams71129@comcast.net
meetings: 1st Saturday of month at the Hamilton/South Caddo Branch of the Shreve Memorial Library
Hall of Fame Beaders Guild
Visit their Web site.
Sharon Hessoun
(330) 882-9807
Meets at 7:00 pm on the second Monday at Beads N More in Massillon
Contact: sharon@beadeckedonline.com
Harrisburg Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Ruth Ann, Maryn
St. Luke's Hospital
10th St., Roy B. Taylor Room Quakertown, PA 18951
(717) 652-2289,
(717) 221-6309
Contact: rahusted@susquehannatwp.com,
mgrubbs@state.pa.us
Heart of Illinois Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Normal, IL
Shelly Nybakke
The Bead Parlor
318 N. Main St.
Bloomington, IL 61701
(309) 827-7708
Contact: shelley@thebeadparlor.com
High Desert Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Dian Moore
843 Scenic Pointe
Prescott, AZ 86303
eless1@ix.netcom.com
Highland Lakes Bead Society
Burnet, TX
Ann Davenport
PO Box 1414
Kingsland, Texas 78639
(830) 798-1368
Contact: stonefemme@hotmail.com
Hot Rods Glass Beadmakers of Northeast Ohio (ISGB)
Visit their Web site.
Lisa Beyer
14626 Leonard Avenue Lakewood, OH 44107
(440) 554-5060
Contact: hotrodsohio@yahoo.com
Houston Bead Society
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Houston, TX
Shirley Nowlin, President
c/o Shirley Nowlin 2409 Perthuis Dr.
LaMarque, TX 77568
(409) 938-0393
Contact: shirley@houstonbeadsociety.org
Meetings: Third Saturdays, 10 am at Texas Art Supply
Houston Metal Arts Guild
Visit their Web site.
Houston Polymer Clay Guild
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Galveston, TX
Linda Collins, Membership
Alt. Contact Shirley Nowlin
4314 Peridot Friendswood, TX
77549 or 2409 Perthuis LaMarque, TX
(713) 896-3834
Contact: 5wiley@earthlink.net,
r5wiley@earthlink.net
Huntsville Bead Society
Lisa Bess, Wendy Bragg
2018 Bide-A-Wee Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 650-0517
Contact: bfbragg@bellsouth.net
Idaho Polymer Clay Guild
Boise, ID
Indiana Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
PO Box 51602
Indianapolis, IN 46251-0602
(317) 335-3762
Contact: info@indianabeadsociety.org
Indiana Polymer Clay Guild
Marian Carey
Meets at Prizm Art Supply, 3rd Sat., 10am-noon
8607 Allisonville Road
Indianapolis, IN 46250
(317) 823-8576
Contact: creative_native@sbcglobal.net
Intermountain Beads
Kerry Collett
385 S. State Clearfield,
UT 84015
Contact: CeltCrafts@aol.com
International Guild of Glass Artists Inc. (IGGA)
Visit their Web site.
Katherine Bell
4735 Waverly Lane
Jacksonville, FL 32210 USA
fax (904) 388-4213
Contact: membership@igga.org
International Guild of Glass Artists Inc. (IGGA)
Visit their Web site.
Katherine Bell
4735 Waverly Lane Jacksonville,
FL 32210 USA
fax (904) 388-4213
Contact: membership@igga.org
International Society of Glass Beadmakers
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Canada
Lis Simpson (905)
473-1711
Contact: canada@isgb.org
International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB)
Visit their Web site.
Cleveland, OH
PO Box 32477
Columbus, OH 43232 USA
(614) 836-0070, (866) 473-ISGB
Contact: help@isgb.org
International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB)
Visit their Web site.
Cleveland, OH
PO Box 32477 Columbus, OH 43232 USA
(614) 836-0070,
(866) 473-ISGB
Contact: help@isgb.org
Iowa Arts Council
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Sarah Oltrogge, Newsletter Editor
(515) 281-4011
600 E. Locust
Des Moines, IA 50319
Contact: Sarah.Oltrogge@iowa.gov
Iowa Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Des Moines, IA Mitsy Findley, President
PO Box 2218
Clive, Iowa 50325
Contact: Beaderdee@aol.com,
information@iowabeadsociety.org
Iowa Clay Guild
Des Moines, IA
Deana Carfrae, President
(515) 287-3928
Contact: Beaderdee@msn.com
ISGB International Society of Glass Beadmakers -- North
Stowe, VT
Genevieve Martineau
Contact: northeast@isgb.org
ISLAGA (ISGB)
Visit their Web site.
Susan Daniel, President
9770 Highland Springs Drive N
McCordsville, IN 46055
(317) 752-0474
Contact: sue@spiritinglass.com
Jersey Fire Devils (glass beadmakers)
Visit their Web site.
Margaret Chris Coffman
(201) 978-5654
Contact: fadaway50&$64;aol.com,
jacqui.dol&$64;verizon.net
Jewelry Artists' Guild
Visit their Web site.
Asheville, NC
Jeanne Rhodes-Moen
Contact: jeanne@jeannius.com,
jeannius@jewelryartistsguild.com
Alternate website
Meetings: Third Tuesday of each month at Denny's in W. Asheville
Juneau Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Chris Prussing
201 Seward Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 586-3223
Contact: beadgal@ptialaska.net
Kanawha Valley Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Judy Belcher
Contact: jsbel@msn.com
Kansas City Polymer Clay Guild
Valda Miller
(816) 566-2059
Contact: valdamiller@sprintmail.com
Kentucky Arts Council
Visit their Web site.
Frankfort, KY Lori Meadows, Director
500 Mero Street 21st Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-3757
Kentucky Polymer Clay Guild
(502) 244-5957
Email
Kentucky-Tennessee Polymer Clay Guild
Amy Seymour
(270) 524-5560
Email
Kit-Han-Ne Rock & Gem Club
Albert Zabinski
PO Box 456 East Vandergrift,
PA 15629
Contact: Zabinski@facetersco-op.com
Lampworkers' Local 757 (ISGB)
Visit their Web site.
Mitra Friant, President
3656 Desert Road Suffolk, VA 23434
Contact: info@LL757.com
Las Vegas Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Patty Firestone
PO Box 35078 Las Vegas, NV 89133
(702) 499-0272
Contact: info@lasvegasbeadsociety.com
Las Vegas Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Las Vegas, NV
Lisa Pavelka
Contact: lisaandallen@earthlink.net
Little Rock Bead Guild
Melissa Stanley, President
Laura Smith, Vice President
Linda Stanley, Secretary/Treasurer
PO Box 1426 Little Rock, AR 72203
(501) 758-5858
Contact: lrbeadguild@yahoo.com
Meetings: 1st Wednesdays in the East Room in the Main Branch of Little Rock Central Library.
Long Island Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Caren Schwartz, President
PO Box 2064 Massapequa, NY 11758
(516) 804-9456
Contact: Studio34artists@aol.com
martiheg@optionline.net
Meetings: 2nd Wed. Check Web site for details.
Long Island Craft Guild
Judy Kastin, President
Peter Garofolo, Chair
603 Bond Ct.
Merrick, NY 11566
(516) 292-8539
Contact: jkastin1@aol.com
Loose Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Milwaukee, WI
Rhonda Kutz, President
(414) 543-1076
Contact: rmk0406@aol.com,
rmkutz@sbcglobal.net
Lubbock Gem & Mineral Society
Visit their Web site.
Sharon Scott
2709 Belvedere Levelland, TX 79336
(806) 894-1584
Contact: asscott2@door.net,
asscott3@door.net
Meetings: 1st Tues. 7pm @ the Lubbock Garden & Arts Center, 4215 University
Madison Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Marissa McConnell
PO Box 1563 Madison,
WI 53701-1563
(414) 543-1076
Contact: Marissa.McConnell@chartercom.com
Magpies Bead Society
Peggy Kemp
103 Forest Hill Rd.
West Monroe, LA 71291
(318) 342-1165
Main Line Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
President: Susan Koye
PO Box 32 Drexel Hill, PA 19026
(610) 322-7476
Contact: mainlinebeadsociety@yahoo.com,
susankoye@rcn.com
Website: www.mainlinebeadsociety.org
Maine Crafts Association
Visit their Web site.
Suanne Williams-Lidgren, Executive Director
188 State St.
PO Box 8817
Portland, ME 04104
(207) 780-1807
Contact: info@mainecrafts.org
Maine Polymer Clay Guild
Sandy Clement
188 State St.
PO Box 8817 Portland, ME 04104
(207) 691-1538
Contact: Email
MARYLAND
Mat-Su Valley Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Jeanette Shanigan, President
PO Box 870062 Wasilla, AK 99687
(907) 376-7171
Contact: shanigan@mtaonline.net
Meetings: 7pm-9pm, 1st Thursdays, (Sept. - May) Matanuska-Susitna College, FSM Building, Room 212 in Palmer, AK
Metal Arts Guild
Visit their Web site.
Adam Clark
387 Staples Ave
San Francisco CA 94112
(415) 487-5119
Contact: monkeyshinemtl@earthlink.net
Metal Arts Society of Southern California
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Trish McAleer, President
PO Box 1014 El Toro, CA 92609
Contact: info@massconline.com
Metropolitan Detroit Polymer Art Guild
Visit their Web site.
Lynda Struble
2604 Rochester Rd. #4
Royal Oak, MI 48073
(248) 548-5108,
(248) 352-8377
Contact: LyndaStr1@yahoo.com,
LyndaStr1@comcast.net
Miami Valley Lampwork Bead Artists (ISGB)
Visit their Web site.
Louise Little, President
5408 Spice Bush Dayton, OH 45429
Contact: louise@desertbloomdesigns.com
Mid-Michigan Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Carmen Bammert
Contact: chroma515@aol.com,
mpcaguild@fast-mail.org
MidAtlantic ISGB, Washington DC Greater Metro Area
Visit their Web site.
Bob Miller, President
1165 Dicus Mill Rd Millersville, MD 21108
(410) 987-1147
Contact: bobmiller@beadyeyedbob.com
Midlands Polymer Clay Guild
Marsha Ferguson
(803) 234-2574
Contact: sclayguild@hotmail.com
Midwest Polymer Clay Artists
Omaha, NE
Denise Miller
Contact: denise@dmillerdesignstudio.com
Mile High Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Denver, CO Tina Holdman, President
Lynn Goldman, Vice President
Caryl Unrein, Secretary
Diane Luftig, Treasurer
(303) 426-7865
Contact: Suemuellersmail@aol.com,
tholdman@comcast.net
Meetings: Fourth Saturday, 9:30am - 3pm at the First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton St.
Minnesota (Winnebago) Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
(507) 866-4608
Contact: Email
Mississippi Polymer Clay Guild
Dee Wilder
Contact: deewilder@bellsouth.net
Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild (MoBMAG)
Visit their Web site.
Carol Schock
PO Box 51511
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
(831) 633-6898
Contact: prez@montereybaymetalartsguild.com
Montreal Polymer Clay Guild
Lynda Gould
339 Metcalfe Ave.
Montreal, Quebec H3Z 2J2 Canada
(514) 931-8667
Contact: lyndago@sympatico.ca
Meetings: Once a month at the Visual Arts Centre in Montreal
National Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
3855 Lawrenceville Hwy.
Lawrenceville, GA 30044
(888) 273-6298
Contact: ibs@beadshows.com
National Bead Society
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3855 Lawrenceville Hwy.
Lawrenceville, GA 30044
(888) 273-6298
Contact: ibs@beadshows.com
National Bead Society
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PO Box 2239
Asheville, NC
(828) 669-1981
Contact: editor@nationalbeadsociety.com
National Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Lee Radtke
1350 Beverly Rd.
McLean, VA 22101
(202) 895-5212
Contact: info@ncpg.org
National Polymer Clay Guild
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Lee Radtke 1350 Beverly Rd.
McLean, VA 22101
(202) 895-5212
Contact: info@ncpg.org
National Polymer Clay Guild
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Lee Radtke, President
1350 Beverly Rd,
Ste 115-345 McLean, VA 22101
(202) 895-5212
Contact: info@ncpg.org
NE Ohio Jewelry Makers Meetup Group
Visit their Web site.
Katie Mullins
Contact: Email
Nebraska Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Laura Focht, President
April Stevenson Charlene Zweerink
PO Box 30876 Lincoln, NE 68503
Contact: nebeadsociety@yahoo.com
New Hampshire Polymer Clay Guild
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Robin Trei
(603) 744-0001,
(978) 874-5822
Contact: robin.trei@comcast.net
New Jersey Polymer Clay Guild
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Marlene Kuser
2277 Lanes Mill Rd.
Brick, NJ 08724
(732) 785-9197
Contact: marl@att.net Alternate website
New York City Crafts Meetup
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Ruth Perrin
Contact: Email
New York Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Valerie Aharoni, President & Web editor
PO Box 204 Planetarium Station New York,
NY 10024-0204
(212) 724-7133
Contact: nypcg@nypcg.org
New Zealand Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Petra de Geus
8 Cherry Place
Casebrook, Christchurch 8005 New Zealand
0064 3 359 2989
Contact: sales@zigzag.co.nz
Niagara Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Denise Colbey
8 Drayton Ct.
St. Catherines, ON
L2N 5R9, Canada
(905) 934-9249
NOCA Chapter, ISGB
Sharon Peters
(510) 865-2138 3568
McSherry Way Alameda, CA 94502
Contact: sharon.peters@smartassglass.com,
noca@isgb.org
North Carolina Society of Goldsmiths
Visit their Web site.
Bob Kemper, President
PO Box 196
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Contact: info@ncsg.net
North Central Florida Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Diana McNamee, Pat Kelly-Sistrand
14141 SE 51st Ave.
Summerfield, FL 34491
(352) 245-8263
Contact: artsydiana@hotmail.com,
sistrand1@aol.com
North Coast Bead Guild
Visit their Web site.
Cleveland, OH
Sharon Hessoun
(330) 882-9807
Contact: sharon@beadeckedonline.com
North Texas Bead & Jewelry Meetup Group
Visit their Web site.
Betty Martin
Contact: martinbetty@tx.rr.com
North Texas Polymer Clay Guild
Visit their Web site.
Dallas/Fort Worth area
Babette Cox, Ellen Kelsey
1008 Galaxy Dr.
Arlington, TX 76001
(214) 786-4146,
(817) 557-5852
Contact: resg@wt.net, contact@ntpcg.org
Northeast Florida Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Judi Leatherberry
8131 Rocky Creek Drive Jacksonville, FL 32244
(904) 778-0451
Contact: busy_beader@juno.com
Northern Arizona Designer Craftsmen
Rowena Tank
PO Box 11493 Prescott, AZ 86304
Contact: Rowena@rowenaart.net
Northern California Bead Society
Visit their Web site.
Oakland, CA
Kathy Dubuque, Lauren Osher or Marilyn Peters
530 Dutton Ave
San Leandro CA 94577
(510) 569-7189
Contact: kdubuque@sbcglobal.net
Northern Lights (Michigan Chapter, ISGB)
Visit their Web site.
Linda Zbarcha, President
10343 Rama Court
Clarkston, MI, 48343
(248) 922-9001 Evenings
Contact: linda.j.zbarcha@eds.com