Dear Lynn from Lancaster, PA You asked what venues have lace groups found and how to go about finding it? (Jan 3, 2011)
Just this last October our group found a wonderful new location. I had been expressing to the librariain where our meetings were being held that the small conference room that they had moved us into was not going to allow us to grow. Previously, the library had given us a list of locations to check out. Unfortuantely most of these locations (churches & schools) required $75 to $200 per meeting. This was completely out of our groups financial abilites. We had 14 members show for a room that we were told held a maximum of 12. After speaking to the contact person at the library again about our needs, she called the local "Center for the Arts" where she knew the director to inquire if they had space. Well, turns out that the director was interested in lace and willingly gave us meeting space with lots of natural light and space to grow members. I willl donate a couple of lace demonstartions a year on his calendar to help repay him for his generous donation of space. So be creative.....is there a Arts Center, a school of "fiber arts", or a school of art in your area? Maybe your local schools have art classes for adults and you could provide a class or two for meeting space? Just a couple of ideas to try? Chris Brill-Packard - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
