Alberta
Alberta Chapter of Scroll Saw Portrait Artists
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Central Alberta Woodworking Guild
Contact: Jim Beach
RR#2, box 2, site 4
Red Deer
Alberta
T4N 5E2
Phone: 403-343-7360
Fax: 403-348-0302
Email: jbeach@wellwest.ca
A club where woodworkers get together to learn and share ideas. Annual events, Spring shop tour, June BBQ, 2x4 contest, Christmas toy build, give away.Presentations at most month meetings. Meetings held once a month.
Northern Alberta Woodcarvers Association
President: Albert Bjalek
6923 14 Avenue
Edmonton AB
T6K 3V4
780-469-4102
Wood carving group holds seminars, demonstrations, shows and general workshops at Westmount Junior High School on the second Wednesday of the month from September to June. Annual dues are $25.
Northern Alberta Woodcrafters Guild
President: Arend Stolte
5943 150 Ave., Edmonton, AB T5A 1W4
Phone: 780-475-7145
Email: a_stolte@hotmail.com
Meets on the third Thursday of the month, Sept. to June, at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Annual dues are $25. The guild holds occasional seminars and sponsors two annual contests for members. It puts out a monthly newsletter and members build toys for low-income families before Christmas. The guild is open to anyone interested in improving woodworking skills and our membership includes both amateurs and professionals. New members are most welcome.
Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society
President: Andy Lockhart
PO Box 6753, Station D
Calgary, AB
T2P 2E6
Phone: (403) 299-4673
Meets monthly from Sept. to June. Annual dues are $60. Holds woodworking lectures and hands-on demonstrations. Every two years it facilitates a juried exhibition.
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert Woodturners Guild
Contact: Doug Corrigal or Debbi Gola
938 4th St. E.
Prince Albert SK
S6V 0K7
306-763-2135
Thirty-five members pay annual dues of $35. The guild meets the first Monday of every month, January to June (no meetings in July or August) Meetings resume in September thru to December. Meetings are held at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Woodland Campus. Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners.
Saskatchewan Woodworkers Guild
President: Bob Baker
Box 7196
Saskatoon SK, S7K 4J2
Phone: 306-933-4028
Meets third Thursday of the month September to June. Annual dues are $35. Meetings feature a woodworking question and answer, a show-and-tell and a demonstration of tools. The guild also publishes a monthly newsletter, conducts woodworking classes and holds an annual wood show in the first week of June.
South Saskatchewan Woodturners Guild
Contact: Frank Faber
Box 546
Carlyle SK, S0C 0R0
Phone: 306-453-2419
Fax: 306-453-6412
Meets the second Saturday of the month from November to April, two miles south of Carlyle. The guild provides woodturning information and group purchasing for better prices. A professional instructor is hired once a year for one- or two-day classes.
National
Marquetry Society of Canada
Secretary: James Colter
22 Albert St.,
Georgetown ON L7G 2B1
905-877-8805
This group has about 110 active members across the country. Dues are $25 annually plus $5 initiation. It meets 10 times a year in Humber College and Lee Valley in Toronto. It also hosts two competitions, one for beginners and one for advanced members. Workshops are held twice a year and are open to the public.
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