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Marie-Therese Baker
Director, Callaway School of Needle Arts
Marie-Therese Baker is one of the Directors of the Callaway School of Needle Arts. She has been a student at Callaway since 1994. For six years she was a member of the Seminar Faculty Committee for the American Needlepoint Guild, coordinating classes and faculty for the national seminars. She is a member of ANG, EGA and NAN and has held offices in both ANG and EGA local chapters. A native of Kansas City, she holds a Master’s Degree in Reading Education and taught in the classroom for twenty years. In 2006 she, along with Kate Gaunt, founded the Shining Needle Society, an online educational site for classes for the needle arts.
Kate Gaunt
Director, Callaway School of Needle Arts
Kate Gaunt is our other Director of the Callaway School of Needle Arts. Kate has been involved with the needlework community in a variety of roles, including service on the Seminar Faculty Committee for the American Needlepoint Guild (seven years) and representing Flying Needles and Stitch Elegance at TNNA trade shows. An enthusiastic collector of antique samplers, she is a member of both ANG and EGA. With an MBA with an emphasis in Marketing, Kate is the computer-oriented half of the Shining Needle Society team, along with Marie-Therese Baker.
Jody Adams
Jody Adams is an international teacher, designer, lecturer and judge and hold certification in canvaswork from the Valentine Museum, where she served as Director of Education and Director of Teacher Certification. Jody has been a faculty member of NAN, the Valentine Assembly, the Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts and the Elsa Williams School of Needle Arts. She has taught at national seminars for ANG, EGA, the Council of Embroiderers, the Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts, NAN’s Assembly for Embroiderers and at many regional and chapter seminars for ANG and EGA across the country. For thirty years she was the Director of the Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts. In 1997 she was honored with NAN’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award .
Pam Godderis
Pam Godderis Dangerfield is a fiber artist involved in regional, national and international exhibiting, commissioned artwork, judging and jurying. She is a freelance teacher and lecturer in art education, quilting and embroidery and has worked with many guilds and organizations in Canada and the United States. Her work has been exhibited widely and is represented in private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States and Japan. She has authored: four correspondence courses on design, color and machine embroidery; numerous articles; and three books – Ideas for Inspiration, A Day in the Gallery, and A Free Motion Machine Embroidery Workbook. She has been honored with an Alberta Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fiber Art by the Government of Alberta and the Director’s Award, Needle Expressions by the Council of American Embroiderers. Suzanne Howren
Suzanne Howren is co-owner of SHEAR Creations along with Beth Robertson. She is also co-author of the popular books Stitches For Effect, More Stitches For Effect, Even More Stitches For Effect, Stitches To Go, and New Twists on Needlework Embellishment. She designs hand-painted canvas with stitch guides called Just Add Threads. Suzanne has taught classes for local guilds, shops, the American Needlepoint Guild’s National Seminar, Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts and cyberworkshops for the Shining Needle Society. She also writes a book review column for the magazine, needlepoint now.
Barbara Jackson
Barbara Jackson is well known throughout the needlework world for her love of traditional Early English and American design. A graduate of the National Academy of Needlearts teacher certification program, she also holds a certificate “with distinction” from London’s Royal School of Needlework. Barbara has taught for many organizations over the years, including the EGA National Seminar and markets her own original designs under the Tristan Brooks logo. Her work has been featured in Crewel A-Z published by Inspirations magazine and on the covers of the EGA magazine, Needle Arts, as well as Sampler and Antique Needlework Quarterly.
Lois Kershner
Lois Kershner is a national, regional and local teacher, designer and lecturer, specializing in realistic landscape interpretations and Sashiko embroidery. Lois holds Teacher Certification in canvas embroidery from the National Academy of Needlearts and currently serves as a NAN Teacher Certification counselor. She is a juried member of the Embroidery Guild of America’s Fiber Forum and also authored the American Needlepoint Guild’s online Stitch of the Month for 2008. Carole H. Lake
Carole Lake, from Austin, Texas, is an EGA-certified teacher, who specializes in manipulating common and uncommon threads and stitches to create textured effects, with a special interest in the effect and symbolism of color. Her award-winning work has been displayed in exhibits throughout the southwest. She has been actively teaching and designing for over twenty years. A native Texan and graduate of Rice University, her enthusiasm for the needlearts has translated into a strong desire to exchange ideas, explore techniques and share the love of stitching. Dorothy Lesher
Dorothy Lesher, a nationally known teacher and designer from Michigan, earned her Master Craftsman in canvas embroidery from EGA. She has served on the faculty of EGA and ANG National Seminars, Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts, The National Academy of Needlearts at The Greenbrier and Kansas City and various regional seminars and guilds over the past 25 years. She has been featured in Designers Across America section of Needle Arts for EGA, needlepoint now, and her article of 'The Faces of Needlework' was published in the ANG magazine, Needle Pointers. As a visiting instructor at Eastern Michigan University, she lectured and instructed on needlework for the physically impaired for the Occupational Therapy Department. Betty Chen Louis
Betty was born in Peking, China. She holds a B.A. from Mount Holyoke, studied color and design with Patricia Lambert and apprenticed with Rita Klein of New York. Betty has done research in the textile rooms of museums in the United States, Canada and Asia. She has taught at ANG and EGA nationals, CAE, NAN, Callaway, EAC and the Melbourne (Australia) Seminar. Her special interests include color and design, as it applies to needlework. Joyce Lukomski
Joyce Lukomski is an international needlework teacher, designer, lecturer and show judge who earned certification through the Valentine Museum (NAN), where she served as Director of Teacher Certification and Director of Education. She was honored with NAN’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. At the NAN Exemplary Exhibit in 2004 she won the blue ribbon in the Original Professional category, Best in Show and the Popular Choice Award for her “Opera Bag” which combines loom beading, beading on canvas and silk stitching on canvas. She also holds an Honorary Professional Fellow ANG Certification, as well as the coveted ANG Literary Award presented in 2005. Since the mid 1970’s she has taught national and regional seminars for EGA, ANG, Embroidery Association of Canada, Elsa Williams School of Needle Arts, Assembly for Embroiderers, Callaway Gardens School of Needle Art, as well as for numerous other seminars and guilds. In 1981 she combined the profession of her “first” life in journalism with her love of needlework and assumed the duties of Editor of a guild magazine. She served in that capacity until Summer of 1998. In the Spring of 1999 she launched a commercial magazine, needlepoint now, which continues to enjoy popularity in America and many other countries. Charlotte Miller
Charlotte Miller has a BA in Art History (concentration in historical embroidery) from Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. She holds Embroiderers’ Guild of American Teacher Certification in Embroidery as Contemporary Expression, one of only three to hold this certification. Thirty years of teaching experience at many venues include: EGA chapters, regionals and nationals, Fiber Forum, NAN, ANG National Seminars, Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts, Quilt Guilds, Quilt West Virginia and the Newark Art Museum. Charlotte is also the founder/teacher for the annual study group called “Spider Women” (so named because of “Charlotte’s Web”). Charlotte’s teaching specialties are design and creativity, color theory, mixed media to include fabric painting, machine embroidery, hand-made books and art-to-wear, all with special interest in encouraging original design. Charlotte’s various volunteer activities include EGA Advancement Administrator, Chairman of EGA Certified Teacher Graduate Program, EGA Challenge Consultant and many other educational programs for EGA. She has had garments in juried shows and works in invitational shows in several states, including having two works in the EGA Permanent Collection. Tony Minieri Tony Minieri was formally educated at the Stevens Institute of Technology and is affiliated with ANG, NETA, EGA and NAN. His needlework education includes the National Seminar, Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts, ANG and EGA workshops and Level I Certification (NAN). He has taught at the Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts, TNNA, ANG and EGA chapters, the New England Regional (1994), the Canadian National (1995) and at local shops. His accomplishments include commercial designs through Brite Ideas and for Lois Caron and production of stitch and thread guides for Sunrunner and Renaissance Designs. Linda Lee Mucha Linda Lee Mucha is a teacher of canvas and counted thread with Level II certification in canvaswork from the National Academy of Needlearts. Her BS degree in Education served as a launching pad to teaching needlepoint in retirement. She has taught needlepoint on the local, national and international level. Linda draws from her extensive travels to foreign lands for the inspiration to explore a variety of techniques and media. Marsha Papay-Gomola
Marsha Papay-Gomola has taught needlework at regional and national seminars for EGA, NAN, TNNA, The Sampler Gathering and Christmas in Williamsburg. She has been published in Fine Lines, NeedleArts and Sampler and Antique Needlework. In 2008 she received the Jean Taggart Award and The Exemplary Award from the National Academy of Needlearts. Marsha is a National Academy of Needlearts candidate for teachers’ certification. She specializes in raised embroidery, emphasizing the use of silk shading to create realistic contemporary designs. Lynn Payette
Lynn’s art education came from professional artist parents. She has taught for over 38 years at local, regional and national levels for EGA, ANG, EAC, Callaway; NAN, Stitching Sisters Seminars; Continuing Education – West Hartford, East Hartford; Daisy (shop); Thistle (shop), Manchester Sewing Center, Fabric Place, Quilt guilds, YWCA, her Studio, and has won numerous awards. Lynn has designed for: Janlynn Corp., Ibex Designs, Custom House, and been published in Family Circle, Woman’s Day, McCall’s, Stitchery, Lee Wards, Threads, Needlearts, and Stitchery and Needlelace. She teaches mixed-media, multi-fiber techniques, crewel, silk ribbon, needle lace, Brazilian embroidery, stumpwork, silk and metal, crazy quilting, clothing embellishment, doll making and beading. Marnie Ritter
Marnie has taught needle art for over thirty years at national and regional seminars for ANG, EGA, Callaway Gardens, Kent State University and NAN, as well as guilds and shops national and international. Marnie’s forte is to continuously discover new and innovative techniques that combine many facets of needle art. Her students enjoy her enthusiastic sharing of these years of seasoned experience. Her certification in Surface Stitchery from The Council of Embroiderers, as well as experience in television and publishing, offers students a teacher well versed in the subject of needlework. Her newest venture in publishing is the creation of needlework calendars to be sold throughout the United States.
She has been a juried member of Fiber Forum, as well as serving as President of the Colorado Chapter of EGA in 1995/1996 and 2001/2002. Beth Robertson
Beth Robertson is co-owner of SHEAR Creations and Artistic Illusions. She is co-author of the popular books, Stitches for Effect, More Stitches for Effect, Stitches To Go, The Thread Thesaurus, Knots, Fur & Turkey Work and New Twists on Needlework Embellishment. Her designs have appeared in needlepoint now, Needle Pointers, PieceWork, and The Stitchery magazines. In 1998 Beth was awarded the ANG Joyce Lukomski Literary Award. She designs hand-painted canvas with stitch guides called Just Add Threads, as well as counted needlepoint designs. Beth has taught classes for retail shops, local guilds, The National Needlework Association, ANG National Seminar and the Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts. She has also appeared on the television show, Sew Much More. She is a graphic artist and web designer. Gay Ann Rogers
Gay Ann Rogers has taught at national and regional seminars for EGA and ANG and at Callaway Gardens for more than 20 years. She is EGA-certified in canvaswork and has served on the EGA Teacher Certification Committee. She has written four books and numerous magazine articles for publishers in the US and in London. Her book, An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools, was translated into German. Gay Ann is an avid collector of needlework tools, lace and lately cameos, for which she has designed a series of needlepoint projects. Her favorite assignment of late: an article for Needle Arts on Audrey Francini, whose work she greatly admires. Judy Souliotis
Judy Souliotis is a teacher of canvas and fabric embroidery, certified by the Embroiderers Guild of America in Silk and Metal thread work and by the Kurenai-Kai in Traditional Japanese Embroidery. She has been studying Japanese Embroidery for the past 18 years. Judy lived in Japan for several years, and her knowledge of Oriental customs and lifestyle, along with her extensive training, give her a unique insight into the intricacies of Japanese Embroidery. She has studied with five teachers of Japanese Embroidery, including her most recent trip to Japan to study with the Living National Treasure of Embroidery. She was honored to host him in her home for a private class. She has displayed and demonstrated her embroidery in a two-woman show at the Morikami Museum in Florida and had a one-woman show in Massachusetts. An active student and teacher, Judy has taught nationally for ANG, EGA, NSCA, The Greenbrier and Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts, as well as for regional and local seminars. She is past president of the Massachusetts Chapter of ANG and was Northeast Area Representative for Chapter Development. Judy also served on the correspondence course committee and the editorial committee of NeedlePointers for ANG and is on the advisory board for needlepoint now. Kay Stanis Kay Stanis is an internationally-known fiber artist, designer, Master Craftsman and Certified and Graduated Certified Teacher of EGA and Kurenai-Kai Traditional Japanese Embroidery. Her embroideries have received numerous awards and have been shown on the covers of Kurenai, Inspirations, NeedleArts and NeedlePointers. She exhibits her needlework widely, is a juried member of the Fiber Forum group and is the recent recipient of EGA’s Diana Grossman Memorial Award for Excellence in Needlework. Kay teaches and lectures on silk and metal embroidery in the United States and abroad, has written correspondence courses for EGA and is a recent chairman of the Teacher Certification Program. At present, she is ICC Chairman, Certified Graduate Teacher Chairman; Master Craftsman; Silk and Metal Thread Chairman and Treasurer of Fiber Forum, EGA’s exhibition group. Debbie Stiehler
Debbie Stiehler is an international needleart designer, teacher and lecturer. She has taught for many national seminars, guilds and private groups in the United States and Canada. She currently resides in South Carolina. Debbie is a Level Two graduate in Teacher Certification from the National Academy of Needlearts. She is also an EGA Master Craftsman in canvas embroidery. Debbie has studied bobbin lace making at the Ecole de Dentelle in Chamalieres, France. Currently, Debbie is the Assistant Director of Teacher Certification for NAN.
Patricia Tector
Patricia Tector has received Judges’ Certification from the National Academy of Needlearts (NAN) and also from ANG. She has judged many major regional exhibits and served three years as Administrator of The Exemplary, the exhibit at NAN’s annual seminar. Patricia is now the Assistant Director of Judges’ Certification for NAN. Although she has been stitching since high school, Patricia had the exciting opportunity to be part of a group in Pennsylvania that studied and practiced a wide range of stitching that was a stimulus for her love of needlework. She views one of the role of a judge to be a catalyst for viewers, who may or may not stitch, by selecting pieces which showcase high quality of design, color, creativity, technique and finishing in this part of the art world: needlework.
Joan Thomasson
Joan Thomasson is an ANG Master Teacher and also the owner of Stitchin' Stuff, Inc. which markets designs nationwide. She is the past president of NETA, past Chairman of ICNA and has taught nationally for ANG, EGA, Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts and the National Academy of Needlearts. Her designs have been featured in needlepoint now, Needlearts, Needle Pointers and the Neiman Marcus Horchow Collection. Caela Conn Tyler
Caela Conn Tyler holds certification in canvaswork, Level II from the National Academy of Needlearts. Caela has taught in Canada and throughout the United States, including several national seminars for the American Needlepoint Guild and the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, numerous EGA regional seminars, the Council of American Embroiderers, Callaway School of Needle Arts and the National Academy of Needlearts. In 2006 she received NAN’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Although canvaswork is her focus, she works in several media, particularly in garment design and embellishment. Caela actively participates in several needlework organizations and currently serves as Director of Teachers’ Certification for the National Academy of Needlearts. Meredith Willett
Learning to stitch at the early age of 6, Meredith’s life-long love of needlework is apparent in all facets of her business and personal life. She is the owner of M’s Canvashouse, a retail needlepoint shop which she opened over 16 years ago. She is also a partner in Elizabeth Turner Collection, a wholesale needlepoint and finishing business. Meredith has taught for needlepoint shops, ANG and EGA chapters, The National Needlepoint Association, as well as the American Needlepoint Guild national seminars. Her first book, Knots, Fur, and Turkey Work, with well-known author Beth Robertson, is now available. Meredith is currently serving as president of NETA. She has dedicated her life’s work to needle art and wants to help continue the precious art form that was passed on to us from our mothers and grandmothers.
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