Embroiderers' Guild (United Kingdom)
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The Embroiderers' Guild is the UK's leading educational charity promoting embroidery
. From its centre in Walton on Thames, and around the UK and in the Republic of Ireland
, the Guild works to celebrate and preserve embroidery's rich heritage, and to secure its living future as contemporary art and craft.
The Guild's activities and events for adults and children (from beginner onwards) providing opportunities to enjoy stitching and to discover the history and traditions of this ancient and international craft. Through outreach programmes the Guild's education team brings the benefits of embroidery and its potential for creative and personal development to wide-ranging audiences, including minority groups, schools and youth clubs. The Guild has 270 adult Branches and Young Embroiderers Groups in the UK and Ireland, organised in 11 Regions, with a sundry range of educational and social programmes.
The Guild's centre at Walton on Thames is a registered museum
and holds a nationally significant, global collection of embroideries from early times to the present day. The Guild stages historical and contemporary exhibitions in the UK and internationally, and a range of courses and workshops, and is a City and Guilds centre.
In conjunction with Search Press The Guild is a specialist retailer of books relating to embroidery, and books can be purchased on the Guild's web site. The Guild publishes the two leading embroidery magazines: "Embroidery" and "Stitch", and subscriptions are available online at www.embroiderersguild.com.
Embroidery
Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins....
. From its centre in Walton on Thames, and around the UK and in the Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, the Guild works to celebrate and preserve embroidery's rich heritage, and to secure its living future as contemporary art and craft.
The Guild's activities and events for adults and children (from beginner onwards) providing opportunities to enjoy stitching and to discover the history and traditions of this ancient and international craft. Through outreach programmes the Guild's education team brings the benefits of embroidery and its potential for creative and personal development to wide-ranging audiences, including minority groups, schools and youth clubs. The Guild has 270 adult Branches and Young Embroiderers Groups in the UK and Ireland, organised in 11 Regions, with a sundry range of educational and social programmes.
The Guild's centre at Walton on Thames is a registered museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
and holds a nationally significant, global collection of embroideries from early times to the present day. The Guild stages historical and contemporary exhibitions in the UK and internationally, and a range of courses and workshops, and is a City and Guilds centre.
In conjunction with Search Press The Guild is a specialist retailer of books relating to embroidery, and books can be purchased on the Guild's web site. The Guild publishes the two leading embroidery magazines: "Embroidery" and "Stitch", and subscriptions are available online at www.embroiderersguild.com.