Cover image for The Hobart Embroiderers' Guild Inc
Agency:
The Hobart Embroiderers' Guild Inc
Agency Number:
Start Date:
14 Nov 1972
Description:
The Guild was formed in 1972 as the 'Southern Tasmanian Embroiderers' Guild' to allow all people with a love for hand embroidery to gather and share ideas, inspire and learn from one another, and enjoy stitching together. The Guild held their first exhibition in the AMP Foyer from January 4-17 1973. Exhibitions then continued on as an annual event. In 1977 the Guild became the 'Tasmanian Needlecraft Guild' and in 1983 the name 'Hobart Embroiderers' Guild' was adopted. In 1995 the Constitution of the Guild was revised and the Guild became legally incorporated. A junior group was formed in 1982, changing its name in 2005 to HEGYS (Hobart Embroiderers Guild Young Stitchers). When the AMP Foyer was no longer available for the annual exhibition, it was held at the Lands Department Building in Macquarie Street, moving from there to Domain House and then in 1997 to The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Bond Store - with exhibitions becoming a biannual event.
Information Sources:
The The Hobart Embroiderers' Guild website (accessed 2021)
Series Created By Agency:
NS4877 Constitution01 Apr 197215 Feb 1995

NS4872 Minutes14 Nov 197217 Nov 2005

NS4875 List of Members01 Jan 197319 Oct 1974

NS4873 Newsletters01 Apr 197301 Dec 2004

NS4876 Miscellaneous Papers01 Jan 198001 Jun 2006

NS4874 Visitors Books05 Dec 198530 Sep 2001