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Bead Societies

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Bead Societies

Alabama

Huntsville Bead Society

C/O Lisa Bess

2018 Bide-A-Wee

Huntsville, AL 35801

Phone:  205-536-7198

bdragin@bellsouth.net AClement01@aol.com

Alaska

Alaska Bead Society

Anchorage Chapter

P. O. Box 242972

Anchorage, Alaska 99524-2972

President:  Diane Ingle  (907) 243-4159

Meetings: Third Tuesday of every month.

Juneau Bead Society

C/O The Bead Gallery

201 Seward

Juneau, AK 99801

Phone:  907-586-3223 - this number is a BBS in the evenings. http://www.ptialaska.net/~beadgal/page3.html

Arizona

Arizona Bead Museum

5754 West Glenn Dr.

Glendale, AZ

Phone 623-931-2737

Website:  http://beadmuseumaz.org

High Desert Bead Society

Prescott, AZ

Website:  http://highdesertbeadsociety.org for information on meetings.

President Paula Euell, P.O. Box 1383 Prescott, AZ 86302

Phone 928-443-0819

The Bead Society of Central Arizona

C/O Aurora Berry

P.O. Box 561

Concho, AZ 85924

Meetings: 10:00 AM, first Saturday of every month Town of Concho Valley

Phone Aurora at (520) 337-4054 for meeting place

Membership dues: $20.00 per year, $30.00 for family, $50.00 for businesses. Scholarship type memberships are offered to those who truly can't afford the membership dues. An annual flyer is also available. 

The Bead Society, Los Angeles

http://home.att.net/~beadsla/

The Bead Society of Orange County

2002 N. Main Street

Santa Ana, CA 92706

Note:  The bead society of orange county is an affiliate of the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art.  Dual membership is required. 

Membership dues: $20/year for individuals, $30/year for couples. 

Meetings: 10:00 AM, fourth Saturday of each month

The Bower's Museum

2020 North Main Street (Intersection of 20th and Main Streets) Santa Ana, California, 92706

Bead Society of San Diego County

PO Box 17547

San Diego, CA.  92117-7547

Phone:  (619) 685-3668

Kaytee Sumida (bodhikt@aol.co) and Jane Coursin  (Co-Presidents) 

Meetings: Third Saturday of every month (except July and December) at Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado - in Balboa Park (619) 239-0009 For more information on upcoming programs and workshops, please email: MiMamaRosa@aol.com Annual Bead Bazaar in May of each year.  Email or write for more information.

Bedazzled Beaders Society

P.O. Box 17924

Irvine, CA  92623-7924

Contacts: Judy Walker, judywalker@pobox.com

Annie Laurie Burke, annielaurie@xochitl.com

Janice Smith, jans@beadsearch.com

Meetings: 10:00 am, the 4th Monday of the month at the

San Bernardino County Museum

2024 Orange Tree Lane

Redlands CA  92373

Annual membership $25.00. Guests are welcome to visit.

Black Sheep Handweavers Guild

P.O. Box 253

Los Altos, CA 94022

Meetings: First floor Patio Room at the First United Methodist Church 625 Hamilton Street Palo Alto, CA Corner of Hamilton and Webster Streets. Parking is available in the church parking lot on Byron Street. Membership dues: Annual membership $20 and drop-in visitors are charged $5.00. Members receive a hard-copy of the newsletter, discounted or waived fees for guild-sponsored events and workshops, discounted registration for CNCH. http://users.aimnet.com/~lbrock/BlackSheep/Members/*Beadwork.html 

Cousette Copeland C/O Sundance Art Glass Center

231 Whisman Rd.

Mountain View, CA 94041

Directions: intersection of Whisman and Evelyn, just off Highway 85 (take the Evelyn Ave. exit), or Highway 237 (the Dana/Evelyn Ave. exit, or Central Expressway (the Whisman Rd exit) Meetings: First Tuesday of every month Sundance Art Glass Center Mountain View, California. Membership dues: $24.00 per calendar year or a pro-rated $2.00 per month for those who join after the beginning of the calendar year. Codyhaha@aol.com. 

Contacts: Linda Mosley, Babybead@aol.com 

Debby Rea-Taylor, dtaylor@elite.net

and Leslie Frazier, tfrazier@elite.net

Membership dues: $25.00 per year.

Meetings: Fourth Saturday of each month Contact one of the ladies listed above for information on where the society meets. mailto:debby.taylor@knight.merced-bbs.com

High Desert Bead Society

Twin Lakes Community Church

17213 Lake Los Angeles Ave.

Palmdale, CA 93591

Contacts: Charlene Booth 760-948-6184 -- S.B. County E-mail: cbbeads@qnet.com

Rose Elliott 661-264-2445 -- L.A. County E-mail: Rose@ladybead.com   

Meetings: Fourth Friday of the month.  11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. For driving directions, please contact Charlene if you live in San Bernardino County, or Rose if you live in Los Angeles County.

Please note:  Due to health problems, meetings have been cancelled until further notice.

The Northern California Bead Society

P.O. Box 22128

Oakland , CA 94623-2128

Phone:  510-869-2723

Meetings:

7:30 PM, third Tuesday of each month, except December and the month of the annual Bead Bazaar, which is held at the Holiday Inn in Emeryville.

The South Bay Seed Bead Guild (tentative name) 

c/o Sheila The Bead Shop

2980 Stevens Creek

San Jose, CA 95128

Phone:  408-261-0432

Meetings: 7:00 PM, third Wednesday of each month San Jose Town & Country Village Shopping Center Stevens Creek Boulevard & Winchester Avenue.

Colorado

Rocky Mountain Bead Society

PO Box 480721

Denver, CO  80248-0721

President:  Dale Zitek

Website:  http://rockybeads.org/

Meetings: Third Thursday of the month at 6:30PM at Washington Park United Church of Christ 400 South Williams St. Denver, Colorado (southwest of Alameda and Colorado Blvd.)

Connecticut

Connecticut Bead Society

800 Village Walk, Box 227

Guilford, CT 06437

Barbara Lynch

Meetings: 7:30 PM, last Wednesday of the month, January through June, and September through November. (No meetings in July, August, or December.)

Florida

The Bead Society of North Florida

P.O. Box 3871

Tallahassee, FL 32315-3871

Meetings:

7:30 PM, last Wednesday of each month Senior Citizens Center North Monroe Street Annual Bead Show and Sale every spring, call for details. http://tally.gulfnet.com/non-profit/bsnf/  

Northeast Florida Bead Society

25588 Hwy. 301

Lawtey, FL 32058

Attn.: Jackie Knabel, Newsletter Editor, J_KNABEL@prodigy.net

7:00 PM, third Monday of every month 

Our Craft and Hobby Shoppe

1171 Gulf Breeze Parkway

Gulf Breeze, FL 

North Lehigh Acres, FL 33971 (At Ft. Myers, FL)

Phone: 941-693-8209

Meetings:

1:00 PM to 3:30 PM, fourth Sunday of every month. Fishbead@aol.com 

Tampa Bay Bead Society

P.O. 1633

Pinellas Park, FL 33780

Phone:  813-960-2952

Marcia Mycko, President

Meetings:

Third Monday of each month. The Minnrig Building 6340 126th Avenue Clearwater FL 7:00 pm till finish. TBBS sponsors a variety of workshops.

Web Page: http://members.xoom.com/TBBS

Email: tbbsociety@hotmail.com 

Mailing List: http://members.tripod.com/~cindyscrafts/tbbsociety@hotmail.com

Georgia

Atlanta Bead Society

P.O. Box 69

Decatur, GA 30031-0069

404-321-5292

Carol Sowell, President

Meetings:

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, first Thursday of each month (except July) at

St. John's Lutheran Church

1410 Ponce de Leon Avenue

Atlanta, GA. 

http://www.atlantabeadsociety.com/

Atlanta Society of Glass Beadmakers Highland Bead, Atlanta.

Local chapter of the national group the Society of Glass Beadmakers (SGB). 

Meetings: 2nd Thursday of each month Highland Bead, Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Meetings are mostly for networking and sharing of information.  However, there are occasional demonstrations and visiting artists.

The only dues required are those payable to the national SGB.

Glass Beadmakers in the area, or passing through, are always welcome to drop in. 

170 Hale Street Lahaina

Maui, HI 96761

Phone:  808-667-2870

Patricia H. Adams, President

Meetings: Meets twice monthly; one day meeting is a workshop and one evening meeting is held at a rotating location on Maui. 

The Bead Society of Hawaii, Oahu Chapter

2414 Kuhio Street

Honolulu, Oahu, HI 96815

Phone:  808-922-1999

Flora Lu, Founding Member

Meetings:

Second Saturday of each month Lucoral Museum. 

 Sandpoint, ID 83864

Phone:  208-263-5920

Suzanne Muir, President

Meetings:

7:00 PM, first Monday of each month Gardenia Center Sandpoint, ID 

Coeur d'Alene Bead Society

P.O. Box 5301

Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814-1955

Phone:  208-765-6758

Lisa Hobson, President

Meetings:

11:00 AM, first Saturday of each month

Women's Center 2201 N. Government Way, Suite E

Coeur d'Alene, ID

Sponsors of the Intermountain Bead Bazaar, and the Bead Festival.

Boise Bead Society

7988 W. Arapaho Court

Boise, Idaho 83703

President, Stephanie Eddy.

Meets the third Thursday of the month. Location changes, call for update. 208-853-7988. Email: statesmaneddy@netscape.net

Iowa

Iowa Bead Society

Cheryl Erickson (Vice President)   515-245-3401

Information: http://www.geocities.com/iowabeadsociety/

Contact: iowabeadsociety@yahoo.com

Illinois

Bead Society of Greater Chicago

P.O. Box 8103

Wilmette, IL 60091-8103\

Phone:  773-714-5455

Judith Schwab, President

Meetings:

7:00 PM, second Thursday of each month, unless noted in newsletter. September to June.  No regular meetings July and August. Salvation Army Community Center 8354 W. Foster Chicago, IL Workshops, newsletter, annual bead sale in September.

Chicago Midwest Bead Society

1020 Davis Street

Evanston, IL 60201

Phone: 708-328-4040 Ayla Phillips

Meetings:

7:30 PM, second Tuesday of each month Ayla's Originals 1020 Davis Street Evanston, IL Workshops, bazaars twice a year, newsletter and scholarships.

Louisiana

Baton Rouge Bead Society

c/o Jane Olson

919 Bromley Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Phone:  318-342-1165

Meetings: Once a month in members' homes.

No fees, but each member contributes a food item at each meeting.

Maryland

The Baltimore Bead Society

P.O. Box 311

Riderwood, MD 21139-0311

Phone:  410-647-9335

Co-presidents: Kirk Stanfield and Carol Huettner

Membership: Luella Duncan: luella@bellatlantic.net

Meetings:

Second Tuesday of each month, September through July. Times:  Social - 7:00 to 7:30 PM Meeting - 7:30 to 9:30 PM Location: Howard County Center for the Arts 8510 High Ridge Road Ellicott City, MD. 21043

Bead Society of Greater Washington

P.O. Box 70036

Chevy Chase, MD 20813-0036

Phone:  301-277-6830

Meetings:

7:30 PM, second Thursday of each month, except August Chevy Chase Community Center Connecticut Avenue & McKinley Street Washington, DC Spring Bazaars are in April. Fall Bazaars are in November.

Massachusetts

Beadesigner International

c/o Connie Pollard

135 Aspinwall Avenue

Brookline, MA 02146

Phone:  617-499-9432

Meetings:

7:00 PM, last Wednesday from February through May and September through October (no meetings in December, January, and August) Temple Beth El 2 Concord Avenue Belmont, MA Bead bazaar "Bead Affaire" is held twice a year. honeybead@aol.com http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/3542/ 

Michigan

Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild

P.O. Box 1639

Royal Oak, Michigan 48068

Phone:  810-997-7043

Barb Machesney, Corresponding Secretary

Meetings:

6:30 PM, third Tuesday of each month at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 814 N. Campbell Road, Royal Oak, MI 48067.  http://greatlakesbeadworkersguild.org

Minnesota

Upper Midwest Bead Society

P.O. Box 4081

St. Paul, MN 55104

Carla Abler, President

Alois Powers, Membership and Newsletter,  alois.powers@state.mn.us

Meetings:

6:30 PM, first Monday of each month Merriam Park Library, unless otherwise noted.  http://members.tripod.com/umbs

Missouri

St. Louis Bead Society

Meetings:

First meeting was October 14 B & J's Rock Shop Manchester Rd Ballwin, MO mailto:starp@i1.net 

The Bead Society of Greater Kansas City

P.O. Box 255

Independence MO 64055-0255

Meetings:

The second Friday of the month at 700 E. 8th Street Kansas City, MO E-mail:  kcbeadsociety@aol.com Website:  geocities.com/kcbeadsociety Carol Flowers, Vice President cflowers@kumc.edu

Montana

The Billings Bead Society

1727 Miles Avenue

Billings, MT 59102

Phone:  406-656-6778

Helen Widenhofer, President

Meetings: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, first Wednesday of each month Parmly Billings Library. 

The Bozeman Bead Society

Old Bozeman Gifts

321 W. Main

Bozeman, MT 59715

Phone:  406-587-1175

Mailing address:

Danita Twedt

P.O. Box 1893

Bozeman, MT 59711-1893

Meetings:

First and third Monday of each month. Time and location varies.   

Nebraska

Nebraska Bead Society

P.O. Box 30876

Lincoln, NE  68503

Phone: 402-475-3797

Email:  april@navix.net

Meetings:

Third Thursday of the month at Gramercy 6800 A Street Lincoln, Nebraska http://www.unl.edu/frugal/protos/NEbeads/beadsite.html

Nevada

Las Vegas Bead Society

Moon Struck Gallery

6322 W Sahara

Las Vegas NV 89102

Co-Chair Andy Muckler & Sharon Rogow

Contact # 702 656-1144

Fax 702 656-3839

Email: skibeads@ix.netcom.com

Meetings:

First Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM.

New Jersey

Bead Society of New Jersey

P.O. Box 537

Colts Neck, NJ 07722

Suzanne Hye, Trustee

Meetings:

7:30 PM, third Thursday of each month at The Reformed Church of Colts Neck, located at 72 Route 537 West, 1/4 mile west of Route 34. The meetings begin at 7:30pm. Doors open at 7:00pm.  September through July.   For more information, contact Suzanne Hye. Website:  http://community.nj.com/cc/beadsocietyofnj

South New Jersey Bead Society

Email: coprez2@southjerseybeadsociety.org

Website:  www.southjerseybeadsociety.org

Address: P.O. Box 1365

Merchantville, NJ 08109

Meetings:

7:00 to 9:00 PM, first Tuesday of every month (except July and August) at the Moorestown Community House, 16 East Main Street, Moorestown, NJ

New Mexico

Bead Mavins

Albuquerque, NM

Cathy Gibson, President

Phone: 505-281-6051

Meetings:

Every Wednesday. The first Wed. of the month is a general meeting.

Other Wednesdays are for classes and beading get together's.

For more information, call Cathy Gibson or e-mail Kathy Rice at katrice@ix.netcom.com

The New Mexico Bead Society

P.O. Box 36824

Albuquerque, NM 87176-6824

Phone:  505-292-0654  --  Melanie Alter

Meetings:

Fourth Monday of each month, except July and December Albuquerque Museum Old Town Albuquerque. Two bead bazaars are held per year, one in the spring and one in the fall. Workshops are offered throughout the year. Call or write for details. 

New York

Bead Society of Greater New York

P.O. Box 427

New York, NY 10116-0427

Phone: (212) 591-1127 for meeting information.

Peggy Frank, President

Meetings help at:

Fashion Institute of Technology

227 W. 27th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues)

New York City.

http://www.nybead.org/

North Carolina

Triangle Bead Society

c/o BeadStruk

610 Glenwood Avenue

Raleigh, NC 27603

Phone:  919-833-6070

Ursula Cronk, Newsletter Editor. 

Ohio

Bead Society of Central Ohio

249 King Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

Phone:  614-291-6565

Meetings:

Third Wednesday of each month at the society's headquarters. 

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Bead Society

6512 E. 89th Place

Tulsa, OK 74133

Meetings:

Meets the first Wednesday of each month.   Meetings start at 6:30 PM and are held at Brookside Library (45th & Peoria).   Website:   www.okbeadsociety.com