This has been a long time coming. So a little history. I was one of 4 international milliners invited to the first International Millinery Forum, back in 2007, in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Being at that first forum of students and instructors gave me a sense of belonging that I'd not experienced before. At that time no one was using Facebook or any other social media and it was quite difficult to connect with others of like interests. I had found common ground.
International Millinery Forum has been held 3 additional times since that first one, and I've been invited to each. And each time I come back from Australia I'm asked when we'll have something like that in the USA. Well, now's the time!
Last year, while teaching a week-long millinery class at Arrowmont School Of Arts and Crafts, I had a conversation with the Assistant Director about bringing a group to Arrowmont to study millinery under a number of instructors--domestic and international. My good friend, studio assistant while at Arrowmont, and accomplished milliner in her own right, Diane Shagott, (of Hats to Di For in Atlanta, GA) and I stayed up late those nights at Arrowmont hashing out what we wanted Millinery Meet-Up to be. We think you'll be pleased!
Please click over to www.millinerymeetup.com to find out more about classes, housing, food, instructors, and all the other activities we'll have over 4 days! We're having a Millinery Marketplace too! Come see what the millinery suppliers will be bringing for you to purchase...and more!
Instructors: Eugenie van Oirschott (The Netherlands), Wayne Wicherns (San Francisco), Daria Wheatley (Washington State), and Lina Stein (Ireland). Read their class descriptions and biographies on the website. You'll be amazed.
Registration begins on May 12, 2014, so start your planning. We hope to see you in Gatlinburg for MILLINERY MEET-UP!
