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Bead Society / Art Guild List
Looking for a Bead Society, or a Polymer Clay, Metal Arts, or Glassworking Guild near you?
Look through this list! Contact any of these local groups for more information about meeting times and locations.
If there aren't any bead societies in your state, check the surrounding states. There may be one just across the border.
If you know of a bead society or other organization that is not on this list, or corrections to this list, please let us know.
E-mail us your Bead Society or Polymer Clay Guild information. By the way, we try not to list personal names or phone numbers here, in order to protect privacy. Let us know if you do want that information listed here. Thank you!
If you are a new Bead Society, you should probably tell the Bead Society of Greater Washington, and the Bead Society of Greater Chicago. Also visit the 'Other Bead Resources' in the link below.
You can also post information on bead societies and art guilds in Rings & Things' discussion forum! We're happy to get the word out and get discussions going.
Other Bead Resources (Bead Museums, Bead Research Organizations, and Publications)
USA Bead Societies and Art Guilds
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NATIONAL
ALASKA
ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
ARIZONA
- Arizona Bead Society (updated 8/07)
PO Box 80111
Phoenix, AZ 85060-0111
- Arizona Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Phoenix, AZ
Contact: charlenedawson@worldnet.att.net,
coshinskyartist@yahoo.com
- Arizona Seed Bead Guild (updated Ap'08)
c/o Trade Wind Gallery
5555 N. 7th St., Ste. 134
PO Box 350
Phoenix, AZ 85014-2531
Contact: dallaslovett@qwest.net
- Arizona Society of Glass Beadmakers (updated Ap'08)
11617 N. 40th Way
Phoenix, AZ 85028
- (Central) Arizona Designer Craftsmen (updated Fe'08)
1226 W. Monte Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85202
- Gilbert Beadwork Meetup Group (updated 8/07)
11617 N. 40th Way
Phoenix, AZ
- Grand Stitchers (beading subgroup) (updated 02/09)
20081 N. Trovas Dr.
Surprise, AZ 85374
Contact: baraymon@hotmail.com
- High Desert Bead Society (updated Ap'08)
843 Scenic Pointe
Prescott, AZ 86303
eless1@ix.netcom.com
- (Northern) Arizona Designer Craftsmen (updated Je'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
- Phoenix chapter of PMC Guild (updated July '08)
Stay tuned for more information...
- Phoenix East Valley Beaders (updated My'08)
2212 E. Marquette Dr.
Gilbert, AZ 85234
lambie@cox.net
- Scottsdale / Cave Creek chapter of PMC Guild (updated July '08)
Contact: dooziesbysuzy@qwest.net
redbiz50@cox.net
- Southern Arizona Alchemists (updated July '08)
Contact: jay@metalclayveneer.com
- (Southern) Arizona Designer Craftsmen (updated Fe'08)
PO Box 64453
Tucson, AZ 85728
Contact: Rowena@rowenaart.net
- Sun City West Beaders (updated 2/09)
13218 W. Titan Drive
Sun City, AZ 85375
- Surprise Jewelry Making & Beaders Meetup Group (updated 8/07)
Surprise, AZ
aboutbeanies@gmail.com
- Tucson Bead Society (updated My'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
- Tucson Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Tucson, AZ
sosna@att.net
CALIFORNIA
- Antelope Valley Polymer Clay Guild (updated Fe'08)
Contact: av_pcg@yahoogroups.com
- Bakersfield Polymer Clay Guild (updated Fe'09)
6800 Melones Ct.
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Contact: kathig@dragonsglass.com
- Beach Cities Polymer Clay Guild (updated Fe'08)
Contact: hardymama@adelphia.net
- Beadazzled Beaders Society (updated 8/07)
5090 St. Albert Dr.
Fontana, CA 92336
Contact: oiseau222@juno.com
- Bead Society Nor CA (updated April 2009)
PO Box 9401
Berkeley, CA 94709
Contact: kdubuque@sbcglobal.net
beadsocietynorca@yahoo.com,
kdubuque@sbcglobal.net
- Bead Society of Los Angeles (updated Fe'09)
PO Box 241874
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Contact: info@beadsocietyla.org
- Bead Society of Orange County (updated Fe'09)
Affiliate of the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art
2202 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Contact: beadsocietyoc@yahoo.com
- Bead Society of San Diego County (updated April 2009)
PO Box 17560
San Diego, CA 92177-7547
Contact: Email
Email
- Black Sheep Handweavers Guild (updated 8/07)
PO Box 253
Los Altos, CA 94022
Contact: rbrock@prosaix.com
1st Thursdays, see Web site for more information: http://www.blacksheepguild.org
- California Blacksmith Association (updated 8/07)
PO Box 997
San Jacinto, CA 92581-0997
Contact: president@calsmith.org
- California Gourd Society (updated Fe'09)
827 E. Chevy Chase Dr. #2
Glendale, CA 91205
Contact: gourdniki@yahoo.com
- Central California Bead Society (updated May 2009)
PO Box 16412
Fresno, CA 93755
Contact: ccbeadsociety@yahoo.com
- Greater Los Angeles Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
14013 La Maida St.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
Contact: AnKara@AnKaraDesigns.com
- Metal Arts Guild (updated 8/07)
387 Staples Ave
San Francisco, CA 94112
Contact: monkeyshinemtl@earthlink.net
- Metal Arts Society of Southern California (updated April 2009)
1644 S. Clementine St.
Anaheim, CA 92802
Contact: info@massconline.com
- Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild (MoBMAG) (updated 8/07)
PO Box 51511
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Contact: prez@montereybaymetalartsguild.com
- NewMetal Artists (PMC Guild - LA Chapter) (updated Je'08)
- NOCA Chapter, ISGB (updated 8/07)
(510) 865-2138
3568 McSherry Way
Alameda, CA 94502
Contact: sharon.peters@smartassglass.com,
noca@isgb.org
- Orange County Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Costa Mesa, CA
Contact: delpinto1987@yahoo.com
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Sacramento Area (Clayville) Polymer Clay Guild (updated May 2009)
Contact: clayville-california-owner@yahoogroups.com
- Sacramento Bead Buddies Bead Society (updated Fe'09)
5710 Auburn Blvd., #3
Sacramento, CA, 95841
Contact: tonette@beadbabe.com
- San Diego Beadwork Meetup Group (updated 8/07)
Contact: email
- San Diego County Chapter, PMC Guild (updated May 2009)
Contact: shadonix@sbcglobal.net
- San Diego Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
2802 Juan St., #16
Imperial Beach, CA 92110
Contact: kenney57@cox.net,
jhitchc1@san.rr.com
- San Francisco Bay Area Silver Clay Group (updated Je'08)
- San Francisco Beadwork Meetup Group (updated 8/07)
Contact: email
- Santa Cruz Bead Society (updated July '08)
PO Box 8331
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Contact: info@santacruzbeadsociety.org
- Santa Monica Polymer and Mixed Media Guild (updated 8/07)
Santa Monica, CA
Contact: craftsgalore@sbcglobal.net
- SoCal Flame Surfers (ISGB) (updated 8/07)
5342 Janisann Avenue
Culver City, CA 90230
Contact: charliecalif@yahoo.com,
judy@jujeebeads.com,
mewkittie@aol.com,
bindysbeads@yahoo.com
- Society of Glass Beadmakers (updated My'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
- South Bay Bead Arts Guild (updated Fe'08)
926 Northup St.
San Jose, CA 95126
Contact: Mirlette@yahoo.com
- Southbay Polymer Clay Guild (updated Ap'08)
265 N 13th St.
San Jose, CA 95112
Contact: sbpcg@earthlink.net,
maraha@aol.com
- Tehachapi Mountain Mixed Media Maniacs (updated 8/07)
Contact: email
- Tehachapi Polymer Clay Guild (updated Fe'08)
Contact: info@beaddepotetc.com
- World Beadmakers Guild (updated Ap'08)
HC 60 Box 11
Lake City, CA 96115
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
- Bead Society of Central Florida (updated May 2009)
Contact: beadsocietyfl@gmail.com
- Bead Society of North Florida (updated My'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
- Emerald Coast Bead Society (updated Ap'08)
PO Box 13472
Pensacola, FL 32501
Contact: nona2kylie@cox.net
- Emerald Coast Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Pensacola
- Florida Gainesville Bead Society (updated Ap'08)
- Florida Glass Dragons (updated 8/07)
Contact: Beckymason@earthlink.net
- Florida Gulf Coast Bead Society (updated Ap'08)
- Florida Society of Bead Researchers (updated 8/07)
- Florida Society of Goldsmiths (Statewide) (updated Ap'08)
Contact: fsgjm@earthlink.net
- Florida Society of Goldsmiths (Northeast Chapter) (updated Je'08)
Contact: silverseagems@yahoo.com,
gems@karentweedie.com
- Florida Society of Goldsmiths (NW Chapter) (updated Ap'08)
Contact: bdnstarr@earthlink.net,
email_list@fsgnw.com
- Florida Society of Goldsmiths (Southeast Chapter) (updated 8/07)
Contact: info@myuniquesolutions.com,
tnje@bellsouth.net,
Beth@myuniquesolutions.com
Alternate website
- Florida Society of Goldsmiths (SW Chapter) (updated 8/07)
PO Box 1218
Estero, FL 33928
Contact: sleepingfox@comcast.net,
email_list@fsgnw.com
- Florida Society of Goldsmiths (Westcoast Chapter) (updated Fe'08)
Contact: sbedrosian@tampabay.rr.com
- Florida Society of Goldsmiths (West Panhandle Chapter) (updated 8/07)
Belmont Arts Center
401 N. Reus St.
Pensacola, FL, 32501
Contact: sduty@nettally.com
- FL Suncoast (Sarasota-Bradenton) chapter of PMC Guild (updated May 2009)
- Florida West Coast Bead Society (updated Je'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
- Gem and Mineral Society of the Palm Beaches (updated May 2009)
Contact: info@gemandmineral.cc
- Greater SE Florida Bead Society (updated Ap'08)
no longer meeting
- Lutz (Florida) Polymer Clay Club (updated 11/07)
Contact: sandybeadnut@verizon.net
- North Central Florida Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: artsydiana@hotmail.com,
sistrand1@aol.com
- Northeast Florida Bead Society (updated Ap'08)
Contact: jleatherberry@att.net (use Subject line "Bead Society Info")
- Orlando Area Polymer Clay Guild (updated Fe'08)
Contact: marysclay@hotmail.com
- Palm Beach Bead Society (updated May 2009)
Contact: mcreates@aol.com
- South East Florida Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: ggolob@bellsouth.net
- South Florida Jewelry Arts Guild (updated May 2009)
Contact: info@sfjag.org
- Southwest Florida Bead Society (updated 8/07)
Contact: beadsfob@aol.com
- Space Coast Area Polymer Clay Guild (updated Fe'08)
E. Central FL
- St. Petersburg Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: info@stpetepolymer.com
- Tallahassee Polymer Clay Art Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: info@polymerclayart.org
- Tampa Bay Bead Society (updated Ap'08)
PO Box 1633
Pinellas Park, FL 33780
- Tampa Bay Beadwork Meetup Group (updated Ap'08)
Beads! bead store
1543 S. Dale Mabry Hwy
Tampa, FL 33629
Contact: beads@ebeads.com
- Tampa Bay Polymer Art Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: info@tbpag.org
- Wimauma/Florida Gulf Coast Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: pcmonk@verizon.net
GEORGIA
HAWAII
- Bead Friend Hui
No longer meeting.
- Bead Society of Hawaii - Maui Chapter (updated Ap'08)
170 Hale St.
Lahaina, HI 96761
- Bead Society of Hawaii - Oahu Chapter (updated 8/07)
PO Box 235608
Honolulu, HI 96823-3510
IDAHO
- Bead Brains Anonymous(updated Fe'09)
No longer meeting.
- Beaders Anonymous Bead Society (updated Fe'09)
No longer meeting.
- Boise Bead Society (updated My'08)
- Coeur d'Alene Bead Society (updated Fe'09)
No longer meeting.
- Idaho Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Boise, ID
Email
ILLINOIS
- Caravan Beads Bead Therapy Group (updated April 2009)
Contact: via website
- The Chicagoland Craft Collective (updated April 2009)
Contact: via website
- Bead Society of Greater Chicago (updated My'08)
PO Box 8103
Wilmette, IL 60091-8103
Contact: info@bsgc.org
- Blue Highways Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Williamsville, IL
Contact: garymas@gcctv.com
- Central Illinois Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: pampaints@insightbb.com,
cipcg@yahoogroups.com
- Chicago Area Polymer Clay Guild (updated My'08)
1337 Shagbark Ct.
Carol Stream, IL 60188
Contact: president@capcg.org,
jennybez@earthlink.net
Alternate website
- Chicago Metal Arts Guild (updated 2/09)
Contact: info@chicagometalartsguild.org
- Chicago Midwest Bead Society (updated Mr'09)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
- Chicago's One Heart Bead Meetup Group (updated April 2009)
Contact: via website
- Craft League of Champaign-Urbana (updated Fe'08)
PO Box 23
Urbana, IL 61803
Contact: jjmbush@aol.com,
bevfagan@msn.com,
rfweinberg@insightbb.com
- Heart of Illinois Bead Society (updated 8/07)
The Bead Parlor
318 N. Main St.
Bloomington, IL 61701
Contact: shelley@thebeadparlor.com
- Northwest Suburban Beaders Guild (updated Fe'08)
PO Box 95538
Hoffman Estates, IL 60195
Contact: crystal-feather@mail.com
- Plainfield Area Beadwork Meetup Group (updated April 2009)
Contact: via website
- Saturday Library Beaders Group (updated 8/07)
3740 S. Union Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
Contact: ccopin@aol.com
- Society of Glass Beadmakers (updated Ap'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
- Suburban Silver Society (Lemont chapter of PMC Guild) (updated July '08)
Contact: mymusemademedoit@sbcglobal.net
- Windy City chapter of PMC Guild (updated July '08)
Contact: sherrylvrn@charter.net
- Windy City Jewelry Making Meetup Group (updated 8/07)
Contact: Email
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS: See also Missouri
KENTUCKY
- Kentucky Arts Council (updated 8/07)
500 Mero Street 21st Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
- Kentucky Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Email
- Kentucky-Tennessee Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Email
LOUISIANA
- Baton Rouge Bead Society (updated 8/07)
14238 Addington Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Contact: janeobeads@cox.net
- Bead Society of New Orleans (updated 8/07)
114 Midway Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70123
- Gypsy Beaders (updated Fe'08)
2111 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
Shreveport, LA 71118
Contact: iwilliams71129@comcast.net
- Magpies Bead Society (updated 8/07)
103 Forest Hill Rd.
West Monroe, LA 71291
- Society of Louisiana Artists in Metal (SLAM) (updated My'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
- Genesee Area Bead Society (updated April 2009)
Contact: rileydoll98@aol.com
- GlassAct (SE MI Glass Beadmakers Guild - ISGB) (updated Ap'08)
7667 Earhart
South Lyon, MI 48178
Contact: info@glassact.org
- Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild (updated April 2009)
PO Box 1639
Royal Oak, MI 48068-1639
Contact: dianedininsky@yahoo.com
- Lower Michigan (Flint) chapter of PMC Guild (updated July '08)
Contact: drinnon@comcast.net,
garberdesigns2@hotmail.com
- Metropolitan Detroit Polymer Art Guild (updated 8/07)
2604 Rochester Rd. #4
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Contact: LyndaStr1@yahoo.com,
LyndaStr1@comcast.net
- Mid-Michigan Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: chroma515@aol.com,
mpcaguild@fast-mail.org
- Northern Lights (Michigan Chapter, ISGB) (updated 8/07)
10343 Rama Court
Clarkston, MI 48343
Contact: linda.j.zbarcha@eds.com
- Northern Michigan Bead Society (updated Mr'09)
c/o Bead and Company
325 E. Lake St.
Petoskey, MI 49770
Contact: nmibeadsociety@yahoo.com
- Saginaw Valley Bead Society (updated May 2009)
926 Reed St.
Saginaw, MI 48602
Contact: busyfingersruth@sbcglobal.net
- UP Bead Guild (updated Ap'08)
PO Box 634
Marquette, MI 49855
Contact: upbeadguild@yahoo.com
- West Michigan Glass Society (updated Ap'pi)
436 N. Park St., Ste. 209A, Box 26
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Contact: uwmglass@sbcglobal.net
MINNESOTA
MISSOURI
MISSISSIPPI
MONTANA
- Bozeman Bead Society (updated 8/07)
(406) 586-7192
PO Box 10293
Bozeman, MT 59719
Contact: danitalt1@yahoo.com
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
- Adirondack North Country Bead Society (updated 8/07)
c/o Lily Pond
17 Bridge St.
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
- Adirondack Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: Email
- Bead Society of Greater New York (updated 8/07)
PO Box 6219
FDR Station
New York, NY 10150
Contact: info@nybead.org
- Capital District Jewelry Making Meetup Group (updated 8/07)
Contact: Email
- Circle Work Beading [Meetup] Group (updated 8/07)
Long Island, NY
Contact: Email
- Crystal City Bead Society (updated My'08)
No longer meeting.
- Kumihimo Study Group (updated My'08)
c/o Studio 34 Creative Arts Center
34 Elton St.
Rochester, NY 14607
Contact: studio34artists@aol.com
- Lampworkers United (updated My'08)
c/o Studio 34 Creative Arts Center
34 Elton St.
Rochester, NY 14607
Contact: studio34artists@aol.com
- Long Island Bead Society (updated 8/07)
PO Box 2064
Massapequa, NY 11758
- Long Island Craft Guild (updated Fe'08)
603 Bond Ct.
Merrick, NY 11566
Contact: jkastin1@aol.com
- New Metals (PMC) Guild of New York (updated My'08)
c/o Studio 34 Creative Arts Center
34 Elton St.
Rochester, NY 14607
Contact: studio34artists@aol.com
- New York City Crafts Meetup (updated 8/07)
Contact: Email
- New York Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
PO Box 204
Planetarium Station
New York, NY 10024-0204
Contact: nypcg@nypcg.org
- Putnam County Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: Email
- Upstate New York Glass Bead and Jewelry Guild (updated My'08)
c/o Studio 34 Creative Arts Center
34 Elton St.
Rochester, NY 14607
Contact: studio34artists@aol.com
- Upstate New York Wire Guild (updated My'08)
c/o Studio 34 Creative Arts Center
34 Elton St.
Rochester, NY 14607
Contact: studio34artists@aol.com
- WNY Beaders (updated 8/07)
Contact: eschnell@rochester.rr.com,
beadbuyher@bluefrog.net
- Western New York Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Rochester, NY
Contact: cjohenge@yahoo.com,
artistic@rochester.rr.com
Alternate website
NORTH CAROLINA
- Asheville chapter, PMC Guild (updated July '08)
Contact: ttscreations@earthlink.net,
rosstwin@charter.net
- Asheville Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
PO Box 1851
Weaverville, NC 28787
Contact: ttscreations@earthlink.net
- Blue Ridge Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Asheville, NC
Contact: president@brpcg.com
- Bull City Beaders (updated 1/08)
Durham, NC
Contact: bullcitybeaders@yahoo.com
- Capital Area Beading Organization (CABO) (updated 8/07)
PO Box 10222
Raleigh, NC 27605
Contact: caboraleigh@yahoo.com,
info@caboraleigh.org
Alternate website
- Capital Area Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: stampin_nc@yahoo.com
- Carolina FireFiends (glass beadmakers) (updated 8/07)
Contact: cghipp@cetlink.net
- Jewelry Artists' Guild (updated 8/07)
Asheville, NC
Contact: jeanne@jeannius.com,
jeannius@jewelryartistsguild.com
Alternate website
- Mebane chapter of PMC Guild (updated July '08)
Contact: katiebergeron1@yahoo.com,
davebergeronmd@hotmail.com
- National Bead Society (updated Ap'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
- North Carolina Society of Goldsmiths (updated 8/07)
PO Box 196
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Contact: info@ncsg.net
- North Central Piedmont (Eden) chapter of PMC Guild (updated July '08)
Contact: poppasusu@excite.com
- Outer Banks Bead Society (updated 8/07)
615 Harbor View Dr.
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
Contact: iseasunrises@aol.com
- Piedmont Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: dawn@artisticescapades.com
- Rutherford County Bead Society (updated 8/07)
120B W. Trade St.
Forest City, NC 28043
Contact: off_the_beaded_path@yahoo.com
- Sandhills North Carolina Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
- Southern Highland Craft Guild (updated 8/07)
PO Box 9545
Asheville, NC 28815
Contact: becky@craftguild.org
- The Triangle Bead Society (updated 8/07)
Raleigh, NC
Contact: wcrosmun@aol.com
- Winston-Salem Bead Society (updated Ap'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
- Columbia Gorge Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Portland, OR
cgpcg@yahoo.com
- Center for the Study of Beadwork (updated Mr'09)
PO Box 13719
Portland, OR 97213
- Creative Metal Arts Guild (updated 8/07)
PO Box 8946
Portland, OR 97207
Contact: info@cmaguild.org
- Guild of Eugene Metalsmiths (GEM) (updated 8/07)
20 W. 31st Ave.
Eugene, OR 97405
- ORBS (ISGB) (updated Ap'08)
805 NE 33rd Ave.
Portland, OR 97232
Contact: ORBSociety@aol.com,
kathyperras@aol.com
- Portland Chapter, PMC Guild (updated Je'08)
Contact: info@gloriakelman.com,
mcarthur.park@comcast.net
- Portland Bead Society (updated Ap'08)
PO Box 997
Portland, OR 97207
Contact: president@beadport.com,
president@beadsatdusticreek.com
- Society of Bead Researchers (updated Mr'09)
PO Box 13719
Portland, OR 97213
Contact: Alice@europa.com
- Southern Oregon Bead Society (updated 8/07)
c/o Bead Studio, 266 E. Main St.
Ashland, OR 97520
Contact: info@sobeadsociety.org
- Society of Bead Researchers (updated Ap'08)
PO Box 13719
Portland, OR 97213
Contact: alice@europa.com
- Willamette Valley Bead Artisans Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: beadteach@aol.com
PENNSYLVANIA
- 3 Rivers Glass Beadmakers (updated 8/07)
1239 Resaca Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Contact: a3rgb@aol.com
- Bead Society of Bucks County/"Bucks Beaders" (updated 8/07)
1271 Payne Rd.
Green Lane, PA 18054
Contact: char@theplace2b.com
- Bead Society of Eastern Pennsylvania (updated Fe'08)
St. Luke's Hospital
10th St., Roy B. Taylor Room
Quakertown, PA 18951
Contact: cre8iveb@aol.com
knasiak1@msn.com
- Brandywine Bead Society (updated 8/07)
1840 Tall Oaks Rd.
Orwigsburg, PA 17961
- Chester County Bead Society (updated No'08)
Contact: gina@silverwingsjewelry.com
- Harrisburg Polymer Clay Guild (updated Fe'08)
Contact: rahusted@susquehannatwp.com,
mgrubbs@state.pa.us
- Kit-Han-Ne Rock & Gem Club (updated My'08)
PO Box 456
East Vandergrift, PA 15629
Contact: Zabinski@facetersco-op.com
- Main Line Bead Society (updated My'08)
PO Box 32
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
Contact: susankoye@gmail.com
Website: www.mainlinebeadsociety.org
- OCBPA (Obsessive-Compulsive Beaders of PA) (updated 8/07)
2512 Heilman Dr.
Ford City, PA 16226
Contact: animalhouse@alltel.net
- Penn Dragons (ISGB) (updated 8/07)
Kaleidoglass
431 E. Garrison St.
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Contact: nancy@kaleidoglassstudio.com
- Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths (updated Fe'08)
4564 Par Court
Center Valley, PA 18034
info@pagoldsmiths.org
lexi@pagoldsmiths.org
- Philadelphia Area Polymer Clay Guild (updated Fe'08)
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: treasurer@philadelphiapolymerclayguild.com,
membership@philadelphiapolymerclayguild.com,
towa@fast.net
- Pittsburgh Jewelry Making Meetup Group (updated 8/07)
Pittsburgh, PA
Contact: pugdog@pugdog.com
- Polymer Clay Guild of Pittsburgh (updated 8/07)
Contact: connied233@aol.com
- Susquehanna Sizzlers (glass bead makers) (updated Mr'08)
S. Central PA
Contact: hilker2@suscom.net
- Westmoreland County Polymer Clay Guild(updated Mr'08)
Contact: Email
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
- South Dakota Bead Society (updated Je'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
- Austin Bead Society (updated Je'08)
PO Box 656
Austin, TX 78767-0656
Contact: Austinbeadsociety@yahoo.com
- Austin Fireflies (glass beadmakers) (updated 8/07)
- Austin Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Contact: apcg@cox.net
- Bead'n Divas Bead Society (updated 11/07)
Got to Bead
511 N. Hewitt Dr.
Hewitt, TX 76643
Contact: pollywoodard@hot.rr.com
- Cast Across Texas (Waco chapter of PMC Guild) (updated July '08)
Stay tuned for more info
- Dallas Bead Society (updated April 2009)
Contact: rpenzenik@aviall.com
- East Texas Bead Society (updated 11/07)
Longview, TX
- Grapevine Beadmakers' Society (updated May 2009)
Contact: via website
- Highland Lakes Bead Society (updated 8/07)
PO Box 1414
Kingsland, Texas 78639
Contact: stonefemme@hotmail.com
- Hill Country Bead Society (updated 11/07)
Wimberley, TX
Contact: juniperjewelry@yahoo.com
- Houston Metal Arts Guild (updated 8/07)
- Houston Bead Society (updated 8/07)
c/o Shirley Nowlin
2409 Perthuis Dr.
LaMarque, TX 77568
Contact: shirley@houstonbeadsociety.org
- Houston Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
4314 Peridot
Friendswood, TX 77549
or
2409 Perthuis
LaMarque, TX
Contact: 5wiley@earthlink.net,
r5wiley@earthlink.net
- Lubbock Gem & Mineral Society (updated 8/07)
2709 Belvedere
Levelland, TX 79336
Contact: asscott2@door.net,
asscott3@door.net
- North Texas Bead & Jewelry Meetup Group (updated 8/07)
Contact: martinbetty@tx.rr.com
- North Texas Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
1008 Galaxy Dr.
Arlington, TX 76001
Contact: resg@wt.net,
contact@ntpcg.org
- Panhandle Bead Association (updated 8/07)
PO Box 3747
Amarillo, TX 79116
- San Antonio Bead & Ornament Society (SABOS) (updated 8/07)
PO Box 100113
San Antonio, TX 78201-1413
Contact: ka5rxn@sbcglobal.net,
Email
Alternate website
- San Antonio Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
PO Box 380642
San Antonio, TX 78268
Contact: pbarnes@the-I.net
crafterjudi@yahoo.com,
barnes@wildblue.net
- Society of Artisan Lampworkers, SALSA (ISGB) (updated 8/07)
2107 Town Oak Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78232
Contact: dreamfire@awesomenet.net,
bharris2@satx.rr.com
- South Texas Coastal Beading Society (NEW Ap'08)
PO Box 211
Palacios, TX 77465
Contact: sotxcbs@gmail.com
- South Texas Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
2107 Town Oak Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78232
Contact: pbarnes@the-i.net
- Southeast Texas Bead & Ornament Society (updated 8/07)
c/o The Art Studio
720 Franklin St.
Beaumont, TX 77704
Contact: setbos@virtualhosts.net
- Spring Bead Society [meetup group] (updated 8/07)
Contact: Email
- Treehouse Beaders (updated 11/07)
Dallas area
Contact: katstitch@englenook.net
- Way Out in West Texas Bead Society (updated 8/07)
Alpine, TX
- West Fort Worth Beading Circle (updated 11/07)
Jan
Contact: jmbehney@mindspring.com
- Wild West Bead Society (updated 8/07)
PO Box 40422
Fort Worth, TX 76140
Contact: info@wildwestbeadsociety.com,
Krsntxs@yahoo.com,
imfrilly22@yahoo.com
- Young Texas Beaders Society (updated 8/07)
4133 Inwood Rd.
Fort Worth, TX 76109
Contact: Sweetygirl314@aol.com
UTAH
- Intermountain Beads (updated Je'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
- Northern Utah Bead Society (updated Je'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
VERMONT
- ISGB International Society of Glass Beadmakers – North (updated 8/07)
Stowe, VT
Contact: northeast@isgb.org
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
- About Beads (updated 8/07)
2100 N. 106th, Apt. 301
Seattle, WA 98133
- Bead Group of the Palouse (updated 8/07)
321 Webb St. NW
Pullman, WA 99163
- Bead Nuts (Whidbey Island) (updated 11/07)
Contact: nedlace@earthlink.net
- Beads Indeed! (updated 8/07)
2829 NW 58th
Seattle, WA 98107
- Creative Spirits (Pacific NW Chapter, PMC Guild) (updated Je'08)
Contact: Peg@wildhairstudio.com
- Eastern Washington Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Pasco
Contact: cjohns@charter.net
- Fire & Rain Glass Bead Society (Seattle Chapter, ISGB) (updated 8/07)
5308 21st Avenue SW
Seattle, WA 98106
Contact: janelle@pigeonpointglass.com
- Glass Art Society (updated Je'08)
3131 Western Ave., Ste. 414
Seattle, WA 98121
Contact: glassartsoc@earthlink.net
- Northwest Bead Society (updated Je'08)
PMB 564
4616 25th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Contact: lbglass@aol.com
- Northwest Bead Society-Spokane (updated 8/07)
PO Box 1208
Mead, WA 99021
Contact: jgilmartin@msn.com
- Northwest Glass Society (updated 8/07)
Contact: northwestglasssociety@yahoo.com
- Northwest Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
PO Box 70024
Bellevue, WA 98007
Contact: membership@nwpcg.org,
nwpcg@nwpcg.org
president@nwpcg.org
- Northwest Seedbeaders Guild (updated Je'08)
No longer meeting? Please contact us if you have information!
- Olympic Bead Society (updated 8/07)
PO Box 27
Quilcene, WA 98376
- Puget Sound Metal Clay Group (Federal Way chapter of PMC Guild) (updated July '08)
- Seattle Metals Guild (updated 8/07)
1426 Harvard Ave. #154
Seattle, WA 98122-3813
Contact: president@seattlemetalsguild.org
- South Sound (Olympia) chapter of PMC Guild (updated July '08)
Contact: lisav@shipwreckbeads.com
glasswaterdance@yahoo.com
- Spokane chapter of PMC Guild (updated July '08)
Contact: shepard@gonzaga.edu
debellisdesigns@msn.com
- Spokane Jewelers Guild (updated Ap'08)
9516 E. Montgomery Ave., Ste. 18
Spokane, WA 99206-4121
Contact: jlepper@comcast.net
WISCONSIN
WEST VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON, DC
WYOMING
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
CANADA
- Bead Society of Greater Vancouver (updated 8/07)
7700 Minoru Gate
Richmond, BC V6B 3A0, Canada
- Clay Amies (updated 8/07)
Contact: casimpson@thezone.net
- The Calgary Bead Society (updated 8/07)
#507, 320 Meredith Rd. NE
Calgary, Alberta T2E 5A6, Canada
- Calgary Rock & Lapidary Club (updated 8/07)
110 Lissington Dr. SW
Calgary, AB T3E 5E3, Canada
Contact: martintm@telus.net
- Grand River Bead Society (updated 8/07)
Guelph, ON
Contact: beadaddict@sympatico.ca,
beadnut2002@yahoo.ca,
beadaddict@guelpharts.ca
- International Society of Glass Beadmakers (updated 8/07)
Canada
Contact: canada@isgb.org
- Montreal Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
339 Metcalfe Ave.
Montreal, Quebec H3Z 2J2 Canada
Contact: lyndago@sympatico.ca
- Niagara Bead Society (updated 8/07)
8 Drayton Ct.
St. Catherines, ON L2N 5R9, Canada
- Southern Ontario Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Ontario, Canada
Contact: sopcg@yahoo.com
- Toronto Bead Society (updated April 2009)
Toronto Bead Society
233-253 College St.
Toronto, ON M5T 1R4 Canada
Contact: info@torontobeadsociety.org
- Vancouver Island Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
Victoria, BC
- Vancouver Polymer Clay Guild (updated 8/07)
ETHIOPIA
GHANA
JAPAN
NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED KINGDOM
Note: The following list is heavily indebted to Bead Magazine (UK). We heartily recommend them to our UK friends!
LOCAL GROUPS (by area)
- BASINGSTOKE (updated 10/07)
- BERKSHIRE (updated 10/07)
Contact: info@stamposaurus.co.uk
- BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (updated 10/07)
Addicted to Beads
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE (updated 10/07)
Ely Bead Group
- CLACTON (updated 10/07)
Clacton Bead Queen
Contact: beadqueens@hotmail.co.uk
- CLEVELAND (updated 10/07)
The Maritime Bead Group
Contact: kgibsonbrown@aol.com
- CORNWALL (updated 10/07)
The Penzance Bead Group
Contact: beadspenzance@dsl.pipex.com
- DORSET (updated 10/07)
Batty Beaders in Shaftesbury, Dorset
- ESSEX (updated 10/07)
Anglia Bead Club in Colchester, Essex
- FORDHAM (updated 10/07)
Newmarket & Cambs Beading Group
Contact: lizzy4458@yahoo.co.uk
- HAMPSHIRE (updated 10/07)
CH Beaders (Gosport)
Contact: gillyjon.utting@ntlworld.com
- HAMPSHIRE (updated 10/07)
Needles & Pins Craft Group
Contact: shirley@shirleymundy.co.uk
- HAMPTON WICK (updated 10/07)
Kingston Beaders
Contact: shirlok.ann@virgin.net
- HERTS (updated 10/07)
Bead Buddies
- LANCASHIRE (updated 10/07)
Fylde Coast Crafters
Contact: jantilleyuk@yahoo.co.uk
- LINCOLNSHIRE (updated 10/07)
Bunga Raya Beaders in Risegate, Spalding
Contact: JBUNGARAYA@aol.com
- LINCOLNSHIRE (updated 10/07)
Beading Lincs
- LINCOLNSHIRE (updated 10/07)
Contact: beadqueen@hotmail.co.uk
- LONDON and ONLINE (updated 10/07)
London Beadwork Meetup Group
- LONDON (updated 10/07)
North London Beaders
- NORWICH (updated 10/07)
Contact: gillriordan@yahoo.co.uk
- SCOTLAND (updated 10/07)
Highly Strung Beaders (Haddington, East Lothian)
- SOUTHAMPTON (updated 10/07)
Busy Beads Burlesdon
- SOUTHAMPTON (updated 10/07)
Colbury Memorial Hall
- SOUTHAMPTON (updated 10/07)
UFO Beaders, Colbury, Southampton, Hampshire
Contact: mary@beaders.fsnet.co.uk
- SUFFOLK (updated 10/07)
Beady Birds in East Bergholt, Suffolk
Contact: beadybub@aol.com
- SURREY (updated 10/07)
Leatherhead, Epsom and Bookham areas
Contact: lynnegarrod@btinternet.com
- SUSSEX (updated 10/07)
1066 Beading Buddies in Hastings, East Sussex
Contact: pentir@tesco.net
- SUSSEX (updated 10/07)
Bead Group in Slinfold, near Horsham, West Sussex
Contact: jenniferairs@aol.com
- SUSSEX (updated 10/07)
Bead Magicians in Sompting, West Sussex
Contact: carole_t2307@yahoo.co.uk
- WATFORD (updated 10/07)
Dangerous Beaders
Contact: sandra@fox55.wanadoo.co.uk
- WILTSHIRE (updated 10/07)
The Wessex Beading Group
Contact: tisburybeading@yahoo.co.uk
- YORKSHIRE (updated 10/07)
Yeadon Beaders in Yeadon, West Yorkshire
Contact: swallacebeadwork@aol.com
UK-WIDE GROUPS
If you know of a bead society or other organization that is not on this list, or corrections to this list, please let us know. E-mail us your Bead Society or Polymer Clay Guild information. Thank you!
If you are a new Bead Society, you should probably tell the Bead Society of Greater Washington, and the Bead Society of Greater Chicago. Also visit the 'Other Bead Resources' in the link below.
Other Bead Resources (Bead Museums, Bead Research Organizations, and Publications)
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