President’s Message

May 2025

Hi everyone,

Welcome to late spring as we move into summer and picnic season! Please check the event schedule to find a picnic close to your area (July 20 in Seattle, August 3rd in Battle Ground WA, August 23rd in Portland) More may be added very soon. There are also a number of different events on the schedule that are great opportunities to get together and share your passion for glass and different ways of making beautiful pieces – I know that I learn a lot each time I go to an event and I hope you do as well.

We just completed our participation alongside the Bullseye Glass Company in the Gathering of the Guilds 2025 April 25-27, 2025 (see the photos of recent events below). The show was at the Oregon Convention Center again this year. A record number of people visited the show. Visitors enjoyed our new layout featuring artists in a common space with no individual booths, which was a lot of fun and drew high praise from those who visited our space. Our demonstration space, which featured demos from guild artists and Bullseye employees, was a fantastic success. Kudos to Carlyne Lynch who organized the demos. All our artists who participated did very well. We were slammed with sales in our common checkout area, we gained four new members, and Bullseye has a record number of people signing up for their classes.

President Lesley Kelly

I also wanted to let you know we are almost done with the clean out of the storage unit we have had for years in Northwest Portland. We will be moving to a smaller and much less expensive storage unit off of I84 in June. This will save the guild a substantial amount of money for monthly rent and make it possible to start contributing to guild activities in the future.

A quick reminder that we are still looking for volunteers to lead the Newsletter Team and the Website Team. They represent their team on the PNWGG Board. These positions are invaluable to the guild. If you are interested in the duties of these positions, please contact Greta Schneider for information on the newsletter team’s duties and Karen Seymour for information on the website team’s duties.

Here’s wishing everyone a safe and fun summer and I hope to see you at some of the events.

Thanks,
Lesley