May 9th DAR meeting Features Basket Weaving

DAR member and basket weaver Ann Warren presented a very interesting program on basket weaving at the May 9th DAR meeting at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Southport, NC. She brought many samples of her beautiful baskets. Ann first became interested in basket weaving 40 years ago. She studied Nantucket Basket weaving and expanded her interest to making Shaker and miniature baskets. She attended the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown NC. Ann is a member of the Port City Basket Guild and the NC Basketmakers Association. She has organized a guild for Nantucket basket weavers in Eastern North Carolina. She has taught reed basket weaving locally at Brunswick Community College. Ann is a recipient of two Brunswick Arts Council grants to advance her skills, she continues to teach, collect, and exhibit her baskets. If you would like to contact Ann Warren you can reach her at awarren11@ec.rr.com . If you double click on each picture it can be viewed in a larger format.

These are purses that Ann had on display.

This is a beautiful basket that Ann had on display.

Cheri Lambert, Bonnie Becmer, and Nancy Mazzei help Ann Warren, basket weaver diplay her baskets .

L to R: Loretta Carpenter, Susan Morrison, Eva Corbett, Dawn Shulte, and Emily Queener were sworn in as new members to the Brunswick Town Chapter of the DAR at the May 9th meeting by DAR member Gwen Causey. This brings the chapter membership up to 109.