Embroiderers Guild of America
Overview
Membership in EGA is open to anyone interested in embroidery from the beginner to the professional.Contact Information
1355 Bardstown RoadLouisville, Kentucky 40204
United States
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Description
Membership in EGA is open to anyone interested in embroidery from the beginner to the professional. Members work within local chapters or a member-at-large network to improve their skills and knowledge. Also, the organization and individual members are involved with museums for education and preservation purposes. EGA offers individual and group correspondence courses, teacher and judge certification programs as well as nine separate disciplines in master craftsman programs. To provide a broad scope of the needlework industry, EGA and its chapters regularly invite internationally recognized artists to hold workshops in this country. EGA sponsors a national exhibit every three years with both members and non-members submitting pieces for the juried exhibit which ultimately travels for two years to various venues throughout the country. Many pieces of embroidery created today qualify as fiber art. EGA is dedicated to an organized outreach program to reach out to and share with our communities. All regions and chapters are responsible for establishing and maintaining such a program using embroidery to benefit their own communities. Significant contributions have been made throughout the country to The American Heart Association, Women's Heart Health Research and Habitat for Humanity. In 1995 and 1996 EGA was given the honor of producing needlework ornaments for the White House Christmas tree. EGA members from all 50 states contributed their talents to this project.