45th Anniversary
BHCG 45th Anniversary
In 2020, the pandemic forced us to cancel our activities and Exhibition; the Guild decided to celebrate its 45th Anniversary strictly on-line, with a Virtual Celebration.
Our on-line celebration began in February with a monthly schedule for our Show and Tell Page, featuring rugs from our last show held in September 2017, plus several Blog posts with special Show and Tells highlighting rugs from exhibitions prior to 2017. In both cases, a theme was chosen to present the pieces: florals, animals, geometrics, landscapes, to name a few.
In September, we launched 45 Years as a temporary Website Section which is accessible from the main menu, and consists of 4 pages:
- 45 Years Page, which includes the celebration's program schedule, a message from the executive, a message from the Web Committee and the 45th Anniversary Logo.
- Photo Album, portraying memorable pictures and newspaper articles.
- Guestbook, where visitors are invited to share a message.
- Virtual Gallery, a page connected to 6 sub-pages or Galleries.
Virtual Celebration
By Maria Romero, WebmasterIn 2020, the pandemic forced us to cancel our activities and Exhibition; the Guild decided to celebrate its 45th Anniversary strictly on-line, with a Virtual Celebration.
Our on-line celebration began in February with a monthly schedule for our Show and Tell Page, featuring rugs from our last show held in September 2017, plus several Blog posts with special Show and Tells highlighting rugs from exhibitions prior to 2017. In both cases, a theme was chosen to present the pieces: florals, animals, geometrics, landscapes, to name a few.
Snapshot of the pieces featured on Show&Tell from February 14th (Valentine's Day) until August 3rd (International Cat Day). |
Snapshot of the hooked pieces featured on Show and Tells from August 15th (Acadian Day) to December 31st, 2021. |
45 Years
In September, we launched 45 Years as a temporary Website Section which is accessible from the main menu, and consists of 4 pages:
- 45 Years Page, which includes the celebration's program schedule, a message from the executive, a message from the Web Committee and the 45th Anniversary Logo.
- Photo Album, portraying memorable pictures and newspaper articles.
- Guestbook, where visitors are invited to share a message.
- Virtual Gallery, a page connected to 6 sub-pages or Galleries.
The 45 Years Page contains the celebration's program, special messages and the 45th Anniversary Logo. |
As usual, a Logo was created to be used during our aniversary celebrations, as well as some special illustrations for April Fool's Day, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Christmas. |
Left: Photo Album Page (Detail), with some press articles and more than 100 pictures; Right: Guestbook. |
Left: Virtual Gallery Page (Detail), Right: Gallery 1: Lois J. Morris (Detail). |
Virtual Gallery
The Virtual Gallery is a New and Special Web Project, conceived for our 45th Anniversary, as a tribute to our Founder, Teachers, and some of the Past-Presidents still members of the Guild or related to the Guild until very recently. The period was from 1975 until 2008, taking into consideration that 2008 was the first year we promoted our activities on Internet.
Teachers
- Gallery 1 : Lois J. Morris
- Gallery 4 : Judith Dallegret
Past Presidents
- Gallery 2 : 70's and 80's / Sally Perodeau and Kay Cousineau
- Gallery 3 : 90's and early 2000's / Lorayne Charenko and Alice Hamilton
- Gallery 5 : 2000's (first decade) / Denise Vandenbemden and Debbie Séguin
Members
- Gallery 6 : Christmas Challenge
For our 50th anniversary, we are planning to honour more members from this period and also add other members from 2008 until 2025.
Virtual Gallery featured members. Left to Right, First Row: Lois J. Morris, Kay Cousineau, Sally Perodeau, Lorayne Charenko; Second Row: Alice Hamilton, Judith Dallegret, Debbie Séguin, Denise Vandenbemden. |