 Lucille Ball A big change! The June Progam Meeting of the Bead Society will be on Zoom! It will focus on Fabulous Fashions in the Movies! It is Wednesday, June 4th at 7 pm, (It had been scheduled for in person during the day.) The Lecture is titled “A Look at Fabulous Fashions in the Movies.” Greg Schreiner will share stories from his collection of over 500 movie costumes. Among the stars he will be talking about are Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball, Julie Andrews and Susan Hayward. Greg did this talk to an audience of 150 in Chicago recently. He has spoken to our group before, and shared beautiful costumes for our amazement! Many of the costumes have intricate beaded patterns, an art that may be disappearing! Bead Society Meeting & Program! Wednesday June 4th, 7:00 pm Join Zoom Meeting: Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads Business meeting at 6:30 pm. Join us! 
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Speaker had to cancel. He will be back in the fall. Cancelled!  Chris and Rod Miyata The May Bead Society Program Meeting will be rescheduled on Zoom. Our speaker is Rod Miyata of Ace of Diamonds in Culver City. Mr. Miyata will talk on Custom Jewelry Manufacturing and will present a slide show to inform our members of the processes. He is also tempting us with some items, such as earrings, that he will have for a raffle. Join us!
Rod is a gemologist who along with his wife, Chris run the Ace of Diamonds jewelry store in Culver City. They are dealers of Fine Jewelry and Custom Design Manufacturing, provide expert jewelry appraisals and repairs and are members of the prestigious American Gem Society. The Bead Society Business meeting is at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Elections will be held! Members, be there to vote!  The April 2nd Bead Society Program meeting will be held in Culver CIty at the Veterans Memorial Building at 12:30 pm. Our guest speaker is Renée Newman, gemologist and a frequent speaker for our group. The title of her talk is Evolution of Diamond Cuts & Qualities in Jewelry from 1300 until Now.
The cutting styles and quality of the diamonds in estate and antique jewelry provide important clues about when it was made. Renée’s PowerPoint will show
used in high-end designer jewelry while industrial diamond users are now enjoying much higher qualities of lab-grown diamond in their industrial products.
even uncut octahedrons. Come see her slides and insight!  The February 5th program meeting of the Bead Society will be In Person! The theme is BEad My Valentine, a subtle play on words! This will be a sharing session, and we are hoping that you will bring your red beads, Valentine inspired beads and jewelry, and hearts! We will discuss and talk about these wonderful treasures!
The meeting will be in the Kaizuka Room of the Veterans Memorial Building. That room is to the left and down the hall when you come in the main entrance. It is not the room where we used to meet before the pandemic. We will be meeting during the day, see the times below. February Bead Society Program Meeting! Wednesday February 5th, 12:30 PM Pacific Time The Bead Society business meeting is at 12 pm PT. Come hear about our plans for the Bead Show March 1st! And opportunities for field trips! Picture is from The Book of Beads: A Practical and Inspirational Guide to Beads and Jewelry Making, by Janet Coles and Robert Budwig. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990, p. 61. The Bead Society has a copy of this book. Program is cancelled due to multiple fires in the Los Angeles County area. Business meeting will be held. This month's Bead Society Program Meeting is on Resolutions for the New Year! Come share what your plans are! Do you have any UFOs, unFinished Objects that hopefully you will complete this year? Do you have resolutions to organize your bead collection better so that you can find things easier? Do you plan to try new materials or patterns, view more YouTube videos or read books or magazines about beads and jewelry? Do you hope to attend more Bead shows, such as ours on March 1st at the Veterans Memorial Complex in Culver City? Are you going to try different venues to sell your jewelry or beads?  Come to the online meeting to share your perspectives! It will be a fun and entertaining evening. You may get inspired by your colleagues!
January Bead Society Program Meeting! Wednesday January 8, 7;00 PM Pacific Time Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads The Bead Society business meeting is at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Come hear about our plans for the Bead Show in March!  Diana Friedberg, ACE, past President of the Bead Society will be the November speaker on "Gods and Nose rings - A Glimpse into life and tribal jewelry in South-East India". Diana, who is widely known for the five-part documentary series entitled World on a String will talk about her travels and experiences in various parts of India, particularly with nose rings. in India, nose rings are an important part of the culture. Diana will touch on tribal life, symbolism, and religion. Join us for a world wind tour of India!
Wednesday Nov 6, 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads Join us on Zoom! All are welcome! Bead Society business meeting is at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Hear about the recent October Holiday Pop Up!  Exciting News! The October 2nd meeting of the Bead Society will be in person at the Culver City Julian Dixon Library, 4975 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230. The meeting will be in their community room! It is the first room off to the left as you walk into the front of the library building.
The topic is "Member Sharing of Fall and Spooky Crafts". It's a daytime meeting! Please join us at our first gathering of our 50th year as The Bead Society! We will bring beverages and snacks as we explore our members' spooky Halloween and Fall creative items on display. Bring your best of Fall colors, jewelry, and Halloween, spiders, bats, etc. beads or finished items to share with the rest of our TBS members. I know we will be seeing a miniature setting from Niki. You don't want to miss that! Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 2:00 - 4:00 pm Member Program time: 2:45pm to 4pm Pre-program Business Meeting: 2pm-2:30pm Free parking in the back of the library building. Entrance is off of Overland Avenue.  For our Kick off for the FY2025 meeting, we will have our members present and talk about what they did this summer, What Did you Do Last Summer? Wednesday September 4th, 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads Here is some of the information about our presenters: Angie Carrington has been working on her website, making major updates to the menu and adding additional content. While it's not ready yet, she will share her experiences and challenges with everyone. Maybe it can help someone avoid some headaches. Mary Yaeger had an exciting trip to the Czech Republic. She will share some of her adventures with us! Lisa Shatts has been working on ideas for celebrating our 50th anniversary. She will highlight the website that we created for Membership Shopping! She will also talk about our trip to the Bead Society of Orange County to hear Robert Liu's talk! The Bead Society members helped out at the Fiesta of Gems in late June! This summer Kay Deeney along with some busy members have been helping mark and price some of the Bead Shack. Sylvia H. gratiously offered her home for us to have a garage Bead Sale! We had one in April and again in August. They were very successful! Kay will fill in more details at the meeting! Join us! Everyone is welcome! Bead Society business meeting is at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address!  The June Program meeting of the Bead Society will focus on the videos of the World on a String DVD series created by Diana Friedberg with support from the Bead Society. The videos are all available now on YouTube! We will be viewing selected parts of Volume One, The Eternal Bead and discussing some of the interesting observations.
Your assignment is to view Part One: The Eternal Bead. It is 93 minutes long. You can go to the transcript and select parts you want to view, such as Venetian Bead Production at 49:55 minutes, or Roman Face Beads at 33:33 minutes into the video. You can also speed up the video through the settings in YouTube if you want to save time. The URL is https://youtu.be/MUSGl0oI4Js. In 2004 The Bead Society made bead history with the screening of Diana Friedberg's documentary World on a String at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The first part of this five-part series, The Eternal Bead, was shown to an invited audience of more than 500 people. Diana Friedberg's idea became a reality with a generous grant from the Bead Society. The history of Beads is very important to the Bead Society! Join us on Zoom! Come even if you haven't been able to see all of the video. All are welcome! Wednesday June 5th, 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads Bead Society business meeting is at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Elections will take place at this meeting!  Spring Bouquet by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College Spring is finally here in Southern California! What inspires you in your jewelry making or beadwork? Flowers, poppies, bees, greening of landscapes, birds, bugs? Artists have drawn upon the imagery of spring to convey profound truths about the human condition and the interconnectedness of all living things.* Contemporary artists often use spring symbolism as a metaphor for personal transformation and collective renewal. Bring a piece of your artwork, jewelry or beadwork that is inspired by Spring! Tell us about it! This will be a sharing session.
Wednesday May 1st, 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads Join us on Zoom! All are welcome! Bead Society business meeting is at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Just a reminder: our Bead Society Pop Up is Saturday, May 4th from 10 am to 4 pm at the Veterans Memorial Complex. We are taking over the Rotunda and Lobby with over 20 vendors. See the Pop Up page at this website for pictures of some of our vendors' offerings! *Renewal and Rebirth: Symbolism of Spring in Art History Posted by / Pinot's Palette Federal Way. Date Posted / 04-01-2024 |
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