Directory of Bead Societies & Art Guilds

Looking for a bead society, polymer-clay guild, metal art, or glassworking group or guild near you? Browse this list! Contact any of these local groups for more information about meeting times and locations. If there aren't any bead societies in your state, check surrounding states — there may be one just across the border. If you know of an organization to add to this list (or corrections to be made to the list), please contact us. Thank you! If you're a new bead society, you might want to tell the Bead Society of Greater Washington, and the Bead Society of Greater Chicago.
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National
Society of Bead Researchers(upd: 3/2020) ISGB International Society of Glass Beadmakers(upd: 3/2020) Regional and local ISGB Chapters See website for local chapters. American Sewing Guild(upd: 3/2020) See website for local chapters. National Headquarters 9660 Hillcroft, Suite 510 Houston, TX 77096 National Bead Society- IBJS(upd: 11/11) National Button Society(upd: 3/2020) See facebook page for local chapters. Polymer Clay Regional Guilds(verified 3/2020) See websites for guilds in your region. Contemporary Jewelry Design Information Site(upd: 3/2020) Metal Artists and Design Precious Metal Clay Guild(upd: 11/11) See website for local chapters. Center for the Study of Beadwork(upd: 3/2020) PO Box 13719 Portland, OR 97213 Women's Jewelry Association(upd: 3/2020) National Headquarters 7000 W. Southwest Highway Suite 2 Chicago Ridge, IL 60415 Art Clay Society(upd: 11/11) See website for local chapters. American Federation of Mineralogical Societies(upd: 11/11) See website for local chapters. Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)(upd: 04/13)
Online
Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy
Alabama
Bead Society of Alabama 2913 Lennox Dr. SW Decatur, AL 35603 Austin Cooper (256) 350-1921 Huntsville Bead Society(upd: 02/12) Visit on Facebook! Southeast Alabama Bead Society(upd: 10/09) Greater Birmingham Bead Society(upd: 11/10) Central Alabama Bead Society No longer meeting
Alaska
Underground Bead Society of Alaska(upd: 11/09) Alaska Bead Society/Anchorage Chapter(upd: 10/09) PO Box 242972 Anchorage, AK 99524-2972 Alaska Polymer Art Guild No longer meeting? Let us know. Juneau Bead Society No longer meeting? Let us know. Mat-Su Valley Bead Society(upd: 11/09) Sacred Beading Circle(upd: 11/09)
Arizona
Arizona Artists Guild(upd: 3/2020) 18411 N 7th Ave Phoenix, Arizona 85023 (602) 944-9713 Arizona Art Alliance(upd: 08/10) Arizona Bead Society No longer meeting? Let us know. Arizona Designer Craftsmen (Central)(upd: 10/11) Central Chapter Arizona Designer Craftsmen (Southern Team)(upd: 08/09) Southern Chapter Team Arizona Designer Craftsmen (State Team)(upd: 11/09) Arizona Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Arizona Seed Bead Guild(upd: 09/10) Arizona Society of Glass Beadmakers(upd: 10/09) Bead Society of Central Arizona(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Blackbird Music & Art Center(upd: 10/11) Grand Stitchers (beading subgroup)(upd: 10/11) High Desert Bead Society of Northern Arizona(upd: 05/11) Mountain Artists Guild(upd: 10/11) Scottsdale Artists League & PMC Guild(upd: 02/12) Sonoran Arts League(upd: 02/12) Visit on Facebook Arizona Metal Clay Artists(upd: 3/2020) (formerly known as the Southern Arizona Alchemists) Sun City West (SCW) Beaders Club(upd: 07/14) The Bead Museum(upd: 07/14) No longer open. Tucson Bead Society(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting. Tucson Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Valley Warm Up America(upd: 05/11) No longer meeting.
Arkansas
Arkansas Bead Society(upd: 08/09) 2407 Crescent Dr. Horseshoe Bend, AR 72512 Bead Society of Arkansas (upd: June 2016) Little Rock, AR (870) 373-4333
California
Antelope Valley Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 10/09) Bakersfield Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 10/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Beach Cities Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 10/09) Bead Society of Northern California(upd: 10/09) Bead Society of Los Angeles(upd: 09/11) Bead Society of Orange County(upd: 09/11) Bead Society of San Diego County(upd: 09/11) Beadazzled Beaders Society(upd: 04/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Black Sheep Handweavers Guild(upd: 04/11) The Glass Studio(upd: 05/11) Busy Crow Studio(upd: 09/11) No longer meeting. Bead and Banter at South Sun(upd: 09/09) California Gourd Society(upd: 10/11) Central California Bead Society(upd: 10/10) Greater Los Angeles Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 02/12) Karen Mitchell (626) 798-8491 AnKara@AnKaraDesigns.com Metal Arts Guild San Francisco(upd: 11/09) Metal Arts Society of Southern California(upd: 11/09) Torrance Craftsmen's Guild(upd: 04/10) Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild(upd: 04/11) NewMetal Artists - PMC Guild(upd: 09/09) Los Angeles Chapter NOCA Chapter, ISGB(upd: 10/09) Orange County Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) The Crucible - Jewelry Department(upd: 10/10) Scintillant Studio Instructors(upd: 10/10) Clayville California Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 09/11) Sacramento Sacramento Bead Buddies Bead Society(upd: 11/09) Metal Clay Artisans PMC Guild(upd: 09/09) San Diego County Craft Labs(upd: 09/11) San Diego Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 3/2020) Santa Cruz Bead Society(upd: 09/11) U CAN TOO Arts & Crafts Studio(upd: 09/11) No longer meeting. SoCal Flame Surfers (ISGB)(upd: 09/11) South Bay Bead Arts Guild(upd: 11/09) South Bay Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 09/11) Tehachapi Mountain Mixed Media Maniacs(upd: 11/09) World Beadmakers Guild-Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry Shows(upd: 11/09) (530) 279-2507 Santa Monica Polymer & Mixed Media Guild Sacramento Area PC Guild (N. CA)
Colorado
Western Slope Metal Clay Artisans(upd: 02/10) Colorado Metalsmithing Association(upd: 03/11) Denver Jewelry & Beadwork(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting. Denver Front Range Metal Clay Artists PMC Guild(upd: 03/11) No longer meeting? Let us know. Southern Colorado Bead Society(upd: 09/11) Denver School of Metal Arts(upd: 09/11) Glass Artists Fellowship(upd: 03/11) Mile High PCG-Denver(upd: 03/11) Pikes Peak Polymer Clay Guild (Co. Springs)(upd: 03/11) Rocky Mountain Bead Society Rocky Mountain Bead Society(upd: 09/11) Rocky Mountain Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 03/11) No longer meeting? Let us know. Eileen J Loring Polymer Clay Guild
Connecticut
Connecticut Bead Society(upd: 06/11) Fairchester Precious Metal Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Southern Connecticut Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 06/11) Manifest Beads Beader's Club(upd: 06/11) No longer meeting.
Delaware
PennDel Bead Society(upd: 06/11)
Florida
Greater SE Florida Bead Society(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting. Lutz Polymer Clay Club(upd: 11/09) North Central Florida Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 06/21) Northeast Florida Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Orlando Area Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Palm Beach Bead Society(upd: 05/11) South East Florida Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) South Florida Jewelry Arts Guild(verified 3/2020) Southwest Florida Bead Society(upd: 11/09) Sharon Marshall (941) 408-8111 Space Coast Area Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 3/2020) East Central Florida St. Petersburg Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Merged with Tampa Bay Polymer Art Guild. Tallahassee Polymer Clay Art Guild(verified 3/2020) Tampa Bay Bead Society(upd: 05/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Tampa Bay Beadwork(upd: 05/09) Tampa Bay Polymer Art Guild(upd: 11/09) Florida Gold Coast Gem and Mineral Society(verified 3/2020) Southern Handcraft Society Coral Springs(upd: 10/11) West Coast Polymer Guild (Tampa) Nature Coast Bead Society Bead Society of North Florida(upd: 07/09) Florida Gulf Coast PCG(upd: 11/09) Tampa Bay Florida West Coast Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) Bead Society of Central Florida(upd: 05/11) Emerald Coast Bead Society(upd: 05/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Emerald Coast Polymer Clay Guild (Pensacola)(upd: 11/09) Florida Suncoast chapter - PMC Guild(upd: 11/09) Sarasota-Bradenton Florida Gainesville Bead Society(upd: 05/09) 6912 SW 75th Street Gainesville, FL 32608 Florida Glass Dragons(verified 3/2020) Florida Gulf Coast Bead Society(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Florida Society of Bead Researchers(upd: 05/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Florida Society of Goldsmiths(upd: 3/2020) Statewide Chapters Bead Society of the Palm Beaches (upd: 3/2020)
Georgia
Atlanta Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Northwest Atlanta Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Metro Atlanta (Marietta, GA) On Facebook at: Northwest Atlanta Bead Society Columbus Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) Greater Atlanta Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 06/11) Coastal Bead Society(added: 10/15) Southern Flames (ISGB)(verified 3/2020) Atlanta Art Worx Jewelry \| Metal Arts Center(verified 3/2020)
Hawaii
Bead Friend Hui(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting. Hawai'i Craftsmen(upd: 11/09) Bead Society of Hawaii - Maui Chapter No longer meeting? Let us know. Bead Society of Hawaii - Oahu Chapter(upd: 11/09) (808) 685-5001
Idaho
Bead Brains Anonymous(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting. Bead Society of Northern Idaho(upd: 02/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Boise Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Coeur d'Alene Bead Society(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting. Idaho Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09)
Illinois
Metal Clay Alliance Group (Art Clay Society)(upd: 03/10) Greater Chicago Bead Society(upd: 03/11) Blue Highways Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 02/14) Currently inactive. Central Illinois Polymer Clay Guild (upd: 3/2020) Chicago Metal Arts Guild(upd: 3/2020) Craft League of Champaign-Urbana(verified 3/2020) Heart of Illinois Bead Society(upd: 08/09) No longer meeting. Northwest Suburban Beadwork Guild(upd: 3/2020) Saturday Library Beader's Group(upd: 08/09) Suburban Silver Society - PMC Guild(upd: 8/09) West Central Illinois Rock and Mineral Club (upd: 3/2020) Windy City chapter - PMC Guild(upd: 3/10) Central Illinois Gem & Mineral Club of Decatur(upd: 4/10) Levy Center Seed Beaders(upd: 9/10)
Indiana
Indiana (Indy) Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 3/2020) also fb group Indiana Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Indiana Society of Lampwork & Art Glass Artists(upd: 3/2020)
Iowa
Iowa Polymer Clay Group (upd: 3/2020) Craft Guild of Iowa City(verified 3/2020) Iowa Arts Council(verified 3/2020) Iowa Bead Society(verified 3/2020)
Kansas
The Derby Bead Guild(upd: 2016) PO Box 24, Derby, KS 67037 Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month at The Derby Public Library Open beading 4:00 pm to 6:15 pm. General meeting starts at 6:15 and ends around 8:00
Kentucky
Kentucky Arts Council(verified 3/2020) Kentucky Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 04/11) No longer meeting? Let us know. Kentucky-Tennessee Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 3/2020) also fb group Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen(upd: 3/2020) also fb group
Louisiana
Society of Louisiana Artists in Metal (SLAM)(upd: 04/11) No longer meeting. Baton Rouge Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) New Orleans Bead Society Westbank(upd: 11/09) Gypsy Beaders(upd: 11/09) Magpies Bead Society No longer meeting? Let us know. Louisiana Crafts Guild (upd: 3/2020) also fb page Arts Council of New Orleans (upd: 3/2020) also fb page
Maine
Maine Crafts Association(verified 3/2020) Maine Polymer Arts Guild(upd: 09/09) Portland Maine Chapter - PMC Guild(upd: 09/09)
Maryland
Appalachian Trail - PMC Guild(upd: 11/09) Baltimore Bead Society(verified 3/2020) info@baltimorebead.org Baltimore chapter - PMC Guild(upd: 11/09) Central Maryland Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 06/11) Frederick Hot Glass Society(upd: 3/2020) alsofb page Overlea/Fullerton Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 06/09) No longer meeting. The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center(verified 3/2020) Columbia Arts Center Faculty(verified 3/2020)
Massachusetts
BDI Beadesigner International/ New England Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Bead Society of Cape Cod(verified 3/2020) Central Massachusetts Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Central New England Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 3/2020) Lexington PCG at the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society(verified 3/2020) Lexington Arts & Crafts Society(verified 3/2020) New England Chapter ISGB (upd: 3/2020) North Shore chapter - PMC Guild Salem Pioneer Valley Polymer Clay Guild (MA)(upd: 06/09) Western New England Bead League(upd: 09/09) The Jewelry and Bead Society (JaBS) of Boston's South(verified 3/2020) Diablo Glass School(verified 3/2020)
Michigan
Genesee Area Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) Southeastern Michigan Glass Beadmakers Guild - GlassAct(verified 3/2020) Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild(verified 3/2020) Lower Michigan chapter - PMC Guild(upd: 09/09) Flint Metropolitan Detroit Polymer Art Guild(upd: 3/2020) Mid-Michigan Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 09/09) No longer meeting. Northern Lights (Michigan Chapter, ISGB)(upd: PLEASE REFER TO INTN. PAGE Northern Michigan Bead Society(upd: 08/09) Saginaw Valley Bead Society(upd: 04/11) UP Bead Guild(verified 3/2020) Kalamazoo Glass Art Center (upd: 3/2020) Huron Hills Lapidary & Mineral Society(upd: 08/11) Mid-West Mineralogical & Lapidary Society(upd: 04/10) Michigan Lapidary Society(upd: 04/10) Indian Mounds Rock & Mineral Club(verified 3/2020) Wyoming, Michigan Livingston Gem & Mineral Society(upd: 3/2020) Tulip City Gem & Mineral Club(upd: 3/2020) LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE(verified 3/2020) Metropolitan Detroit Polymer Art Guild (verified 3/2020) West Michigan Polymer Clay Guild
Minnesota
Beaders Society of SE MN(verified 3/2020) Rochester, MN Minnesota (Minneapolis) Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 05/14) No longer meeting? Let us know. Minnesota (Winnebago) Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 05/14) No longer meeting? Let us know. South Eastern Minnesota - PMC Guild(upd: 02/14) Currently inactive. Star of the North Glassworkers(verified 3/2020) Minneapolis-St Paul Upper Midwest Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Veberod Gem Gallery(verified 3/2020) Minnesota Mineral Club(verified 3/2020)
Mississippi
Central Mississippi Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Mississippi Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi (verified 3/2020)
Missouri
Bead Society of Greater Kansas City(verified 3/2020) Kansas City Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Society for Midwest Metalsmiths(verified 3/2020) St. Louis Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Metal Clay Guild Of Greater St. Louis(verified 3/2020) St. Louis Lampworkers Society(upd: 3/2020) as well as fb page Glasshopper Studio LLC(upd: 03/11)
Montana
Big Sky Bead Society Flathead Polymer Clay Guild
Nebraska
Midwest Polymer Clay Artists(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Nebraska Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) Omaha Beady Bunch(upd: 02/09) 8766 Grand Ave. Omaha, NE 68134 Central Nebraska Seed Bead Group(upd: 03/11) Midwest Lampworkers Guild(verified 3/2020)
Nevada
North Nevada Bead Society/Sierra Bead Society No longer meeting? Let us know. Las Vegas Bead Society(upd: 09/11) Las Vegas Gem Society(upd: 10/09) PO Box 35078 Las Vegas, NV 89133 Las Vegas Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Reno Rock Club(verified 3/2020) Bead Weavers(upd: 09/11) Clay Reno!
New Hampshire
Bead Society of New Hampshire(verified 3/2020) New Hampshire Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Northern New Hampshire Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Merrimack Valley Polymer Clay Guild
New Jersey
Bead Society of New Jersey(upd: 3/2020) Belleville Polymer Clay Guild of New Jersey(upd: 10/09) Delaware Valley Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Jersey FireDevils (Glass Beadmakers)(verified 3/2020) New Jersey Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Northern New Jersey Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 09/09) No longer meeting. PMC Guild New Jersey(upd: 09/09) South Jersey Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Polymer Clay Central(verified 3/2020)
New Mexico
Bead Mavens Bead Society(upd: 02/12) No longer meeting Bead Society of New Mexico(upd: 5/2021) PO Box 91544 Albuquerque, NM 87199 New Mexico Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Albuquerque Sandia PMC Club(upd: 11/09) Santa Fe Bead Society(upd: 11/09) Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club(verified 3/2020) ABQ Women E.A.R.N(upd: 05/10)
New York
Adirondack North Country Bead Society(upd: 06/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Adirondack Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Bead Society of Central New York(upd: 07/14) Bead Society of Greater New York(upd: 06/11) Buffalo Beaders Meetup Group(upd: 07/12) Central NY Chapter PMC Guild(upd: 09/09) Syracuse Crystal City Bead Society No longer meeting. Kumihimo Study Group(verified 3/2020) Lampworkers United(upd: 11/09) Long Island Bead & Craft Lovers (upd: 3/2020) Long Island Craft Guild(verified 3/2020) New Metals (PMC) Guild of New York(upd: 11/09) Western NY New York Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 3/2020) Putnam County Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 06/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Rochester Chapter PMC Guild(upd: 09/09) Rochester Lapidary Society(verified 3/2020) also fb page Upstate New York Glass Bead and Jewelry Guild(upd: 11/09) Upstate New York Wire Guild(upd: 11/09) Village Artisans(upd: 06/11) Western New York Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Western New York Beaders(upd: 09/09) Woodstock Chapter PMC Guild(upd: 11/09)
North Carolina
Asheville Chapter - PMC Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Winston-Salem Bead Society(upd: 02/10) Blue Ridge Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Bull City Beaders (Durham)(verified 3/2020) PO Box 15414 Durham, NC 27704 Capital Area Beading Organization(verified 3/2020) Capital Area Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 02/14) Currently inactive. Carolina FireFiends(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Jewelry Artists' Guild(upd: 11/09) Mebane chapter - PMC Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. North Carolina Society of Goldsmiths(upd: 11/09) North Central Piedmont chapter - PMC Guild(upd: 11/09) Eden Outer Banks Bead Society(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Greensboro Bead Society(upd: 02/10) Sandhills North Carolina Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Southern Highland Craft Guild(verified 3/2020) Triangle Bead Society(upd: 04/14) Earth Guild(verified 3/2020) The Silver Triangle PMC Guild Queen City Clayers
Ohio
Bead Society of Central Ohio(upd: 09/09) No longer meeting. Ohio Lakeshore Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting. Cleveland Area Jewelry Makers and Beading Workshops(upd: 09/09) No longer meeting. Athens Bead Society(upd: 09/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Cleveland chapter, PMC Guild(upd: 09/09) Columbus Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Dayton Area Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 09/11) Greater Columbus Bead Society(upd: 09/09) No longer meeting. Hall of Fame Beaders Guild(upd: 08/09) Hot Rods Glass Beadmakers of Northeast Ohio (ISGB)(upd: 09/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Miami Valley Lampwork Bead Artists (ISGB)(upd: 3/2020) North Coast Bead Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting. Ohio Beaders Group(upd: 3/2020) Ohio Designer Craftsmen(verified 3/2020) Polymer City Polymer Clay Guild (Akron area)(verified 3/2020) Silver Slipper chapter (Columbus), PMC Guild(upd: 09/09) Ohio Jewelry and Metal Arts Guild(upd: 08/09) Bead League Of Cincinnati(upd: 09/09) That Class Place(upd: 09/10)
Oklahoma
Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Oklahoma Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Tulsa Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know.
Oregon
Columbia Gorge Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Creative Metal Arts Guild (CMAG)(verified 3/2020) Guild of Eugene Metalsmiths (GEM)(upd: 09/09) 20 West 31st Street Eugene, OR 97405 ORBS (ISGB)(upd: 09/09) Portland Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) Portland chapter, PMC Guild(upd: 09/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Southern Oregon Bead Society(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Willamette Valley Bead Artisans Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting.
Pennsylvania
3 Rivers Glass Beadmakers(upd: 3/2020) Bead Society of Bucks County/"Bucks Beaders"(upd: 09/09) Bead Society of Eastern Pennsylvania(verified 3/2020) Brandywine Bead Society No longer meeting? Let us know. Chester County Bead Society(upd: 06/11) Greater Philadelphia (Exton) chapter, PMC Guild(upd: 11/09) Kit-Han-Ne Rock & Gem Club(upd: 11/09) Main Line Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) OCBPA (Obsessive-Compulsive Beaders of PA)(upd: 11/09) Penn Dragons (ISGB)(upd: 3/2020) Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths(verified 3/2020) Philadelphia Area Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 3/2020) Pittsburgh Jewelry Making Group(upd: 11/09) Pittsburgh Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 3/2020) Susquehanna Sizzlers (S. Central PA)(upd: 11/09) Westmoreland County Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Main Line Art Center(verified 3/2020) Central Pa. Bead & Jewelry Society(upd: 06/10) Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen(upd: 3/2020) River Queen Artisans Gallery(upd: 06/11) Reading PolyGroup
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09)
South Carolina
Coastal Bead Society(added: 10/15) Hilton Head Island Bead Society(upd: 02/14) Midlands Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Upstate South Carolina chapter (Greenville), PMC Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know.
South Dakota
South Dakota Bead Society No longer meeting? Let us know.
Tennessee
Clarksville Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Cumberland Valley Bead Society(upd: 11/09) Brenda Delaney, President (615) 428-3845 Smoky Mountain Bead Society(upd: 11/09) Smoky Mountain Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know.
Texas
Texas Beaders(upd: 10/12) Austin Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Austin Fireflies (glass beadmakers)(upd: 11/09) Austin Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 3/2020) Texas Art Asylum also fb page(upd: 3/2020) Craft Guild of Dallas also fb page(upd: 3/2020) Dallas Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) East Texas Bead Society (Longview)(verified 3/2020) Grapevine Beadmakers' Society(upd: 11/09) Dallas/Fort Worth Area Highland Lakes Bead Society(upd: 11/09) Angie Taber (512) 755-3324 Hill Country Bead Society (Wimberley)(upd: 11/09) Houston Bead Society(verified: 3/2020) Houston Metal Arts Guild(verified 3/2020) Houston Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Lubbock Gem and Mineral Society(verified 3/2020) North Texas Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Panhandle Bead Association(upd: 02/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. San Antonio Bead Society (upd: 3/2020) San Antonio Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 3/2020) Society of Artisan Lampworkers in San Antonio SALSA(upd: 3/2020) South Texas Coastal Beading Society(upd: 02/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. South Texas Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) Southeast Texas Bead and Ornament Society(upd: 11/09) Treehouse Beaders (Dallas area)(upd: 11/09) Houston Gem & Mineral Society(verified 3/2020) Wild West Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Beads-L(upd: 03/11) San Marcos Bead and Wire Faux Society(verified 3/2020) Central Texas Gem & Mineral Society(upd: 3/2020) El Paso Mineral and Gem Society(upd: 3/2020) Baytown Beaders Group(upd: 04/10) Texas Hot Flashes Lampworking Group(upd: 04/10) Polymer Clay Guild off Granbury, TX
Utah
Beadniks(upd: 09/09) No longer meeting. Intermountain Beads(upd: 09/11) No longer meeting. Northern Utah Bead Society(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting. Utah Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Beehive Rock & Gem Club(upd: 3/2020) Golden Spike Gem & Mineral Society(upd: 3/2020) Dixie Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Keletica(upd: 04/10)
Vermont
Green Mountain Jewelry Makers (upd: 3/2020)
Virginia
Bead Society of Southeastern Virginia(upd: 3/2020) Central Virginia Chapter (Lynchburg), PMC Guild(upd: 02/14) No longer active. Charlottesville Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) Deltaville chapter, PMC Guild(upd: 06/09) No longer meeting. Lampworkers' Local 757 (ISGB)(upd: 02/14) No longer active. Northern Virginia Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) Northern Virginia Handcrafters Guild (upd: 3/2020) Northern Virginia Precious Metal Clay Chapter(upd: 02/14) No longer active. Stress Cracks (glass beadmakers; Charlottesville)(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Washington Guild of Goldsmiths(verified 3/2020) Western Loudoun County chapter, PMC Guild(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting? Let us know. Mid-Atlantic Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB)(upd: 06/11) A Show of Hands - Artists and Owners(upd: 06/14) No longer active. Fredericksburg Area Artisan Guild(upd: 02/14) No longer active. International Polymer Clay Association(verified 3/2020) Northern Virginia Polymer Clay Guild Polymer Clay Guild in Harrisonburg/Rockingham County
Washington
Maplewood Rock & Gem Club(verified 3/2020) Metal Clay Heads of Woodinville(upd: 03/11) No longer meeting. Bead Nuts of Whidbey Island(upd: 03/11) nedlace@earthlink.net Beads Indeed!(upd: 11/09) No longer meeting. Eastern Washington Polymer Clay Guild (Pasco)(upd: 10/09) Fire & Rain Glass Bead Society (Seattle Chapter, ISGB)(verified 3/2020) Glass Art Society and a fb page(upd: 3/2020) Northwest Bead Society and a fb page(upd: 3/2020) Northwest Glass Society(upd: 3/2020) Northwest Polymer Clay Guild and a fb page(upd: 3/2020) Puget Sound Metal Clay Group (Federal Way PMC Guild(upd: 11/09) chapter) Seattle Metals (Metal Arts) Guild and a fb page(upd: 3/2020) South Sound Chapter (Olympia) of PMC Guild(upd: 3/2020) Spokane Jewelers Guild(upd: 11/19) PO Box 2051 Spokane Valley, WA 99037-2051 Spokane NW Bead Society(upd: 04/13) Spokane, WA chapter of PMC Guild(upd: 02/13) No longer meeting. Seed Beaders (of Puget Sound)(upd: 09/10) Spokane Rock Rollers(upd: 06/21)
Washington, DC
Bead Society of Greater Washington(upd: 09/2020) Best Bead Artists(upd: 06/2011) Chesapeake chapter of the PMC Guild(upd: 06/2011) Mid-Atlantic Mid-Atlantic Glass Beadmakers(upd: 06/2011) Potomac Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 5/2021) PPCG Meetings held in Virginia
West Virginia
Kanawha Valley Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/09)
Wisconsin
Loose Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Madison Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Sheboygan Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) Wisconsin Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 03/11) Metro Milwaukee Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 03/11) Madison Gem and Mineral Club(verified 3/2020) American Fired Arts Alliance(upd: 04/10)
Wyoming
Wyoming Tumblebeaders Bead Society(upd: 11/09) Sheridan Bead Society
International
International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB)(verified 3/2020) ISGB Corporate Office 85 E. Gaye St. Suite 707 Columbus, OH 43215 International Guild of Glass Artists Inc. (IGGA)(upd: 11/11) International Polymer Clay Association(upd: 6/14) International Guild of Wire Jewelry Artists(upd: 11/11) info@wirejewelryartists.org SRAJD - Self-Representing Artist in Jewelry Design(verified 3/2020) Air Dry Clay(upd: 3/2020) The Ganoksin Project(verified 3/2020) Forum, articles, and more.
Australia
Bead Society of Victoria(verified 3/2020) Australian Glass Beadmakers Guild(verified 3/2020) Aussie Polyclayers(verified 3/2020) Australian PC Guild (verified 3/2020)
Brazil
Polymer Clay Brasil(verified 3/2020)
Canada
West Toronto Beading Guild(upd: 3/2020) Toronto Bead Society(upd: 3/2020) Ontario Bead Society of Greater Vancouver No longer meeting? Let us know. "Clayamies" (Canadian Polymer Clay Friends)(upd: 3/2020) The Calgary Bead Society No longer meeting? Let us know. Calgary Rock & Lapidary Club also a fb page(verified 3/2020) Grand River Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Guelph, Ontario Canadian Region of the Intl. Society of Glass Beadmakers(upd: 11/11) Montreal Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) The Niagra Bead Society(verified 3/2020) Ontario Southern Ontario Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) Vancouver Island Polymer Clay Artists(upd: 11/11) Vancouver Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/11) Kingson Polymer Clay Guild
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Bead Society(verified 3/2020)
France
Corbieres Creatives
Ghana
Ghana Bead Society(verified 3/2020)
Great Britain
London Polymer Clay Guild (verified 3/2020)
Japan
Polymer Clay Art in Japan
New Zealand
New Zealand Polymer Clay Guild(upd: 11/11)
Russia
Studio of Natalia Fedossova(upd: 04/10) silverclaymow@yahoo.com
South Africa
Bead Society of Southern Africa(upd: 11/11) Cape Town No longer meeting? Let us know!
United Kingdom
UK Seed Beaders(upd: 3/2020) Glass Beadmakers UK(verified 3/2020) England British Polymer Clay Guild(verified 3/2020) England Bead Buddies(upd: 10/07) Bead Society of Great Britain(verified 3/2020) England The Beadworkers Guild(verified 3/2020) London, England

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