The Jackson Area Alumnae Panhellenic Association, JAAPA, is hosting the 2015 Athena Luncheon Wednesday, March 25, at 11:30 a.m. at Manship Restaurant in the Belhaven Building, 1200 North State Street, across from Baptist Hospital. The luncheon will honor local Panhellenic members with the Athena Awards, award the 2015 JAAPA scholarship, and present this years philanthropy Make-A-Wish with a donation.

The Athena Awards are given out for two categories for Service to Community and Service to Sorority. Local alumni group was asked to submit nominations of a women who embodies each award. Our biggest undertaking each year is our Philanthropic Fund Raiser. This year JAAPA hosted a raffle to raise money for Make-A-Wish and provide the scholarship
awarded to a sorority collegian at Millsaps College. The 2015 JAAPA Scholarship will be presented to Faith Chamness the current Panhellenic President at Millsaps College. She is a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority and served as the delegate to Millsaps Panhellenic for the past two years. We hope you will mark your calendars to attend.

J.A.A.P.A. is affiliated with the National Panhellenic conference and offers sorority women a chance to meet each other and become involved in social, educational and philanthropic endeavors. This is a great way to maintain the bonds of sisterhood that you started in college with members of your own sorority, as well as members of other NPC fraternities. Currently, there are fourteen alumnae groups involved with JAAPA in the Jackson, MS Metro Area.

JAAPA, also works each year to educate high school senior women about sororities and the recruitment (formerly known as RUSH) process. Fore more recruitment information look for upcoming news on our website http://www.jacksonpanhellenic.com/.

All four Ridgeland Schools collaborate on the Titan Trot 5K - 1 mile Fun Run/Walk this year. If you've never done a 5K or Fun Run, let this be your first! Registration forms are available at City Hall, Olde Towne Middle School and Ridgeland High. They can also be printed from the schools' websites http://www.madison-schools.com/rhs

Intermediate Mosaics: Mosaic Flower Pot

Time: 6-8:30 pm (On all days)

Dates: March 30, 31 & April 2, 2015

Class Fee: $110

Additional Material Fee: $30 (Paid directly to instructor)

Would you like to advance your skill in mosaic design? Join us for a three day class in which students will create a mosaic flower pot. This class will be a fun way to take your experience with mosaic design to the next level by creating a colorful 3-dimensional project for the garden. Students will be required to bring their own glass nippers, and pay a $30 supply fee payable directly to the instructor.

Interested in this class? Call, Jennifer Wolfe at the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi at (601)856-7546 or email her at education@mscrafts.org.

*The mosaic design in the picture above is an example.  Design will be determined by the student at the time of the class.

Weaving or Spinning

Time: Tuesday Evenings, 7-9 PM, 10 weeks

Dates: Starts March 31, 2015

Class Fee: Ten weeks, $195, includes use of all equipment and supplies for first project. Pre-registration & payment necessary & subject to equipment availability.

Learn to weave!  Instruction will guide you step-by-step through the process to plan and weave a sash/scarf.  You will select yarns, prepare and dress the loom, weave and finish your piece.  All materials and equipment to complete your project will be provided.  You will also receive a full-color instruction manual; “Beginning Weaving, the Very first Project” by Marcy F. Petrini.

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Learn to Spin!  Using a flyer spinning wheel, you will learn to draft fiber, spin yarn, ply your yarn and adjust the spinning wheel.  All fiber and equipment will be provided.  You will also receive a full-color instruction manual; “Start Spinning on a Flyer Wheel” by Marcy F. Petrini.

Weaving and spinning classes are held concurrently and are co-taught by Marcy Petrini and Kathy Perito, both Exhibiting Members of the Craftsmen’s Guild. Marcy is the current columnist for Right from the Start, published in the fiber quarterly, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot and she has taught classes for the Craftsmen’s Guild since 1981.

Interested in this class? Call, Jennifer Wolfe at the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi at (601)856-7546 or email her at education@mscrafts.org.

Blacksmithing with Lyle Wynn

Time: 6-8:30 pm

Date: April 7, 2015

Class Fee: $35

Class Description: Come out and join us on April 7, 2015 for a Blacksmithing Class with Lyle Wynn. In this class you will learn the basics of Blacksmithing, and by the end of the class you will have made something to take home.

Interested in this class? Call, Jennifer Wolfe at the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi at (601)856-7546 or email her at education@mscrafts.org.

Chimneyville Weavers & Spinners Guild
Sheep to Shawl
Fiber Arts Demonstrations

Saturday, April 11, 2015

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Free admission
Mississippi Craft Center, Ridgeland

How does sheep’s wool become handmade cloth?
Chimneyville Weavers & Spinners Guild members
will teach you how with:
• Live demonstrations of wool processing, dyeing,
spinning, weaving and knitting
• Hands-on weaving activities for kids and adults

Questions?
601-373-2495, dhstringer@gmail.com

Mississippi Craft Center
950 Rice Road, Ridgeland, MS 39157
601-856-7546, www.craftsmensguildofms.org

FREE for Simon Kidgits Club Members; $5 for nonmembers includes an entire year of fun activities.

Paperglaze offers beginners courses on calligraphy.  Learn how to set up your space, prepare your calligraphy nibs for writing, and learn the basics of the alphabet.  The cost of the workshops includes a pen holder, nibs, calligraphy practice paper, a bottle of black ink, Paperglaze exemplars, and a stained, wooden ink well.   All of this is yours to keep after the course. Door prizes are given as well as refreshments.

Register by email: shannan@paperglaze.com 

Blacksmithing Intensive with Lyle Wynn

Time: 6-9 pm

Date: April 21, 28, & May 12, 19, 26

Class Fee: $210

Additional Material Fee (Paid directly to the instructor): $40

Class Description: Come out and join us for a Blacksmithing Intensive Class where Lyle Wynn goes beyond the basics. This class will give you a more in depth knowledge into the Craft of blacksmithing as you progressively work with Lyle in various techniques.  Prerequisite:  Students must have already taken his blacksmithing class before or have instructor’s approval.

Interested in this class? Call, Jennifer Wolfe at the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi at (601)856-7546 or email her at education@mscrafts.org.

Woodturning with Adrian Sturdivant

Time: 9 am-5 pm

Date: April 25, 2015

Class Fee for Beginners (including materials): $110

Class Fee for Intermediate-Advanced Students: $110 + $50 material fee

Class Description: This basic course is taught according to The American Association of Woodturners, Inc. “Woodturning Basic” manual. The other two courses are inclusive of the above manual and thence directed according to the needs of the class participants.

Location: The class is held at Adrian Sturdivant’s Studio at 224 Bay Park Drive, Brandon MS 39047. Bay Park Subdivision is the first subdivision on the Rankin County side of the Reservoir.

Interested in this class? Call, Jennifer Wolfe at the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi at (601)856-7546 or email her at education@mscrafts.org.