HGA provides over $4,000 each year in scholarships for students enrolled in accredited academic programs.

• Downloadable Scholarships Announcement PDF file

HGA also funds several student assistantship grants for study at the biennial Convergence® conference.

Grants are available to individual HGA members to study or take workshops.

HGA awards the Teach-It-Forward Grant, available to an individual who does an exceptional job of bringing new people to the craft of weaving or spinning.

Grants available to HGA members:

• Silvio and Eugenia Petrini Grant
  
• Mearl K. Gable II, Memorial Grant
  
• HGA Teach-It-Forward Grant
  

2013 Grant Recipients:
Michele O'Reilly, Villa Park, Illinois — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant, for Ply-Split Braiding class at Fine Line Arts Center. Ann Maxvill of Mountain Grove, MO — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant, Painting with Yarns class at Midwest Weavers Association Ellen Turner, Bristol, PA — Silvio and Eugenia Petrini Grant, for Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association 2013 Workshop Weekend, Untying the Mystery of Tied Weaves Christine Wilkinson, Southbury, CT — HGA Teach-It-Forward Grant, for equipment to make the crafts of weaving and spinning accessible to new weavers/spinners in after-school programs.
2012 Scholarship Recipients:
Rebecca Porche Dendel Scholarship Jolie Bird HGA Scholarship Press Release—Handweavers Guild of America Announces Scholarship Recipients for 2012: Rebecca Porche and Jolie Bird
2012 Grant Recipients:
Fatima Akchmar — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant Hind Akchmar — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant Ashley Conchieri — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant Lauren Marie Bryant — Silvio and Eugenia Petrini Grant Dena Gartenstein Moses — HGA Teach-It-Forward Grant
2011 Scholarship Recipients:
Jennifer Fraley Dendel Scholarship Catria Gunter HGA Scholarship
2011 Grant Recipients:
Dawn Edwards — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant Dorothy McGuinness — Silvio and Eugenia Petrini Grant Suzie Liles — HGA Teach-It-Forward Grant
2010 Scholarship Recipients:
Katherine Earle Dendel Scholarship Kate Hampel HGA Scholarship
2010 Grant Recipients:
Caroline Stanis-Gage — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant Linda Schoenmakers — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant Betty Vera — Silvio and Eugenia Petrini Grant Jolene Northrup — HGA Teach-It-Forward Grant Linda Schoenmakers — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant
2009 Grant Recipients:
Anna Zinsmeister — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant Debbie Mancuso — HGA Teach-It-Forward Grant

2009 Scholarship Recipients:
Kristin Pesola Dendel Scholarship Anastasia Azure HGA Scholarship

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2008 Grant and Scholarship Recipients:

• Judith Querciagrossa — Mearl K. Gable, II Memorial Grant
• Jóh Ricci — Silvio and Eugenia Petrini Grant
• Sue Kohut — HGA/Interweave Press Teach-It-Forward Grant
• Martine Peters — Dendel Scholarship
• Heather Marie Macali — HGA Scholarship

2007 Grant and Scholarship Recipients: