Membership in ANG is open to all stitchers, amateur and professional, novice and experienced, and everything in between. The only criteria for membership are a love of needlepoint and a desire to learn more about this popular art. The Guild's Headquarters are in Louisville, Kentucky. The chapters are grouped within 13 regions. This four star resort holds the annual needleart workshops in January each year in Pine Mountain, Georgia.
Students can attend one or both sessions.
This school is located in Dunwoody, Georgia and offers classes throughout the year in the Kurenai-Kai method of Japanese embroidery in Atlanta as well as around the world. Its goal is to uphold the highest standards in the needlearts by providing excellence in education to all those interested in furthering their embroidery skills as teachers, judges, artists, designers, authors, and technically proficient embroiderers. NAN was established in 1985. NAN annually sponsors an Assembly for Embroiderers, which is an unrivaled needlework seminar for stitchers of all skill levels and interests.