Preserving the history of North America’s folk art.
The Hooked Rug Museum of North America was the dream of Suzanne Conrod of Chester, Nova Scotia. Together with her husband Hugh, they began collecting rugs and artifacts that could form the basis for a museum collection.
By 2005, they had assembled an impressive collection and they looked for community support to build a proper museum to serve North America. Support came quickly as a number of people began to share their vision.
In 2006, the Hooked Rug Museum of North America Society was incorporated. Governed by a Board of Directors with Suzanne as the Honorary Chair, the Society was recognized by the Government of Canada’s a legally registered charity which may issue formal receipts acceptable to Revenue Canada for tax purposes. This not-for-profit society is committed to the long term success of the project.
The Society has developed a two-pronged approach to ensure construction of a modern and environmentally friendly building while providing an endowment fund to ensure the long-term viability of the museum.
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Famous Quote
Hillary Clinton said on Nov 8, 1997 as she opened a wing of the National Museum of Women and the Arts in Washington DC
” I recall that there were those who argued strenuously that it was not necessary to have a whole museum devoted to women and the arts….I can recall not so long ago, when I was in college that the leading art history books don’t even mention women…..and there were others who said that women’s arts were part of collections around the world and now there was no need for us to do anything special.. so this museum proves all the doubters wrong….it is time my husband has said to honor the past and imagine the future.”
2012 Directors:
* Myra Freeman – Honorary Chair
* Suzanne Conrod – Founder, Director and Arts Liaison
* David St.C. Bond – Chair
* Hugh Conrod – Director, Research and Development
* Linda J. Crowell – Director, Vice Chair – Governance
*Carol Fryday – Director, Acting Secretary
* Suzanne Conrod & Sherry Chandler – Directors and Acting CFO
* Sherri Chandler – Director, Treasurer – Marketplace
* Susan Lord – Director, Web
* Peggy Jenkinson – Director, Marketing
* Director and Chief Financial Officer – Vacant
* Anne Piercey-Smith – Director at Large, Nova Scotia
* Mamie Adair – Director at Large, Florida
* Mary Lou Justason – Director at Large, Ontario
* Phyllis Lindblade – Director at Large, Michigan
* Ruth Thompson – Director at Large, New Brunswick
* Erin McKenna – Director at Large, New Brunswick
* Kerry Slaunwhite – Director at Large, Nova Scotia
* Nancy Blood – Director at Large, New York
* Sally Ballinger – Director at Large, Illinois
* Barbara Barton – Director at Large, Maryland
* Jane Flynn – Director at Large, New Hampshire
* Judy Carter – Director at Large, Pennsylvania
* Laurie Troutman – Director at Large, Maine
* Jennifer Zamora – Director at Large, Maryland
