Anne Ashworth Grant
Anne Ashworth Grant Application- 2026-2027
After discussions with the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild board and Stephanie Krauss, the Grant Committee has decided to change the format to award a grant (formally The Anne Ashworth Scholarship).
The Anne Ashworth Grant was initially funded by a close group of Anne’s friends in the Richmond, Vermont rug hooking group, to honor her devotion to hooking and its growth as an art form. Anne taught in the Richmond group for many years. In 1982, she co-founded the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild and was founder of the Green Mountain Rug School, which was run by her daughter Stephanie Allen-Krauss and family. Green Mountain Hooked Rugs is a five-generation family-owned business. Anne started a hooked rug pattern business, was a nationally acclaimed rug hooker, and worked as a freelance custom dyer.
The school is now closed but they have a wonderful online presence. www.greenmountainhookedrugs.com. Stephanie and family continue this tradition of teaching, making beautiful rugs, repairing hooked rugs, demonstrating, and selling items in their online shop.
The Grant Committee will be offering three (3) $100 grants starting November 1, 2026. The Ashworth Grant is not based on financial need or the quality of your writing or your hooking. You must be an active member in The Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild to apply, and we ask that you write a short article for our newsletter describing your class and experience. Stephanie is most interested that you take a class that you want no matter what your goals are for learning a new skill.
We will be adopting a similar program that ATHA has had in place for several years for choosing the three (3) grant recipients for 2026-27. Applicants’ names will be placed in a basket, and three names will be chosen randomly. The period for applying starts Sept. 15 – and ends on October 31st.
On the day of the drawing, November 1, 2026, we will draw three (3) names and be in touch with you. If you have already paid for a class that happens in our 2026-27 time period, we will reimburse you. This first grant period covers the dates-November 2, 2026, through December 31, 2027.
Please submit the following information:
Name
Address
Cell # or home phone
Email address
Applications must be received by October 31, 2026. Email or snail mail your information to be considered for the 2026-27 grants to:
or
Kris McDermet
62 Butterfield Rd.
Dummerston, VT 05301
The drawings for this first round will be handled by the Grant Committee consisting of Kris, Pat, and Beth. Active GMRHG board members may apply.
Thank you, Kris McDermet, Pat Dodge, Beth McDermet-Grant Committee Members