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Mixed NewsMeetings, exhibitions, competitions etc.AUTHORS WEFTS – FIBER ART CIVIC COLLECTIONExhibition from 29 March to 29 June 2008 in the exhibition hall Polo Culturale (via Vittorio Emanuele 11) and at the Imbian-cheria del Vajro (via Imbiancheria 12) both in the town of Chieri, Italy. A whole series of accompanying events is planned a. o. workshops, performances and a conference “Body architectures” on GRASSI FAIR FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT With the newly opened Grassi Museum for Applied Arts in Leipzig (Johannisplatz 5-11, D-04103) the international craft fair “Grassimesse” will take place again from 24 to 26 October 2008. This fair was set up in 1920 and became famous as the “Meeting Place of Modernity”. Re-established in 1997 it now has ambitious plans to become an important international showcase for craft again. Both groups and individuals can apply. A jury will decide about participation after photos (slides or digital images in high resolution) of a maximum of 5 pieces of work. Upon acceptance there is a fee of € 300 as a flat rate for the stand, advertising and catalogue costs. Three prizes of € 2000 to € 3000 will be awarded. BEYOND KNITTING: UNCHARTED STITCHES Exhibition from 17 June to 24 August 2008 at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles GELDROP WEAVING MUSEUM 25th ANNIVERARY The Weaving Museum in Geldrop, Netherlands (Molenstr. 21, NL-5664) celebrates its 25th anniversary with some special events from 7th to 21st of June 2008. One of the attractions is a Chinese draw boy loom with Chinese people demonstrating it. On Saturday 14th June an extensive weavers market is planned. CONVERGENCE 2008This biennial international conference for „everyone who loves and works in fiber“ is organised by the Handweavers Guild of America. In 2008 it will take place from 22 until 28 June in Tampa Bay, Florida and will be hosted by the Florida Tropical Weavers Guild. There are 8 open exhibitions (deadlines were published in NL 4/07 on page 6). As usual there is a whole range of courses, lectures, tours and exhibitions that are published on the internet under www.weavespindye.org. Course themes are ranging from design & creativity, marketing, history via nearly all textile techniques to garment making. Among the 66 course leaders there are many well-known weavers‘ names like Louise Lemieux Bérubé/CDN, Sheila O‘Hara/USA, Alice Schlein/USA, Vibeke Vestby/N and others. The costs of participation of about 440 US Dollar might be affordable due to the current Euro exchange rate. Although this is a mass event that attracts thousands of visitors, it has high standards. 5th INTL. ARTISTIC LINEN CLOTH BIENNIALThe Craft Museum of Krosno/Poland is inviting artists working with
linen (linen weaving or linen-based art works) to take part in there
5th Intl. Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial “Z Krosna do Krosna”. The
works submitted should be to 75 % made of flax, the minimum
dimensions are 25 x 25 x 25 cm, maximum: 60 x 60 x 60 cm, weight 3
kg. The choice of technique is free. The organizers ask for an
application form together with 13 x 18 cm colour photos or digital
images in 300 dpi on a CD. There is an entry fee of € 30,-. The
organizers will pay for the return of the works. There will be a
Grand Prize and three further Prizes awarded at the opening of the TEXPOART- Intl. Triennial of Textile Arts ETN member Cornelia Brusturea-nu, lecturer in textile art at the
University of Fine Arts “George Enescu” in Iaşi/Romania gave us
the information that the 5th edition of TexpoART will be open to
international artists participation (the four previous editions being
for Romanians only). The event is organised by the Foundation “Fundac Lascăr” in Iaşi. The aim of the Triennial in to promote
the interest in textile art and to give an overview of actual
tendencies in textile art, offering a platform for established
artists as well as
for newcomers. The organizers are looking for innovative talents and
artistic originality. Participation is open to professional artists
including senior students at a fee of € 20,-. The minimum size of the works submitted is 30 x 30 x 30 cm,
maximum: 130 heights, 100 widths, and 130 lengths. Each artist can
present one work (in form of pho-tos and digital images) in any
technique and theme executed in high technical and aesthetic quality.
The cost of freight to the venue is for the artists whereas the
organizers are responsible for the works during the exhibition (to
take place from 25 October to 25 November 2008 at the “Nicolae
Tonitza Gallery” in Iaşi) and for their return to the artists. –
Please contact: Ms Miruna Hasegan, Fundăc Lascar,
Catari Str. no. 8, RO-700107 Iaşi;
tel: +40-721/573485; e-mail: mhasegan@arteiasei.ro or to Ms Cornelia
Brustureanu; e-mail: cbrustureanu@arteiasi.ro, website:
www.arteiasi.ro/texpoart/texpoart.htm NEW DESIGNERS 2008From 3 to 6 July (Part 1) and from 10 to 13 July 2008 (Part 2) there again will be organised the exhibition “New Designers 2008” of BA graduates at British design schools, taking place at the Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 0 QH. This is a unique opportunity to get an overview of the results of design education in Britain including textiles, fashion jewellery, interior design and theatre design. – Information: Website www.newdesigners.com CONFERENCE „IN THE LOOP“ The three-day international interdisciplinary Conference “In de
Loop: Knitting Post, Present and Future” will take place from 15 to
17 July 2008 at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton,
UK. Keynote speakers are Barbara Burman, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Sandy
Black and Liz Collins. Knitting will be explored from a broad range
of theoretical and practical perspectives a. o.: THE FESTIVAL OF QUILTS IN BIRMINGHAM From 14 to 17 August 2008 the now largest quilt show in Europe will
take place again at the NEC fair grounds in Birmingham. The organiser
(the company Creative Exhibitions) has once again put together an
interesting mix of lectures, exhibitions, workshops and social
events. The artists, having their own exhibition this time, are:
Ricky Tims and Susan Brandeis from the USA, Dorothy Caldwell from
Canada and Inge Hueber from Germany. Every quilt artist can take part
in a juried exhibition with different categories and prizes. The 4th BIENNIAL QUILT SYMPOSIUM The International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of
Nebraska in Lincoln/USA has issued a Call for Papers for its 2009
Symposium “The Global Quilt: Cultural Contexts”. This symposium
features invited speakers, juried papers, thematic sessions and panel
discussions. The website of the centre provides a link to the Call
for Papers; http://www.quiltstudy.org WORLD LACE CONGRESS The 13th OIDFA World Lace Congress will take place from 4 to 6 July 2008 at the Oosterpoort, Trompsingel 27 in Groningen, the Netherlands. There will be
a programme of lectures, courses, exhibitions and tours that is HOLLAND PAPER BIENNIALFrom 10 June to 14 September 2008 the 7th edition of the International Biennial of Paper Art will again take place at the Museum Rijswijk near Den Haag (Herenstr. 67, NL-2282 BR Rijswijk) and at the CODA Museum in Apeldoorn (Vosselmanstr. 299, NL-7311 CL). At the occasion of this Biennial the book „Puur Papier (Pure Paper)“ will be published. On 14 September a paper market will again take place in front of the Museum Rijswijk. More information see website www.museumryswyk.nl THE 2008 SHIBORI SYMPOSIUM IN FRANCEThe 7th International Shibori Sympossium‘08 will take place from 31 Oct. until 10 Nov. 2008 in the Province (Roussillon, Nîmes, Lauris), Lyon and Paris. The first part will take place with a two-days workshop in Roussillon; field trips to Lauris and Nîmes will be organised to the theme of madder and indigo dyeing. The Lyon part will consist of a wearable art show and field trips to textile mills. In Paris finally the Symposium will take place at the Museé du Quai Branly, with exhibitions at the UNESCO and at local art schools. Organiser is the World Shibori Network Office, Yoshiko I. Wada, 696 Hilldale Ave. Berkeley CA 94708, USA, tel.: +1-510/5273432; fax: +1-510/5270231; e-mail: yoshiko@yoshikowada.com; http://www.shibori.org SMALL TAPESTRY INTER-NATIONAL 2009 The American Tapestry Alliance
is organising a juried small tapestry exhibition with Jane Sauer from
Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe NM, USA, as the juror. The theme of the
competition is “Connections” Artists are encouraged to push the
idea of connections with concepts, techniques, other artists, the
viewer and other areas of artistic investigation. Maximum size of the
works is 100 square inches (625 square cm). - Address: ATA
Connections, 1050 Gunnison Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501, USA;
13th INTL. LACE BIENNIAL This competition will select works that are planned to be exhibited from on November 2008 until January 2009 and will form the subject of other exhibitions abroad. Each artist was asked to submit one personal work, which has been produced within the last two years. The Grand Prix of Queen Fabiola, worth € 3,718 in form of an open credit, allows the artist to promote his/her work though the organisation of a personal show which must take place in Brussels during the next Biennial. – More information: International Lace Biennial- Contemporary Art, rue de la Violette 6-12, B-1000 Brussels; Tel/Fax: +32-2/7708670; EUROPEAN ART QUILTS V This Quilt Art exhibition is organised by the European Art Quilt Foundation under the leadership of Olga Prins from the Netherlands. It will start at the 2008 Festival of Quilts in Birmingham and will than travel through Europe. Artists living in Europe could apply until 1 March 2008 with a maximum of two works completed after 2006 (minimum size 80 x 80 cm and maximum size 180 x 180 cm) with the "historical characteristics of a quilt: two layers stitched together with a filler in between". A catalogue in English, French, German and Dutch is planned. – Address: European Art Quilt Foundation, Bredasedijk 65, NL-5124 PT Molensloot, Netherlands; Other NewsNORDIC TEXTILE ART (NTA)An association with the name Nordiskt Galleri för Textil Konst (Nordic Gallery for Textile Art) was formed in 2006,
a. o. in order to make textile art visible in the Nordic art scene. A first Nordic seminar was held in August 2006 in Hunnebostrand/Sweden. A Nordic Textile Advisory Board with two members each from Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Denmark was chosen. In Sept/Oct. 2007 several textile exhibitions and a seminar took place at the Borås Textile Museum. There now is a website www.nordictextileart.net with a catalogue of the Borås exhibition „Textile light“ in pdf format.
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