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(Note: Calendar is organized by category - categories are listed at the left.) ATA C a l e n d a r L i s t i n g s• November 30, 2010 – Postmark deadline for STI: Passages Entries ExhibitionsAugust 2010 (and ongoing) • Penland School of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction Friday – Exhibition – August 13 and 14, 10:30 am. Penland’s annual benefit auction is a gala weekend in the North Carolina mountains featuring the sale of more than 200 works in books, clay, drawing, glass, iron, metals, painting, printmaking, photography, textiles, wood, and other media. The Penland auction is one of the premier craft collecting events in the Southeast and the perfect opportunity to support Penland’s educational programs. September 2010
January 2011 • American Tapestry Biennial 8 – Exhibition – January 22 - May 1, 2011. ATB8 will display works by 54 artists from 10 countries, at its second venue at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts. Special events for this venue are still being arranged. Calls for Entries + Proposals November 2010 • "Small Tapestry International 2: Passages" – Call for Entries – American Tapestry Alliance’s juried, international exhibition of small-scale tapestries will open during 2011. The anticipated run of the show is from the spring through the fall, although the dates of the show may be extended further into the year. Artists are encouraged to consider the technical, metaphorical and/or conceptual implications of the theme of the show, Passages, as they develop work to submit. Innovation and experimentation within the technique of tapestry are welcomed. All works must be mounted. For more information on submission requirements please refer to the call for entry on the ATA website. http://www.americantapestryalliance.org/Exhibitions/STInt/STI2_Passages.html Exhibition Chair: Margo Macdonald; margomac53@comcast.net. January 2011 • "International Triennial of Contemporary Textile Arts: Continere" – Call for Entries – The 7th edition of the International Triennial of Contemporary Textile Arts in Tournai (Belgium) will be held from June to September 2011. Through its international reputation, the Triennial wishes to contribute to the promotion of contemporary textile art in all its aspects. For the time of the preceding editions, the 5th and 6th Triennials, an international competition of contemporary textile art had been organized alongside the exhibition: Ki-monologue about Japan and “Dialogues” about Italy. Each of these competitions proved very successful among creators, as several hundreds of projects were submitted to the selection committee and the exhibition attracted thousands of visitors. For forthcoming 2011 edition of the competition, the selected theme is: “Continere”, in the sense of : “holding together.” Please contact triennale.tapisserie.tournai@belgacom.net for the .pdf of the rules for this new “continere” competition. Lectures and Symposia October 2010 • 2010 TSA Symposium Textiles and Settlement: From Plains Space to Cyber Space – Symposium – Oct. 6-9. The 2010 TSA Symposium, Textiles and Settlement: From Plains Space to Cyber Space, will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska (Home of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Textiles, Clothing & Design, the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, and the International Quilt Study Center & Museum) October 6 - 9 2010. Keynote speaker for the symposium will be Sheila Kennedy, an architect, whose Portable Light project creates new ways to provide renewable power in solar textiles that can be adapted to meet the needs of people in different cultures and global regions. November 2010 • Nancy Hoskins in Egypt – Lecture and Travel Tour – Active Travel announces their second Egypt Textiles study tour with Nancy Hoskins, a well respected scholar on Coptic textiles. Nancy studied and researched in Egypt and through her contacts we are able to examine excellent examples of ancient textiles during 'behind the scenes' visits, as well as catch up with contemporary and village weavers, embroiderers, and others involved with fabric and fibre. Our programme begins in Cairo on 06 November. For more details please contact Robert at robert@activetravel.com.au or Danni at danni@activetravel.com.au Workshops • Natural Dyes Workshop – Workshop – Pre-conference workshop in conjunction with TSA's 2010 Symposium in Lincoln, Nebraska, Oct. 6-9. The workshop will be lead by Dominique Cardon and Elena Phipps. Dominique Cardon, renowned French scholar, is the author of numerous publications on the subject of dyes, dye history and technology including her most recent book Natural Dyes, Sources, Tradition , Technology and Science (Archetype Publications, London, 2007) a monumental and comprehensive study. Elena Phipps (Director-at-large, TSA) has worked with dyes and dye analysis for many years at the Metropolitan Museum, and her forthcoming publication, Cochineal Red, the art history of a color (Metropolitan Museum and Yale University Press) is expected Jan 2010. This opportunity is made possible by a generous grant from The Reed Foundation, New York. Publications• The Journal for Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers, Great Britain
• "So Warped, Warping a Loom for Weaving Tapestry" by Kathe Todd-Hooker and Pat Spark – Publication – After many years of teaching tapestry and weaving, the authors realize that it is sometimes the warping process that stops a weaver dead in her/his tracks. Traditional weavers often have horror stories about their warping experiences and while many tapestry weavers do not have a background in traditional weaving, they too often see the process as impossibly difficult. In this book we are covering as many warping methods and hints as our combined 60 years of experience have taught us. We have learned these methods through much trial and error. We are certain there are other ways of doing things, but we have hit upon the methods that work well for us and for our students. • "The Toms Collection Tapestries of the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries" - by Giselle Eberhard Cotton, General Editor – Publication – Fondation Toms Pauli announces a new publication, a catalogue of the Toms Collection Tapestries, available in April 2010. ISBN 978-3-7212-0730-9 Contact Giselle Eberhard Cotton or Anic Zanzi, + 41 21 329 06 86, toms-pauli@bluewin.ch • "Christine Laffer: Tapestry and Transformation" - by Carole Greene – Publication – Published by OutskirtsPress.com. Price $30.95. Available through www.amazon.com and other online bookstores. • "Black and White and Red All Over"- by Micala Sidore – Publication – A catalog from this exhibition is available for $5. The cost of mailing, envelope etc is $2, although if you want to order more than one, just add $0.75 per extra catalog. Within Massachusetts, include $0.25 for sales tax. If you are outside the US, email her for info on mailing cost. The catalog is 8x8 inches, and 20 pages, with color photos on every page, text by Katherine Duncan Aimone and an introduction by Patrick McCay, Dean, New Hampshire Institute of Art. (the venue for the exhibition) • "NEZHNIE: Weaver & Innovative Artist"- by Linda Rees – Publication – chronicles the prolific career of tapestry artist, Muriel Nezhnie Helfman, best know for her tapestry series depicting "Images of the Holocaust." The book traces her ardent journey to become one of the greatest weavers of her generation, providing compelling insight into a woman striving to establish her identity as an artist, mother and wife in pre-feminist America. The 180 page paperback contains 32 color images and 72 B/W images. It costs $29.95 plus shipping: $3.50 US, 7.50 CA or per coutnry. Checks are payalbe to Linda Rees, 1507 Elkay Drive, Eugene, OR 97404 • "Cover Ups and More Revelations - Tapestries by Barbara Heller" – Publication – 24 page colour catalogue with two essays and artist's statement - to accompany the exhibit of the same name. This booklet may be ordered from the artist for $15.00 which includes postage and handling: Barbara Heller, 5787 Newton Wynd, Vancouver BC, V6T 1H6, Canada. • "Kids Weaving " - by Sarah Swett – Publication –This book has 15 fun projects for kids to make. It includes how to weave on your hands, using cardboard, and how to make a loom using pvc plumbing supplies. Colorful and full of fun ideas. 128 pages, $19.95, hardcover with jacket. www.bookpeople.net/local/local3.htm • "Navajo Weaving At Arizona State Museum: 19th Century Blankets; 20th Century Rugs; 21st Century Views." – Online Publication – The GFR Center for Tapestry Studies is pleased to announce the inauguration of an online version of a public exhibition that was installed from Oct 2004 through May 2005 in the Arizona State Museum's galleries in Tucson. The exhibition now exists only in a virtual form on this website: www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibits/navajoweave/
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