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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 2009• July 25, 2010 – Biennial Membership Meeting and Educational Forum / Digi Slam ExhibitionsFebruary 2010 (and ongoing) • ARTAPESTRY2 – Exhibition – January 21st to May 30th. Exhibition of 44 selected tapestries by 33 European artists. View at the Musée Jean Lurçat, 4 Blvd. Arago ANGERS. Reception January 21st 6:00pm. • Habsburg Treasures August 2010 • 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
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. Lectures and Symposia July 2010 • ATA Educational Forum at Convergence 2010 – Lecture – Join us for the American Tapestry Alliance’s Biennial Membership Meeting and Educational Forum. Held in conjunction with HGA’s Convergence. Sunday July 25th, 2010; 10:30am – 1:30pm; Convention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Room to be announced. Open to the public. Find out what’s new in ATA. Be inspired by Lynne Curran and James Kohler as they share insights into their tapestries and their careers. 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. Workshops July 2010 • Tapestry Enchantment – Workshop – ATA's 2010 Educational Retreat offers workshops taught by acclaimed tapestry artists Lynne Curran and James Koehler in July 2010. Following Convergence 2010 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the retreat will take place at St. John's College in Santa Fe, starting the evening of Sunday, July 25 and ending Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Early bird registration due April 15, 2010. Registration closes May 31, 2010. Information: Contact Marcy Fraker, magnolia.tapestry@gmail.com or 256-239-9890. [Note: The retreat offering these workshops has filled.] • 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
• "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, Eugne, OR 97404
• "Tapestry 101" - by Kathe Todd Hooker – Publication – This book is a beginning course for the person interested in learning how to do woven tapestry. It will give you the foundation you need to understand tapestry weaving and be able to express yourself in this wonderful medium. There are plans for a simple, but competent loom, information on the equipment and materials you'll need for weaving, and instructions on doing the basic techniques that you need to know to complete your own tapestry. There is also information on finishing and mounting your tapestry for exhibition. Even if you have been weaving for awhile, Tapestry 101 information on all aspects of tapestry weaving that will be a help to you. There are 108 pages of written information, diagrams, and photographs with a spiral binding so that you can lay the book flat beside your loom as a reference while you're weaving. Cost: $29.00 plus shipping and handling. Available from Fine Fiber Press. www.peak.org/~spark/fine.html • "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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