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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 2008
Exhibitions
November 2008 (and ongoing)
• "American Tapesetry Biennial 7" – Exhibition – September 5 - December 31, 2008. Final venue for ATB7 opens at the Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, 715 Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Check their events listing here: ATB7 at KMAC.
• "Putting Content to Color - Linda Rees" – Exhibition – Nov. 25 - Dec. 23, 2008, DIVA (Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts) Gallery, 110 West Broadway, Eugene, Oregon. Contact Linda Rees for hours or directions.
• "Intertwine"-Archie Brennan and Susan Martin Maffei– Exhibition – Sept. 6, 2008- January 17, 2009, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Both Susan and Archie have works in the show "Intertwine" - a selection of works from the fiber collection of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
• "ARTAPESTRY2"– Exhibition – Nov 7- Jan 11, Aalborg, Denmark, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum. European Tapestry Forum is pleased to announce the opening of its second international juried tapestry exhibition featuring 44 contemporary tapestries.
ARTAPESTRY2 travels on to the West Norway Museum of Decorative Art in Bergen (1 Feb-13 April 2008) and the Musée Jean Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine (15 Dec 2009 – 15 May 2010) before closing at its final venue at the Konsthallen art museum in Luleå, Sweden (28 Aug – 26 Sept 2010). ETF is publishing a more than 70-page colour catalogue to accompany the tour.
33 tapestry artists from 14 countries are taking part in this travelling exhibition, which opens
at Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum in Aalborg, Denmark on 7 November and continues on to three other European venues.
• Connections: Small Tapestry International – Call for Entries – ATA announces the first in a series of juried small tapestry exhibitions: "Connections: Small Tapestry International." Juror: Jane Sauer of Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. Maximum size 100 sq. in./ 625 sq. cm.). Artists are encouraged to push the idea of connections with concepts, techniques, other artists, the viewer or other areas of artistic investigation.
Digital entry deadline: November 30, 2008.
Click >> here << for a downloadable .pdf format prospectus which you can print out and use to submit your entry. You can also send a SASE to ATA Connections, 1050 Gunnison Ave., Grand Junction, CO 81501.
Forums, Lectures and Symposia
November 2008
• Archie Brennan and Susan Martin Maffei- Lecture- November 18, 2008
Lecture by both Susan and Archie on their work at Vassar University, NY
• 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 $.75 per extra catalog. Within Massachusetts, include $.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)
Micala Sidore, Hawley Street Tapestry Studio, 19C Hawley Street, Northampton, MA 01060-3301 USA.
• "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: $350 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 $20.00 which includes postage and handling: Barbara Heller, 7208 Hudson Street, Vancouver, Canada, V6P 6J6.
• "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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