ETN's new Information concept
Beginning with the year 2010 we have separated the activities of TFS (Textile Forum Service) because these are not under the responsibility of the Network, even if connected closely with regards to the persons active and the spectrum of content.
Since 2010 the ETN Newsletter will be published - password protected - on this website. It is available only for members with up-to-date information from the fields of textile art and culture. Publication dates are quarterly around mid-January, April, July and October.
Newsworthy information of international importance, reaching the ETN secretariat after these dates, will be completed, also regularly, on this NEWS page at the end of February, May, August and November of each year.
Competitions
JURIED CONVERGENCE EXHIBITS
The Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) is offering four different entries to the following exhibitions:
SMALL EXPRESSIONS 2012
International juried exhibit of small-scale fibre pieces with less than 15 x 15 x 15 inches (38 cm); juror Carol Shaw-Sutton
Deadline: 25 Jan. 2012
LONGITUDE-YARDAGE EXHIBIT
An international juried exhibit featuring length of constructed or embellished yardage; juror Kay Faulkner
Deadline: 1 Febr. 2012
LATITUDE-ALL MEDIA EXHIBIT
International juried exhibit open to work created using any fibre arts technique with maximum 60 inches (1,524 m) any dimension and 30 pounds (13,6 kg) weight; juror Aaron Kramer
Deadline: 15 Febr. 2012
FASHION SHOW AND EXHIBIT
Intl. juried exhibit featuring one-of-a-kind fashion that shows understanding of the body and its movement, along with runway presence and overall suitability of the technique and/or materials; jurors Anne M. Bennion and Dawn Marie Forsyth
Deadline: 8 Febr. 2012
General information for all exhibits: The juror will independently screen all images and make the preliminary selection of all work in the exhibition. Entries will be evaluated on concept, design, technique, craftsmanship and creative exploration. Pieces must be originally conceived and created by the entrant. All work must be of exhibition quality, completed within the last two years (since January 2010) and not previously published in any national or international print publication. Photography guidelines will be included on the individual prospectus. HGA awards will be presented in each exhibit. For each, first, second, and third place awards will be selected by the juror. Detailed information to the juried Convergence exhibits 2012: Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., 1255 Buford Highway, Suite 211, Suwanee, GA 30024, USA; email: hga@weavespindye.org; http://www.Weavespindye.org
CONTEXTILE 2012 – TEXTILE TRIENNIAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART
This first edition of a newly issued International Triennial of Textile Art will take place from 1 Sept. till 14 Oct. 2012 in the Portuguese city of Guimarães. The textile programme will include a Textile Art Competition and an Acquisition Prize (€ 3000,-), open to all artists, national and international. All works should include textile elements, by construction or material. The dimensions should not exceed 2 m in all directions. The works should respond equally to creativity, originality and technical skills. Organiser is “Ideias Emergentes – Cultural Production CRL”, Espaço Imerse, Rue de Santa Catanna 781, P-4000-454 Porto; http:// contextile.wordpress.com
Deadline: 15 February 2012
GLOBAL PAPER II
This juried exhibition, on show from 20 may until 16 Sept. 2012 in two museums in the Bavarian town of Deggendorf, is open worldwide to artists specialised in paper. Three works per person are allowed to be sent. They must be made by own hands during the past three years. The exhibition will be documented by means of a catalogue. Application details can be found on the application form available on the internet. The exhibition will be inaugurated on Saturday 19th May at 19 h. On Sunday will take place a major paper festival and a paper market at the Town Museum and the Craft Museum of Deggendorf. Workshops, museum pedagogy programmes and education for teachers will accompany the events. – Application: Birgitta Petschek-Sommer, Museen der Stadt Deggendorf, Östlicher Stadtgraben 28, D-94469 Deggendorf; Tel: +49-991/29 60 555; e-mail: museen@deggendorf.de; http://www.museen-deggendorf.de
Application deadline: 27 Feb. 2012
ANNUAL MINI PAPER ART EXHIBITION
This juried small-size paper art exhibition will be on show from 2 May until 2 June 2012 at Art Alley Gallery in Sofia, organised by the Amateras Foundation and the exhibiting gallery. The competition is open to all artists and art students, without restrictions of technique style or type of paper. The size of the work(s) should be not larger than A4 or 15x15x20cm. The application fee is Euro 40,-. No more than 3 digital images (600/800 dpi, jpg) of paper work(s) are requested together with a short CV in English, one personal photo (400/600 dpi, jpg) and a complete application form with title(s), dimensions and media/technique description.
Application material should be sent via e-mail to Daniela Todorova, paperart@amateras.eu; http://www.amateras.eu/projects for application form
Application deadline: 1 March 2012
WITHOUT BORDERS – 3rd TEXTILE TRIENNIAL
This Triennial will be a touring exhibition carried out in 2012/2013 in several countries (a.o. Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Poland). The start of the exhibition will be from 29 June to 2 Oct. 2011 at the Gallery of M.A. Bazovský in Trenčin/SK. The aim is to show innovative artistic expression, as a classic wall textile or as a textile sculpture, object, installation, piece of fashion as well as scenographic art. Three pieces can be registered, created between 2009 and 2012, maximum 5 m² or 2 m³ for 3D pieces, maximum weight 10 kilos. The participation fee is 30 Euro, to be paid by 13 April 2012. A catalogue is planned to accompany the exhibition. For more details see www.triennialtextile.com, address: KTV Arttex, Karlo- veska 61, SK-84104 Bratislava, Slovac Republic.
Appl. deadline: 12 March 2012
EUROPEAN ART QUILTS VII
The exhibition will start at the Festival of Quilts in August 2012 in Birmingham, UK and will then travel throughout Europe. Artists living in Europe may apply for participation and submit a maximum of two works, completed after 2010 and not yet exhibited and/or published. The size should be minimally 80 x 80 cm and maximally 180 x 180 cm. There are no restrictions regarding the use of materials. Registration will open on 1 December 2011. The entry fee of Euro 25,- is non-refundable; there will be an extra fee of Euro 20,- when the work(s) is/are accepted. The first judging will be based on the digital unedited photos and samples. A full colour catalogue in English, French, German and Dutch will be published. – For more information please contact the European Art Quilt Foundation, Bredasedijk 65, NL-5124 PT Modenschot; Tel: +31-161/437178; Fax: /437176; e-mail: info@europeanartquilt.com; http://www.europeanartquilt.com
Deadline for submission: 15 March 2012
BANALITY AND GRACE
This judged exhibition will be held by the Slovak Textile Artists’ Association TXT during their 14th exhibition of miniature textiles. It aims to examine relationships between the daily, the ordinary, the cheap and the extraordinary, the noble and the graceful. A maximum of three pieces not exceeding 20 x 20 x 20 cm in size and 2 kilos in weight may be submitted. Foreign artists will be charged a participation fee of Euro 20. Three award winners will be selected. A catalogue will be published for the exhibition opening at SVÚ gallery (16th May to 10th June 2012) at Dostojevského rad 2, SK-81109 Bratislava. The curator is Silvia Federová, e-mail: fedorova.silvia@gmail.com; http://www.svu.sk (registration form)
Registration deadline: 30th March 2012
HAND & LOCK EMBROIDERY PRIZE 2012
This Prize is open to any student in full or part time education on or after 31 March 2010, from any country in the world. Research and graduate students are also eligible to enter. There is a £ 23,- fee non-refundable to enter. – For more information please contact Hand & Lock Embroidery, 86 Margaret Street, London W1W 8TE, UK; Tel: +44-20/75807488; http://www.handembroidery.com/prize-conference-2012/enter
Registr. deadline: 31 March 2012
"SCYTHIA 9" INTL. SYMPOSIUM OF TEXTILE ART
As per its biennial basis, this symposium will next be held in Kherson, Ukraine, from 19th to 24th June 2012. A judged intl. exhibition of textile art objects measuring no more than 3 x 3 x 3 m is planned concurrently. The conference will address all aspects of textile art. In addition, a fashion show of traditional and contemporary clothing and workshops are envisaged. Organisers Ludmila Egorova and Andrew Schneider await proposals. Infos: email: anschnei@public.kherson.ua; http://anschnei.public.kherson.ua
Submission deadline for proposals: 1st February 2012
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SLOVENIAN TEXTILE ART IN VELENJE
From 22nd December 2011 to 28th January 2012, five Slovenian artists and designers will exhibit their work at the Velenje (Titov trg. 5) and Gorenje (Partizanska 12) galleries, SI-3320 Velenje. All five have made names for themselves abroad: Ksenija Baraga, the Bela Bela duo (Jana Mršnik and Vesna Štih), Eta Sadar Breznik and Anda Klančič. Although this dual exhibition distinguishes between textile art and textile design, it also illustrates the dialogue between the two disciplines. Info: K. Baraga, e-mail: ksenija.baraga@gmail.com
LOST IN LACE
The exhibition is showing 20 leading international artists in the Gas Hall at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG) this Winter. Running 29th October 2011 to 19th February 2012, this exhibition is exploring the relationship between textiles – specifically lace – and space through a series of dramatic and ambitious new site-sensitive installations. For more information see www.craftscouncil.org.uk
WALTER VAN BEIRENDONCK
Exhibition „Dream The World Awake“ takes place from 14th September 2011 until 19th February 2012 at the Antwerp Fashion Museum (Nationale Straat 28, B-2000).The Fashion Museum’s website www.momu.be is showing some videos of this “enfant terrible” of the Antwerp fashion world
KUBA TEXTILES
The exhibition “Weaving Abstraction – Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Afri-ca” is running at the Textile Museum, Washington D.C. (2320 S Street, NW, 20008), from 15th October 2011 to 12th February 2012. It offers a survey of the art of the Kuba kingdom in Central Africa, presenting ceremonial dance skirts woven from raffia palm leaves. The show is complemented by a further 150 objects made by Central African cultures, including ceremonial skirts, Kuba “velvet” cloth, headdresses, belts, baskets and further exhibits http://www.textilemuseum.org.
2011 NORDIC TEXTILE AWARD
From 10th November 2011 to 26th February 2012, the Textile Museum of Borås (Druveforsvägen 8, S-50433) is presenting an exhibition featuring this year’s award winner, Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir a.k.a. Shoplifter. Born in Iceland, the artist has been living in New York since 1994. She received the Nordic Textile Award for her innovative work using human and synthetic hair, which has become very well-known and has been included in many international exhibitions. The Nordic Textile Award, presented by the “Stiftelsen Fokus Borås” foundation, is the most highly endowed award available to textile artists in Europe (~ € 27,500). For futher information: stiftelsenfokus-leave@listbsd.griffel.se
ICONS OF FASHION
Held at the Musée des tissus, Lyon (34 rue de la Charité, F-69002) from 4th January 2011 to 25th March 2012, this show presents 22 new costumes for the Black Madonna in the basilica of Notre-Dame-la-Daurade in Toulouse, designed by some of the great names in haute couture, such as Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Franck Sorbier and Jean-Michel Broc. In the museum, their work is juxtaposed with various original costumes worn by the Madonna, which vary in col-our depending on the various liturgical feasts. The exhibition was on view at the basilica itself from 7th March 2010 onwards, promoted by the Association pour la promotion du patrimoine de la Daurade.
2nd INTL. SYMPOSIUM ON HALLSTATT TEXTILES
The Austrian Society for Textile Art Research in co-operation with the Museum of Natural History Vienna and the University of Applied Art Vienna is organising this symposium from 21 to 23 march 2012 in the Museum of Natural History. It will provide an insight into the unique world of ancient textiles and their colours. Titled „3000 Years of Colour from Tradition to Art and Innovation“ will be held lectures, workshops, exhibitions and performances. – Details see website http://3000yearsofcolour.nhm-wien.ac.at/
TRACES OF LIGHT
This exhibition will be held at Rundetaarn, Copenhagen (Købmagergade 52 A, DK-1150), from 28th January to 11th March 2012. It will showcase 18 large-format jacquard weavings and a video produced by Grethe Sørensen in co-operation with Bo Hovgaard. The slow, flowing motion of the video film constitutes an ethereal response to the physical heaviness and structure of the jacquard wall hangings. The theme deals with lights in a city, using faded colour images, and displays the typical, wonderful signature of weaver Grethe Sørensen
LOVE LACE EXHIBITION
From 30 July 2011 until April 2012, the Love Lace exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia, challenges our ideas about the nature and application of lace. In this exhibition, curator Lindie Ward broadens the definition of lace to include any ‘openwork structure whose pattern of spaces is as important as the solid areas’. On display are the works of 134 artists and designers from around the world, with over 20 nationalities represented. For more information, see http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/lovelace
ART COSTUMES IN ALSACE
The exhibition “Alliage – Costumes d’Art: tissu, métal et plexi- glas” runs at Parc Wesserling-Ecomusée Textile, Husseren-Wesserling (F-68470), from 10th Sept. 2011 to 13th May 2012. Four artists have left their mark on the show: Va Nguyen/metal, Yoann Mouchonnet/costumes, Geneviève Olivier/perspex and Alain Despres/video. Details: http://www.parc-wesserling.fr
HGA’s CONVERGENCE 2012
The Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) will held its 2012 event in Long Beach, California, from 15 to 21 July at the Convention Centre of the city. Convergence features lectures, workshops, one-day studio classes, seminars, exhibits, tours and a commercial vendor hall and an artist market. The classes cover a variety of fibre techniques, including weaving spinning, dyeing, basketry, feltmaking, knitting, garment construction and sewing with handwovens. Some of the teachers are know already, e.g. Barbara Shapiro, Deborah Robson, Robyn Spady, Diana Totten, Kay Faulkner, Judith Olney, Rodrick Owen and Carol Shaw-Sutton. Four international competitions are planned! – For more information see website www.weavespindye.org
IAPMA PAPER EVENTS IN GERMANY AND FRANCE
The “Fascinating Paper” exhibition (see TF 3/11, p. 24), on view in Michelstadt, Odenwald, until 8th December 2011, will be shown at Pflegschloß in Schrobenhausen (D-86529) from 16th March to 22nd April 2012, and will later travel to Le Vigan Garde (F-30120) from 28th April to 26th May 2012. The application deadline for the international paper triennial “Global Paper”, scheduled at the Town and Craft Museum Deggendorf from 20th May to 16th September 2012, will most likely be 15th January 2012. For further details see the website, www.iapma.info
CONFERENCE ON KOREAN FABRIC AND PAPER
This meeting about bojagi will take place from 5 until 10 September 2012 in Seoul, Korea, featuring speakers from several continents, workshops, tours, exhibitions and markets. Attendees will also gain insight into the manufacture and use of Korean silk, ramie and hemp fabrics, into Korean fabric arts and fashion. For more information, e-mail: abovepub@gmail.com
BOJAGI IN SEOUL
This conference and workshop has changed its date from 5 to 10 September 2012 (as announced in TF 3/11, p. 27) to 22 to 26 August 2012 and now will take place in the countryside outside Seoul at the ancient Suwon Hwasung fortress with museum, outdoor theatre and visual arts centre. – More information, e-mail: abovepub@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/bojagi.in.seoul
1st INTL. FESTIVAL OF EXTRAORDINARY TEXTILES, FRANCE
This new festival, scheduled with a 4-day programme from 13 until 16 Sept. 2012 in Clermont-Ferrand, aims at expressing the importance of textiles in its diversity. The festival will help safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the world, a. o. represented by individual creations such as Lao, Miao or Fulani Wodaabe family embroidery from Asia resp. the Sahara region. Addressed are contemporary artists, designers, crafts-people, manufacturers, dealers, collectors and museum people from the five continents. The Musée Bargoin with its important textile collection in the former textile production area around Clermont-Ferrand will be the centre of activities like exhibitions, shows, conferences, discussion rounds, residency workshops and markets. A participative approach will characterize the event. Contact: HS Projets, Ms Christine Athenor, tel: +33/953891798; e-mail: hs.ca@free.fr; http://hors-serie.blogspot.com
