TF 1/98 Spain

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TF 1/98: 64 pages, 24 high quality pages, in A4 format (German edition: 72 pages)
Most of the articles are presented with complete contact addresses.

Textiles & Fashion in Spain

In the context of this year's ETN Conference in Barcelona and Madrid prominent authors are reporting on recent, contemporary and historic subjects, such as

'Pasarela Cibeles - The Madrid Showcase of Spanish Fashion Design' by Ms Leonor Pérez Pita/Director (Additional: An overview of 20 international textile & fashion fairs in Spain and Portugal)

'The Fashion Design College of Higher Education in Madrid' by Ms Diana Fernández/Coordinator for course planning

'The School of Textile Design & Fashion, Madrid' by Professor José Luis Epinosa

'The Valencia de Don Juan Insitute' by Ms Christina Partearroyo/Curator

'Textiles in the National Heritage Collection' by Ms Concha Herrero Carretero/curator of fabrics and tapestries

'The Terrassa Documentation Centre and Textile Museum' by Ms Eulàlia Morral i Romeu/Director

'The AAIP FAD Crafts Association in Barcelona' by Ms Francesca Piñol/Textile Designer (Additional: Illustration of artists' and designers' works, also of members of the Madrid Textile Designers' Association)

'Oficio y Arte (Craft and Art)' - A Roof Organisation by Mr Manuel González/President and Ms Lala de Dios/Board member

'Carmarinnas - The City of Lace on the Costa da Morte, Galicia' by Ms Lala de Dios

'The Museum of Latin America, Madrid' by Mr Luis Ramos Gómez/Lecturer of Latin American Anthropology

'Andrea Milde' - A German Tapestry Artist living in Madrid by Mr Javier Tolento

'Iberian Europe - Two States, five official languages and even more cultures' by Mr Dietmar Laue/Editorial staff (with facts of the textiles & and clothing indutry)

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Preview of events

Calendar of international events

Textile Forum magazine is known for its complete quarterly calendar. For the second quarter of 1998, 175 current exhibitions are listened, 50 specialized meetings resp. further educational opportunities and 13 competitions

Calendar of 'Regional' Events

The German edition of TF 1/98 has a calendar of more than 60 additional exhibitions, meetings/courses, competitions and fairs/markets in German speaking countries.

Some selected event previews

Eleven contents and twelve specialized further educational opportunities resp. specialized meetings are noted in detail, with their entry, submission resp. application conditions, dates and complete addresses.

Exhibitions

'Contemporary Russion Textile Art', from February to May 1998 at the Virginaia Quilt Museum/USA

'Chieri Biennial of Textile Art', from March to April 1998 in Chieri/Italy

'9th International Tapestry Triennial' from May to October 1998 in Lodz/Poland (with documentation of all participating artists and the national advisors)

'Lace Biennial in Andorra' in May 1998

'12th Biennial of Miniature Textiles', from September to October 1998 in Szombathely/Hungary

'Textile Festival in Waldviertel', from June to July 1998 in Lower Austria

'Haslach Textile Culture' - A major weaver's meeting form July to August 1998 in Upper Austria

'European Flax and Linen Schedule' with events in Northern Ireland, Upper Normandy/France, Kiel/Germany, Feldkirchen/Austria, Tampere/Finland (Specialized conference), Upper Lausitz/Germany and Hämeenlinna/Finland, between April and September 1998

'Art & Clothing - Avantgarde Fashion in Europe 1910-1939', from February to April 1998 in Dortmund/Germany

'Dagobert Peche and the Wiener Werkstätte', from February to May 1998 in Vienna/Austria

'Patrice Hugues at the Tournai Tapestry Museum' from march to May 1998 in Belgium

'Multi Media Textiles', from March to April 1998 in Delft/Netherlands

'Revelation - Textile Artists addressing issues' - Travel Exhibition from Great Britain to Japan, from June to July 1998 in Kyoto

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Reports

Special Reports

'A Cultural Heritage Endangered in Mexico' by Ms Yosi Anaya/Lecturer at the Institute of Fine Arts in Xalapa, Veracruz

'Fabrics commonly used in West and Central Africa - Pagne fashion and its origins' by Ms Ilsemargret Luttmann/Scientist of African history

'The use of natural colorants in Ukrainian textile production' - A call for international cooperation Mr Bogdan Semak/Lecturer at the Faculty of Trade in Lviv, Ukraine

'Innovative textiles from Japan' - Junichi Arai, Masashi Honda, Yoshiki Hishinuma, Hideo Yamakuchi, Eijo Miyamoto, Reiko Sudo, Kaori & Chiaki Maki, Koji Hamai and the Takeda family by Ms Helle Abild/Danish textile designer in the USA

Reports of selected events

'World Batik Conference in Indonesia', by Rudolf Smend; November 1997 in Yogiakarta on Java

'International Batik Symposium & Exhibition in China', by Rita Trefois; November 1997 in Guiyang and Anshun, Guizhou region

'The Contemporary stitch: Japan style', by Carol Russell; exhibition, October-November 1997 in Montclair, USA

'Political material - Touchstones of textiles - Textile difference(s)!', by Renata Brink; symposium, 8th and 9th March 1997 in London

'2nd Valcellina award for young textile artists in Italy', by Renata Pompas; contest exhibition, January-March 1998 in Maniago, Italy

'Urban' - Danish Biennial exhibition of applied art & fashion, September-October 1997 in Copenhagen

Paper Symposium in Kranevo, Bulgaria with travel exhibition in Dobrich, Plovdiv and Sofia; September 1997

'Lee Malerich - Embroidery Art', personal exhibition in October 1997 in Jacksonville, USA

'Mirages' - Textile Art by Marina Netcheporuk; personal exbibition in September 1997 in Moscow

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Other Subjects

Books

Book reviews: 'Organisers of Textile Events in Europe'/The new manual of ETN; 'Filo Lungo Filo, una noda si farà (Thread, long thread, a knot is produced)'/A specialized weaving source book; 'Techno Textiles - Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design'/A brandnew edition by Sarah Braddock & Marie O'Mahony; 'La Magia de los Hilos - Arte y Tradición en el Textil de Veracruz'/An ethnographic research in the Veracruz region, Mexico, by Yosi Anaya; 'The Art of African Textiles - Technology, Tradition and Lurex'/An exhibition catalogue-book from 1995

Textile Forum Library

A specialized mail order bookshop; the programme 1998 is included in this issue of the magazine, with 32 new editions and 48 classic titles

Brief notes

Notes of a special ethnographic textiles exhibition project in Yugoslavia; a planned Centre of Centemporary Textile Art in London; an International Directory of Design, edited in the USA - and a new fabric shop in Amsterdam

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Useful ads of suppliers for material, products, tools, equipment, further educational course offers, announcements of competitions etc.

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