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New Chair of Textile History in Switzerland
The 13 th Belgian international Lace Biennial does not take place
 Latin American Art Museum of Amersfoort
German Wool Campaign
Individual sheep sponsorship
2009 International Year of Natural Fibres
‘A cultural project to comprehend the world’ in France
Musée des Confluences
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Tradition and Modernity, exhibition of the German Patchwork Guild
‘Nadel und Faden’, Handicraft fair in Osnabrück/D
Textile Short Stories, exhibition in Freiburg/D
Ursula Benker-Schirmer: Tapestries
Fränkische Gobelin-Manufaktur
6th Neuburg Hat Show
Weavers’ Forum in Oederan
8th Gröbenzell Quilt Exhibition
2009 Northern German Craft Triennial
Staatliches Museum Schwerin
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Applied Art on the Move – A tour of Germany
Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk
World Clothing – Young Fashion Design with Fabrics from Three Continents, exhibition in Hamburg
Leather and Silk, exhibition of two artists in Munich
Embroidered Paradise Gardens from Mesopotamia, exhibition in Fribourg/CH
Regula Stüdli: Paint Spot by Paint Spot, exhibition in Winterthur/CH
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Reports |
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Irena Biechonska: Transformations, exhibition in Israel
‚Body and Soul’, exhibition of the Group 78 in Trieste/Italy
Group 78
‘Filo Rosso’, exhibition in Muggia/Italy
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‘Moving in: Textile Kultur Haslach’, report by Beatrijs Sterk
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Feltrosa 3’ – The Italian felters’ meeting near Torino, report by Eva Basile
Living with Fiber, exhibition near Izmir/Turkey
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7 th ‘Scythia’ International Symposium of Textile Art, report by Monica Loster
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‘News from Holland’ exhibition with fashion from Alexander Slobbe, report by Beatrijs Sterk
Fashion Prize for Wool Innovation in Australia
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‘Technothreads’ – What fashion did next, exhibition in Dublin/IRL
Science Gallery
‘One Body, a Thousand Souls’, a fashion course, report by Heidi Bedenknecht-De Felice
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Textile Forum magazine is known for its complete quarterly calendar. For the second quarter of 2008, 134 current exhibitions are listed, 42 specialized meetings respectively further educational opportunities and 11 competitions. The special pages for Germany, Austria and Switzerland have a calendar of more than 57 additional exhibitions, meetings/courses, competitions and fairs/markets.
(Up-to-date event overview see Calendar/ETN
Database)
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EXHIBITIONS
‘Balkan Fiber Art ‘08’ – An event organised by the Serbian group Fiber Art
Atelje 61
Hélène Soubeyran: Folds and Colours, exhibition in France
Luis Acosta: Paper Objects, exhibition in Barcelona
Lace as an inspiration for design, exhibition in St. Etienne/F
The 15 th International Kite Festival in Dieppe/F
Kite Festival
The ATA Tapestry Biennial in the USA
American Tapestry Alliance
Hat Art in the Netherlands, exhibition in Nijmegen/NL
Cappello Gallery
Prize for ‘Intelligence of the Hand’ in France
The World of Wearable Art, exhibition in Montana/USA
World of Wearable Art
The 5 th International Biennial of Linen Art in Krosno/Poland
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Angela Völker’s favourite objects are shown in Vienna
Museum of Applied Art
English Embroidery from the MMA in New York
Bard Graduate Center
Shamans of Siberia, exhibition in Stuttgart/D
Linden Museum
Tilburg: Textile Weekend and ‚Floor Jewellery’ carpet exhibition
Textile Museum
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110 Years of the Moravian Tapestry Workshop, exhibition in Prague
Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities, exhibition in Honolulu/USA
Art Gallery
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COMPETITIONS
Call for participation at the 2009 ETN Pre-conference in Linz/Austria
2009 ETN Conference
‘Talents’ Craft Competition
Handwerkskammer München/Oberbayern
4th European Quilt Triennial
Max Berk Textile Collection
3 rd Hungarian Triennial of Textile Art in Szombathely
Keptar Art Gallery
‘Common Thread’ Festival in Canada
Festival
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MEETINGS/COURSES
14 th European Patchwork Meeting in Alsace/F
Patchwork Europe
International Symposium on Natural Dyes in Korea
ISEND http://www.isend2008.com
11th Symposium of the Textile Society of America in Honolulu/USA
TSA/Hawaii
‘Filo lungo filo’; 14th textile gathering in Villaggio Leumann/Italy
Costume Colloquium in Florence
Galleria del Costume
International Fashion Congress in Madrid
European Tapestry and Textile Art, exhibition and seminar around Jean Lurçat in Brussels and Paris
Académie des Beaux-Arts/Paris
The Knitting and Stitching Show in Birmingham
Twisted Thread
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EXHIBITIONS
‘Evet – I do’ – Wedding culture and fashion from 1800 to date: A German-Turkish encounter in Dortmund/D
Museum of Art and Cultural History
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Texprint 2008: First View
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Matrix natura: The 18 th Miniartextil Como 2008, report by Monika Engel
‘Tapestry ’08’, exhibition in Halifax/UK, report by Thomas Cronenberg
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Italian Textile Art Holds Sway in the Belgian Town of Tournai, report by Beatrijs Sterk
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The ‘Art of the Stitch’ exhibition in Krefeld/D
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‘Artapestry 2’ – On the Way to Becoming a Northern European Triennial?, report by Thomas Cronenberg
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The 7 th International Shibori Symposium 2008 in France, in Nîmes/Provence, Lyon and Paris
Programme overview
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The Holland Paper Biennial in Rijswijk and Amersfoort, report by Beatrijs Sterk
Website
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The 6 th International Paper Biennial of Charmey/CH
Musée du Pays et Val de Charmey
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‘Blowing in the Wind’, exhibition on the 40th anniversary of the Polish Paper Museum in Silesia
Muzeum Papiernictwa
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‚Papier/Textil 1987 – 2008, Elfi Knoche-Wendel’s Department at the Johannes Gutenberg University is closing its doors
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Paper Worlds – ‘dimension FRAGILE’
Austrian Museum of Papermaking
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The Luxury of Change – The Relationship of Paper and Textiles, essay by Christina Leitner
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Books |
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Papier Luxus (catalogue), ed. Department of Textiles, Art and Design of the Linz Art University, Linz 2008
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Textes et Textiles du Moyen Age à nos Jours, ed. Odile Blanc; ENS Editions, Lyon 2008
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Contemporary Textiles, The Fabric of Fine Art, ed. Nadine Monem; Black Dog Publishing, London 2008
Contemporary Quilt Art, an Introduction and Guide, by Kate Lenkowsky; Indiana University Press, Bloomington/USA 2008
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