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                FIBERARTS magazine discontinues distribution
                   Telos Art Publishing closed its doors and offers remainders 
                     Successor
                   Reopening of the Abegg Foundation 
                     Abegg Foundation
                     
                     
                    Laos and its ethnic groups 
                     The TAEC Centre
                   Supplementary videos for the Wool Route in the Maas-Rhine Euregio  
                     Woll Route 
                     
                                                                   
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                Textile+Fashion Innovation Awards 2011 
                   Textil+Fashion Confederation 
                   
                                                                   
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                Hat Creations 
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                  'Femme 1' - Fair for Fashion and Wearable Art 
                     Women's Museum                      
                     
                      
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                33 Fabric Pattern Books Rediscovered in Berlin 
                Knitted, Glued, Knotted - Art Brut and Textiles 
                   Kunsthaus Kannen                    
                'Bramsche Red' and Green Coats 
                   Museum of Clothmaking                    
                Fan Flirting, exhibition in Munich 
                   Munich Stadtmuseum                    
                'Infinite Blue', Competition  in Osnabrueck 
                Patchwork Competition in Bremen 
                   Forum Molakunst                  
                 The Zweifach Fair 
                Quilt Art Symposium in Frankfurt/M. 
                   Quiltkunst e.V.                   
                Travel Bug Next to Skin, exhibition  in Leipzig 
                   Grassimuseum  
                   
                   
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                St. Gall - The History of Lice in St. Gallen, exhibition 
                 Textile Museum  
                Dare to Wear a Hat: 'The largest show of hats in the world' in Neuburg/D 
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                Shapes and Colours in Basel, exhibition of a Swiss artists group 
                   
                   
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                'Stickstich 2011', International Design Award of Plauen-Vogtland 
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                Apolda European Design Award 2011  
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                ISEND 2011 Europe - International Symposium & Exhibition on Natural Dyes in La Rochelle 
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                The Surface Design Conference in Minnesota, USA 
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                Arrrgh! Monsters in Fashion, exhibition in Athens 
                   Atopos 
                  Feltrosa: 2011 Conference in Italy 
                     
                     
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                The Handbag, exhibition in Florence 
                'Reverse and Frontside', exhibition in Bratislava 
                   TXT Association                   
                5th  International Exhibition of Mini Textile Art, Kherson/Ukraine 
                Major Weaving Exhibition in Denmark 
                   
                   
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                The 14th Techtextil/Avantex and Material Vision plus Texprocess fairs 
                 The Techtextil fair 
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                The 6th  World Textile Art (WTA) Biennial in Mexiko 
                 WTA  
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                The 4th Arnhem Fashion Biennial 
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                Textile Forum magazine is known for its complete quarterly calendar. For the fourth quarter of 2011, 154 current exhibitions are listed, 41 specialized meetings respectively further educational opportunities and 17 competitions. The special pages for Germany, Austria and Switzerland have a calendar of more than 54 additional exhibitions, meetings/courses, competitions and fairs/markets. 
                  (Up-to-date event overview see Calendar/ETN Database) 
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                Exhibitions 
                   
 
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                Textiles & Fashion: Europe's View of the  World 
                  - The 7th International  Triennial of  Textile Art  in Tournai/B 
                  - The First International Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2011 
                   
                   
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                Exhibition of Textile Art  in Japan und New York
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                Energheira - 2011  Como Miniartextil 
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                The 7. International Paper Triennial of Charmey/CH 
                Fascinating Paper, travelling exhibition of the  IAPMA Association 
                   IAPMA                   
                   
                   
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                Art, Culture and Elegance, exhibition with Willy Maywald fashion photos  in Mulhouse/F 
                The 2nd 'TexpoArt' -  Triennial in Iaşi/Romania 
                'Fashion and Art, a passionate affair', exhibition in The Hague/NL 
                   Gemeentemuseum                   
                'Thoughts of a Summer Night', exhibition at the Brussels Musée du Costume et de la dentelle 
                50th Anniversary of the  Riga Textile Department, in autumn 2011 
                   
                   
                   
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                COMPETITIONS 
                   
 
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                'Animal Fibers: Art informs Shibori', in the framework of the Hong Kong Shibori Symposium  
                  'Fash 2012' - Active Performance Sportswear, competition of the German Clothing Industry 
                   Website                     
                  New Publication on  Textile Art by  Mary Schoeser/UK 
                  'New Beat' - International Student Competition  in the framework of the Hong Kong Shibori Symposium 
                  'Outside/Inside the Box', competition in   USA 
                   Fiber Philadelphia 
                  Costume Colloquium in Florence 
                   Romualdo del Bianco Foundation                      
                  The 2012 Holland Paper Biennial 
                   Website                     
                  Tapestry Exhibition ''Pacific Portals', USA 
                   American Tapestry Alliance                     
                  European Art Quilt VII - EQA competition 
                   EQA 
                   'Scythia 9' - International  Symposium of Textile Art 
                     Skythia                     
                                         
                      
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                MEETINGS/COURSES                      
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                17th  Patchwork Meeting  in Alsace 
                   Patchwork Europe                     
                  The World Batik Summit 2011 in Indonesia 
                     Website                     
                     
                     
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                The Knitting & Stitching Show in London, Dublin and Harrogate 
                 Website 
                The 8th  International Shibori Symposium in Hong Kong 
                   Website                 
                   
                   
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                EXHIBITIONS  
                     
                   
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                Table Cloth Stories, exhibition in Horst/NL 
                   Museum de Kantfabriek                
                   iFabric - European Talent, exhibition in Tilburg/NL 
                     Textile Museum 
                     
                                       
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                MAIN TOPIC:  Sustainable Textiles | 
              
                      
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                The Gessner Company and the  Cradle-To-Cradle-Princip, Report by Dietmar Laue 
                   
                   
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                Introduction: Eco/Sustainable Fashion 
                   
                 
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                Sustainable Fashion & Textiles - A book by Kate Fletcher, Report by Beatrijs Sterk 
                   
                   
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                Shaping Sustainable Fashion - Changing the Way we Make and Use Clothes, A new book, Report by Beatrijs Sterk 
                   
                   
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                Sustainable  Textiles: Nature or Nurture? Report by Marie O'Mahony
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                Eco Fashion -  Top Labels Discover Green Fashion - A new book, Report by Dietmar Laue
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                Textiles and Sustainability - Incidental remarks and afterword, by Dietmar Laue
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                Plastic Bottles Turn to Yarn - The PET Bottle Story, Report by  Dietmar Laue
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                Fashion Museum at Meyenburg Castle - 20th Century Ladies' Fashion, Josefine Edle von Krepl Collection; Modemuseum Schloß Meyenburg 2011 
                  Color Tattoo Art - Cartoons,Comics, Pin-Up, Manga, by Marisa Kakoulas; Edition Reuss, Aschaffenburg 2011 
                  German Fashion Design 1944-2012; ed. Nadine Barth; Distanz-Verlag 2011 
                     
                     
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                Advanced Textiles for Health and Wellbeing, Marie O'Mahony; Thames & Hudson, London 2011 
                   
                  
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                 Surface Design Association  
                                       
                     
                  
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                 Digital Weaving Norway AS  
                   
                    
                
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                 Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio 
                   Abegg-Stiftung 
                                         
                     
                  
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                 Wollknoll 
                   Haupt-Verlag 
                   Arm AG, Webgeräte 
                   Textilmarkt Benediktbeuern 
                   Quilt Star 
                   Venne-Colcoton 
                   Webstuhlmanufaktur Rudi Künzl  
                     
                     
                
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			     Tree Tops Colours Harmonies 
 Textile Support  
                   Centre for Sustainable Fashion 
                 Gruppo Colle, Colour Card for Felt Artists & Designers 
                   
                   
                
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