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In Praise of Waxy Build-Up: Encaustic on The Cape 2014
Wax is hot! With increasing buzz around mixed media makers – and as a fan of encaustic materials and techniques – I was keen to attend the 8th International Encaustic Conference in picturesque...
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Photo Essay: China’s 8th International Fiber Art Biennale
Exhibition space in 1895 Creative Cultural Industry Park. Photos by Ursula Gerber Senger except as noted. 2014’s 8th International Fiber Art Biennale Exhibition From Lausanne to Beijing was again held...
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Festival of Silk Painters Raises Hail in Santa Fe
I’ve attended many conferences over the years – but none with the opening bang provided by Mother Nature at 2014’s Silk Painters Festival, the biennial conference of Silk Painters International aka...
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Immerse Yourself In Socially Engaged Art Practices @Made/Aware
MADE/AWARE: Socially Engaged Practices, Surface Design Association’s first ever Craft + Concept Intensive, will offer participants an unprecedented 3-in-1 opportunity to explore socially engaged art...
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Woven Community: An Invitation To Work Shoulder-to-Shoulder
My name is Andrea and I hope we’ll soon work together – side by side – on something memorable. During the spring of 2014, I facilitated just such a project. It began with a 6 ft. x 8 ft. frame loom,...
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9ISS Tour = Special Access to Textiles + Experts In China
Travel to China from almost anywhere is no small undertaking. Organizing a truly open international symposium - meaning any participant can simply register to attend without institutional invitation...
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Teaching Art: A Spectator Sport That Includes Cheering
Spectator Sport? I didn’t think those two words fit anywhere into my artist resume. Until I began to pick over some of the language: balls, sticks, fields, players, goals, speed, discovery. Fair....
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“Materialities” Exhibition + Catalog Showcases Strength & Scope of Members’ Work
Since it opened on August 29, 2015, Materialites: Contemporary Textile Arts – the 1st international juried exhibition of work by members of Surface Design Association – has been viewed by hundreds of...
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Why I Made Time to Get Made/Aware
Eager to attend Made/Aware, SDA’s 1st Craft + Concept Intensive - and my 4th SDA conference – I arrived at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts on Wednesday evening, well after dark, stressed from being...
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NYC’s Best Annual Fashion Conference
Anyone interested in the history and future of fashion and contemporary design culture should have the annual Initiatives in Art & Culture fashion conference on their radar. If you live in New York...
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