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Following The Leaders In St. Louis
If you like awe-inspiring landmarks, civic pride, and professional baseball the odds of having a good time in St. Louis are in your favor. My trip last fall was a big hit in large part to Innovations...
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Hong Kong Takeaway: Reflecting on 8th Int’l Shibori Symposium
In has been almost 4 months since I attended Technology Shaped by Creativity: 8th International Shibori Symposium (8ISS) in Hong Kong, co-organized by World Shibori Network (WSN) and Institute of...
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SURFACE MATTERS: How SDA-WA Rocked a Regional Conference
In Fall 2011, a conversation began about building the SDA-Washington State area organization. At the time there were over 200 members and a climate of untapped potential and possibility. Less than a...
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On (& Off!) Campus: ECU Students Make the Scene at *Identity* Conference
When it comes to traveling and experiencing venues outside the academy, the textile students of East Carolina University (Greenville, North Carolina) know how make things happen. Our students are...
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FiberFaves from FiberPhiladelphia 2012
I rarely use this American slang terminology, but if you have a “bucket list” (of things you really want to do before you “kick the bucket” and exit the planet), I wholeheartedly suggest adding a trip...
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Europe 2012: A Lace Odyssey
Lace is an art form threatened by time. It is one whose time has passed, since few now make it commercially, but also has yet to come. There is huge untapped creative potential to extract from its...
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in*ter*face Exposed: Behind the Scenes at SDA Conference 2013
AN INVITATION FROM JANE DUNNEWOLD, Conference Host As SDA President and your host, I invite you to San Antonio in June! SDA members have let us know they’d like more insider info on how our multi-...
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Textile Magnetism: An Extraordinary Workshop with Jennifer Leary
Magnetic Fields & Textiles: Making the Invisible Tangible with Jennifer Leary SDA in•ter•face 2-day Pre-conference Workshop June 4-5, 2013 San Antonio, Texas (PLEASE NOTE: This workshop has been...
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In the Loop 3: Knitters Unite in the UK
In direct violation of my personal travel aphorism ‘the farther you go the longer you stay’, I flew to the UK in September 2012 to attend the 3-day In the Loop 3: The Voices of Knitting conference....
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Janet Echelman: The Complete Interview
Janet Echelman builds living, breathing sculpture environments that respond to the forces of nature—wind, water, and light—and become inviting focal points for civic life. Named Architectural Digest’s...
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Unforgettable in•ter•Faces: Conference Presenters Arouse Standing Ovations
As a first-time attendee – and brand new SDA member – I didn’t exactly have concrete expectations leading up to the recent 2013 conference. My flight to San Antonio was late on Thursday night, delayed...
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TSA Symposia: From Textiles & Politics To New Directions
Reflecting on the inspirational talks and exhibitions I experienced during in•ter•face, SDA’s 2013 conference held in June in San Antonio, Texas, I couldn’t help but compare the quality of those...
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Textile Travel: “Green Textile, Slow Fashion” in Turkey
2 of my favorite things are textiles and travel, so when a friend called me up and invited me to go with her to the 1st International Antalya Fashion & Textile Design Biennial from October 8-10 in...
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New Textile Museum Fit for a Queen
A Royal Textile Collection Receives a Royal Textile Museum It was a celebratory day on April 26, 2012 when Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles (QSMT) was opened on the grounds of the Grand Palace in...
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In Search of Textile Arts at College Art Association
College Art Association’s (CAA) annual conferences are just one of many member services that serve their mission to “advance the highest standards of instruction, knowledge and practice in the visual...
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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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