Breaking New Ground
Symposium, Tour & Workshops
Co-sponsored by Surface Design Association and Studio Art Quilt Associates
April 5 - 9, 2008
Download the complete Conference Brochure
or just the Registration Form (page 7 of the brochure) [PDF]
LOCATION
Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Ave.
Wayne, PA 19087
610-688-3553
Website: wayneart.org
SCHEDULE 2008:
April 5–Symposium: keynote speakers, concurrent sessions, trunk show
April 6–Tour of several textile exhibits in the Philadelphia area
April 7-9–Choice of seven 3-day workshops, 9 am - 4 pm each day
Trunk Show
April 5, Saturday, 5-6:30 pm
Works from symposium participants available for viewing and purchase. If you would like to rent trunk show space, the fee is $50 (table and chair provided) – see Registration
Form for details.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Susan Brandeis
Living a Creative Life
Michael James
Making ‘Making’Matter
Judith James
Change Is Good
FIBER ART TOUR
April 6, Sunday, 9 am– 5 pm
A bus tour of five Philadelphia venues showing fiber art is included in symposium registration:
Snyderman-Works Gallery
6th International Fiber Biennial
Gross McLeaf Gallery
Emily Richardson, Stitched Quilts
Fabric Workshop and Museum tour
The Design Center at Philadelphia University
Susie Brandt, Rummage
Crane Arts Building, The Hall
showing Libbie Soffer’s installation
Dianne Hricko studio showing printed silks and more
WORKSHOPS
- Ever Green: thinking Green in materials and studio
- Textile Currents: gallery owners, curators, editors speaking about what they see and look for
- To Hang or Not to Hang: innovative hanging and presentation solutions
- Unblocking Creative Blocks: making themost of studio time
- Breaking into NewMarkets: finding new niches
- Collector Inside Us: why collect? Living with art; conservation; legacy
- Getting From“Oh, God” To “Ah-ha!”: some tools for creativity
- Making The Unseen Seen: promoting and publishing work
- Digital Approaches: digital age impact on textiles
- Shibori: A UniqueWorld of Pattern
- Printing with Found Objects
- Whole Cloth Compositions
- Experimental Layers: Stiffening, Collage, and Photo Transfers with Paper and Fabric
- Digital Approaches
- Color and Drawing
- Creative Dyer
FEES
$235 Symposium, lunch, trunk show on April 5 and bus tour on April 6
$50 Trunk show space rental – table and chair provided
$245 April 7-9 Workshop, plus materials fees paid directly to the instructor
Must be a member of SDA (surfacedesign.org) or SAQA (saqa.org) to attend.
Membership Fees if NOT a current member
$50.00 SAQA 1 year membership
$25.00 SAQA 1 year Student membership (must include a copy of Student ID)
$50.00 SDA 1 year membership
$30.00 SDA 1 year Student membership (must include a copy of Student ID)
Cancellation Policy: up to March 1 full refund, March 1-20 half refund, after
March 21 no refund (We encourage you to find a substitute).
QUESTIONS
Suzie Liles
Event Coordinator
PO Box 5167
Eugene, Oregon 97405
Phone: (541) 913-9512
email: suzie@weaverscabin.com
