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ANNUAL CONFERENCE

NIADA 2009 Annual Conference

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Thursday, September 10 - Sunday, September 13
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SHOWS & EXHIBITS

World Ningyo Ehibition
2009 April 29 (wed)“ÄÄ“Äú“ÄÄMay 5 (tue)
9:00-21:00 open to public

May 5 (tue) 9:00-16:00
Marunouchi Oazo 4F Maruzen Gallery
1-6-4 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8203 Japan
Tel +81 3 5288 8881 Fax +81 3 5288-8892
http://www.nonc.jp/worldningyo/page4/page4.html


The Sloan Museum
1221 E. Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503
September 6, 2008 to September 2009

Portrait Figures in Miniature: An exhibit of dolls from our Pierson collection, mostly made by Halle Blakely, Dorothy Heizer, and Gertrude Florian.
http://www.sloanlongway.org/
For more information contact: Sue Speedy; sspeedy@sloanlongway.org and 1-810-237-3427



CLASSES & WORKSHOPS


Kathryn Walmsley:
Puppets & Automata (Moving Figures)
at the John C. Campbell Folk School

Artists of all types will enjoy this exciting class, sculpting in paper clay and constructing a choice of moving collectible toys.
March 1-7, 2009
http://www.folkschool.org/

Animal Pull Toys
Sculptors, carvers, dollmakers, and mixed-media artists can hone their skills or develop new ones in this exciting class....
November 8-14, 2009
http://www.folkschool.org/


Lesley Gail Keeble:
Doll Head Boot Camp
at the John C. Campbell Folk School

Unique heads are the most important aspect of handmade dolls.Sculpt a variety of heads from paper clay and finish your favorite as a wigged, costumed torso doll about 12 inches tall

August 30-September 5, 2009
http://www.folkschool.org/


CLASSES & WORKSHOPS (CONT"D)

Leslie Molen:
teaching ongoing classes at ROotie studio in Denver. www.rootie.com
or subscribe to monthly ROotie
E-News: lmolen@qwest.net

One week course
John C Campbell Folk Art School

January 2009
www.folkschool.com

AFIC in Ohio 
May 2009
www.cyndysdolls.com/AFIC/AFIC.htm

Mary Ellen Frank:
Totem Heritage Center
& U of Alaska SE, Ketchikan Campus
629 Dock St
Ketchikan Alaska 99901
April 6-17 2009

"NW Coast Figures Focus:
Solutions for Bodies, Heads & Hands"

www.city.ketchikan.ak.us/


Marlaine Verhelst:
2009: Paris Workshops (France)
Fall Workshop-week (October 24th - October 31st)
http://marlaineverhelst.com/parijs-eng.htm

Meet the Dutch Touch
with Ankie Daanen & Marlaine Verhelst
Houston. TX (April 15th through April 19th 2009)
Sacramento, CA (Sept 16th through Sept 20th 2009)
Canada: Vancouver Island, British Columbia - (May 10th through May 14th 2010)
URL: http://marlaineverhelst.com/vancouverisland.pdf
Louisville, KY: (Sept 20th through Sept 24th 2010)
Los Osos, CA : Spring 2011
Rye Brook, NY :(November 2011)
More information: marlaine@home.nl

Online classes:
Sculpting in air drying clay
http://marlaineverhelst.com/sculptannounce.pdf
From May 2009 also available:
online painting lesson, making a body, clothing, and hair and hats

Making an animal (to go with your doll):
Introduction animal making, Fish on Wheels, Your Own Horse, Let's do a Frog

Simple sculpting class: Totem fun
http://marlaineverhelst.com/announcement.pdf

More information about the online classes: marlaine@home.nl


Ankie Daanen
Doll making Holiday Class in Spain
will be held from June 20 until June 26.
Visit www.alteanatura.net to see were this class is held. For more information email ankiedaanen@hotmail.com


Akira Blount
May 31 - June 5, 2009 "Dollmaking Workshop" - Appalachian Center For Craft, Smithville, TN
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/wkshops

July 5 - July 11, 2009 "Dollmaking Workshop - Arrowmont School Of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
http://www.arrowmont.org/registration/

August 8-9, 2009 "Anthropomorphic Dolls" - Valley Ridge Art Studio, Muscoda, Wisconsin
http://www.valleyridgeartstudio.com/


Diane Keeler
April 30-May 3rd , 2009
Sculpting a Child's Head in Polymer clay
Sculpting Beautifull Hands

CDAA Doll Conference, Mississauga
( Suburb of Toronto), Ontario , Canada
http://www.dollartists.ca/conference/

June 11 - 14, 2009
Full body sculpt of a 7 inch adult woman Fairy
Maureen Carlson's Center for Creative Arts
102 Water Street, Jordan, MN 55352
952-492-3260
http://www.maureencarlson.com/


Marilyn Radzat:
teaching ongoing classes, online, http://thatcreativeplace.com/html/marilyn_radzat.html
Hawaiian Retreats with artist Gail Lackey, at Marilyn's home on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.  
Next retreat Sept. 2009


Annie Wahl:
will be teaching April 30 to May 3 at  CDAA the Canadian Doll Artists Association.
http://www.dollartists.ca/conference/


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For More Information about Classes and Events related to the Conference,
please refer to the Conference Info section of the Web site.

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please refer to NIADA artists' web sites on the Contact Page.


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