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National Institute of American Doll Artists

Calendar of Events

CONFERENCE

NIADA 2008 Annual Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday, July 24 – Sunday, July 27 2008

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SHOWS & EXHIBITS

In 2008 (April 6th):
2nd DABIDA Day (Dutch and Belgian Institute of Doll Artists) in Essen
(Belgium, near Antwerp)
http://www.dabida.eu
Contact: Marlaine Verhelst (DABIDA board member): marlaine@home.nl


April 10-13, 2008
2008 CODA CONFERENCE
CREATING CRAFT CONSUMERS, COLLECTORS, & LEADERS
Little Rock, Arkansas
www.codacraft.org



American Craft Council Show
Atlanta,Georgia
Early March 2008
Cobb Center Galleria
http://www.craftcouncil.org/atlanta/
Leslie Keeble will be exhibiting

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

“Laughter is the Best Medicine “ – Original Character Heads for Figurative Art with Lesley Keeble
August 10- 16, 2008
The John C. Campbell Folk School
Brasstown,NC
www.folkschool.org

“Laughter is the Best Medicine”-Original Character Heads for Figurative Art with Lesley Keeble
Dates to be announced Winter /Spring offerings 2008
Cloth Fiber Workshop

Historic Biltmore Village,Asheville,NC
www.clothfiberworkshop.com


Maggie Iacono At Longwood Gardens
June 21, 2008 Event Hours 6PM - 8PM
Longwood Gardens US Route 1 Kennett Square, PA 19348

Spend the evening with world-renowned felt doll artist Maggie Iacono at the incredible Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. $295 fee includes all day admission to Longwood Gardens, free parking, dinner with Maggie and Tony Iacono, raffles, a crowd-pleasing program video by daughter Emily plus an exclusive fairy doll created for the event!
Event Contact: Person E
d Ferry
Contact Phone: (215) 627-5790

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS (CONT"D)

CLASSES AND WORKHOPS by Leslie Molen
Leslie has new classes every month! Check out her website at www.rootie.com under events to find out the latest.


CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS by Marlaine Verhelst

Online classes:
Introduction class Animal Making, Fish on Wheels, Let's do a Frog and Your Own Horse. More info: marlaine@home.nl

Doll Holiday and Workshop:
2008: Paris (France)
Fall Workshop-week (Oct 11th - 18th 2008)
Doll holiday and workshop- a week near Paris (France): working in air drying
clay or sculpting directly into porcelain
http://marlaineverhelst.com/parijs-eng.htm
or Read everything about it in
the 2006 Spring Issue of Art Doll Quarterly
Marlaine Verhelst - Ankie Daanen

From May 5th 2008:
Online class 'Sculpting a doll in air dry clay'
by Marlaine Verhelst
More info:
http://marlaineverhelst.com/announcementnew.pdf
Enroll:
http://www.dollmaking.org/classroom/moodle/

Meet the Dutch Touch
5 day classes by NIADA artists Ankie Daanen and Marlaine Verhelst.
Read everything about it in the 2007 Autumn Issue of Art Doll Quarterly.

- Las Vegas (April 14th - 18th 2008)
- the New York City area (November 2008).
- Houston. TX (April 2009)
- Sacramento, CA (September 2009)
- Portland, OR (Spring 2010)
- Louisville, KT (September 2010)

2008: Canada - Ajax, Ontario - April 24th - 26th 2008:
Annual Conference Canadian Doll Artist’s Association, CDAA:
3 day workshop by Ankie Daanen and Marlaine Verhelst
More info about the CDAA workshop:
Marlaine Verhelst and Deborah Lobban

For Schedule:
http://marlaineverhelst.com/work-eng.htm



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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.

For More information about NIADA artists' workshops
please refer to NIADA artists' web sites on the Contact Page.


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