CONFERENCE
2008
Don’t
know what you’d miss?
For
starters these Special Programs:
*NIADA artist Nancy Wiley
– presenting her newest creative venture
*NIADA
artist Donna May Robinson on where she
finds inspiration
*Shelley
Thornton showing E. J. Taylor’s Alice
in Wonderland stage design project
and Jo-Ellen Trilling’s fantasy paintings
*Nancy
Walters’ tribute to Susanna Oroyan
*Natalya
Demchenko with new photos from Russian dollmakers
*Sha
Sha Higby on the interpretive doll (shown
above)
*Cirque
du Soleil designer on costuming and ‘face
paint’
*Panel
discussion on marketing and promoting your art with:
Ankie Daanen, Nancy Wiley, Diane Keeler and
Leslie Molen.
And
then:
The souvenir doll created by Ankie Daanen
The wonderful eye-candy of Gallery Night
The informational demos and Master
Classes
AND
FINALLY:
Your opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind art from your
favorite NIADA artist
And meet the artists in person!
You
really won’t want to miss this.
See
you in Las Vegas!!
GENERAL
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
NIADA 2008 Annual Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday, July 24 – Sunday, July 27
Monday July 28, Master Classes
NIADA
Annual Show and Sale
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Saturday, July 26, 2008, 2:30-5 p.m.
Sunday, July 27, 2008, 2:30-5:30 p.m.
Registration
fee (until June 20, 2008)
Members: $265.00
Non-members: $295.00
After
June 20, 2008
Members: $280.00
Non-members: $310.00
Registration
includes all conference programs and events, including admission
to the Thursday evening Gallery Show and the Artists Show
and Sale on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Food events
included are Thursday lunch, Sunday Luncheon Banquet, Gallery
opening snacks, Friday dessert buffet, Sunday evening after-party,
and possibly more.Master Classes are additional at $60-$120.
See more information below.
(NOTE: this year’s conference fee is
slightly higher due to the Vegas hotel’s food budget
requirement, therefore you will benefit with more food events.
Also note LOW room rates below.)
Each
registrant will receive at the Sunday luncheon a limited
edition
Souvenir Doll created by NIADA
Artist Ankie Daanen
Limited
to 150 participants
No refunds after June 20th
Cirque
du Soleil show LOVE
As a special activity, Saturday evening has been set aside
for us to attend
the newest show by Cirque du Soleil at
the Mirage.
LOVE celebrates the musical legacy of The
Beatles. Drawn from the poetry of the lyrics, LOVE
explores the content of the songs in a series of scenes
inhabited by real and imaginary people. The international
cast of 60 channels a raw, youthful energy underscored by
aerial performance, extreme sports and urban, freestyle
dance. You won’t want to miss it!!
You
will need to register separately for LOVE
Ticket price: $135
Cirque
du Soleil ticket registration deadline:
February 20, 2008
Please
reserve your show tickets as soon as possible, since this
show sells out, and we will only hold a block for NIADA
until February 20
LOVE tickets may be purchased before conference
registration. Bring your spouse and guests.
If not registering online, send conference registration
and/or LOVE ticket reservations to:
Lillian
Hopkins, NIADA 2008 REGISTRAR
P.O. Box 241
Courtland, CA 95615
E-mail: GourdSpirits@cs.com
(916) 775-1968
General
Hotel Information
Host
Hotel: Imperial Palace
Hotel and Casino
3535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Reservation line: 1-800-800-2981
Rates
for all rooms/double occupancies
Sunday through Thursday nights - $68.00 per night!!
Friday and Saturday nights: $99.00 per night!!
(plus a 9% Clark County Room Tax)
Additional persons will be charged $19 per
person, per night with a maximum of 4 persons per guestroom.
You
are advised to book the hotel early because rooms in the
NIADA block are limited. The room block will be held only
until June 20, 2008 and reservations made after that date
may not receive the conference room rate.
REMEMBER WHEN BOOKING to ask for the NIADA
2008 conference rate.
MASTER
CLASSES
Monday July 28, 2008
All
classes will require separate registration. Classes are
open to both conference registrants and non-registrants.
Sign up early, space is limited. Classes are subject to
cancellation if the minimum number of students is not registered
by June 20. Late registration will be available for classes
not filled or cancelled up until the time of the class.More
information
CONFERENCE
HIGHLIGHTS
Thursday
Evening Gallery Show
Artist forums and Demonstrations
Souvenir Doll Created by NIADA Artist Ankie Daanen
Opening program: A tribute to Susanna Oroyan
Artist/Patron Luncheon
Visiting Artist Critiques
“Bounce” Challenge
Helpers raffle and Vendors Room
Special Exhibits
“Field Trip” to Cirque du Soleil’s LOVE
at the Mirage
Programs for artists and collectors
Sunday Exclusive Luncheon and Souvenir Presentation
Master Classes
Demos
Reina
Mia Brill-- Making teeth and fingernails
Ankie Daanen-- Different material to use
for hair
Mary Ellen Frank-- Leather Hands and Faces
Pat Lillich-- Jointing BJD's
Leslie Molen--Tricks for Stuffing and Armatures
Olga Roehl -- Special figure painting technique
Meet these NIADA artists in Las Vegas in 2008:Tatiana
Baeva, Elizabeth Brandon, Reina Mia Brill, Jodi and Richard
Creager, Ankie Daanen, Dan Fletcher, Tomoko Fukuda, Lesley
Keeble, Diane Keeler, Hennie Koffrie, Michael Langton, Heather
Maciak, Leslie Molen, Kyoko Nakanishi, Sylvia Natterer,
Ima Naroditskay, Olga Roeh, lDonna May Robinson, Lynne and
Michael Roche, Shelley Thornton, Ken Von Essen, Annie Wahl,
Nancy Walters,
Nancy Wiley and MORE!
UFDC/NIADA
Supper
Sunday,
July 27, 5:30-7:00pm, Imperial Palace Hotel
Open
to all NIADA Conference Registrants and UFDC Friends!
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NIADA
is hosting a post-conference supper event for UFDC
members, featuring a program about NIADA
artist dolls from the birth of the organization in
1963 to the present.
Attendees
will receive as a souvenir a special edition 11"
by 17" folio of paper dolls by 12 NIADA
artists. Printed on heavyweight archival
paper, each artist's unique paper doll print will
be perfect for either cut-out play or framing and
display. This will be the first time a collection
such as this is created.
Please
come and help us welcome our UFDC
friends.
Event
ticket price: (includes dinner, program and
souvenir)
NIADA
Conference attendees SPECIAL: $45 Regular price: $60
NIADA paper doll artist contributors:
FREE
Please
purchase tickets by June 20, 2008 from:
Shelley
Thornton
artist@shelleythornton.com
1600 South 22nd Street
Lincoln,
NE 68502 (to pay by check)
or
at: www.accessniada.com
(to pay by credit card)
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back for updates!
We look forward to you joining us there!
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