July 25 - August 1, 2009:
The Freeway Lace Guild will host the 56th I.O.L.I. Convention at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, 5711 West Century Boulevard. Los Angeles, California. 90045
Theme: "Golden Nuggets of Lace."
July 25- July 31, 2010:
The Portland Lace Society will host the 57th I.O.L.I. Convention at the Red Lion Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
July 31-August 6, 2011:
The Chesapeake Region Lace Guild will host the 58th I.O.L.I. Convention at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, Maryland.
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
April, 2009 - Ongoing: TACtile Textile Arts Center, Tamarac Square, Denver, Colorado, USA. Weekly Wednesdays 5-8pm. Bring your own project. Needlearts mentors are provided for help. Classes are now being scheduled for 2009. Classes are now being scheduled for 2009. visit www.tactilearts.org for more information.
24-26 April, 2009: Heartland Lace Guild is hosting a Spring Retreat on the shore of beautiful Kentucky Lake at Jonathan Creek Camp and Conference Center, Hardin, Kentucky. Contact Sandra Benne at msdaze@earthlink.net for information. Lise Thomsen is offering a 12 hour beginners course during the Retreat this year. For more information, contact Lise Thomsen at lthomsen@charter.net.
8-10 May, 2009: 4th Italia Invita: International Forum of Lace and Embroidery "Weddings Italian-Style" in Parma, Italy. Over 80 exhibitors' stands from all regions of Italy, Textile Gallery, ateliers, workshops, extensive dealers area and much more. For more information visit www.italiainvita.it. For assistance to foreign visitors contact fgaggi@rimini.com
15-16 May, 2009: Great Lakes Lace Group presents Spring Fling 2009 Lace on the Edge" at Columbiere Conference Center in Clarkson, Michigan. Classes and vendors. Preregistration is required for all classes. For more information see www.gllgi.org.
23-27 May, 2009: Rencontre Internationale in Cabourg, France. Demonstrations, exhibits, classes. Information Can be found on the website of L'association Dentelles et Blondes - Caen et Courseulles at blondecaen.chez-alice.fr
21-27 June, 2009: Lace at Seet Briar, Sweet Briar College, Lynchburg, Virginia. Classes offered inclue: 's Gravenmoer, Binche, Tonder, Tatting, and Knitted Lace. For more information or to request a brochure, contact ClayBlackwell@comcast.net.
26-28 June, 2009: The Lacemakers Guild of Oklahoma offer a workshop in 3-D Tatted Flowers at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Registration deadline 1 June, 2009. Contact Charissa Dunn for details at cdunn@okwu.edu.
9-13 July, 2009: The Austin Lacemakers Guild will be hosting a Camp Gotta Lace-"Twist and Knot" in Saldo, Texas. Teachers will be Betty MacDonald, Kathy Kirchner, Debbie Beever, and Bart Elwell. For further information, please contact Karen Hickman at hickjk@juno.com.
26 July - 1 August, 2009: Freeway Lace Guild will host the 56th I.O.L.I. Convention "Golden Nuggets of Lace", Hilton Los Angeles Airport, 5711 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045.
9-12 October, 2009: 29th Annual Ithaca Lace Day & Conference, Ramada Inn, Ithaca, New York. Hosted by the Finger Lakes Lace Guild every year since 1980. IThaca Lace Day includes free exhibits, demonstrations and more, open to the public.
23-25 October, 2009: Heartland Lace Guild is hosting a Fall Retreat and Workshop on the shore of beautiful Kentucky Lake at Jonathan Creek Camp & Conference Center, Hardin, Kentucky. Lise Thomsen will be teaching Tape Lace in Color with Beads. For more info contact Sandra Benne at msdaze@earthlink.net
LACE COMPETITIONS
1 July, 2009: Postmark deadline for the I.O.L.I. contest. Theme: All That's Golden. For more information see the Convention Page
EXHIBITIONS
Historic Lace Exhibit
Where: Alhallows Museum in Honiton, Devon, England
When: Day after Easter through July 13, 2009
What: My hand painted copies of historic laces will be on sole exhibit. Copyright permission given by Allhallows Museum Trustees.
Historic Lace Artist: Nancy Anne Woolf-Pettyjohn
Behind-the-scenes lace tours and public lace making demonstrations at the Smithsonian Institution
The behind-the-scenes lace tours at the SmithsonianÕs National Museum of American History in Washington, DC are again being conducted on a monthly basis. Shown are examples of early 17th through 20th century lace from the Textile Collection. Lace making tools, portraits displaying lace, conditions of the lace makers and other links to social and historical events are also discussed. The free tours are given on the fourth Thursday of every month from 10 am to noon except November, December and Federal Holidays. Reservations are necessary, as a maximum of 8 people can be accommodated. Please call 202-633-3826 to sign up. Lace making demonstrations are conducted by members of the Chesapeake Region Lace Guild in the public area of the American History Museum from 1-2pm after the lace tours.
24 April - 10 May, 2009: Tenth International Lace Festival and Slovenian/Idrija/Lace Exhibition at the Lace House, Kiskunhalas, Hungary. Short courses, vendors, exhibition and competition. Any kind of lace technique is welcome and both the traditional and modern laces will be admired. For more information see www.halasicsipke.hu
21-23 May, 2009: Seventh Biennial Fiber Arts Fiesta at the Manuel Lujan Building on the Expo New Mexico Fairgrounds, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Juried exhibit in all types of fiber arts, including lacemaking. Classes and vendors. For more information see www.fiberartsfiesta.org
