Textile News - Some Impressions of the Various Exhibitions, Venues and More ...
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Photographers: Dr. Wolfgang und Gudrun Heinz, unless otherwise noted.
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Some impressions of Solothurn.
Premiere of the "Textile News" exhibition during the Swiss Quilt Festival (4 - 7 June 2009):
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Photographer: Gudrun Heinz
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Take a look at the "Textile News" being on display from June 26 to July 4, 2009 at my husband's law office at Pforzheim (Germany):
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Photographer: Gudrun and Dr Wolfgang Heinz
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Textile News in Moscow (27 - 29 September 2009):
By the end of June 2009: "Could you imagine to present Textile News at Moscow in September?" Mr Eibisch, Area Manager East Europe and Russian Federation of BERNINA Int. AG, is ringing me up from Moscow where he is just showing the Textile News CD. The ladies of the Russian National House of Folk Arts are thrilled. ... and I agree and accept the invitation.
To close the All-Russia festival of decorative art "Patchwork Mosaic of Russia 2009", three further textile artists from Prague (Renata Stehlinova) and Riga (Aina Muze und Elina Lusis-Grinberga) have been invited. They also will have exhibitions as well as workshops.
The exhibition venue of Textile News is Gallery Belyaevo. 500 visitors come within three days and a half. The gallery is already showing (for the first time) a wide range of quilts and textile objects, the best pieces selected of the All-Russia festival. Textile News - the display attractively arranged - is a lovely addition as well as extension of the whole ensemble.
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After having opened Textile News there are many opportunities to talk with the Russian quilters and to make contacts. Their questions concern mainly how to use non-textile materials and also the possibilities of other textile techniques as well as how to organise challenges.
During my workshops all students are working very attentively. We are experimenting with fusible webbing and testing the different possibilities. Three hours are quite short!
"Are there any work stations available for workshop 2?" – sorry, no. Again students make notes of matters that are the most important for them and apply immediately.
We have also enough time for culture, sightseeing and personal matters:
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Many thanks go to Mr Eibisch and Lena (BERNINA), Julia Iwanova (Russian National House of Folk Arts), Thomas (Gallery Belyaevo) and to Rita Serzhantova, the best interpreter of all!
Photographer: Gudrun and Dr Wolfgang Heinz
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Textile News at Abilmente, Vicenza (Italy), 22 - 25 October 2009:
More than 20 meter in length of movable walls' surface were available for Textile News to be displayed - ready for the visitors. More than 30.000 interested women, men and children attended within four days Abilmente, a wellknown fair for creative things which took place in three big halls of Fiera di Vicenza. "Bellissimo! - Gorgeous!" this was the most heard comment."Mille grazie, Vicenza!"
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Some impressions of Vicenza's old city center:
Photographer: Gudrun and Dr Wolfgang Heinz
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5 - 8 November 2009 in Budapest:
The Hungarian Guild celebrated its 20th anniversary with different exhibitons, workshops and lots of visitors. The guild hosted a number of quilts coming from different European countries and had a wide range of works made by Hungarian quilters as well as the Pascale Goldenberg-project on display. "Textile News" was invited as well as "The Colours of a Country", the this year's challenge of Val d'Argent.
The venue was the Hungarian Cultural Foundation, located at Szentháromság ter. This is also the square in front of Matthias Church that is located in Buda, the hilly urban quarter. From there we enjoyed a wonderful view over the Danube, the Chain Bridge, Parliament and Pest.
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Quilts made by Elsbeth Nusser-Lampe, Britta Ankenbauer and Gudrun Heinz came from Germany.
Photographer: Gudrun and Dr Wolfgang Heinz
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Textile News at IInd International Festival of Arts and Crafts "Unforgotten Traditions"
Gallery Belyaevo, Moscow, 24 December 2009 - 20 January 2010
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Photographer: Elena Sergeeva, BERNINA Moscow
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Photographs by courtesy of textile artist Aina Muze from Riga (Latvia):
Textile News
and some impressions of her workshop (standing: Aina Muze) as well as some fibre art and quilts on display from Latvia:
Photographer: Aina Muze, Riga
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Please take a look at BERNINA-blog to find out more about Aina (German speaking)
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4th Main-Quiltfestival was held in Aschaffenburg (Germany) from February 19 to 21, 2010.
Participating: Textile News ... and lots of visitors
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Photographer: Dr Wolfgang Heinz
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April 9 - 11, 2010: 4th Prague Patchwork Meeting was held in Prague. I had accepted very gladly an invitation from Jana Sterbova, the event organiser, to present Textile News at the international meeting.
An event like this is the only one hold in Czech Republic - in this April already for the fourth time. Numerous local patchwork clubs had the opportunity to display their work.
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It is of special importance to gain international textile artists for teaching as well as for exhibiting their work. Solo-Exhibitions had Eszter Bornemisza from Budapest (Hungary) as well as Jacqueline Heinz from Wolfenbuettel (Germany). Both of them showed a wide range of quilts - very well worth seeing.
Helene Fischer (Germany) and Rita Berghuis (The Netherlands) represented the German-Dutch Group "MeerArt". They came to Prague to have about 30 quilts from their project „Mensch und Meer“ on display for the very last time.
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The city of Prague is an attractive destination - really a pleasant and interesting journey.
Photographer: Gudrun und Dr. Wolfgang Heinz
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More detailled information with further photographs you will find in my article on BERNINA-blog (sorry, in German only)
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May 13 - 16, 2010: Textile News within the 4th International Quilt-Festival in Wilwerwiltz (Luxembourg).
The exhibition venue was at Centre Culturel at Enscheringen - very convenient. To open the festival Antoinette Lutgen-Lentz made a humorous speech the night before. Artists, exhibitors as well as a lot of local quilt makers used the opportunity to come into contact or to renew acquaintance with old friends like Britta Ankenbauer (D).
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Grietje van der Veen's (CH) new catalogue - click here for review (sorry, in German only)
Photographer: Gudrun und Dr. Wolfgang Heinz
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More detailled information with further photographs you will find in my article on BERNINA-blog (sorry, in German only)
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Here are some of the pages of the catalogue
of the IInd International Festival of Arts and Crafts "Unforgotten Traditions"
Gallery Belyaevo, Moscow, 24 December 2009 - 20 January 2010:
Textile News was invited to participate in - more photographs you will find here
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August 3 - September 11, 2010: Textile News was invited to participate in "Quiltgasse", an exhibition held in the old city center of Bern, organised by Regula Emmenegger. Her quilt shop "Stoff-Keller" as well as some more shops nearby hosted the exhibits. The showcases were lovely!
Get an impression of Stoff-Keller, Kramgasse 73, Bern (Switzerland), where a friend of mine took some photographs. Many thanks to Marlis!
Photographs by courtesy of textile artist Marlis Bruppacher (Switzerland)
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October 1 - November 30, 2010: Quilthouse Hamburg (Germany) hosted Textile News and I was told, with success! Here are some impressions:
Photographer was shop owner Andreas Wolf. Thank you so much, Andreas!
Photographs by courtesy of Andreas Wolf
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January 3rd, 2011: Take a look at an article I wrote for the magazine BERNINA Inspiration, Issue 49, about the Textile News exhibition:
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Claudia Giesser, editor-in-chief, chose from all the photographs the exhibits made by Marlis Bruppacher (CH), Sabine Kaderli-Gfeller (CH), Jutta Kohlbeck (D) and Lisa Majerus (LUX).
By courtesy of BERNINA International.
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February 2011: Textile News made a stop on its tour in Murmansk (Russia), at Murmansk Region Art Museum.
Photograph by courtesy of the museum.
Under the umbrella of the museum works also a quilt club that made an effort to get the exhibition on display. Kindly supported by BERNINA the exhibits were shipped safely to the Arctic Circle (and back) where Textile News sparked a furore. Take a look at some photographs of the opening:
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... and here are some reports:
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Photographs and newspaper clippings by courtesy of Murmansk Region Art Museum. Spasibo!
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Read this: Frieda Oxenham from Scotland who participated in the challenge has put an amazing article on her blog: "Famous in Murmansk" - many thanks to you, Frieda.
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8 - 10 April 2011: Textile News - invited by Silke Bosbach on display on the walls of her stand at h & h cologne, International Trade Fair for Creative Handicraft + Hobby Supplies.
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Photographer: Gudrun Heinz
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27 - 29 May 2011: At Kongresszentrum Karlsruhe Nadelwelt was premiered - again on display: Textile News. About 6000 visitors attended Gartenhalle during the three days, where the various exhibitions were located within a light and airy area - really pleasant.
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Photographer: Gudrun Heinz
Please take a look at my (German speaking) article on BERNINA blog
Further photographs and more info you will also find here:
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new! 15 July - 3 October 2011: Textile News in Showroom Axioma in Sofia (Bulgaria):
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Photography: By courtesy of Irina Todorowa, Sofia
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