Surface Design Association CONFLUENCE/CONFERENCE

DON'T MISS OUT!  DON'T PAY LATE FEES!

Are you coming to the Conference? 

Late registration fee of $40 starts on MAY 1.

Register NOW for Confluence 2011 International 

Surface Design Association Conference HERE.

Why should YOU attend?

• To get energized by viewing 33 surface design-related exhibitions!
• To savour a dynamic fashion show! 
• To hear and see thought-provoking presenters, demos & vendors! 
• To find new resources, including those for students and educators!
• And most importantly, to network with like-minded makers from around the world! 

There's literally no other conference like this one, 

and it only takes place every two years. 

 Please register and join our conference attendee list today.  

For more details, please visit our conference registration site,

To view complete conference information & conference brochure, CLICK HERE.

http://www.surfacedesign.org/sites/default/files/conference/sda_conference_brochure.pdf
WORKSHOPS ARE FILLING UP!

WORKSHOP SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE:

Wen Redmond

Natalie Chanin

Marie-Therese Wisniowski

Sharron Parker

Chad Alice Hagen

Anna Carlson

Stephen Fraser

Jennifer Reis

Morgan Clifford

Jiyoung Chung

Catharine Ellis

    

EXHIBITIONS ARE OPENING!

READY TO VIEW NOW:

Garden of Earthquakes, Vernal Bogren Swift AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN. SDA Sponsored Exhibition (Open)

Currents, SDA Students' Exhibition, Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota (4/21)

Esperanza, Carolyn Kallenborn, Gordon Parks Gallery, Metropolitan State University. An SDA Sponsored Exhibition (4/22)

TICKETS FOR 

 FASHION SHOW:

GUEST TICKETS GO ON SALE MAY 2

Pick up guest tickets for Bodies of Water, 

SDA Fashion Show Featuring Designer Carter Smith

(June 10 at Grainbelt Bottlehouse Atrium)  

at the Textile Center Shop. 

For more information, telephone 612.436.0464

NEED A ROOM OR A ROOMMATE?       

For information about Radisson hotel and University of Minnesota Dormitory Housing CLICK HERE

SDA Facebook page links (on left of page) to discussion group that will enable attendees to match themselves with roommates. 

If you have questions on the process, please emailinfo@surfacedesign.org 

SEE YOU IN MINNEAPOLIS!

ART WALK

Some times you just have to show your work!  I and many other Missouri/Kansas artists will be showing at "Art Walk" in 30 shops over 8 blocks of the town of Atchison, Kansas...

Starting 29-April-2011, from 5:30 - 8:30 P.M.

This is a (First Annual Event)!



www.atchisonkansas.net

Have you received your invite?

Have you looked at all the news on the Surface Design Association "Face Book page"???  Join SDA and sign up for all kinds of fashion shows, weaving shows, textile show & Call for Entries...

CONFLUENCE REGISTRATION ALERT:
If you have been unable to register using your member number (due to database migration to new website server), PLEASE CONTACT US!  We'll help you get registered.  Contact Dot Moye at   davismoye@bellsouth.net

Check out the "LIKES" on the left of the FB page...

Second Friday/Public Event

Jason Pollen: Past, Present, Future You are Attending · Share · Public Event

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Time	Friday, October 8 · 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Location	Loft 122 122 Boulevard (x wyandotte) 2nd Floor Kansas City, MO
Created By	Jason Pollen
More Info	Announcing a special opportunity to view select paintings, sculptures, textile pieces, and 'objects of influence and inspiration' by Jason Pollen on the occasion of his retirement after 26 years at the Art Institute.

Non-Profit Formation Workshop

 

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Non-Profit Formation Workshop

6 - 8 p.m.

Arts Incubator, 115 W. 18th St., Kansas City, MO 64108

This workshop is for artists and arts groups who want to form non-profit organizations, and who have worked through the KCVLAA's non-profit formation workbook.  In this workshop, you'll learn the filing, reporting and administrative requirements for arts non-profits, as well as strategies for preparing an effective Form 1023.  Don't have a KCVLAA Non-Profit Formation Workbook yet?  Email admin@kcvlaa.org and ask for one.

  

RTist A Marketplace For Artists and Art Connoisseurs

RTist A Marketplace For Artists and Art Connoisseurs

Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for Artists

Kansas City has a group of people who (are/will) to work with artists on a "Pro Bono Legal & Accounting" problems.  I have spoke with them and had mentioned that we have members all over the state (MO & KS), and that was no problem for this group so far.

Please view their website at for the  Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts -  A thriving arts community contributes to a positive economic and social environment for all of us.

Please use: www.kcvlaa.org