>Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:29:25 -0700
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>From: "Brian W. Kenny" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Bead Symposium March 25-30, Santa Fe NM
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>From: Suzanne Jamison <[log in to unmask]>
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>Bead Expo is an internationally recognized forum for scholars, artists, and
>the public to meet and share their interest in beads.  Bead Expo '98 will
>be held March 25-30 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  The week's events feature a
>symposium on Seed Beads and Beadwork, an International Bazaar, a session of
>invited papers on bead research, and workshops.  The Expo is a biennal
>event sponsored by the Center for Bead Research and Recursos de Santa Fe, a
>nonprofit organization.  To receive a brochure, call 800-732-6881.
>
>The Symposium:  Seed Beads and Beadwork
>Small "seed beads" have been used for thousands of years to give light,
>depth, color, movement, texture, and life to clothing and other objects.
>As seed beads became available throughout the world, each culture adapted
>them to reflect a unique aesthetic.  Because beads are so common and are
>found in almost every region of the earth, they have much to tell us about
>the movement of humans, trade patterns, technical advances, and the
>evolution of
>cultural iconography.  The 40,000 years of bead history is a uncommonly
>rich field that is just beginning to be mined.
>
>Peter Francis, Jr. has assembled an experienced faculty to discuss seed
>beads and what they reveal about culture, art, history, and more.  The
>morning lecture series is followed by informal afternoon discussion groups
>with the faculty and other guest lecturers.  Faculty include:
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>Arthur Amiotte, Educator, Scholar, and Artist;
>The Iconography and Techniques of Northern Plains Beadwork.
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>Robin Atkins, Beadworker and Researcher;
>Living Traditions of Hungarian Beadwork.
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>Larry Brown, Gallery of the Ancestral Bead;
>The Roots and Contemporary Expressions of African Beadwork.
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>Nancy Eha, Bead Artist;
>Bead Visionaries: Expressive Beadwork Artists
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>Peter Francis, Jr., Director, Center for Bead Research and Bead Expo; The
>Beads in Beadwork.
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>Valerie Hector, Beadworker and Researcher;
>Invoking the Aso': Dayak Beadwork of Borneo.
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>Joyce Herold, Curator of Anthropology, Denver Museum of Natural History;
>Plains Beadwork.
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>Alice Scherer, Director, Center for the Study of Beadwork;
>Standardizing the Terms of Beadwork Techniques.
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>Susana Valadez, Director, Huichol Cultural Center;
>Huichol Beadwork
>
>The symposium is held Friday through Sunday, March 27-29, from 9:00 a.m. to
>noon at St. Francis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, on the Santa Fe Plaza.
>Symposium registration is $200 prior to January 31; increasing to $230 for
>registrations received from February 1 forward.  Work exchange and fee
>waivers are available for students, seniors, and people with low income.
>Symposium registrants can attend Thursday's private preview and the daily
>bazaar at no extra cost.
>
>Other professional opportunities include papers on "What's New In Bead
>Research," organized by the Society of Bead Researchers; the Bead Museum
>display and silent auction; meetings of societies; exhibits, artist
>demonstrations and gallery openings; and more.
>
>>From March 25-30, workshops are offered at every ability level with
>internationally-known instructors including Robin Atkins, Kate
>Drew-Wilkinson, Nancy Eha, Peter Francis, Jr., Tory Hughes, and Don Pierce,
>among others.
>
>Request a complete schedule, brochure, and list of Bead Expo hotels by
>calling 1-800-732-6881; fax 505-989-8608; send e-mail to [log in to unmask];
>or write to Recursos de Santa Fe, 826 Camino del Monte Rey #A3, Santa Fe,
>NM  87505.  Also, visit the Expo page on the Web at
http://www.thebeadsite.com
>
>Suzanne Jamison, Symposium Coordinator
>505-536-9339
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>PS - The Bead Research session on Saturday afternoon is free; and we are
>offering any SWA list person a half-price discount to the symposium - just
>e-mail me if interested.
>
>
>

Anita Cohen-Williams
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, and SPANBORD
Co-listowner/manager of ANTHRO-L
Contributing Editor, Anthropology, Suite101 <http://www.suite101.com>
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