Are you planning to travel and to visit an exhibition or take part in a workshop or course? 
Please check before you visit!!

You can choose from the following countries:
Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA

BELGIUM

Aarschot
Our lace club is 30 years young!
We celebrate this event by an exhibition focussing on lace jewelry
20 and 21 September 2008
Damiaaninstituut in the Pastoor Dergentlaan 220
www.aarschotsekantclubdevlasblomme.be

Antwerpen
Eglise St. Charles Borromée, Hendrik Conscienseplein 10
open: wednesdays: 10-12 and 14-16
info:
tel. +32 32313751
e-mail gverbist@versateladsl.be

Oud Turnhout
'Turnhout lace' (Paris lace)
Exhibition and demonstration from lace circle 'Tuparen'
De Djoelen, Steenweg op Mol 3
11 and 12 October 2008
Open: 10-18 hr
Info: tel. +32 14450175
e-mail: achille.verstraelen@telenet.be

FRANCE
Retournac
Musée des Manufactures de dentelles, 14 avenue de la gare - 
tel. 04 71 59 41 63 
www.ville-retournac.fr
organise les expositions:

du 13 juin au 31 août 2008
Une nature de fil
Françoise Micoud, Art Contemporain textile

du 13 septembre au 14 décembre 2008
Fanny VIOLLET
Ses broderies artistiques, réalisées sur différents supports textiles et plus récemment sur des matériaux de récupération, sont très variées et lui valent une renommée internationale.

du 5 juillet au 30 novembre 2008.
Les Contours du vide - Dentelles et entrelacs dans le design
Cette exposition originale réunit objets et mobiliers contemporains qui ont un lien avec la dentelle. 
Les designers jouent sur les découpes, les vides et les pleins, l’ombre et la lumière, les entrelacs. Ils utilisent des matériaux diverses : métaux, bois, résines, textiles...
Cette exposition présente des oeuvres de grands noms du design :
Marcel Wanders, Philippe Starck, Tord Boontje, Konstantin Grcic, Louise Campbell, Patricia Urquiola, etc.

GERMANY

Unna-Stentrop (near Dortmund)
Freizeitstätte Haus Stentrop
Bobbin Lace making Holiday Course for Children
4-9 August  2008
Info: Das Klöppelnetz, Martina Wilter-Kampmann
Bergstr. 49, 58739 Wickede (Ruhr)
tel. +49 2377 913734
www.das-klöppelnetz.de
www.wolter-kampermann.de

Nordhalben
Lace school Nordhalben, Klöppelschule 4
International lace collection
Lace courses (also for children)
Info: tel. +49 9267 375
fax +49 9267 914049
www.kloeppelschule.de

ITALY
Como
The 3rd European Competition for a bobbin lace - 2009
Museo didattico della Seta
For more information: click here

Course 'Lace-making in Gorizia' 
by the School of Lace-making, Via Roma 14
Open to professional lace-makers
Info: tel: +39 0481 386463
scuola-merletti@libero.it.

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THE NETHERLANDS


Denekamp
'Martha Beckers' Scrapbook'
Huis Singraven, Molendijk 37
Open: Friday: 4, 11 July
Tuesday: 26 august; 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 September; 7, 14 October
Saturday: 5 July; 2 August; 6 September; 4 October;
Guided tours from the gate at 10.30, 13.30, 14.30 hr
Groups from 10 persons by appointment, on any date
Info: +31 541 351906
+31 74 2425 478

Ravenstein
Dwalen door een landschap van kant
Kantkring 'De Poffer'
19-20 juli en 26-27 juli 2008
11-17 uur
Museum voor Vlakglas- en Emaillekunst, Marktstraat 22
tel. 0486 411155
www.vlakglas-en-emaillekunst.nl

Dongen
'Passion'
Dongha museum, Kerkstraat 33
14 June - 1 December
Info: 
www.donghamuseum.nl
www.hetmolenwiekje.nl
www.thread-art.nl

Vianen
'Gebroken wit' (Off-white)
Countries lace project: Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum Vianen, Voorstraat 97
15 June-3 August 2008
Tuesday-Friday 10.30-16.30
Saturday, Sunday 12-16
Info:
www.stedelijkmuseumvianen.nl
www.lokk.nl

OIDFA Congress in Groningen - 4, 5 and 6 July 2008
Special exhibitions (see also Bulletin 4-2007 or www.oidfa2008groningen.com/en/)

Amsterdam
'Old Dutch lace'
Rembrandt House Museum, Jodenbreestraat 4
www.rembrandthuis.nl

Apeldoorn
30 June - 12 July
'Flora International'
Paragon lacestudio, Canadalaan 10
www.lacestudio-paragon.com

Leens
June-September
'Hats and Bags'
Borg Verhildersum, Wierde 40
www.kdn.dds.nl

Leeuwarden
until 31 December 2008
'De Hollandse kant van Friesland' (The Dutch lace/aspect of Friesland)
Fries Museum, Turfmarkt 11
www.friesmuseum.nl

Leeuwarden
15 May - 30 October 2008
'Made in Holland'
Museum Pakhuis Koophandel 't Andere Museum, Oostersingel 8
www.museumpakhuiskoophandel.nl

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UNITED KINGDOM

Winchcombe, near Cheltenham
March 15th - October 31st 2008
Floral Inspirations and textile collection
Lace demonstrations: August 26th - 31st
10.30am - 4.00pm
Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, GL54 5JD
www.sudeleycastle.co.uk
Open daily  


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USA

Washington, DC
On-going
"Behind-the-Scenes at the Smithsonian”
* Where: American History Museum, Smithsonian Institution, between 12th and 14th Streets on the National Mall 
* When: First Wednesday of every month from 10am to noon 
* What: Behind-the-Scenes tour of some of the laces in the Smithsonian Collection 
*Cost: Free and open to the public (12 years and older)
However, sign-up is needed. Please call 1+ 202-633-3826, and leave your name, (clearly pronounced and spelled), and daytime phone number, including area code, 
or e-mail Karen Thompson at karenhthompson@att.net
* Also, same day and place from 1-2pm: bobbin lace demonstrations with hands-on pillow. This is open to the public without sign-up.

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Only announcements, presented in one of the two official languages of OIDFA (English and French), will be published.