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When: Friday, April 17 - Saturday, April 18, 2009
Where: Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27701
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PAQA-South is very happy to announce details about the conference S09.
We are proud to offer the Durham Arts Council as the location for this conference. To learn more about the Durham Arts Council, their programs and the grants available for artists please visit their website at www.durhamarts.org. |
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| Friday April 17, 2009 |
| 10:00 - 11:30 |
Field Trip to Somerhill Gallery,
The Venable Center, 303 South Roxboro Street, Durham
The Somerhill Gallery offers a beautiful 9600 square feet large exhibition space, featuring abstract and representational artwork in all visual disciplines as well as fine art glass, jewelry, and outdoor sculptures. For a preview, visit www.somerhill.com.
If time permits, we will continue our field trip to the Golden Belt Arts Studio, 807 East Main Street, Durham, where more than 30 artists have their studios in a newly restored historic textile mill. http://www.goldenbeltarts.com/index.shtml.
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Lunch Break |
| The following events take place at the Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27701 |
| 12:45 - 1:45 |
Doug Kenyon: Copyright Law for Visual Artists
Doug Kenyon practices intellectual property law, antitrust law and general commercial litigation. He focuses on domestic and international legal issues, including trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, art, entertainment, publishing, technology licensing, cartels, corporate compliance and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Since 1997, he teaches Intellectual Property and the Arts at the School of Design, North Carolina State University. In 2007, he also lectured about this subject at Artspace, Raleigh, NC. |
| 1:45 - 2:00 |
Break |
| 2:00 - 3:30 |
Elizabeth Taylor: How to Keep the IRS out of your Life: Compliance and other Tips
Do you dread record keeping? As an artist you have better things to do than
spend hours categorizing expenses. Most creative individuals actually do
more work than necessary to stay in compliance with the rules.
This session will give you tips on how to manage your business as an artist:
what to keep, what to toss, where and what to report. You will leave with a
resource package to assist you in 2009.
Elizabeth Taylor, CPA has been coaching artists and arts organizations on
financial matters for 30 thirty years.
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| 3:30 - 5:00 |
Preview of ARTQUILTStransitions, PAQA-South's seventh national juried exhibition of innovative quilts and
Voting for Awards by PAQA-South members, Jurors and Representatives of the Durham Arts Council |
| 5:00 - 7:00 |
Artists' Reception of ARTQUILTStransitions |
| 7:00 - about 9:00 |
Dinner
This dinner together should give us ample opportunity to chat with each other! |
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| Saturday, April 18, 2009 |
| All events will take place at the Durham Arts Council. |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Breakfast
Wake up coffee or tea with bagels, muffins, fruit platter and juice. |
| 9:30 - 11:00 |
Show and Tell of your Artwork
Introduce yourself, share 2 -3 pieces of your artwork and tell us about the highlights of your past year. Feel free to bring some handwork and stitch while we talk. |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Susan Brandeis: Tools for Creativity
Do you want to “break new ground” but don’t know where to start? This presentation will provide suggestions for finding inspiring sources; keeping an idea “bank;” clearly defining your ideas; and gathering useful information. Learn new tools for creative thinking and exercises for generating fresh ideas.
Susan Brandeis is Distinguished Professor of Art and Design at North Carolina State University. She holds an MS from Indiana University and an MFA from the University of Kansas. Her artwork has been pictured in leading publications in the field and has been exhibited throughout the United States and in Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Colombia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC and in the 14th Biennial of Tapestry in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is represented in numerous private and public collections, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian. She has received three artist's fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council. |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch Break
We will enjoy catered sandwiches and wraps or salad entrees, chips, cookies, and beverages.
Marketplace
The marketplace offers the opportunity to sell items that you produce such as hand-dyed fabrics or yarns or items you would like to recycle, e.g. books or materials for embellishment. As you know, fiber artists are always looking for more fabric, more beads and more yarn!
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| 1:00 - 2:30 |
Business Meeting for PAQA-South Members (Non-members may attend)
The detailed agenda for our business meeting will be distributed to all members via email. |
| 2:30 - 2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45 - 3:45 |
Janine LeBlanc: Digitizing Imagery
Janine LeBlanc, Assistant Curator and Digital Technician at the North
Carolina Museum of History, will cover the fundamentals of digital
imagery. Learn what you need to know about scanning and editing
digital images for better results every time. |
| 3:45 - 4:00 |
Survey and Adjourn |
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Friday, April 17, is "Third Friday Downtown Durham" from 5 - 11 pm. Gallery crawl with live music and other performances. Conference participants will receive a map in the registration package. Additional maps are available at each participating location, including the Durham Arts Council.
Saturday, April 18 (and Sunday, April 19) are the dates to mark for the Durham Art Walk, which happens twice a year. The Durham Art Walk celebrates the creative energy of our local artists, arts organizations and downtown entrepreneurs by combining downtown spaces and businesses with local artists and performers. No admission! Maps will be provided for the conference participants. Additional maps of participating venues are available at the Durham Arts Council and all other venues. More information at www.durhamartwalk.com.
For other acitvities, please check out the website of the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau at http://www.durham-nc.com.
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| Registration |
Registration is open to all visual artists, in particular those with an interest in fiber art.
Registrations will be need to be postmarked by April 8, 2009. Please send your registration to Debbie Langsam, her address is provided on the form. The option of on-site registration will be available on a first-come, first served-basis, however, we will need to cap the number of participants due to the size of the conference room. So, mail in your registration to ensure your seat! Conference participants, who include a new membership form, will enjoy the benefits of membership and may pay the members' fee.
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Registration Form:
Download the registration form here
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Membership
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Learn
more about the benefits of membership and download
the membership form here
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If you are unable to download the
registration form contact Conference Chair Dr. Christine Hager-Braun at christine@soularpowerfabricart.com.
Please include "PAQA-South Conference S09" in the
subject line to ensure that your message will be properly
sorted and reviewed.
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| Conference Fee |
The conference fee is $35 USD for PAQA-South members and $40 for non-members.
The fee includes:
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conference workshops, lectures, discussions and the field trip |
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All conference
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Opportunity to
have your artwork reviewed by colleagues |
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Opportunities for
mentorship and networking |
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Continental breakfast
on Saturday, April 18, 2009 |
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Lunch on Saturday, April 18, 2009 |
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| Registration Deadline |
All registration forms must be POSTMARKED by Wednesday, April 8, 2009.
On-site registration is available on a first come, first served-basis if there are seats still available. |
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| Map and Parking |
Downtown Durham has a number of one-way streets. When printing directions, please make sure you also print them for your return directions. As a start, you will find a map of Downtown Durham with the Durham Arts Council marked as point "A" and the Somerhill Gallery marked as point "B". The Somerhill Gallery has its own parking lot. There are parking spots on the streets around the Durham Arts Council (Morris Street and Morgan Street), however, parking is limited to 30 minutes and 2 hours, respectively. The best option is to park in the parking deck on Morgan Street, on the right side after the intersection of Morgan Street and Foster Street. The parking deck is located directly across the Durham Arts Council. (The Carolina Theater is located on the backside of the Durham Arts Council, so to get proper driving directions to the parking deck, use the theater's address at 309 Morgan Street).
Download map here. |PDF| |JPG| |
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| Hotel |
Accomodations will be provided by the Radisson Hotel Research Traingle Park, 150 Park Drive
Research Triangle Pk, NC 27709. Please call (919) 549-8631 to make your reservation. A group rate of $69 per night is available until April 3, 2009, so please identify yourself as a participant of the "PAQA-South Spring Conference". Rooms are available with one king size bed or two queen size beds. http://www.radisson.com/researchtrianglenc.
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| Directions |
The Radisson Hotel is located 5.5 miles from the Raleigh Durham International Airport, close to Interstate I-40, Exit 280, and the Durham Freeway (NC-147).
Directions from the Radisson Hotel to the Durham Arts Council:
download PDF here
Directions from the Durham Arts Council to the Radisson Hotel: download PDF here
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