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Upcoming Events/ Opportunities 2010-2012
Now through August 1, 2010- Entry forms for Push the Limits juried competition:
Newtown Hooked Art Shows 203-270-8293 or www.newtownhookedartshows.com
April 16- August 21, 2010 Fiber Art International, Society for Contemporary Crafts,
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburg,PA www.fiberartinternational.org
April 23 - May 20, 2010 Baby Doll Art Guild of New Jersey 1670 Irving St., Rahway,
NJ 07065 Linda Rae Coughlin has five pieces included in exhibit. Opening reception
Sunday, April 23, 2010 1-4 PM
May 1 - December 31, 2010 Hooked Rugs in Maine and Beyond Curated by Millie
Peladeau at the Farnsworth Museum, 16 Museum Street, Rockland, ME
www.FarnsworthMuseum.org
May 13- Governor's Heritage Award to Stephanie Ashworth Krauss, Montpelier
Vermont State House Award Ceremony at 5:30pm Congratulations to the entire
Ashworth-Krauss empire (four generations of rughooking in one family) Awarded by
the Vermont Folk Life Center, Middlebury Vermont www.greenmountainhookedrugs.
com
June 1-15, 2010 Baby Doll, Broadway Gallery, NYC, NY June 3 reception 6-8pm
Linda Rae Coughlin's work "Mater Not," included ... Female Artists' views of
Contemporary Women www.braodwaygallerynyc.com/2010/baby-doll/
August 16-20 Retreat and 18-21 Exhibit/ Vendors/Workshops Sauder Village,
Archbold, OH www.SauderVillage.org
Sept 14-18 Georgetown Rug Hooking Guild 2010 Show Special Feature: NOAH'S
ARK by Mary Sheppard Burton and friends with Guest Lecturer Leonard Feenan on
Sept 14th in the evening (tickets are $10) Gallery of the Halton Hills Cultural Center, 9
Church Street, Georgetown, Ontario. Contact Jan Lord-Giraldi for tickets and more
information at jan_janett@yahoo.ca Show continues through Sept 25.
September 24 - October 24, 2010. Hooked on New Jersey, a hooked rug exhibit
showcasing the state of New Jersey. The Barron Art Center 582 Rahway Ave.
Woodbridge, NJ 07095 (732) 634-0413, Opening reception: Sunday Sept 26, 2010
2-4pm. Additional information contact curators Linda Rae Coughlin www.theartrugs.
com or Janet Santaniello 908-754-6787
October 15-19, 2012 TIGHR Tri-Ennial Conference in Stralbyn, S Australia. more
details in the Hooking Matters newsletters and on our members site. Join today to be
apart of our exciting Worldwide Organization
Other Opportunites to View/Read more about RugHooking
HG-TV Uncommon Threads on DIY network 5 episodes on rug hooking
featuring Marilyn Bottjer and others, search HGTV or for Uncommon
Threads for viewing schedule.
Publications:
Rug Hooking Magazine www.rughookingmagazine.com
Contemporary Hooked Rugs and Modern Hooked Rugs, Linda Rae
Coughlin, Schiffer Publishing, 2006,2007
both volumes available from Linda Rae at playingcardrugs@cs.com
Hooking Landscapes, Anne-Marie Littenberg, published by Stackpole
Books, 2009
Proggy and Hooky, Miriam Miller, Australia new book 35 Stoney Hill Lane,
Milton, NSW 2538 Australia narrawillyfarm@shoal.net.au
Creative Journey into Rug Hooking, Sybil Osicka, contact Sybil in Ohio, US at
sybil@sybilosicka.com
Hooked Rugs Today 2006 (two volumes), Amy Oxford, Schiffer Publishing
and the Hooked Rugs Today 2004, Hooked Rugs Today 2008 contact
aoxford@together.net
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