Exciting Bead Events!
Make-and-takes, bead-related lectures, displays and even a local museum that has produced a collection of vintage beadwork, on display just for Bead Expo participants!

Wednesday, April 11 | Thursday, April 12 | During the Bead Bazaar (Friday-Sunday) | Saturday, April 14 | Other Events During Bead Expo

Wednesday, April 11

Pajama Bead Party!
Wednesday, April 11, 7 p.m. - ?
Location TBA

Please come and join us for a very casual beading get-together. Bring your beads and have fun networking or learning a new techniques from others. Pajamas optional!

Thursday, April 12


Paula Walter	Leslie Frazier

Meet the Instructors Night
Thursday, April 12, 5-9 p.m.

If you are already registered for a workshop, wear your name badge and you get in free! If you haven’t decided on a class yet, come on by anyway and meet the instructors, ask questions, and view the designs that you will work on in their classes. The $10 admission fee will be credited toward your workshop cost if you sign up during this event. Some instructors will be selling kits for other workshops they teach as well.
http://www.beadexpo.com/beadexpo/bazaar.cfm#vip

During the Bead Bazaar

Make and Take Sessions

Hit the Bead Bazaar on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and sit in on a “Make and Take” mini-session with Bead Expo instructors and Beadwork magazine staff. Bring your own designs for some one-on-one advice. These sessions are especially helpful for beginning beaders.
Look for updates in the Bead Expo newsletter and sign-up info onsite.

911 Bead Quilt

9/11 Beads Quilt

The 9/11 Beads Quilt will be on display during the International Bead Bazaar, available for viewing during bazaar hours. (link to bazaar hours here) After exhibiting the quilt panels for the past five years, organizers have some good prospects for a permanent display. Bead Expo may be one of the last places you will be able to see the quilt panels in their entirety. Several of the artists that have contributed a square are also teaching or exhibiting at Bead Expo. Come see the the 9/11 Beads Quilt, which will be on display in the Beadwork area of the Bazaar.
http://www.beadcave.com/beadquilt/index.html

Beadwork V: The Beaded Bag

Visit the Bazaar for an up-close view of winning entries in Beadwork magazine’s Beaded Bag competition. Winners in this juried show were chosen from more than 150 entries by Beadwork readers around the world. For more information http://www.interweave.com/bead/events/beaded_bags/submissions.asp

Saturday, April 14

Contemporary Beads and Jewelry
Saturday, April 14, 7-9 p.m.

Kate Drew-Wilkinson (left) and Nadine Piskadlo (right).

Free to all Bead Expo workshop students, symposium and bazaar attendees

Noted bead artists Kate Drew-Wilkinson and Nadine Piskadlo will host a slide show and discussion on contemporary lamp-work bead-making in Europe. The presentation combines the early work of many of the first contemporary American bead makers like Brian Kerkvliet, Pat Frantz, Loren Stump, Patty Walton, and Kate herself, with the contemporary works of artists from the United States and from various European countries.

Nadine, a lampwork bead maker and glass bead gallery owner, is traveling from Le Treport in Normandy to share this presentation with Kate.

Kate Drew-Wilkinson was born and raised in England. Her travels as the daughter of an English Army officer opened her to many cultures at an early age. As a teenager in Tunisia and Libya, she learned about Roman beads, and that was the beginning of it all. Kate began earning her living working with and designing bead jewelry 30 years ago. She began making glass beads in 1990.

Other Events During Bead Expo

Lacis Museum

The Lacis Museum has put together a collection of antique beaded garments especially for Bead Expo participants, and all are invited to a reception on the evening of Friday, April 13. The museum will also sponsor four short classes on bead crochet, weaving, knitting and embroidery. Check back here for more information on how to register soon.

MEMORIES IN BEADS

Forever, Borne by the Frailty of Threads
March 30-April 30, 2007

Featuring beaded garments, handbags, and decorative pieces from the LMLT collection, highlighted by an extraordinary table cover from the early 19th century. Ironically, some of the most beautiful of our beaded garments were fashioned from silk chiffon. What better reflection of the desperate exuberance of the ‘20s than a fragile network of glass and steel beads, held together by shreds of shattered silk. Pounds of beads stitched into deco swirls and fringes doomed these dresses to an early demise, but what a thrill to wear them and dance the night away! Accompanied by a fascinating collection of historical beaded bags, these pieces are sure to challenge and inspire today’s beaders with exquisite work from times past.

Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles
982 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
http://lacismuseum.org/
at Ashby & Adeline St., adjacent to the "Ashby" BART Station
Hours: Monday thru Saturday, Noon-6 p.m.
tel: 510-843-7290

Exciting Bead Events! Make-and-takes, bead-related lectures, displays and even a local museum that has produced a collection of vintage beadwork, on display just for Bead Expo participants!