http://blog.niada.org NIADA Blog ~ The National Institute of American Doll Artists ~ Art Doll News & Events ~ Annual Conference & Dollmaking School Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:02:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.niada.org/2013/04/2013-dollmaking-school/ http://blog.niada.org/2013/04/2013-dollmaking-school/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:02:25 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.niada.org/?p=2561 NIADA 2013 Dollmaking School Monday, June 24th – Tuesday, June 25th – Wednesday, June 26th 2013 at the beautiful Marin Suites Hotel in Corte Madera All classes 9:00am~5:00pm / Lunch 12:00pm~1:15pm ~ All days Dollmaking School Teachers: Kate Church ~ Ankie Daanen ~ Tanya Marriott ~ Connie Smith ~ E.J. Taylor ~ Shelley Thornton ~ Marlaine Verhelst

Continue reading →]]> http://blog.niada.org/2013/04/2013-dollmaking-school/feed/ 0 http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/niada-2013-50th/ http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/niada-2013-50th/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:38:31 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.niada.org/?p=2210 NIADA 2013 50th Anniversary location: San Francisco, California With great excitement NIADA celebrates our 50th Anniversary by holding the 2013 Conference in San Francisco, California. The NIADA Annual Conferences always an exciting event sharing knowledge of the art of the doll through master classes, presenting programs, visiting artists critiques, The NIADA Gallery, and the Annual Show and Sale and much more. Continue reading →]]> http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/niada-2013-50th/feed/ 0 http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/2012-conf-events/ http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/2012-conf-events/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:47:51 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.niada.org/?p=2348 Demonstrations by NIADA artists ~ Leslie Molen: Cloth overlay on a face / Ankie Daanen: Making Shoes Donna May Robinson: An easy way with cloth feet / Deborah Pope: Hand felted doll hat / Connie Smith: Hand sculpting Special Exhibit of work by Visiting Artists ~ Banquet Night ~ Helper drawings and presentation of the Souvenir by Ima Naroditskaya Continue reading →]]> http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/2012-conf-events/feed/ 0 http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/2012-exhibits/ http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/2012-exhibits/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:47:06 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.niada.org/?p=2271 Our Annual NIADA 2012 Conference was held Thursday, September 27th to Sunday, September 30th 2012 at the Sheraton Stamford Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut Continue reading →]]> http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/2012-exhibits/feed/ 0 http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/niada-2012-school/ http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/niada-2012-school/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:45:35 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.niada.org/?p=2374 The NIADA 2012 Dollmaking School was held October 1st-2nd-3rd following the Annual Conference in Stamford, CT 1-Day Class - Stephanie Blythe: Mold Making Demystified Shelley Thornton: Stuffed Cloth Hands, Boots, and Bows 2-Day Class - Reina Mia Brill: Colorful Creatures in Clay and Knitted Wire Ankie Daanen: Sculpt a "Jack" or "Jackie-in-the-Box" Deborah C. Pope: Hand-Felted Animal Head 3-Day Class - E.J. Taylor: Sculpting & Painting a Paperclay Head Continue reading →]]> http://blog.niada.org/2012/11/niada-2012-school/feed/ 0 http://blog.niada.org/2012/07/ufdc-new-orleans-2012/ http://blog.niada.org/2012/07/ufdc-new-orleans-2012/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:22:25 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.niada.org/?p=2198 NIADA members at the United Federation of Doll Clubs, Inc. Convention A Jambalaya Jubilee July 24th-27th, 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana Continue reading →]]> http://blog.niada.org/2012/07/ufdc-new-orleans-2012/feed/ 0 http://blog.niada.org/2012/06/quinlan-2012-convention/ http://blog.niada.org/2012/06/quinlan-2012-convention/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:28:25 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.niada.org/?p=2169 Artist Doll & Teddy Bear Convention presented by the Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum was held May 3-5, 2012 at the Ramada Airport Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Awards were presented to Diane Keeler for collector's favorite doll and Stephanie Blythe for Artists favorite doll and Mark Dennis won for both! NIADA Artists Stephanie Blythe and Ankie Daanen were featured on pins Susan and Terry Quinlan presented to attendees because Ankie and Stephanie were the first doll artists they bought from and introduced them to the world of doll art. Continue reading →]]> http://blog.niada.org/2012/06/quinlan-2012-convention/feed/ 0 http://blog.niada.org/2012/05/bmckinley-book/ http://blog.niada.org/2012/05/bmckinley-book/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 23:31:52 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.niada.org/?p=2111 DOLLMAKING One Artist's Approach by Robert McKinley
An indispensable reference book for both aspiring and professional doll artists, "DOLLMAKING One Artist's Approach" by renowned doll artist Robert McKinley is now available in a long overdue second edition. Discover all that master doll artist Bob McKinley knew about the exciting and exacting art of fine dollmaking. "Dollmaking, for me, is a complete art form. From concept to completion a doll requires me to be a designer, a sculptor, a painter, a dressmaker, and a hairdresser." ~ Bob McKinley Continue reading →]]> http://blog.niada.org/2012/05/bmckinley-book/feed/ 1 http://blog.niada.org/2012/01/ronnie-burkett-penny-plain/ http://blog.niada.org/2012/01/ronnie-burkett-penny-plain/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:23:07 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.niada.org/?p=1998 Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes "Penny Plain" NIADA artist, Ronnie Burkett, profoundly missed by his NIADA pals and fans during the several years his World-Class-Puppetmaster career has kept him too busy to make it to our conferences, was found to be alive and well and in top form when fellow artists Shelley Thornton and Heather Maciak and NIADA patrons Lynne and Gene Olson journeyed to Vancouver, British Columbia on December 8th, 2011 to see Ronnie's new theatrical extravaganza, "Penny Plain", a dark yet humorous tale of the end of mankind. Continue reading →]]> http://blog.niada.org/2012/01/ronnie-burkett-penny-plain/feed/ 0 http://blog.niada.org/2012/01/niada-has-an-etsy-shop/ http://blog.niada.org/2012/01/niada-has-an-etsy-shop/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:30:57 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.niada.org/?p=1971 The NIADA Foundation teaches and mentors emerging doll artists. All proceeds go to The Foundation Scholarship Fund. Continue reading →]]> http://blog.niada.org/2012/01/niada-has-an-etsy-shop/feed/ 0