From the Kingdom of Atlantia

The Barony of Bright Hills had a demo at Walter’s Art Gallery in Baltimore.  A medieval lathe set up by Lord Luke and Lord Owen.  www.toolboxone.com/medieval-spring-pole-lathe.  


Take a look the pictures are wonderful

Aibhilin  

Textiles today

Quated from the site "Archaeological Textiles Newsletter is a twice-yearly publication for textiles (June and December), which have been found in archaeological contexts, dating from the prehistoric to the modern age. "

http://www.atnfriends.com/

From the web site "Welcome to Stringpage! I (Sarah Goslee, widely known as Phiala) have been teaching fiber arts in person since 1992, and online since about 1996. This website now features how-to information, photographs and resource lists for a wide variety of textile techniques. My specialty is historical textile techniques, especially those like braiding and tablet weaving that can produce very complicated structures with minimal equipment. I'm also interested in popularizing obscure techniques like sprang and naalbinding."

http://www.stringpage.com/index.html

Centre International d'Etude des Textiles Anciens  From their web page "The CIETA is an international association founded in 1954 in order to coordinate work methods used by specialists in ancient textiles.
Its base is in Lyon, France. Two official languages are used: French and English.

http://www.cieta.fr/uk/cieta_presentation_uk.htm

Dance in Europe

For those looking to experience a truly unique Renaissance dance event, look no further: The academia della danza being held in Miltenberg, Germany is exactly the event for you. Held in a gorgeous 14th c. city hall in the heart of an amazing medieval city on the Main River, this event offer two tracks of dance instruction from Friday until Saturday afternoon, two balls plu sopen dancing, fantastic food, professional live music by Gaita for classes and dancing, and gaming and revelry until late into the night on both Friday and Saturday.
     http://www.knightscrossing.org/html/misc/academia2012.php

Harry Potter and the Renaissance and Elizabeth's Wardrobe.

Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/harrypottersworld/index.html
If you want to see if this exhibit is coming to you look at this site

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/travelingexhibitions/hpitinerary.html

It should be interesting.  Lot of info on the web site. 

The next item is brough to us by Drea Reed. Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Uploaded

http://www.elizabethancostume.net/qewu.html

enjoy. 

Canadian Conference of Art Historians and Walters Art Museum

http://www.yorku.ca/ccmah/

32nd Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians
March 9-10, 2012
University of Winnipeg and University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Announcements

• NEW (July 29, 2011): The Call for Papers is now available. 
• NEW (July 29, 2011): The website is in the process of being updated for the 2012 conference.  It will be set in a new bilingual format. A CCMAH  Facebook page has also been set up.Not a lot of info but it will be forth coming.
  
  http://thewalters.org/exhibitions/current.aspx
  
  The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland is internationally renowned for its collection of art. The collection presents an overview of world art from pre-dynastic Egypt to 20th-century Europe, and counts among its many treasures Greek sculpture and Roman sarcophagi; medieval ivories and Old Master paintings; Art Nouveau jewelry and 19th-century European and American masterpieces.
  
  Okay this is pre our period but still really cool!
  
  
  Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes
  
  
  October 16, 2011 - January 01, 2012
  10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  From the birth of its texts in the cradle of Western civilization to their obliteration on April 14, 1229, in Jerusalem and their recovery in Baltimore 700 years later, the Archimedes Palimpsest is an iconic example of the epic and perilous journey that every record is making.
  
  
  
  
  Touch and the Enjoyment of Sculpture: Exploring the Appeal of Renaissance Statuettes
  
  
  January 21, 2012 - April 15, 2012
  10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  This groundbreaking focus show will explore the implications of tactile perception for enjoying sculpture, studying how the brain reacts to tactile stimuli from European Renaissance art-a period marked by a new availability of small "collectibles" meant to be held.
  
  
  Paradise Imagined: The Garden in the Islamic and Christian World
  
  
  June 30, 2012 - September 23, 2012
  10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  This exhibition explores the art of gardens and the cross-fertilization of garden imagery between the East and West. Gardens have functioned as spaces of invention, imagination and myth-making, as well as places of repose and recreation, for different cultures across time.
  
  
  
  
  Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe
  
  
  October 14, 2012 - January 21, 2013
  10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  This groundbreaking exhibition will explore the wealth of European art to reveal the hidden presence of Africans in Renaissance society and the many roles they played.

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At museums

At the MET New York New York
Masterpieces of the Middle Ages
Tuesday, October 11, 10:45–11:45 a.m.
http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks-and-tours/guided-tours/masterpieces-middle-ages?eid=R012_%7b46EE629F-4B53-4BA5-BD4A-BF1EECA3F100%7d_20111011104500


Great Paintings   

http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks-and-tours/guided-tours/great-paintings?eid=R012_%7b312C95DD-1C8C-480D-82CB-9D8052B1D9E8%7d_20111011103000



At the Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto, Ontario

Connecting: How Shakespeare Changed Everything with Stephen Marche
Friday, December 2, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/lectures/index.php?cat_id=1&ref=showinfo&prev_ref=showlisting&program_id=7121&keyword=&audience_ids=all&theme_ids=all&start_date=all

Fall: Knight School (Ages 6-7)

Saturdays, October 15 - December 3, 9 am - 12 pm http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/lectures/index.php?cat_id=1&ref=showinfo&prev_ref=showlisting&program_id=7180&keyword=&audience_ids=all&theme_ids=all&start_date=all
Cleveland Museum of Art - has distance learning

http://www.clevelandart.org/learn/distance%20learning.aspx

Middle Ages Torture-Museum, Rudesheim, Rhine, Germany

http://www.witchcraft-bondage-pictures.middle-ages-torture.com/medieval.html

Museum of Science Boston

Painting in the Middle Ages

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/PaintingBeforetheRen.html

Museum Of The Middle Ages - Paris, France
http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/ang/homes/home_id20392_u1l2.htm

What are other kingdom's doing?

Here is a link to a newsletter from the Kingdom of Glenn Abihan

 http://www.kingdomofgleannabhann.org/library/func-startdown/137/