NIADA Sale 2013

Here are a few photos of some of the artists' tables at the NIADA sale.....

Ankie Daanen

Annie Wahl

Charles Batte

Donna May Robinson

E. J. Taylor

Floyd Bell

Gail Lackey

Kate Church

Lesley Keeble

Leslie Molen

Marilyn Radzat

Marlaine Verhelst

Mary Ellen Frank

Neva Waldt

Pat Lillich

Shelley Thornton

Tanya Marriott

Vitaliya Soyka

NIADA Gallery Night 2013

This year the NIADA conference was held in Corte Madera, California, just outside San Francisco.  I usually go every 2-3 years and since I had been to the conference last year I didn't think I would be going.  But my good friend Neva Waldt was going to be inducted as a new member, so how could I miss that?

Another reason not to miss:  Shelley Thornton was teaching a class.  I had a great three day Head and Hand class  with Shelley.  

Gallery night was spectacular (although a little hard to photograph with the light from the windows coming through).

Ankie Daanen and her doll

Anna Zueva

Annie Wahl

Charles Batte

Connie Smith

Donna May Robinson

Floyd Bell

Gail Lackey

Ima Naroditskaya

Kate Church

Lesley Keeble

Leslie Molen and her doll

Marilyn Radzat and her doll

Marlaine Verhelst and her doll

Moon Young Jeong

Neva Waldt and her doll (yay Neva!)

Nina Tugarina

Pat Lillich

Shelley Thornton

Stephanie Blythe

Svetlana Ruduoy

Tamara Pivnyuk

Tanya Marriott

Tatiana Baeva

Vitaliya Soyka

Connecticut and NIADA Conference

We are back from a great week in the northeast.  I got to attend the National Institute of American Doll Artists conference in Stamford, CT.  Mr. B came with me so we decided to make a week long trip out of it.  Our first stop was Mystic Connecticut.  Of course we had to eat at Mystic Pizza.  Remember the old Julia Robert’s movie?

The next day we toured Mystic Seaport and saw the Charles Morgan, a historic whaling ship from the 1800's under restoration, which was (surprisingly) really very interesting.

Then on to Stamford! The first night was "Gallery Night".  Oh, the beautiful dolls.....

Ana Salvador

 

 

Ankie Daanen

Connie Smith

Deborah Pope

Donna May Robinson

E. J. Taylor

Ima Naroditskaya

Leslie Molen

Lisa Lichtenfels

Nancy Wiley

Nina Tugarina

Shelley Thornton

Stephanie Blythe

Tanya Marriott 

Tatiana Baeva

The conference was wonderful.  It had been a few years since I attended and it was fun to see old friends and meet new artists.  Four fabulous days of dolls, demos, programs, and more dolls.  Next year I hear the conference will be in San Francisco!