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BOARD of DIRECTORS and OFFICERS
Effective April 1, 2007
SHARON FENLON
President

Appleton, WI

MARK HOPKINS
Secretary

Boston, MA

TOM HUBBARD
St. Louis, MO

FRED INGHAM
Seattle, WA

ERIK RISMAN
Treasurer

Indianapolis, IN

JERRY SILVERMAN
Chicago, IL


The ACOR 7 conference was held
in Seattle, Washington - USA


March 25-28, 2004

A Few of ACOR 7’s Upcoming Highlights...


Sessions / Panel Discussions (Partial listing only; subject to change)

Opening Plenary: Nomadic Peoples of Iran – Jon Thompson
Nomads in Anatolia – Harald Bohmer
Kurdish Weavings – Jim Burns
Putting Together A Collection, Part II – Cathryn Cootner
Baluch Weavings – Frank Diehr
Suzanis – Christian Erber
Lakai and Kungrat – Bruce Froemming
Women and the Persian Carpet Industry– Leonard Helfgott
Tibetan Rugs – Bill Liske
Structural Analysis and Design – Marla Mallett
Saryk – Natalia Nekrassova
Ikats of the World, Show and Talk – David Paly
Non-Ersari Tribes of the Amu Darya – Peter Poullada
Design "Markers" – Shiv Sikri
Mystery Rug – Wendel Swan and guests



Out of the Cedar Chest

Bethany Mendenhall & Charles Lave – Turkish
Lawrence Kearney – Variety and Textiles
James Douglas – Baluch
Erik Risman – Ersari, Middle Amu Darya
Bruce Baganz – Shah Savan, etc.
Michael Wendorf – Kurdish Bags
Ralph & Linda Kaffel - Variety
Val Arbab – Rug Identification



Tours of Exhibits: (1-2 p.m. Friday & Saturday)

Jim Burns, David Paly, Davut Mizrahi, Michael Rothberg.



Exhibitions (all conveniently located on site)

Turkmen Weavings – Michael Rothberg
Mihrab Rugs from Persia – Jim Burns
Ikats – David Paly
Manistir Kilims – Davut Mizrahi and Erhard Stoebe
Highlights from Northwest Collections
Chilkat Blankets and Weaving Demonstration



Evening Activities

Dealers’ Row reception – Thursday
Costume Contest at the Odyssey Maritime
Center – Friday
Free night to explore Seattle – Saturday



Special Pre-Conference Event

Natural dye workshop with Michele Wipplinger, by registration only



Restorers On-Site

Bob Mann, Holly Smith, Kate VanSciver, Angela Risser



Demonstration

Anna Brown, Chilkat Weaving

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