World Batik Conference Advisory Committee

Event Coordinator
Betsy Sterling Benjamin
Faculty - Fine Arts 3-D Dept., Fibers
Massachusetts College of Art + Design
603.642.3479

  Site Coordinator
Ann Wessmann
Faculty - Fine Arts 3-D Dept., Fibers
Fibers Area Coordinator,
Massachusetts College of Art + Design
617.879.7457
     
Workshop Coordinator
Janet Hansen Kawada
Faculty - Fine Arts 3-D Dept., Fibers
Massachusetts College of Art + Design
617.879.7457
 

Housing Coordinator
Gail Erwin
Faculty - Fine Arts 3-D Dept., Fibers
Massachusetts College of Art + Design
978.793.1373

     
Advisory Committee    
Barbara Goldberg
Fiber Artist - Design Dept.
Textile Design/Fiber Arts
UMass Dartmouth (retired)
  William Thrasher
Independent Curator
Wellesley, Massachusetts
     
Olaperi Onipede
Director of Development/Alumni Relations
College of General Studies
Boston University
  Catherine Weller
Independent Curator
Cambridge, Massachusetts
     
International Advisors    
Australia
Anthony Dyer
Fiber Artist - Faculty
Centre for Media, Design, and Arts
Box Hill Institute
Melbourne, Australia
  Asia
Keijin Ihaya
Rozome Artist - Professor
Kyoto City University of Arts
Kyoto, Japan
     
Europe
Rudolf Smend
Batik Collector/Gallery Director
Smend Gallery
Koln, Germany

(Above: detail from Time/Light
and Shade-A
, Fukumoto, Shigeki)