Tuesday, June 7–Thursday, June 9
8:00-9:00am    Conference Registration
9:00am-4:00pm    Pre-Conference Workshops
Tuesday Evening
7:00pm    Pre-Conference Faculty Slide Show

Wednesday, June 8
3:00-5:00pm    Conference Registration
At the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem: (admission charge)
    6:00pm    Lecture by Batik Artist Mary Edna Fraser: Silk Tableaus
    7:30pm    Performance: Visual Prayers for the Planet
    Nicola Hawkins Dance Company/Dinosaur Annex Music
    Mary Edna Fraser, Batik Costumes and Set Design

Thursday, June 9
10:00-6:00pm    Merchants Mart Set Up
3:00-6:00pm    Conference Registration
6:00-9:00pm     Boston Gallery Tour: (reservation necessary)
    Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel College: Nike: Nigerian Resist Textiles
    Trustman Gallery, Simmons College: Three Canadian Batik Artists
    Towne Gallery, Wheelock College: Batik: The Narrative Voice
    Casella Gallery, Wentworth Institute: Flemish Perceptions: Batik by Rita Trefois
    Cambridge Multicultural Arts: Out of Indonesia: Brahma Tirta Sari Studio Collaborations in Batik
    Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge: Dorothy Caldwell Solo Exhibition,
    KEIKO Fine Japanese Handcraft, Contemporary Rozome Artists from Kyoto

Friday, June 10
7:30-9:00am    Conference Registration
9:00am    Welcome and Keynote Address
10:30am-12:00pm    Concurrent Sessions
12:00-9:00pm    Opening: Merchants' Mart
1:30-3:00pm    Concurrent Sessions
3:15-4:45pm    Concurrent Sessions
5:30-9:00pm    Exhibition Openings at MassArt:
    Rozome Masters of Japan Show, Paine Gallery
    Wax Eloquent Juried Exhibition, Arnheim/Student Life Gallery
    Layered Meaning, Brant Gallery
    Transient Surface: European Abstractions, Doran Gallery

Saturday, June 11
9:00am-9:00pm    Merchants' Mart Continues
9:00-10:00am    Breakfast Reception, Visual Meditations: A Collaboration, President's Gallery
10:00-11:30am    Concurrent Sessions
1:30-3:30pm    Process Demonstrations, outside courtyard
4:00-5:30pm    Open Slide/Video Presentations
7:00-9:00pm    Trunk Show

Sunday, June 12
8:30-9:30am    Breakfast Mini-Group Network Meetings
10:00-4:00pm    Visit to the Mill City of Lowell, MA
    American Textile History Museum:
    Batik from Courtyards and Palaces: The Rudolf Smend Collection
    Batik Fashion/American Style
    11:15 and 1: 15pm    Lectures by Rudolph Smend, Collector, Leesa Hubbell, Curator
    New England Quilt Museum: International Juried Batik Quilt Exhibition
    The Brush Gallery: Floating Worlds: Hyang Sook Park Solo Exhibition
6:00-9:00pm    Gala New England Lobster Bake/Sayonara Party, MassArt courtyard

Monday, June 13—Wednesday, June 15
9:00-4:00pm    Post-Conference Workshops
Monday Evening
7:00pm    Post-Conference Faculty Slide Show

BOSTON GALLERY TOUR
An evening Gallery Tour is scheduled for Thursday, June 9. It includes transportation to six Boston and Cambridge galleries holding batik exhibitions to coincide with the conference. Artists will be present. Reservations for the tour are necessary and tickets should be purchased in advance, with a June 1st deadline. Reservations for accompanying partners/spouses or friends are available. Please sign up on the conference registration form.

TRUNKSHOW
**THIS EVENT IS FULL**
This event is an opportunity for conference participants to sell their handmade fabrics or textile art and products. Space is limited so reserve a Trunkshow table by checking the appropriate box on the registration form. A complete information packet will be mailed to you. The fee is $50 for one table space and the final deadline for registering is March 1 or until all spaces are full. The general public will be invited to this sale.

MERCHANTS' MART
Merchants from all over the globe will be represented at the World Batik Conference Merchants' Mart. This will be an opportunity to meet suppliers in person, ask technical questions and see product demonstrations as well as a chance to shop for cloth, dyes, equipment and specialty items related to batik, textile designing and dyeing as well as books, ethnic textiles and handicrafts. Vendors: For registration and fee information contact Elin Noble: elin.noble@verizon.net

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, BATIK COLLECTION PRIVATE VIEW
The MFA, Boston, houses one of the oldest collections of Indonesian batiks in North America, approximately 300 pieces collected as early as 1893. On Friday, June 10th, during the Concurrent Sessions, an MFA textile curator will host two groups of conferees for a "behind the scenes" view of selections from the museum batik collection. Space is very limited, so look for the sign-up sheet as you check in at the registration desk.

NEW ENGLAND LOBSTER BAKE/SAYONARA PARTY
On Sunday evening, June 12th, our final event will be a traditional New England Lobster Bake outdoors under the stars. The dinner will include a choice of steak or vegetarian entr? for those unable to enjoy our great lobster. The full meal is $35, payable with the registration fee. Dinner reservations for accompanying partners/spouses or friends are possible for this event. Please indicate your entr? choice on the registration form and join us for a relaxing evening where we will "wax eloquently" and enjoy the camaraderie.

PARTNER/SPOUSE PACKAGE
For partners or friends accompanying a conference participant who would like to join us for Sunday only events, we are offering a special Partner Package. This includes a sit-down breakfast Sunday morning, round-trip transportation to the Mill City of Lowell with free admission to the American Textile History Museum and the New England Quilt Museum, where special exhibitions and programming are planned. The cost is $40 for this one-day package and reservations must be made in advance. Complete the Partner Package section of the registration form and give the partner's full name.

PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM LECTURE AND PERFORMANCE
On Wednesday, June 9th, the Peabody Essex Museum will host a lecture, "Silk Tableaus" by batik artist Mary Edna Fraser followed by an exciting new performance "Visual Prayers for the Planet" by the Nicola Hawkins Dance Company, with Evan Ziporyn and the Dinosaur Annex Music and batik costumes and set-design by M.E. Fraser. The newly redesigned Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA is well worth a visit and is only 30 minutes from Boston's North Station by train. There is an admission charge for this event.

SURFACE DESIGN CONFERENCE
If you are traveling a long distance to attend the World Batik Conference in Boston, we hope that you will also consider attending another important fiber event from June 2 to 5, 2005: The Surface Design Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. www.surfacedesign.org