Salon Dentelle et Arts du Fil, Caen (Caen, Calvados, Lower Normandy)
Organizers:  l’Association Dentelles et Blondes de Caen et Courseulles  (DBCC)
Date: May 31, 2014
Place: Centre de Congrès – Caen
Hours:  09:00 to 18:00
Website: http://tinyurl.com/n9gedh6  http://tinyurl.com/pe8bm3f
Information and Reservations: Michel Bouvot, Le petit Lieu, 14430 St Jouin, France, 02 31 79 23 07, bouvot@libertysurf.fr
Fees:  7.00 EUR entry fee

Vendors: I count about 74 vendors and groups who will show at this event.
Exhibitions: 
– Contemporary lace exhibition with works by Claudette Bouvot, Geneviève Olloix, Catherine Parfait-Mazé, Véronique Porot, Geneviève Pouteau, Florence Quinette, Pierre Varenne, Textilium (Michèle Coupez and Sylvie Roussel)
– Tapisseries de Bayeaux– La Tour Eiffel en dentelle de Sofi (made for OIDFA 2012)
– Exhibition of antique lace from the collection of the DBCC
– Exhibition of lacemaker figurines by Jocelyne Duboc
Lecture:
“Zélie, dentellière à Alençon”, Claudette and Michel Bouvot, 15:00 to 16:00, Salle à l’étage du Centre de Congrès near the antique lace exhibition.
Classes:
This event features all kinds of textiles and there are specialized classes. On Sunday and Monday there will be specialized lace courses by DBCC teachers (110 EUR, 12 hours over 2 days) –
Blonde de Caen
Dentelle de Bayeux (Chantilly)
Polychrome de Courseulles
Dentelle Torchon
Catherine Parfait-Mazé will offer a beginning course in Dentelle de Flandre (90 EUR for two days)
The planned embroidery class by Manuel Rodriguez unfortunately is cancelled.