May/08

June 16, 2007 to June 8, 2008... Salem, Massachusetts, USA -- Origami Now! Exhibition

Feb 17 to July 20, 2008... Indianapolis, Indiana, USA -- Squares-Folds-Life: Contemporary Origami by Robert J. Lang

February 24 - May 12, 2008... New York, New York, USA -- Design & the Elastic Mind

March 22 to May 16, 2008... Edinburgh, Scotland -- Origami Exhibition

April 5 - June 15, 2008... Southampton, New York, USA -- Origami Masterworks

May 1-4, 2008... Leon, Spain -- AEP Convention

May 1-4, 2008... Paris, France -- MFPP French Origami Convention

May 1-31, 2008... Jerusalem, Israel -- 2008 Origami Peace Tree Festival Jerusalem

May 2-4, 2008... Poreba, Poland -- 7th Outdoor Origami Meeting

May 12-17, 2008... Seattle, WA -- Seattle International Children's Festival

May 22-25, 2008... Freiburg, Germany -- Origami Deutschland Convention

May 23-25, 2008... Columbus, Ohio, USA -- Marcon

May 23 - June 1, 2008... Vancouver, BC, Canada -- The Life of Paper

Jun/08

June 15-Oct 15, 2008... Ramat Aviv, Israel -- Paper: Material & Immaterial

June 27-30, 2008... New York, New York, USA -- -- OrigamiUSA Convention 2008 - The OrigamiUSA Annual Convention, to be held the last full weekend in June (June 27-30) 2008 at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Our two special guests will be Nick Robinson from England and Nicolas Terry from France. In addition, this year will be the 50th anniversary of the founding of The Origami Center of America by Lillian Oppenheimer, so we will be celebrating "50 Years of Origami in America," and we are planning several exciting features to honor this milestone.

Jul/08

July 1 - October 28, 2008... Salzburg, Austria -- Serviettenbrechen

July 13, 2008... Long Beach, California, USA -- Long Beach Origami Festival

July 22-24, 2008... Jerusalem, Israel -- Israeli Origami Convention

July 24-28, 2008... Jerusalem, Israel -- Origami Regards from the World to Jerusalem Festival

Aug/08

August 1-3, 2008... Long Island, New York, USA -- Origami Heaven

August 6, 2008... Rosario, Argentina -- Convocatoria Mil Grullas por la Paz - 2008

August 15-17, 2008... Budapest, Hungary -- Hungarian Origami Society-Magyar Origami Kor- 20th anniversary

Sep/08

September 6-7, 2008... Bellevue, Washington, USA -- Aki Matsuri

September 12-14... Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, England -- BOS Autumn Convention

Oct/08

October 6-12, 2008... Rome, Italy -- 2008 Origami Peace Tree Italy Festival

October 24 - November 11, 2008... Everywhere -- World Origami Days

Nov/08

November 22, 2008... Rosamond, California, USA -- Kids Day Festival

Dec/08

December 5-8, 2008... Lago Maggiore, Hotel Castagnola, Verbania Pallanza, Italy -- CDO Convention

Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Works in this intimately scaled exhibition in the museum's Art and Nature Center demonstrate the breadth of origami art, ranging from depictions of nature to self-portraits and abstract forms. In addition to showing masterworks of origami, the exhibition reveals connections between origami and innovations in other disciplines, such as design, medicine and math. Interactive displays give visitors of all ages opportunities to engage in the artistic process of origami. Origami Now! is sponsored by Comcast. Please visit http://www.pem.org/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=65 for more information

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Star Studio at Indianapolis Museum of Art will feature works by Robert J. Lang, a former physicist and engineer turned artist, whose innovative approach to the traditional art of Origami has earned him a reputation as one of the world's most important Origami artists. The exhibition in Star Studio will include examples of Lang's complex and realistic work, including monumental paper sculptures created at the IMA for the exhibition. The exhibition will also give visitors the opportunity to learn to make their own folded paper creations, which will be incorporated into a unique visitor-generated installation. More...

New York, New York, USA
Erik Demaine and Martin Demaine have a series of three paper sculptures, entitled "Computational Origami", at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York, in the upcoming exhbition "Design and the Elastic Mind". The show is open to the public from February 24 to May 12, 2008. (MoMA members can preview the exhbition from February 20.) You can look at photos of the three pieces, "Computational Origami", at: http://erikdemaine.org/curved/ For more about the exhibition in general, see: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=5632&ref=calendar

Edinburgh, Scotland
An exhibition, at the Museum of Edinburgh, outlining the history and development of origami, the Japanese art of paperfolding. The exhibition will be illustrated by many stunning folded models. Come along and see how much more there is to this fascinating art form. There will also be a few Saturday workshops on offer for those who want to try their hand at Origami for themselves. Members of the British Origami Society will be on hand at these workshops to teach, assist and answer any questions you may have about origami. More...

Southampton, New York, USA
The Parrish Art Museum in South Hampton (out on Long Island) will be hosting the traveling exhibition from April through mid - June 2008. More...

Leon, Spain
AEP Convention- Leon, Spain. May 1-4 2008. Contact information: aepconvention2008 at gmail dot com c/o Angel Saponaro Gonzales.

Paris, France
French Origami Convention 2008 will take place in Paris between the 1st and 4th of May, at Asiem, near the Invalides, in the heart of the city. Special Guests will be Max Hulme (UK) and Jun Maekawa (Japan). For other information (fees, timeline), you can download the PDF file here : http://www.aurele-origami.com/wordpress/telechargements

Jerusalem, Israel
2008 Origami Peace Tree Festival Jerusalem - "Origami Regards from the World to Jerusalem". The Organizers and the Host: The 'Folding Together' Origami Project www.foldingtogether.org. More...

Poreba, Poland
The 7th Outdoor Origami Meeting will take place in Poreba near Cracow, Poland on May 2-4, 2008. Heinz Strobl will be our special guest. More information is avaliable at http://www1.zetosa.com.pl/~burczyk/plener/plener2008-info-en.htm Contact persons: Wojtek Burczyk at burczyk at mail dot zetosa dot com dot pl Grzegorz (Greg) Bubniak at grzegorz dot bubniak at gmail dot com

Seattle, WA
Join Seattle's PAPER group own John Smiley for a week of folding at the Children's Festival at the Seattle Center. The hours are Mon – Fri 9:30am – 2:30pm and Saturday 12pm – 5pm. More...

Freiburg, Germany
Special guest Toshikazu Kawasaki More...

Columbus, Ohio, USA
CAPS (Capital Area Paper Shapers) be at Marcon in Columbus, Ohio at the Hyatt Convention Center on May 23rd, 24th, and 25th, where we will hold 2 origami demonstrations and 1 workshop. More...

Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Life of Paper is an innovative new theatrical work developed in collaboration with origami master Joseph Wu. Premiering in May of 2008, Pangaea Arts will fuse the ancient art of paper folding with live theatrical performance. The Life of Paper will be an architectural feast, featuring a stunning world made entirely of paper, and combining elements of East and West. The play is scheduled to run from May 23 to June 1, 2008 at the Roundhouse Community Centre. More...

Ramat Aviv, Israel
'Paper: Material & Immaterial' - is an exhibition of Paper Art by 35 artists in Ramat Aviv (a suburb of Tel Aviv), curated by Paul Jackson. It features art from a diversity of paper techniques, including paper making, papier mache, paper cutting and of course, origami. The exhibition runs from mid June to mid October 2008 at the Eretz Israel Museum http://www.eretzmuseum.org.il/main/site/index.php3?langId=1&mod=firstPage.

New York, New York, USA
The OrigamiUSA Annual Convention, to be held the last full weekend in June (June 27-30) 2008 at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Our two special guests will be Nick Robinson from England and Nicolas Terry from France. In addition, this year will be the 50th anniversary of the founding of The Origami Center of America by Lillian Oppenheimer, so we will be celebrating "50 Years of Origami in America," and we are planning several exciting features to honor this milestone.

Salzburg, Austria
From the 1st of July to the 26th of October 2008, Joan Sallas will be showing an exposition in the Barock Museum in Salzburg (Austria) about historical folded napkins and their connection and mutual influence on the development of paperfolding, curved folds inclusive, from the Renaissance until today. More...

Long Beach, California, USA
The annual CSU Long Beach Origami Festival is usually held on the 3rd Sunday in July. It's held on the grounds of their spectacular Japanese Garden, which includes a large carp pond, a bridge, walkways, a gazebo, and untold numbers of beautiful plants and trees. Google on Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden for more info.

Jerusalem, Israel
The Israeli Origami Center and Folding Together project will organize a special origami Convention and Festival in the Old City of Jerusalem during late July 2008. Special guest will be Eric Joisel. It will be held at the Moriah Classic which is a Five Star hotel and one of Jerusalem’s best. We are privileged to receive very special room rates. Many of its rooms give a view over the Old City and to other Biblical sites. The hotel is a 20 minute stroll from the Via Dolorosa, Wailing Wall and Dome of the Rock. Bookings should be made through the special Moriah link on the Israeli Origami Center website. www.origami.co.il This link will be operating from early March. Please do not contact the hotel directly. More...

Jerusalem, Israel
Thousands of origami designs will be hung above the narrow streets of the Old City at the intersection of the Christian, Jewish and Moslem quarters, to create a spectacular canopy of origami under which people will walk. The Festival has the enthusiastic support of the Jerusalem City Council, though to maintain its neutrality in a City of three religions, the event is not affiliated to any religious group nor receives any official sponsorship. During the Festival, 800 children of the 3 religions will be bussed to the site from all over Israel to fold together. Origami artists will visit schools within the walls of the Old City to give special workshops.

Long Island, New York, USA
The L.I.F.E. group has secured August 1-3rd 2008 for our Annual Fold Fest at Stony Brook University. Please contact Shrikant Iyer 631-804-2280 for more information More...

Rosario, Argentina
One thousand cranes for peace - organized by Asociación CHICOS - Rosario To be held at: Monumento Nacional a la Bandera - Rosario Contact: Meri Affranchino More...

Budapest, Hungary

Bellevue, Washington, USA
The Seattle area origami group PAPER will be teaching, demonstrating and exhibiting origami at the Japanese Cultural Festival Aki Matusuri presented by the Eastside Nihon Association at the Bellevue Community College. More...

Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, England

Rome, Italy
2008 Origami Peace Tree Festival Italy Hosted by: Fondazione Mondo Digitale on October 6th - 12th, 2008 Location: Citta Educativa Via del Quadraro 102, Roma, Italy Contact Person: Ms. Silvia Celani E-mail: s.celani at mondodigitale dot org Dates for sending models: March 31st 2008 until September 15th 2008 More...

Everywhere
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Rosamond, California, USA
Kids Day at the Rosamond Feline Conservation Center. We will teach a peacock model to whomever wants to sit down and fold.

Lago Maggiore, Hotel Castagnola, Verbania Pallanza, Italy
contact info: Roberto Gretter