Ticino is the sunshine state in southern Switzerland. Cadro is only 6 km from Lugano and can be reached by car (autobahn A2 Lucerne-Gotthard-Milan or A13 Chur-San Bernardino-Milan, exit Lugano Nord - car parking at the Hotel), by train (Lugano train station, from there short ride by taxi or hotel shuttle to Cadro) or even by plane (Lugano Agno airport: Swiss Airlines ı Milan Malpensa: easyJet from Amsterdam, London Gatwick, Brussels and many other European cities ı from Milan Malpensa shuttle bus to Lugano). Contact me, if you are interested in flying to Milan, I will be happy to help with any queries you have regarding your journey.

The Hotel Cadro Panoramica represents a real enclave of tranquility in a characteristic setting endowed of rare beauty. It is situated on the sunny hills facing south with a beautiful view of Lugano, its lake and the nearby mountains. The Hotel Cadro Panoramica offers perfect congress rooms for hosting seminars.

Accomodation includes: indoor swimming-pool, sauna, jacuzzi. Beauty treatments (massages, face and body treatments) can be booked on site. The perfect place for a creative, but relaxing holiday!

Students: Textile artists, patchworkers, quilters and all those who love experimenting with textiles and new materials.

Creative seminars develop everybodies own creativity. The teacher explains new techniques and gives the input. This gives students the possibility to develop their own projects and to find their own voice. The number of participants is low (different for each seminar, depends on the subject and the teacher). This allows the teacher to spend more time with each student.

There is always an international mix of students (Switzerland, Germany, Italy...). Due to the geographical close proximity to Italy and the common language (the official language in Ticino is italian), many Italians take classes at the Creative Days Ticino. We thought, this could maybe cause linguistic problems, but now we see that exactly this is an advantage: students (and teachers as well) from the northern countries like the great linguistic variety and the "italianità" - the cheerful italian way of life.

Teachers and students have their meals together, they get to know each other, they make friends and look always forward to meeting again in Ticino!

• Ruth Issett: Surfaces to Dye for

• Jette Clover: Focus on Green
• Jette Clover: Text and Textiles

• Cherilyn Martin: Layering
• Cherilyn Martin: New Dimensions in Surfaces & Stitch ... a journey of discovery ...
• Gabriele Tisch: Dye - mix - fold (Dye class with Procion MX dyes)
• Cécile Trentini: Less is more: a monocromatic quilt

• Dijanne Cevaal: Transfer Printing and Stitching
• Dijanne Cevaal: Print Your Own Fabric

• Linda Colsh: Work simple, work small (Texture and Image)
• Linda Colsh: Work simple, work small (Pattern and Ground)
• Irene Urban: Grundkurs Maschinenquilten
• Irene Urban: Maschinenquilten für Fortgeschrittene

• Sandra Meech: Sketchbook Treasures - Creatively collecting informations
• Sandra Meech: Inspired Landscapes - Extend your horizons with design, mixed media collage and stitch
• Rosmarie Artmann-Graf: Nadelspiel des Augenblicks - Experimentelles Sticken
• Pascale Goldenberg: Lösung für die Wiederverwertung schmalster Streifen

• Els van Baarle: Line as Inspiration - Innovative Batik Workshop
• Marialuisa Sponga: Fili e Materia come Colore - Fäden und Materie werden zu Farbe
• Maryline Collioud-Robert: Farblehre mit Stoffen
• Elsbeth Nusser-Lampe: Freie Maschinenstickerei - Von der Linie zum Ornament

EXHIBITION 20.-27.10.05:

TESSINER KREATIV TAGE 2003-2005  -  Retrospektive

• Cherilyn Martin: Creating Cloth
• Cherilyn Martin: Encrusted Surfaces

• Dörte Bach: Spiel mit Farben
• Gisela Hafer: Improvisationen zu Paul Klee
• Judith Mundwiler: Schichten mit Stoff und Papier

• Dörte Bach: Spiel mit Rechtecken und Quadraten
• Dörte Bach: Orange wie eine Orange