XXXI FIDEM congress

The venue for the next FIDEM congress will be held in the Finnish city of Tampere (Finland) in 2010.

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INTERIM FIDEM MEETING

An interim FIDEM meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) in September 2008.

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FIDEM and its archives

All the early material from FIDEM is now being kept at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon University (Portugal).

All the correspondence, books and catalogues are arranged in boxes and on shelves. If you wish to study the material, there are tables, a computer, a photocopy machine, a printer and a scanner at your disposal.

If you wish to visit and research in the FIDEM archives, please contact Prof. João Duarte at the Faculty of Fine Arts (email: volteface@.fba.ul.pt).

GUIDELINES FOR MEDAL COMMISSION AND COMPETITION

FIDEM, using their full experience have prepared a guideline to help all those interested in the medal.

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SWEDEN

The Swedish sculptor and medal artist, Berndt Helleberg (born 1920) died on June 10th, 2008.

Helleberg was a member and the Swedish delegate of FIDEM for many years. He attended his first FIDEM exhibition in 1955. The last one, was the Paris congress in 2002.

Helleberg was one of the leading artists who worked for a modern medal. His style was considered in 1955 to be of a very radical and extreme kind. He also brought modernity and the unexpected to the shape of the medals. Many followed his lead.

Helleberg received many commissions both in Sweden and abroad for his monumental and his small sculptures. He had won a great international reputation.

PORTUGAL

The Portuguese sculptor and medal artist, Irene Vilar (born 1931), a member of FIDEM for many years, died on May 12th, 2008.

She was a permanent collaborator of the Portuguese Mint and has made many coins and medals for them.

STATUTES

The statutes of FIDEM are now available in a pdf document

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NEW MEDALLIST SCHEME

The British Art Medal Society has started the scheme whose aim is to deepen and broaden the selected artists' knowledge of the medal and expand their awareness of the medium's possibilities. 

For more details go to www.bams.org.uk.

THE GUILD OF MEDAL ART IN FINLAND

has come out with the year medal by Erja Tielinen. For the picture see www.mitalitaide.fi and go to “Kilpailut”. If you want to see all year medals since 1965 go to “Mitalit” and choose “Vuosimitalit”.

TO ALL FIDEM MEMBERS!

It is possible to pay your membership fees using your credit card on the website: go to Membership.

Visit the websites of FIDEM artists: Artists.