MidAtlantic Region Events Calendar 30Aug2011
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Events Calendar
Mid-Atlantic Region (Region II)
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Washington D.C.
The Region II Events Calendar lists exhibitions of costume, and costume-related
exhibitions, lectures and workshops. Please note dates of exhibitions may change.
If no beginning date is given, the exhibition is already open.
CSA-sponsored programs in the Mid-Atlantic Region: Mid-Atlantic Region "Events,
Workshops and Symposia" page.
American Folk Art Museum
45 W. 53rd St.
New York, NY
212-265-1040
http://www.folkartmuseum.org
“Super Stars: Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum”
Through Dec. 2011
Quiltmakers have always sought inspiration from the world around them,
introducing the outdoors into the domestic interior through bedcovers that may
reflect the colors of the landscape, the imagery of flowers in a garden, or animal
and insect life. Stars, some of the most important elements of the natural world,
are also a beloved and enduring motif in American quilts. Stars appeared in pieced
bedcovers as early as the 18th century and remain popular with quilt artists
today.
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, MD
410-396-6300
http://www.artbma.org/
“Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa”
Sept. 25, 2011 – Feb. 5, 2012
Discover more than 80 visually engaging objects used in daily life in Africa that
brilliantly merge artistry and utility. Late 19th- and early 20th-century hats,
combs, vessels, baskets, seats, blankets, and wearable textiles drawn from the
BMA’s outstanding African collection include several major recent acquisitions
being shown for the first time.
-“Embroidered Treasures: Textiles from Central Asia”
Nov. 13, 2011 – May 13, 2012
These stunning late 19th- to early 20th-century textiles include wall hangings,
covers, a wedding canopy, and saddle cover made in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and
Tajikistan. They represent both city cultures and those of formerly nomadic
peoples such as the Lakai. Primarily made of cotton with multicolored silk thread
embroidery by young women and their female relatives, many of these textiles
were used as part of their dowries and family treasures that were reluctantly
parted with during periods of political and economic hardship.
Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
http://www.brooklynart.org
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Costume Institute
New York, NY
212-535-7710
http://www.metmuseum.org/
"The Andean Tunic, 400 BCE-1800 CE"
Through September 18, 2011
Featuring about thirty Andean tunics drawn from the Museum's collection, as well
as loans from the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Textile Museum in Washington,
D.C., and two private collections, the exhibition examines the form of the tunic,
which held an important cultural place in Andean South America for centuries,
particularly in Peru and northern Bolivia. Textiles, a much developed art form
there in ancient times, were themselves valued as wealth, and tunics were among
the most treasured of textiles. Highlights include a Paracas tunic in the so-called
linear style with distinctive shoulder fringe (300-100 BCE), a red Pucara tunic with
large shoulder patches, perhaps depicting the face of the sun (135-525 CE), and a
seventeenth-century tunic that includes both European lions and toqapu,
organized fields of discrete Inka-period designs.
-“The 9/11 Peace Story Quilt”
Aug. 30, 2011 – Jan. 22, 2012
The 9/11 Peace Story Quilt was designed by Faith Ringgold and constructed in
collaboration with New York City students ages eight through nineteen. The quilt
poignantly conveys the importance of communication across cultures and religions
to achieve the goal of peace. Comprised of three panels, each with twelve squares
on the theme of peace, the quilt will be displayed alongside several original works
of art that inspired its content.
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The Fenimore Art Museum
Cooperstown, NY
1-888-547-1450
http://www.fenimoreartmuseum.org“Unfolding Stories: Culture and Tradition in
American Quilts”
Sep. 24, - Dec. 31, 2011
Organized by renowned quilt scholar Jacqueline M. Atkins, the Fenimore Art
Museum for the first time in over 10 years will display selections from its large
collection of quilts. The exhibition will address themes of diversity, ethnicity and
culture. Also included are the three award-winning quilts from the 2010 New York
State of Mind Quilt Show.
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
27th at 7th Ave NYC
New York, NY.
212-217-7642
http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
“Sporting Life”
May 25 – Nov. 5, 2011
Sporting Life explores this relationship between sportswear and fashion from the
mid-19th century through the present. Featuring more than 100 garments,
accessories, and textiles from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition
is organized thematically around styles associated with sailing, swimming, golfing,
skating, motoring, and other sporting activities.
"Daphne Guinness"
September 16, 2011 - January 7, 2012
The exhibition Daphne Guinness will feature approximately 100 garments and
accessories from Guinness' personal collection, including designs from the likes of
Alexander McQueen, Azzedine Alaïa, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, John Galliano for
Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh, and Valentino.
Guinness' own designs will also be on display. The exhibition is co-curated by
Daphne Guinness and Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at
FIT.
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National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
202-357-2700
http://americanhistory.si.edu
"First Ladies at the Smithsonian"
Ongoing
Showcasing premier objects from the nearly century-old First Ladies Collection,
this exhibition is divided into three main sections: the evolution of the First Ladies
Collection, the tradition of the inaugural gown, and a first lady's contribution to
the presidency and American society. On display are 14 dresses including those
worn by Laura Bush, Grace Coolidge, Jackie Kennedy, and Eleanor Roosevelt, and
Helen Taft. The exhibition also features portraits, White House china, personal
possessions and related objects from the Smithsonian's unique collection of first
ladies' materials.
Shippensburg University Fashion Archives
Shippensburg, PA.
717-477-1239
http://webspace.ship.edu/fasharch/
"Twentieth-Century Costume Treasures of the Fashion Archives and Museum"
Fall 2011
The Textile Museum
Washington, DC
202-667-0441
http://www.textilemuseum.org
“Symposium: Central African Textiles”
Oct. 14-16, 2011
This weekend-long symposium brings The Textile Museum’s fall exhibition,
Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Africa, to life.
Join renowned scholars and authors as they shed light on why Kuba textiles are
considered among the most beautiful and influential of African art forms.
“Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Africa”
Oct. 15, 2011 – Feb. 12, 2012
The textiles of the Kuba kingdom are among the most distinctive and spectacular
works of African art. Emerging in the early 17th century, the Kuba kingdom grew
into a powerful and wealthy confederation of 18 different ethnic groups located in
what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. While they have fascinated artists,
collectors and designers for over a century, this will be the first major museum
exhibition in the U.S. to showcase the artistic inventiveness and graphic power of
Kuba ceremonial dance skirts within a wide-ranging survey of Kuba design.
-“Second Lives: the Age-Old Art of Recycling Textiles”
Feb. 4 – Jan. 8, 2012
Drawn from The Textile Museum's permanent collection, this exhibition highlights
the ways people in various cultures have ingeniously repurposed worn but
precious fabrics to create beautiful new textile forms. Examples include a rare
sutra cover made from a 15th-century Chinese rank badge, a vest fashioned from
a Pacific Northwest coast Chilkat blanket, and a large patchwork hanging from
Central Asia stitched together from small scraps of silk ikat and other fabrics.
-“Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep”
Feb. 3, 2012 – Jan. 6, 2013
Welcoming 2012 as the East Asian calendar’s Year of the Dragon, this exhibition
presents a global selection of textiles depicting dragons and related fantastical
creatures of legend.
-“Woven Treasures of Japan’s Tawaraya Workshop”
Mar. 23 – Aug. 12, 2012
Woven Treasures will feature some of the sumptuous pieces created in one of
Nishijin’s oldest and most illustrious workshops: Tawaraya.
-“Sourcing the Museum”
Mar. 23 – Aug. 19, 2012
Invited to participate by renowned textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen, the artists
explored the Museum’s historically and culturally varied collections, and the
exhibition will display the twelve new artworks the artists created, alongside the
fabrics that inspired them. The historical textiles highlight the wide scope of the
Museum’s collections, ranging from rare Pre-Columbian and Late Roman weavings
to Japanese kimono and Central Asian ikats.
http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/
Winterthur Museum and Garden
Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4923
http://www.winterthur.org/
“With Cunning Needle: Four Centuries of Embroidery”
Sep. 3, 2011 – Jan. 8, 2012
In 2006 Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts began an exciting and innovative
project to accurately re-create a 17th-century embroidered woman’s jacket. The
process of designing and making what has become known as the Plimoth Jacket
has shed new light on the tools and methods employed by the skilled
embroiderers of the 1600s. Using the Plimoth Jacket as a touchstone, With
Cunning Needle delves into the designs, materials, techniques, and makers of
embroidery over four centuries. Explore each step in the process of creating
needlework, from skeins of silk and pattern books to embroidered bed covers and
silkwork pictures.