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Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Washington D.C.
The Region II Exhibitions Calendar lists exhibitions
of costume, 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
9/11 National Tribute Quilt
On continuous view
The 9/11 National Tribute Quilt represents the response of the Steel Quilters of United States Steel Corporation to the events of September 11, 2001. This small quilt club conceived the monumental undertaking, ultimately receiving quilt blocks from all fifty states as well as Canada, Spain, Denmark, and Australia.
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, MD
410-396-6300
http://www.artbma.org/
"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.
The Costume Institute at Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
212-535-7710
http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/museum-departments/curatorial-departments/the-costume-institute
The Costume Institute galleries are currently being renovated. The spring 2012 exhibition will be held in the special exhibition galleries on the first floor.
The Fabric Workshop and Museum
1315 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
http://www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org
Nick Cave:
Let's C
December 16, 2011 – Mid-February, 2012
The exhibition Let’s C highlights recent, prominent sculptural and performative works by Chicago-based artist Nick Cave, who is currently in residence at The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM). The exhibition features Cave’s iconic “Soundsuits”—which function in chorus as dance costumes, sculptures, and extensions of one’s persona—video of recent performance, and, for the first time, Architectural Forest: an ambitious, floor-to-ceiling installation of ornamented bamboo. This forest serves as a playful yet mysterious landscape in which Cave’s December 16th performance at FWM takes place.
http://www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org/Exhibitions/ExhibitionDetail.aspx?ExhibitionId=b328e2c1-8d43-4250-93f7-d636b2dc5403
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20008
http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org
The Style that Ruled the Empires: Russia, Napoleon and 1812
February 14 – June 2, 2012
Russia’s triumph over the French army in the Patriotic War of 1812, which dealt an arresting blow to Napoleon and his pursuit of European conquest, ignited a collective Russian pride and production of decorative arts celebrating the occasion that persist today. The Style that Ruled the Empires: Russia, Napoleon, and 1812 brings together paintings, porcelain, glassware, metalware, attire, and Napoleonic armor and militaria to commemorate the bicentennial of this dramatic event. Exquisite Russian and French decorative art objects from Hillwood’s renowned collection, as well as items on loan, will also explore how the Empire style, fashionable across Europe in the 19th century, was adopted by Russian artisans, signaling the continued enchantment with French art and culture.
Further information
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Guns & Roses: A Valentine's Day Opening Benefit
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6 To 9 PM
Celebrating the opening night of our newest exhibition The Style that Ruled Empires: Russia, Napoleon, and 1812, the Guns & Roses Opening Benefit will offer a unique Valentine’s Day experience with a first look at the exhibition, vodka tasting, Russian and French fare, and, of course, a bouquet of roses.
Price: $50
Guns & Roses Announcement and Ticket Information
Leonard Fox Ltd
790 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10065, USA
http://leonardfoxltd.wordpress.com/
Costume Design: Fantasy into Fashion
February 2 - 29, 2012
Original costume designs capture the vitality of the theater, an atmosphere that inspired some of the most significant artists and illustrators of the twentieth century.
Please join Leonard Fox Ltd. for Costume Design: Fantasy into Fashion, an exhibition of original costume illustration including artists such as George Barbier, Natalia Goncharova, George Valmier, Charles Martin, Walter Schnackenberg, and Umberto Brunelleschi.
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 2, 6-9 pm
Further Information
Montgomery County Historical Society
111 W. Montgomery Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
http://www.montgomeryhistory.org/
Year of the Hat
Ongoing
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Another Look: The Student Perspective
Curated by the MCHS Student Advisory Committee
January 21 - March 18, 2012
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Form, Function and Symbol: The Meaning of Headwear
Curated by the MCHS Student Advisory Committee
March 21 - May 27, 2012
Morris Museum
6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07960, USA
http://www.morrismuseum.org/
A Patchwork of Cozy Quilts and Coverlets from the Collection of the Morris Museum
January 7 - February 26, 2012
Come in out of the cold to the warmth of exquisite 19th and 20th century bedding covers.
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Modern Tapestries and Floor Coverings Conceived by Picasso, Calder and their Contemporaries
January 19 – April 15, 2012
This exhibition features wall hangings and tapestries designed by Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Joan Miro, Annette Kaplan, and John Coburn. Working in the tradition of the tapestry makers of the Middle Ages, master weavers were able to translate the designs of these modern masters into abstract tapestry.
Opening Reception, February 2. Call for ticket information 973.971.3718 or email programs@morrismuseum.org.
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
27th at 7th Avenue NYC,
New York, NY, USA
212-217-7642
http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA
February 10, 2012 - April 17, 2012
Impact: 50 Years of the CFDA is the first museum exhibition to celebrate the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the leading fashion trade organization in the United States. Approximately 100 garments and accessories designed by the CFDA’s most impactful creators of the last fifty years will be on view. Also included in the exhibition will be visual images and acknowledgment of the nearly 600 designers who have been members over the last five decades.
http://www.fitnyc.edu/11853.asp
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029, USA
http://www.mcny.org/
Cecil Beaton: The New York Years
October 25, 2011 - February 20, 2012
From the 1920s through the ‘60s, Manhattan’s artistic and social circles embraced British-born photographer and designer Cecil Beaton (1904-80). Cecil Beaton: The New York Years brings together extraordinary photographs, drawings, and costumes by Beaton to chronicle his impact on the city’s cultural life. Beaton’s relentless energy and curiosity spurred him to pursue new fields, from fashion and portrait photography to costume and scenic design for Broadway, ballet, and opera, and to put his own aesthetic stamp on each of these endeavors.
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.
Riversdale House Museum
4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale, Maryland 20737 USA
http://www.pgparks.com/Things_To_Do/History/Riversdale_House_Museum.htm
War of 1812 Bicentennial Events:
Two hundred years ago, the United States declared war on Great Britain. In the next three years, events throughout the county, state, and nation will commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Riversdale begins our celebration with these programs:
The Plummers' Kitchen and Closet
Sunday, February 26, noon
In the dependency, the Kitchen Guild prepares foods that enslaved African Americans, including members of Riversdale's Plummer family, ate in 1812. In the house, an exhibit highlights how they dressed. Fee includes house tour.
Adult $3; Senior $2; Student $1
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What to Wear? A Guide to American Clothing
Saturday, March 10, call for details
Attend one or all of these sessions - for women, men, and children - that feature illustrated lectures and show and tell of patterns, fabrics, and reproduced garments of the period. There will also be period garments on display. If you stay all day, bring a bagged lunch.
Registration required by March 2.
$6 for each session; $15 for all 3
Further information on Riversdale House events
Shippensburg University Fashion Archives
1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257, USA
http://fashionarchives.org/
Titanic Fashions - High Style in the 1910s
March 3 - April 28, 2012
Sundays: 1 PM - 5 PM, Wednesdays 10:00 AM - 3:15 PM and Saturdays 12 Noon - 3:15 PM at the The Warehime-Myers mansion, 305 Baltimore Street, Hanover, PA, 17331-3205
The Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and Museum and the Hanover Area Historical Society are pleased to announce their first joint exhibit Titanic Fashions: High Style in the 1910s. The exhibit will be held in the historical society's Warehime-Myers mansion, which dates to 1911-1912. It is a fashion celebration of the mansion's centennial as well as a commemoration of the famous White Star liner disaster that still captures the romantic and historical imagination. Over 30 fully dressed mannequins will be on display in the different rooms to show the fashions for men, women and children.
Further Information
The Textile Museum
Washington, DC
202-667-0441
http://www.textilemuseum.org
Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep
February 3, 2012 - January 6, 2013
Welcoming 2012 as the East Asian calendar’s Year of the Dragon, Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep presents a global selection of textiles depicting dragons and other fantastical creatures of legend.
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Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Africa
October 15, 2011 - February 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. More than 140 exceptional 19th- and early 20th-century objects will be on view, including ceremonial skirts, ‘velvet’ tribute cloths, headdresses and basketry from the permanent collection of The Textile Museum, the National Museum of African Art, and several private collections.
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"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.
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"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.
The Ukrainian Museum
203 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003, USA
http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/
Ancient Rituals, Modern Interpretations
Ongoing
The ancient rituals associated with traditional Ukrainian weddings, and their unique interpretation in today's "traditional" weddings, are presented in this expansive exhibition at The Ukrainian Museum in New York, which opened on December 5, 2010.
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