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In Celebration of Design: Product, Process, and History
Annual Symposium and Meeting
October 3 & 4, 2008
Akron, Ohio
Students: Please check out the Student Scholarships & Awards link for information about a travel grant to attend the Annual Symposium and Meeting.
Thursday, Oct 2
Hilton Akron / Fairlawn
- 5:00-7:30am - Registration, Hotel Lobby
- 7:30am - Board Meeting: CSA Midwestern Region
Friday, Oct 3
Hilton Akron / Fairlawn
- 7:30 -8:00am - Registration
- 8:00am - Bus to University of Akron
University of Akron Student Union
- 8:00-8:30am - Registration
- 8:30am - Welcome
- 8:50am - Juried Papers:
- Dressmaking Studies at the Wolfe School of Costume Design, 1924-25: Original Illustrations from Students' 'Books of Style'" Thomas P. Gates, Kent State University
- Sky Girls: Taking the W.A.S.P. from Page to Stage," Sheila Tabaka, Southwestern Minnesota State
- Design Piracy: To Copy or to Originate?" Sara B. Marcketti and Jean L. Parsons, Iowa, State University
- 10:00am - Coffee Break
- 10:20am - Juried Papers:
- Who's the Designer Here? Uncle Sam and the 1945 Dolman Sleeve," Sandra Stansbery Buckland, University of Akron
- Friends of Rag: Art that You Wear," Petra Slinkard, Indianapolis Museum of Art
- 11:00am - Bus to Hilton Akron / Fairlawn
- 12:00 - Bus to Stan Hywet
- 12:30pm - Lunch on the grounds, Tour Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens, Shop Wonderful World of Ohio Mart, View the Stitchery Showcase
- 4:30am - Bus Departs for the Hilton Akron / Fairlawn
- 6:00-6:30am - Begin Silent Auction to support Otto Thieme Memorial Internship
- 6:30-8:00pm - Banquet, silent auction and annual meeting
Saturday, Oct 4
- 8:00am - Bus to Kent State
- 9:00am - Opening and Juried Papers:
- Design Process Reversals: Hosting a Fabrication Workshop by Artist Cat Chow," Panel hosted by Carol Colburn, University of Northern Iowa
- The Dresses of Ellen Scripps Booth as Material Culture (1900-1910)" Julie Weller, Michigan State University
- In Search of the Sweater: Finding Identity in the History of Fashion and Historic Collections" Kathryn Kujawa, University of Wisconsin, Stout
- 10:30am - Coffee Break
- 10:45am - Juried Paper: "Designing for Teena: Teenage Girls Fashion in the Post World War II Era," Ellen DeLong, University of Akron
- 11:15am - Kasey Bland, University of Akron, 2008 Otto Thieme Intern, "Accessing the gowns, sketches, and runway photographs of American fashion designer George Stavropoulos, 1961-1990"
- Noon - Lunch
- 1:00pm:
- Tour Kent Fashion Museum, Tour Storage Facilities, Tour June F. Mohler Fashion Library
- Working with Photographs" demo, Anne Bissonnette, Kent State University Museum
- 4:30pm - Bus departs for Hilton Hotel
- 5:30pm - Dinner on your own
- 7:30pm - Board Meeting, CSA Midwestern Region
Symposium Features:
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
The 65 room manor was designed by architect Charles S Schneider and is deemed one of the finest examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the country. The 70 acres of landscaped grounds and gardens include views of the Cuyahoga Valley , a Japanese Garden , an English Garden , and a conservatory.
Ohio Mart
Ohio's premier arts & crafts festival takes place on the grounds of Stan Hywet Hall. The annual fall event features more than 120 artisans and craftspeople.
Stitchery Showcase
The 39th Annual Needlework & Quilt Show is presented by Stan Hywet Needlework Guild. The guild was established in 1970 and encourages needlework excellence. The guild also sponsors preservation and restoration projects for textile artifacts housed in Stan Hywet Hall.
Kent State University Museum
Exhibitions include:
- In Bloom: Patterned Silk Design Innovations in Eighteenth Century France
- James Galanos: American Luxury
- Belle Époque Brides
- Rudi Gernreich
- Japanese Obis
- Undress
For symposium information contact Sandra Buckland, The University of Akron, (330) 972-8090, skb@uakron.edu.
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