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Join the Western Region of CSA today and you will get discounts on each of these amazing events. For more information on these programs or to submit program ideas, contact Heather Vaughan.
"Indonesian Textiles"
Aug. 21, 2010
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA.
This view of three exhibitions related to Indonesian textiles includes personalized tours by curator Roy Hamilton:
- Nini Towok's Spinning Wheel: Cloth and the Cycle of Life in Kerek, Java - a chronicle of the last place in Java where batik is still produced on hand-woven cotton cloth.
- Fowler in Focus: Courtly and Urban Batik from Java - an exhibition drawn from the museum's extensive holdings.
- Weaver's Stories from Island Southeast Asia - examining textile arts in Southeast Asia through video.
| Members: | $10 |
| Student Members | $ 5 |
| Non-members | $15 |
| Student non-members | $10 |
Registration form and payment must be received by August 17. For more information and directions, download the registration form:
Registration Form
For more information about the exhibition go to: http://www.fowler.ucla.edu
"A Day in the East Bay: A Celebration of Design"
Sept. 25 2010
Starting at the Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA.
Join Inez Brooks-Myers, curator of the Oakland Museum of California, for a full day program touring three unique East Bay collections:
Download the registration form
We will celebrate the re-opening of the Art and History galleries at the Oakland Museum of California. Attendees will also we will be able to ask for timed tickets to the PIXAR: 25 Years of Animation and access to The Marvelous Museum: A Project by Mark Dion exhibits.
After a no host lunch at the museum's new Blue Oak Café we will head to The African American Museum & Library at Oakland (AAMLO) to see Extraordinary Person, Extraordinary Life, an exhibit focused on the fashion and costume design career of Oakland designer Henry Delton Williams. His clothing has been worn by some of Motown's biggest stars, including Tina Turner, Marvyn Gaye and Sherrie Payne of the Supremes.
Then we will go to the Lacis Museum of Lace & Textiles and the adjacent shop in Berkeley. Here we'll have a unique opportunity to tour their exhibition Embroidery: The Extraordinary of Needle and Spirit, followed by a private viewing of special pieces from the Lacis Museum collection. Celebrate the re-opening of the Art and History galleries at the Oakland Museum of California with a full day exploring collections in the East Bay, including a visit to "Lacis Museum of Lace & Textiles" and the adjacent store in Berkeley. Reservations must be received by September 21.
| • Members: | $20 |
| • Student Members | $15 |
| • Non-members | $30 |
| • Student non-members | $20 |
Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915
Western Region Annual Meeting
Dec. 4, 2010
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA
After a curatorial overview of the museum's recent acquisition of a major collection of European men's, women's and children garments and accessories, view the exhibition. This exhibition tells the story of fashion's aesthetic and technical development from the Age of Enlightenment to World War I. It also explores the sweeping changes that occurred in fashionable dress spanning a period of over two hundred years. We will also hold our annual meeting here. The CSA Annual Meeting will be held here as well.
Join the staff of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for an in-depth look at the exhibition Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. The exhibition tells the story of fashion's aesthetic and technical development from the Age of Enlightenment to World War I. Our special presentation will inform us about the exhibition and the major collection of European men's, women's and children's garments and accessories from which it is drawn.
View the exhibition after the Western Region Annual Meeting and curatorial overview of the exhibition.
Registration deadline is November 24.
Registration Form
| Members: $20 |
| Student Members $15 |
| Non-members $25 |
| Student non-members $20 |
For more information on the exhibition go to: http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibFashioningFashion.aspx
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