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2013 Events
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 Mary Gibson.
Resplendent Dress in Southeastern Europe: Layered in History
Late March / Early April 2013
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and Linguistics at Occidental College, will lead a curatorial walk-through of this exhibit of Eastern European costumes. The exhibition reflects the tradition that women's clothing in particular needed to display the skill and industriousness of the young girl who made it; her showcase was the Sunday afternoon dancing in the village square. This collection is particularly strong in Macedonian, Croatian, and Albanian materials. Many CSA members know that Elizabeth Barber is a riveting speaker. Her strength lies in the perfect blending of many disciplines, whether discussing archeology, anthropology, linguistics, history, or her own specialty, textiles and clothing.
Check back for details.
CSA National Symposium Mining the History of Costume: Fact and Fantasy
May 29 – June 1, 2013
Tropicana Hotel,
Las Vegas, NV
The Western Region will host the 2013 National Symposium and Annual Meeting of the Costume Society of America. The co-chairs, Inez Brooks-Myers and Shelly Foote, are working on an exciting program that promises more than the usual share of rhinestones, glitz, and history. The featured keynote address will focus on the costumes of Cirque du Soleil. There will also be visits to museums in the area. This Symposium will be a blend of glamour and education, fun and professional development as only the Costume Society of American can do it. Please consider volunteering to help.
Go to the Symposium Web Page for details.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
September 14, 2013
Fort Vancouver, Oregon City, OR Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is located on the Columbia River, near Portland, OR. Fort Vancouver features a reconstructed British fur-trading fort, a historic U.S. Army Post, one of the oldest continuously operating airfields, a historic house designated as one of the first national historic sites in the west, and the site of one of the largest multicultural villages in the Pacific Northwest.
We will have a tour of the costume
shop that produces costumes for the many re-enactors in
their living history programs. You might want to spend
the whole weekend so you can visit several historic
homes in the area and the Pendleton Mill and Store, just
a few miles upriver at Washougal, Oregon.Check back for details.
Check back for details.
Ventura County Museum and Lotusland
Western Region Annual Business Meeting
Oct. 26, 2013 Ventura County Museum, Ventura, CA
and Lotusland, Montecito, CA
This will be a full day of fun, beginning with our Annual Western Region Meeting. We will view Let’s Party! at the Ventura County Museum, prepared by co-curators Shelly Foote and Anna Bermudez. Then we will travel to Montecito to join Lotusland Garden Members for a special event and tour of the exotic gardens. Louise Coffey-Webb will give a presentation in the sunken dining room of the estate on the costumes of Ganna Walska, the opera singer and creator of the gardens. We will end the day with a Tea hosted by Lotusland.
Check back for details.
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