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The Region I 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 Northeastern Region: Northeastern Region "Events, Workshops and Symposia" page.
American Textile History Museum
491 Dutton Street, Lowell, MA USA
978-441-0400
http://www.athm.org
"Textile Revolution: An Exploration through Space and Time"
Ongoing
Visit the new main exhibition, Textile Revolution: An Exploration through Space and Time, to spin, weave, recycle, and design your way through textile history. Simulate parachuting from a real single-engine plane, throw the shuttle on an authentic hand loom, and design your own clothing line on a computer. See how textiles are changing your world, from protective clothing for firefighters and soldiers to revolutionary "shark skin" suits for our gold-medal Olympic swimmers - and so much more. You'll never look at the fascinating world of textiles the same way again.
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"Homefront & Battlefield: The Civil War Through Quilts and Context"
Mar. 31 - Sep. 30, 2012
This exhibition will use quilts, textiles, clothing, and other artifacts to connect deeply moving and insightful personal stories (private memory) about the war, its causes, and its aftermath with the broader national context (public history).
Armenian Library and Museum of America
Watertown, MA.
617-926-2562
http://www.almainc.org/
"Identifying Armenian Lace"
Ongoing
This new textile exhibit explores lace techniques, how Armenian lace compares with other lace types and the fascinating history of Armenian needle lace, including stories of girls and women who accomplished these incredible works of art, often under difficult conditions. Special collections, such as the Chad Collection of Laces (made by orphans of Malatia) and the Alice Riggs Collection (made by women of Aintab after the 1896 massacre) will be featured. Very fine lace collars, large doilies, three-dimensional flowers, household items and lace embellishing garments will be among the artifacts on display.
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"Fabric of a Culture: Traditional Armenian Costumes"
Ongoing
Mannequins have turned into muses at ALMA, each adorned with colorful costumes made of silks, angora wool and other textiles. The display is part of "Fabric of a Culture," a new textile exhibit featuring more than 20 authentic Armenian costumes from the late 19th century to 1915. See the largest North American display of authentic Armenian costumes from the late 19th century to 1915 and explore the regional style of Armenian clothing from the district of Kessaria in the West to the mountains of the Caucasus in the East.
Bruce Museum
1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830-7157 USA
203-869-0376
http://brucemuseum.org/
"Bijoux: The Origins and Impact of Jewelry"
July 16, 2011 - February 26, 2012
This exhibition investigates the wide range of materials used to make jewelry, from bones and fossils, to diamonds and CZs. Bijoux explores the ingenuity of artists to create adornment from a host of materials, from the common to the sublime. It delves into the genesis of these natural materials and explores the economic and environmental impact of our universal attraction to sparkle. Bijoux is a celebration of human nature and our ability to adapt.
Historic Deerfield
PO Box 321, 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, Massachusetts 01342 USA
413-774-5581
http://www.historic-deerfield.org/
"Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery"
Ongoing
Examine one of the finest collections of early American textiles and costumes ever assembled! A testament to the passion of Historic Deerfield's cofounder Helen Geier Flynt during 60 years of collecting, this gallery presents examples of embroidery, woven silks, bed hangings, coverlets, quilts, costumes, and accessories from about 1600 to the end of the 19th century. Permanent with changing elements.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5523 USA
617-267-9300
http://www.mfa.org/index.asp
"Global Patterns: Dress and Textiles in Africa"
April 13, 2011 - January 17, 2012
More than any other artistic expression, dress and textile production in Africa demonstrates the continuous links of the Continent with the outside world. Throughout the centuries, African textile artists seamlessly and joyfully integrated into their visual vocabulary new design elements and imported materials such as glass beads, buttons, and fabrics, which arrived as the result of trade with Europe and places as far away as India and Indonesia. Drawing from the holdings of the MFA and private collections in the Boston area, the exhibition focuses on the accomplishments of African weavers, dyers, bead embroiderers, and tailors, during the 19th and 20th centuries. Different media and styles in various geographic areas are explored: textiles and dress among the Akan and Ewe peoples of Ghana and Togo, the Yoruba of Nigeria, and the Kuba and related peoples in today's Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as beadwork and dress among the Ndebele and neighboring South African peoples.
Rhode Island School of Design
Museum of Art
224 Benefit Street, Providence, RI 02903 USA
401-454-6500
http://www.risdmuseum.org/Default.aspx
"Japanese Buddhist Priest Robes"
Sep. 1 - Dec. 31, 2011
Appearing as a rectangular patchwork of striking pattern and glistening fabric, the main Buddhist vestment-called a kesa in Japanese-is worn by a priest draped over his kimono. The pieces on view were selected from the extensive collection of 104 kesa-the largest outside of Japan-donated by Lucy Truman Aldrich in a 1935 gift and 1955 bequest.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103 USA
860-278-2670
http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org
info@wadsworthatheneum.org
"Colts & Quilts: The Civil War Remembered"
Nov. 6, 2011 - May 6, 2012
In celebration of the sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary of the Civil War, curators have organized an exhibition using costumes, decorative arts, and paintings illustrating reactions to the political and military conflict. Costumed vignettes will show an anti-slavery meeting, women sewing for the Sanitary Commission, a man reading war news from Harper's Weekly, and a woman in mourning.
Wenham Museum
132 Main Street, Wenham, MA 01984 USA
978-468-2377
www.wenhammuseum.org
The museum's collection contains more than 10,000 pieces of clothing, accessories, and textiles from the Victorian era onward: day dresses to wedding gowns, parasols to brooches, bed linens to quilts, representing changing fashions and lifestyles across the decades.
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