Mid-Atlantic Region (Region II)

Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Washington D.C.

The Region II Events Calendar lists exhibitions of costume, and costume-related exhibitions, the dates and places of the National and Regional Symposia, lectures, and workshops. Where available, a telephone number has been included. Please use these numbers to obtain additional information. Dates of exhibitions may change. Where available, dates for the exhibitions are included. 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.

Albany Institute of History and Art
125 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY
http://www.albanyinstitute.org

The African Art Museum of The S.M.A. Fathers
23 Bliss Ave
Tenafly, NJ
http://www.smafathers.org/mus_web/Ten_museum.htm

Allentown Art Museum
31 North Fifth Street
610-432-4333
http://www.allentownartmuseum.org

American Folk Art Museum
45 W. 53rd St.
New York, NY
212-265-1040
http://www.folkartmuseum.org

American Hand weaving Museum & Thousand Islands Craft School
Clayton, NY.
315-686-4123
http://www.thousandislands.com/ahmtics/

American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY
212-769-5100
http://www.amnh.org/

Amherst Museum
3755 Tonawanda Creek Road
Amherst, NY
(716)689-1440
http://www.amherstmuseum.org

Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, MD
410-396-6300
http://www.artbma.org/

Brandywine Battlefield Park
Chadds Ford, PA
http://www.ushistory.org/brandywine/brandywine.htm

Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
http://www.brooklynart.org/

The Carriage House Gallery on the grounds of the Emlen Physick Estate
Historic Cape May, New Jersey
Ellen Christine Millinery
255 West Eighteenth Street
New York City, 10011
212-242-2457

The Carriage House Gallery is open daily, but times vary. Admission is $2
for adults and $1 for children (ages 3-12) or free with tour of the Physick
House Museum.

The Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventh Street
Washington, DC 20006
http://www.corcoran.org/

The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
212-535-7710
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/
department.asp?dep=8&mark=2#a

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Regular Collection)
New York, NY
212-535-7710
http://www.metmuseum.org

"Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy"
May 7 - Sep. 1, 2008
Gala Benefit - May 5, 2008
Exhibition Web Page

The exhibition will feature approximately 70 ensembles including movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture, and high-performance sportswear to reveal how the superhero serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human body.

The exhibition will include movie costumes as well as radical fashions that literally and figuratively reference superhero iconography, including Bernhard Willhelm's 2006 royal blue dress emblazoned with a red-and-yellow "S" emblem, a 1996 Walter van Beirendonck pink vinyl inflatable jacket, and a John Galliano for Christian Dior Haute Couture corset and bikini bottom from his 2001 "Wonder Woman" collection. A Thierry Mugler motorcycle bustier with polychrome handlebars and side-view mirrors evokes Ghost Rider in its comic-strip exaggeration, while a Hussein Chalayan Airplane dress with battery-operated moveable flaps shares the Flash's streamlined aerodynamics. Also included is an array of second-skin body suits for extreme sports, as well as luminous, glow-in-the-dark clothing. Other designers in the exhibition include Giorgio Armani, Balenciaga, Pierre Cardin, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Rudi Gernreich, Givenchy, Eiko Ishioka, House of Harlot, Michiko Koshino, Martin Margiela, Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake, Moschino, Nike, Gareth Pugh, Paco Rabanne, Jeremy Scott, Speedo, and Three As Four.

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"Radiance from the Rain Forest:
Featherwork in Ancient Peru"
Feb. 26 - Sep. 1, 2008

In the Andean regions of ancient South America, the brilliantly colored feathers of Amazonian birds were a luxury that was much treasured and long used. From the third millennium B.C. onward, feathers served various ceremonial and secular purposes throughout pre-conquest Peruvian history. Radiant blues, yellows, reds, and greens embellished high-status apparel and accessories such as ear ornaments, pectorals, fans, headdresses, miniature ritual offerings, and large-scale hangings. Examples of them, drawn from public and private collections and the Museum's own holdings, are on view.

DAR Museum
1776 D. Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20006-5303
202-628-1776
http://www.dar.org/museum/musnews.cfm

"Telling Their Stories:
19th Century Samplers and Silk Embroideries"
Apr. 11 - Aug. 30, 2008

With nearly 80 examples of 19th century needlework on display in the new DAR Museum exhibition, visitors will have the pleasure of not only viewing beautiful textiles, but also get a glimpse into the lives of the makers of these historic pieces. The exhibition examines the artistry of early American stitching as well as delves into the family history of the creators of these needle arts.

Cora Ginsburg, LLC Gallery
19, East 74th St.
New York, NY
212-744-1352
http://www.coraginsburg.com/calendar.htm

Drexel University
Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Leonard S. Pearlstein Gallery
33rd& Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-895-2390
http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/

"Drexel Fashion 2007 - Online Fashion Show"

The Fabric Workshop and Museum
1315 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 568 1111
Fax 568 8211
http: www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org.

The Fenimore Art Museum  
Cooperstown, NY 
Call toll-free 1-888-547-1450
http://www.fenimoreartmuseum.org

"Bits of Home"
Apr. 1 - Dec. 31, 2008

"Bits of Home" is a new exhibition that is intended to acquaint visitors with the museum's historical collections by featuring a selection of more than 100 artifacts from NYSHA and The Farmers' Museum's extensive collections. As a theme-based gallery, this exhibition allows the visitor to explore the design of everything from household textiles to toys and games in a setting evocative of the environment for which they were originally made.

Genteel Arts Academy
P.O. Box #3014
Gettysburg, PA
(717) 337-0283 weekend/evenings
Fax: (717) 337-0314
Email: info@genteelarts.com
http://www.genteelarts.com

Visit the Web site to find out more about seminars on Victorian fashion, history, sewing or needlework.

The Godwin-Ternbach Museum
Queens College, (Klapper Hall, Room 405)
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/godwin_ternbach

Grey Art Gallery, New York University
100 Washington Square East
New York, NY
http://www.nyu.edu/greyart/index.html

Hagley Museum and Library
298 Buck Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
302-658-2400, ext. 243
http://www.hagley.org/

"Ladies' Hand Fans: Designed for Utility, Grace and Style"
Mar. 15, 2008 - Jan. 4, 2009

This exhibit is in the du Pont family ancestral home, Eleutherian Mills, at Hagley Museum and Library. View nineteen ladies' fans that span the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries from the du Pont family collection. The exhibit is included in regular admission and tour.

Hayes House Museum
324 Kenmore Ave.
Bel Air, MD 21014
(410) 838-7691
http://www.harfordhistory.net/HINDEX.HTM

The Hermitage
335 North Franklin Turnpike
Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423
http://www.thehermitage.org

Hofstra University
Hofstra Cultural Center
200 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
Tel.: (516) 463-5669
Fax: (516) 463-4793
www.hofstra.edu/culture

The Jewish Museum
New York, NY
212-423-3200
http://www.jewishmuseum.org

The Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages
1200 Route 25A 
Stony Brook, NY
631-751-0066
http://www.longislandmuseum.org

Merchant's House Museum
New York, NY
212-7727-1089
http://www.merchantshouse.com

The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
27th at 7th Ave NYC
New York, NY.
212 217 7642
http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum

"Arbiters of Style:
Women at the Forefront of Fashion"
May 21 - Nov. 8, 2008

This fashion exhibition features work by female designers as well as clothing and accessories worn by female department store executives, influential clients, magazine editors, muses and models. Women have played a significant role in the history of fashion and they continue to be a driving force as tastemakers and industry leaders. Featuring over seventy looks from the Museum's permanent collection, Arbiters of Style includes designs by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, Sonia Delaunay, Jeanne Lanvin, and Claire McCardell and features clothing worn by influential women such as Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, photographer Louise Dahl Wolf, and actresses Lauren Bacall and Rosalind Russell. The historical importance of these women and many others will be revealed in a display of garments from the eighteenth century to the present.

National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Ave., S.W.
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/

National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
202-357-2700
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/

National Museum of the American Indian
Fourth Street and Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20506
202-633-1000
http://www.nmai.si.edu/

"Identity by Design":
Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses
Mar. 24, 2007 - Aug. 3, 2008 (extended)

Dresses are more than simple articles of clothing for Native women-they are aesthetic expressions of culture and identity. Embodying messages about the life of the wearer, dresses offer Native women the opportunity to blend artistic tradition and bold innovation while preparing themselves, their families, and their communities to partake in the "dance of life." Bringing together a vast array of dresses and accessories from the Plains, Plateau, and Great Basin regions of the United States and Canada, Identity by Design highlights Native women's identity through traditional dress and its contemporary evolution. The exhibition examines the individual, communal, and cultural identity of Native women, and explores how women, gifted with highly developed artistic skills, benefited not only their families, but the entire community.

Newark Museum
49 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey
973-596-6550
http://www.newarkmuseum.org

"Glass Beads of Ghana
Jan. 30, 2008 - Jun. 15, 2009

Southern Ghana is home to sub-Saharan Africa's most dynamic and enduring glass bead-making tradition. For over 400 years, Ghanaian bead artists have been producing powder-glass beads from recycled glass to meet local demands of fashion and customary practice. Glass Beads of Ghana, the first exhibition to look closely at this distinctive art form, is drawn largely from The Newark Museum's own extensive collection, one of the few such collections in the world. The exhibition focuses primarily on the contemporary creation and use of glass beads in southern Ghana, with an emphasis on recent innovations. Video footage and contextual photographs, along with examples of bead molds and tools, highlight the technological process of making beads. The exhibition also includes a recreation of a Ghanaian market stall, complete with touchable examples of these colorful beads.

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"The Beaded Prayers Project"
Jun. 6 - Aug. 24, 2008

The Beaded Prayers Project is a worldwide collaborative artwork begun in 1999 by artist Sonya Clark, Chair of the Department of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Presented for the first time in New Jersey, the exhibition is comprised of over 4,000 beaded prayers inspired by amulets made by people in Africa and throughout the world. The beaded prayers in the exhibition represent the creation and participation of individuals ranging in age from 6 through 90, from 36 different countries. Each contributed piece is a sealed beaded packet containing the written wishes, hopes, dreams and prayers of the international participants. At Newark, the exhibition will be accompanied by a display of related works from the Museum's diverse collections, including an amulet-studded hunter's tunic from Ghana.

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"Completing the Circle: The Fiber of Ina Golub"
Aug. 13, 2008-Apr. 2009

Born in Newark seventy years ago, Ina Golub has achieved national renown for her woven, stitched and beaded objects. This intimate retrospective looks at fifty years of Golub's work, in which she uses color and texture to seek out the spiritual, often with works related to traditional Jewish rituals.

"Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt"
Late Sep. - Dec. 14, 2008

This exhibition takes a fresh look at the quilting tradition in Gee's Bend, Alabama, introducing new artists and new motifs in works ranging from the early twentieth century through 2005.

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"Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan"
Apr. 26 - Jul. 20, 2008

The Japanese kimono is celebrated worldwide for its elegant, distinctive silhouette. Though quintessentially Japanese, the kimono form has influenced fashion designers around the globe. This exhibition features kimono created in the early to mid-twentieth centuries, one of the most dynamic periods in the history of Japan's national costume.

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"African American Quilts from the Ella King Torrey Collection"
Fall, 2008

The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts includes 13 examples by leading Southern quilt makers. The collection was formed between 1981 and 1983 while Ms. Torrey was conducting fieldwork on African American quilt-making with Maud Southwell Wahlman.

Putnam County Historical Society & Foundry School Museum
63 Chestnut Street
Cold Spring, NY 10516
Tel.: (845) 265-4010
www.pchs-fsm.org

Riversdale House Museum
4811 Riverdale Rd. 
Riverdale Park, MD 20737
301-864-0420
annbwass@aol.com

Roslyn Harbor Nassau County Museum of Art. 
One Museum Drive.
Call 516-484-9338 for information.
http://www.nassaumuseum.com

Shippensburg University Fashion Archives
Shippensburg, PA.
717-477-1239
http://www.ship.edu/~fasharch/

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Ave., NYC
212 423 3840
http://www.guggenheim.org

Sotheby's New York Fashion Department
http://www.sothebys.com

The Textile Museum
Washington, DC
202-667-0441
http://www.textilemuseum.org

"BLUE"
Apr. 4 - Sep. 18, 2008

This exhibition explores the creation and meaning of the color blue on textiles produced across time and place, with particular emphasis on contemporary artists' use of natural indigo dyes. The exhibition features blue textiles ranging from Greco-Roman and pre-olumbian tunic fragments to installations by internationally renowned artists. Hiroyuki Shindo, a Japanese artist who grows and processes his own indigo to produce innovatively patterned textiles, as well as Maria Eugenia Davila and Eduardo Portillo, who raise silkworms and dye threads with natural dyes in Venezuela.

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"The Finishing Touch:
Accessories from the Bolivian Highlands"
Feb. 15 - Sep. 18, 2008

The belts, bags and other accessories in the exhibition, although small, are often invested with great care and even more fully decorated than larger shawls and ponchos. Some are used in daily dress, while the more elaborate examples were often made for festival costumes.

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"Timbuktu to Tibet:
Rugs and Textiles of the Hajji Babas"
Oct. 18 - Winter/Spring 2009

This exhibition celebrates the 75th anniversary of the oldest rug-collecting group in the United States: the New York-based Hajji Baba Club.

Through the display of a wide array of more than 70 textiles and rugs originally made in North Africa, the Middle East and Asia and now held in private collections, Timbuktu to Tibet tells the story of the people who made the textiles, the ways they lived and worked, and the functions of their weavings. The exhibition explores the central role that textiles have played in many disparate cultures across several continents.

The Ukrainian Museum
203 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10003
212-228-0110
http://www.brama.com/ukrainian_museum/exhibit.html

"Folk Costumes and Headdresses"
Permanent exhibition.

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
(302) 831-2792
newsletter@art-sci.udel.edu

The Victorian Society in America
219 South Sixth Street
Philadelphia, Pa  19106
Phone 215-627-4252
Fax 215-627-7221
Email:vicsoc@libertynet.org
http://www.victoriansociety.org

Villanova University Art Gallery
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085
610-519-4612
http://www.artgallery.villanova.edu

Winterthur Museum and Garden
Winterthur, DE
302-888-4923
http://www.winterthur.org/

Yeshiva University Museum
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Tel.: (212) 294-8330
Fax: (212) 294-8335
http://www.yumuseum.org/