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The Western Region 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 Western Region:
Western Region "Events, Workshops and Symposia" page.
Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences
http://www.oscars.org
Los Angeles, CA
310-247-3000, ext 111
Anaheim Museum
Anaheim, CA
http://www.anaheimmuseum.com/
Art Deco Society of California
San Francisco, CA
415-982-3326
http://www.artdecosociety.org/about/events/Gatsby/gatsbymain.htm
"Gatsby Summer Afternoon
Sep 14, 2008t
Dunsmuir Historic Estate
2960 Peralta Oaks Court
Oakland, CA 94610
Now in its 24rd year, the Gatsby Afternoon lets several hundred aficionados of the 1920s and 30s step back to a time when elegance was a way of life and the Charleston and fox trot were all the rage. This is not a spectator event, which means that everyone must dress in the style of the 1920s and 30s.
From 1-6PM the panoramic Dunsmuir front lawn becomes a stage on which all participants picnic, dance and sip champagne, reminiscent of a scene from The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel of 1925. There is dancing to the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, a vintage motorcar display and a fashion parade.
Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, CA
415-379-8879
http://www.asianart.org/
"Contemporary Korean Fiber Art: Reinterpreting the Korean Patchwork"
Mar. 18 - Nov. 24, 2008
Fiber art has its origins in the making of practical items such as clothing, bedding, wrapping cloths, sitting mats, and other household articles using such organic materials as textile, paper, or wood. According to tradition, functionality had to be paired with ornamentation.
Like others in the field of contemporary Korean fiber art, the six artists - Kim Jeeun, Kwon Hyuk, Lee Chunghie, Oh Soonhee, Youn Soonran, and Yang Sang-hoon - whose works are displayed have transformed into modern expressions the materials and techniques used in traditional Korean crafts. They have combined materials such as hemp fiber, ramie, silk, and mulberry paper with synthetic fabrics, stainless steel, and spray paint. These artists employ knotting (maedeup), papermaking, the patchwork technique (jogakpo) of wrapping cloths, and other traditional methods along with their own innovative means.
Benton County Historical Museum
PO Box 35
Philomath, OR
Tel.: (541) 929-6230
www.bentoncountymuseum.org
de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr.
San Francisco, CA 94118
415.863.3330
http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/index.asp
"For Tent and Trade: Masterpieces of Turkmen Weaving"
Dec. 15, 2007 - Sep. 7, 2008
This exhibition shows selected works from the Museums' extraordinary collection of Turkman carpets and related textiles,
including many objects given by the primary donors who formed it-H. McCoy Jones, Caroline McCoy Jones, George and Marie
Hecksher, and Wolfgang and Gisela Wiedersperg. More than 40 rugs and tent trappings will be on view in the Textile Gallery.
A display in the nearby Textile Education Gallery will explore aspects of carpet construction and design and the interrelationship between them.
The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM
919 South Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA
(213)624-1200
http://www.fidm.edu/resources/museum+galleries/index.html
"Aesthetes, Bohemians & Craftsmen: Artistic Dress, 1880s - 1920s"
May 19 - Jul. 3, 2008
3rd Annual Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design"
Jul. 29 - Sep., 27, 2008
Fowler Museum
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
520-626-8364
http://www.fmch.ucla.edu/
Henry Art Gallery, UW
15th Ave NE & NE 41st Street
Box 351410 Seattle, WA 98195
Tel.: (206) 543-2280
http://www.henryart.org/
info@henryart.org
Homestead Museum
City of Industry, CA 91745
(626)968-8492
http://www.homesteadmuseum.org
Legion of Honor Museum
34th Avenue and Clement Street
San Francisco, CA
415-863-3330
http://www.famsf.org/legion/index.asp
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.lacma.org/
323-857-6000
Costume and Textiles Online
Maryhill Museum of Art
35 Maryhill Museum Drive
Goldendale, WA
http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/
Theatre de la Mode
These one-third human size mannequins celebrated world peace at the close of the World War II through their lavish display of the new “modern look” in fashions for women. After their premiere in Paris they toured Europe then America. The last stop of the original 1946 international tour of Theatre de la Mode was San Francisco where the mannequins remained until the early 1950s. At that time they were acquired by Maryhill Museum of Art. They went on a second world tour in the 1990s visiting Paris, New York, Baltimore, Portland and Tokyo.
Visitors to the exhibit will enter the enchanted world of 47 dramatically grouped mannequins dressed in the exquisitely detailed fashions of Paris in 1946 and posed in three artistic stage sets with lights designed specifically to create a theatrical atmosphere.
Museum of History and Industry
Seattle, WA
http://www.seattlehistory.org/
The Nevada Historical Society
1650 N. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89503
Tel.: (775) 688-1190
http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/MUSEUMS/reno/his-soc.htm
On-line Exhibition
“The People”
Native Americans have lived in Nevada for thousands of years. During the centuries prior to the arrival of European and U.S. emigrants in the West, the Shoshone, Paiute and Washoe peoples created intricate cultures which harmonized with the desert. Suddenly forced off their lands in the 1800s by an ever-growing population of miners, ranchers and encroaching settlers, Nevada’s Native Americans had to make changes that were difficult and often traumatic. Focusing on clothing, dwellings, religion, and economic lifeways, this exhibition examines how Nevada’s Native Americans have struggled to survive and preserve their culture while adapting to a changing world.
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA
510-238-3842
James Moore Theatre
Located at 10th & Oak Streets
(Lake Merritt Bart Station on the Fremont Line)
Oakland, CA 94607
http://www.museumca.org
"Cool Remixed"
May 17-Aug 17, 2008
Presenting a contemporary spin to the Birth of the Cool exhibition, with graffiti, a scraper bike, DJ station for mixing, lounges, stage, fashion, skate board ramp, sculpture, and more. Curated by museum education staff and sponsored by Youth Radio, Youth Uprising, Visual Element of East Arts Alliance, and Oakland High School's Visual Arts Academy.
Pasadena Museum of History
470 W. Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA 91103-3594
(626) 577-1660
http://www.pasadenahistory.org
"The Art and Craft of Textile Design, 1860 - 1920"
Coming Soon
Patti McClain Museum of Vintage Fashion
Chapparal Lane
Lafayette, CA
Tel.: (925) 944-1896
The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Dolls
Bellevue, WA
206-455-1116
http://www.dollart.com/
Royal British Columbia Museum
Victoria, BC
http://rbcm1.rbcm.gov.bc.ca/
San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum
401 Van Ness Blvd.
Veteran's Building, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA
415-255-4800
http://www.sfpalm.org/
"Art and Artifice: 75 Years of Design at San Francisco Ballet"
Mar. 18 - Aug. 30, 2008
This exhibition examines the role of design in SFB's continual, imaginative reinventions of itself, which have enabled it to endure as the oldest professional ballet company in the United States.
The history of design at the San Francisco company, founded in 1933 by former Ballets Russes dancer and choreographer Adolph Bolm, tells the story of ballet design in America in microcosm. The exhibition surveys early influences from the Ballets Russes, Russian artist Leon Bakst, modern American artist Paul Cadmus, stage and film designer Irene Sharaff, European artist and designer Nicholas Georgiadis, and many more.
Curated by Brad Rosenstein, Professor William Eddleman and Melissa Leventon, the exhbition is open free to the public during normal gallery hours.
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The permanent costume research collection includes 25,000 postcards covering the history of eastern and western dress, divided into 78 specialized categories such as ethnic dress, masks, accessories, fetish objects, and more.
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
520 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/
408.971.0323
"Awareables: Conscious Clothing"
Apr. 1 - Jun 8, 2008
This is an exhibition of works by artists who were featured in the SIGGRAPH fashion show Unravel. This exhibition of 'aware' wearables demonstrates the imaginative and innovative works possible at the intersection of technology and fiber art.
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"Core Memory/Peripheral lVision"
Apr. 1 - Jun. 8, 2008
This exhibition features the work of eight of the most renowned digital Jacquard artists working today. These artists don't celebrate technology with their digitally enhanced textiles; rather, they harness the technology to create mostly large scale explorations of the very personal: family and nature.
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"Pixels & Pieces"
Apr. 1 - Jun. 8, 2008
Pixels & Pieces considers how quiltmakers' use of one-patch patterns anticipated the way computers use pixels - the acronym for "picture elements" - to create visually dynamic abstract patterned and pictorial images.
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Advanced Geometry
Apr. 10 - Jun 8, 2008
This is a selection of art quilts by a self-described computer nerd and one of the world's foremost experts on computer-generated quilt design.
Seattle Asian Art Museum
1400 East Prospect Street
Volunteer Park
Seattle, WA 98112
Tel.: (206) 654-3100
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/
“Pattern Richness in Modern Japanese Textiles”
Ongoing
Among the various methods of Japanese textile dyeing, tie-dyeing (shibori) and paper stencil-dyeing (katazome) are known worldwide for their diverse techniques and remarkable quality. This exhibition features strong and elegant design work created with tie-dyeing and paper stencil techniques, as seen on kimonos from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.
Snohomish Historical Society
Snohomish, WA 98291
Tel.: (360) 568-5235
http://www.snohomishhistoricalsociety.org/
Southern Oregon Historical Society
Medford, OR
541-773-6536
http://www.sohs.org/
UC Berkeley
Bernice Layne Brown Gallery
Doe Library
Berkeley, CA
"From Plugs to Bling: A Century of Cal Student Fashion"
Mar. 8 - Aug. 29, 2008
This history of Cal fashion includes a parasol from Senior Week in the early 1900s, some "really grody" corduroy pants from 1916 and a yellow uniform, nicknamed the "banana jacket," worn by a drum major in the Cal Band at the 1959 Rose Bowl. There is also a 1913 report admonishing a woman for dressing too provocatively and distracting Boalt Hall law students.
UC Davis Design Museum & Design Collection
520 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
http://design.ucdavis.edu/museum/exhibition.html
"Fashion Conscious: Designs that will change the world one garment at a time"
May 15 - Jul. 13, 2008
This exhibition explores sustainability and how it relates to the clothes we buy, from the ecological impact of eco-friendly textiles to the re-evaluation of industrial manufacturing.
University of Hawai'I Art Gallery
Art Building
University of Hawai'I at Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-956-6888
email: gallery@hawaii.edu
"Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities"
Sep. 21 - Nov. 30, 2008
This exhibition features over 500 exquisite pieces of clothing and silver ornaments from a collection of southwest Chinese ethnic minority costumes unmatched in the world. Costumes from 15 ethnic groups and nearly 100 subgroups will be shown in the United States for the first time.
Vancouver Museum
Vancouver, BC
http://www.vanmuseum.bc.ca/
"Movers and Shapers"
Apr. 24 - Jun. 22, 2008
Vancouver's newest crop of designers currently shaping the future of architecture, interior, graphic, product, furniture, fashion, and interactive design.
Ventura County Museum of History & Art
100 East Main Street
Ventura, CA 93001
(805) 653-0323 x. 20
http://www.venturamuseum.org.
collections@venturamuseum.org
“The George Stuart Historical Figures© Collection”
Permanent Collection
The collection of 200 figures was a gift from the artist, Ojai resident George Stuart. Each historic figure is a one-fourth scale portrait of an influential individual from world history, such as Marie Antoinette. Fashioned around wire skeletons, each figure has sculpted features, detailed clothing, jewelry and accessories.
Washington County Museum
Portland, OR
Tel.: (503) 645-5353
http://www.washingtoncountymuseum.org/
Washington State History Museum
1911 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington 98402
Telephone: 253-272-3500
Toll-free: 1-888-BE-THERE
White River Valley Museum
918 H Street SE
Auburn, WA 98002
Tel.: (253) 288-7437
www.wrvmuseum.org
Ongoing exhibitions include a tour through downtown Auburn in the 1920s. Visit the Auburn Public Market and meet James Cugini, the proprietor. Visit the Auburn Hat Shop and handle replica hats. Or visit the Iseri family in 1915 in Thomas, WA. Inside the house, visitors learn about Japanese picture brides, Buddhist home altars, and life on a truck farm. Learn about the immigrant experience in Washington.
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