Thursday, October 3, 2019
Member rate: $110
Nonmember rate: $130
Student and New Professional Member Rate: $85
One scholarship is available for a TSA member who would otherwise be unable to attend. The scholarship application deadline has passed.
Join the Textile Society of America for a day-long program viewing and studying textiles in the Cultural Center of Detroit, Michigan. The Cultural Center, in the Midtown area of Detroit, is a well-designed cultural campus comprised of several prominent city cultural institutions and two institutions of higher education. The day will begin with a tour of the Ray Zimmerman and Joyce Stuart Fiber Studio at Wayne State University. The group then will walk to the Detroit Institute of Arts for curator-lead presentations by Dr. Nii Quarcoopome, Curator of African Art, and Dr. Katherine Kasdorf, Associate Curator of Asian Art. After viewing selections of the museum’s renown African art collection and visiting the newly-installed Asian Wing, the group will have a guided tour the world-famous Detroit Industry Murals by artist Diego Rivera. Following lunch at the museum, participants will have the option of touring the Fibers Department at College for Creative Studies, which focuses on textile design for industry, or visiting the studio of contemporary Detroit artist Carole Harris.
Tour guides and leaders:
Camille Ann Brewer, hand weaver based in Detroit, Michigan, and member of the Textile Society of America.
Carole Harris, award winning contemporary artist who works in the medium of fiber.
Dr. Katherine Kasdorf, Associate Curator, Arts of Asia and the Islamic World, Detroit Institute of Arts
Heather Macali, assistant professor of fashion and fibers at Wayne State University
Jeremy Noonan, associate professor and head of Fiber and Textiles at College for Creative Studies
Dr. Nii Quarcoopome, Curator of African Art and Department Head of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Americas, Detroit Institute of Arts
Lee Talbot, Curator, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington, DC, and board member of the Textile Society of America
Venues: The Ray Zimmerman and Joyce Stuart Fiber Studio, Wayne State University; the Detroit Institute of Arts; Fiber and Textiles Department, College for Creative Studies; Carole Harris Studio.
Starts: Thursday, October 3, 10:00 am: The Ray Zimmerman and Joyce Stuart Fiber Studio, Wayne State University. The group will meet at the entrance of Old Main. Old Main is located at 4841 Cass Avenue in midtown Detroit.
Ends: Thursday, October 3, 4:30 pm, Fiber and Textile Department, College for Creative Studies, 201 East Kirby Street or Carole Harris studio, 15 East Kirby Street, Detroit.
Lunch at the museum is included in the registration fee.
Images (left to right):
Carole Harris. Time and Again, 2018, Mixed fiber media. Photo credit: Eric Law; Kente Cloth, Akan, 20th century, cotton. Detroit Institute of Arts. Founder’s Society Purchase, Edna Burian Skelton Fund; Textile fragment, Japan, 15th/19th century. Damask, painted and embroidered. Detroit Institute of Arts. City of Detroit Purchase.
