Lectures

Explore three unique groups of felts in Japan with artist Jorie Johnson: kasen "flower rugs" imported during the Chinese Tang Dynasty (618 - … [Read more...] about Treasured Felts: Research into Rare Collections of Japan

Friends of Textiles Lecture Series  Reception 5:15 p.m.; Lecture 6 p.m. Denius Student Center, Hartley Room$10, FREE for Friends of Textiles … [Read more...] about “Symbolism of Pattern in the Culture of the Bedouin” by Alfred Madain

Special Lecture with Curator Lee Talbot (TSA Board Member)The George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum in Washington DC This … [Read more...] about A Korean “Painter with Needles”: Young Yang Chung and the Art of Korean Embroidery

The Tenth Annual Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Memorial Lecture Dr. Richard Isaacson is a specialist of Central Asian textiles and carpets. He attended … [Read more...] about The Tents and Furnishings of the Nomads of Central Asia

Please join de Young curators at the UNTITLED art fair as they introduce Summer of Love: Art, Fashion and Rock & Roll on view at … [Read more...] about Lecture: Summer of Love

Behind the Scenes: Antonio Ratti Textile Center and the Department of Textile Conservation December 13, 2015 at The Grace Rainey Rogers … [Read more...] about Behind the Scenes: Antonio Ratti Textile Center

(Illustration of seamstresses sewing waist overalls. Image Courtesy of Levi Strauss & Co. Archives) November 7, 2015 - 10:00am Koret … [Read more...] about Weaving a Colorful History at Levi Strauss & Co., from the Gold Rush to the PPIE and Today, by Tracey Panek