COLLECTORS SYMPOSIUM
“A Collection that counts”:
The History, Practice, and Future of Textile Collecting
Why do people collect textiles? How do they collect them? And what does it mean to ‘collect’? Join us to explore these questions and more during a symposium hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Design and Material Culture in the School of Human Ecology in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection.
The symposium will explore:
- the history of textile collecting, especially as an arena for women’s collecting;
- the varied motivations of contemporary textile collectors;
- practical aspects of collection care and display;
- the dissemination of textile collections, through exhibitions, events, or inheritance;
- the future of collecting, for example as a digital rather than material practice.
When: Saturday April 6 2019
- Registration opens at 8:30 am
- Keynote speaker at 9:00 am
Where: Nancy Nicholas Hall, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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I've already signed up! It sound like it should be informative as well as fun. The first weekend in April is still too early to do much work in the garden, so I am indulging my other passion: textiles. I just finished reading "Vintage," one of the textile-themed novels by Madison author, Susan Gloss, who will be the introductory speaker at this event.
The Ruth Davis Design Gallery and the new Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery both have wonderful exhibits that I've seen once and am looking forward to taking in again while I'm there for the Symposium. Hope to see you there.
Details about the event, including the other presentations can be found here.
Sounds like a great symposium. Hope you have a wonderful time and learn lots.
Posted by: Peter/Outlaw | Friday, March 22, 2019 at 08:46 AM
Enjoy it Linda!
Posted by: Kris P | Friday, March 22, 2019 at 01:37 PM