Conserving Clothing, Preserving Memories

  • June 1 - 8, 2022
  • BARD GRADUATE CENTER GALLERY

    18 West 86th Street
    New York, New York 10024
Ticket Price $0.00-$15.00 This event is now over
Description

Conserving Clothing, Preserving Memories
Wednesday, June 1 at 6 pm
Wednesday, June 8 at 6 pm

 

What is your most cherished piece of clothing? What stories does it hold, and how do you care for it? Artist and fashion scholar Kate Sekules (PhD candidate) leads a few lucky patrons through a process of storytelling and visible mending, giving new life to tattered—yet beloved—garments. 

 

 

On June 1

This interactive experience brings the themes of Conserving Active Matter to a human scale through storytelling, demonstration, and dialogue with curator Soon Kai Poh and Ann Coppinger, senior conservator at the Museum at FIT.

 

 

On June 8

This interactive experience brings the themes of Conserving Active Matter to a human scale through storytelling, demonstration, and dialogue with Sarah Scaturro, chief conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Date & Time

Jun 1 - 8, 2022

Venue Details

BARD GRADUATE CENTER GALLERY

18 West 86th Street
New York, New York 10024 BARD GRADUATE CENTER GALLERY
Bard Graduate Center

Bard Graduate Center is devoted to the study of decorative arts, design history, and material culture through research, advanced degrees, exhibitions, publications, and events.


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