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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 StreetNew York, New York 10024
