Gallery Talk: Reading Stories Across Borders
Clothing, Culture, and Context in South Asia. Selections from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection
Event Details
Date
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Time
12 p.m.
Location
1210 Nancy Nicholas Hall
Description
We look at select pieces in the exhibition to unravel stories of cross-fertilization and sometimes conflict across time and space - following visible traces in designs, while looking for silences in the spaces between.
Maggie Ordon is a recent Design Studies Ph.D. graduate, specializing in the social and cultural aspects of clothing and textiles. She has worked with the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection for eight years.
Maggie Ordon is a recent Design Studies Ph.D. graduate, specializing in the social and cultural aspects of clothing and textiles. She has worked with the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection for eight years.
Cost
Free