Multicolores Textile Arts by Guatemalan women
Go see this before October 1, 2023! What a joy to meet Reyna Pretzantzin Chipix, creative director of the Multicolores cooperative! Reyna, in her gorgeous
Textiles enrich our lives. We preserve, repair, restore & display.
Go see this before October 1, 2023! What a joy to meet Reyna Pretzantzin Chipix, creative director of the Multicolores cooperative! Reyna, in her gorgeous
A personal message & call to action from Julia… Help us preserve these textiles. Over the last 23 years, I have collaborated with and trained
Here’s a blast from my childhood when we used to fly through Kennedy Airport NYC in the 1960’s & 70’s… The restored TWA terminal +
“The flag we should know…” You have probably seen and used a traditional American dishtowel – off white cotton ‘waffle weave’ with narrow red stripes
Secret War Conflict Textiles Bear Witness, Telling Stories of War & Displacement There was a time from 1965-1973, when I was a child living in
I took a visit to Louisville, Kentucky to see my family, and a new exhibition showcasing a 19th century wedding dress that Caring for Textiles
2022 is a Wrap. Here’s to 2023, and to you—our wonderful textilian friends! 2022 was peppered with covid, but in between we conserved, surveyed, examined,
Caring For Textiles finds the delicate balance between original work and restoration In 1977, filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf released the documentary Possum Trot: The
We always look forward to the annual fall studio visit of the Smith College Museum Studies students, and this year was a dynamic group!
Celebrating French/American Relations Through These and Other Objects in the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in the Hôtel Rothschild Collaborative blog by Elizabeth Wise, Kaitlyn Munro, Katherine
Sometimes there is a crystallization, a special synergy in one’s life of work, art, inspiration, friendship, collaboration, beauty, and possibilities…that was Spring 2022 for our
The goal of open conservation labs is to “connect with art, science, world cultures, and history in ways that engage and delight,”