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January |
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| Saturday, January 21 | FACES, MAZES, AND FIBER TRACTS Talk presented by Lia Cook, Fiber Artist, Professor of Art, California College of the Arts Excerpted from the article, Woven Faces And Neuroscience, An Investigation in Textile Forum Magazine, 4/2010: My exhibition, Faces and Mazes, has been traveling in the United States and Canada for the last year and a half. At each venue I was struck by viewers’ different emotional reactions to confronting these large woven faces (that look photographic at a distance but dissolve into maze patterns up close, and finally into visibly intersecting threads). One aspect of the emotional response to these works seemed to be the desire to touch. At this point, my long-term interest in neuroscience and the brain came together in a collaboration with neuroscience researchers to look at the emotional response to the faces. I was invited as an artist-in-residence to the University of Pittsburgh TREND Program, to carry out experiments that map the brain’s emotional response to these works. My original hypothesis was that the woven interpretation of the face would add something different to the emotional response as compared to seeing a flat photographic print. We were able to map the response in the brain showing areas of touch and emotion when viewing the artwork. The concept of the TREND residency, directed by Greg Siegle, PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is that inviting artists into the lab to connect with scientific researchers has a positive effect on both the scientists and the artists. I was surprised to be able both to learn more about the answers to my questions, and also to begin to create new work inspired by the experience. I am fascinated with the territory in which science and art can meet. Lia Cook works in a variety of media combining weaving with painting, photography, and digital technology. Her current practice explores the sensuality of the woven image and the emotional connection to memories of touch and cloth. Cook exhibits her work nationally and internationally, most recently in Lithuania, Sweden, Costa Rica, Austria, Canada, and China. Her works are in the permanent collections of MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art); The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York; The Museum of Arts and Design, New York; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; The National Collection, France; The de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Oakland Museum of California; Musee Bellerieve, Switzerland; and The National Gallery of Australia.Website 10 AM Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum |
February |
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| Saturday, February 11 | THE MYSTERY OF THE INCA MAIZE BELTS (THE DA VINCI CODE WITHOUT THE MURDERS)
Talk presented by Lynn A. Meisch, Professor of Anthropology, St. Mary's College, Moraga The only documented continuous Inca weaving tradition involves abstract maize-motif belts woven in the Andes of Huamachuco in northern Peru. Prof. Meisch identified these belts in 2002, and her research involved a 16th century manuscript, French and American textiles researchers, museums, highway robbers, and the Peruvian spinners and weavers. Her talk covers the importance of maize to the Incas, decoding the manuscript, how local women warp and weave the belts, the challenges of doing fieldwork in this region, and the gendered significance of the belts, which have linked female fertility and maize agriculture for at least 700 years. Lynn A. Meisch, now a Professor of Anthropology, Saint Mary's College of California, set out for the Andes in 1973 in search of adventure, and was smitten by the land, people, culture, and arts, especially textiles. She has spent many years in highland Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia enduring terrifying bus and boat rides, dodging bandits, and sleeping on dirt floors while researching ethnographic textiles. Along the way she acquired several dozen godchildren, collected textiles for museums in the U.S. and Bolivia, published articles and books, edited Traditional Textiles of the Andes for the de Young's Appleby Collection, and earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Stanford University. 10 AM Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum |
March |
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| Saturday, March 10 | AUTHENTIC GAULTIER
Creativity—Technical Rigor & Haute Couture Mindset
Talk presented by Nathalie Doucet, Founder and President, Arts of the Fashion Foundation Even if 18-year-old Jean Paul Gaultier was immediately hired as the assistant of Mr. Pierre Cardin (1970), he definitively belongs to the generation of 1980’s designers who took over the fashion world by storm. With street culture and polyethnic inspiration, the flea market turned into the new fashion school for design, and the gay movement became clearly acknowledged. In the meantime, a wave of creative, emerging, Japanese designers developing an innovative concept of deconstruction in fashion while paying homage to illustrious “couturiers,” was immediately noticed by the press. This decade also introduced impressive show productions for the fashion collections shaking Paris, but the prestigious and unique institution of Haute Couture was sinking. Gaultier presented his very first collection in October 1976. In an untraditional venue for a fashion show, he revealed his signature "make up" color range, and started to experiment with dimorphism (appropriation of garment in regards to gender) and hybridization (the art of diverting, re-using, and re-cycling iconic everyday objects) which would become his DNA. Since then Gaultier’s outstanding collections have been enlivened by popular culture and his cherished Paris. However, they have drawn, perhaps too often, attention on the unconventional and the impertinent aspects rather than the ingenuity of Gaultier’s character, his unleashed creativity, multiple talents, and undoubtedly his perfected mastery of tailoring and craftsmanship. In addition, collaboration with other artists has always been a key part in Gaultier’s achievements starting from his forever-beloved partner Menuge to famous other creative minds including Madonna, Chopinot, and Almodovar. Twenty years later, upon the arrival of Mr. Didier Grumbach as the new President of the Chambre Syndicale, the Haute Couture’s strict rules were reviewed to rejuvenate the institution. Gaultier and Thierry Mugler were the first two creative "ready-to-wear" designers to be invited to present in Haute Couture (1997), making history. A few other designers followed their steps including Viktor and Rolf (1998) and Ralph Rucci (2002). Two years later, Hermes, the most traditional and legendary luxury House, invested in Gaultier (1999), but in 2003, a milestone occurred when Mr. Jean-Louis Dumas offered him the position to design the womenswear collection following the departure of Martin Margiela. A graduate of Ecole Superieure des Arts Appliques–Duperre in textile design and of the Institut Francais de la Mode (Master in Fashion and Textile Business Management), Nathalie Doucet is a former Paris-based Fashion Designer and U.S. Design Professor. Doucet is the President and Founder of the San Francisco-based non-profit Arts of Fashion Foundation, promoting creativity in Fashion, in design education, and in supporting emerging designers from all around the world. She is also a strong advocate for copyright in Fashion in the United States. Nathalie's Website 10 AM Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum |
April |
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| Saturday, April 14 | Ninth Annual Carol Walter Sinton Program for Craft Art A Tribute to Kay Sekimachi Presented by Signe Mayfiled, Independent Curator 10 AM Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum |
May |
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| Saturday, May 19 | Dressing for the Great Game – The Robert Shaw Collection of Central Asian Coats Presented by Ruth Barnes, Curator of Indo-Pacific Art, Note, the title of this talk has changed. The original title was "From Cabinets of Curiosities to Recording Cultures: Collecting in Indonesia". 10 AM Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum |
June |
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| Saturday, June 16 | The Pattern Realm
Presented by Vanessa Drake Moraga, Independent Scholoar, Curator, and author 10 AM Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum |
2011 |
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December |
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| Friday, December 2, 2011 | Textile Arts Council Members Holiday Party!
Amazing Silent Auction – Delicious treats – Meet your fellow TAC members 5:30 – 7:30 PM Location to be announced – look for your invitation! |
November |
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| Saturday, November 19, 2011 | Path of the Empu—A Look at Creativity in Indonesian Traditional Arts and the Batik Studio Brahma Tirta Sari Join us for a very special event. Principals of the fine art batik studio, Brahma Tirta Sari, Agus Ismoyo and Nia Filiam will share their amazing textiles that cross both the visible and invisible boundaries between national backgrounds, traditions, craft and contemporary design. The event includes a slide lecture, trunk show and sale. Proceeds from sales to benefit Textile Arts Council. 12 - 4pm |
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