The TAC Newsletter

Celebrating Our Summer Interns

News from the Conservation Lab - Focus on Collections Care: Dust 

From Leslee Jane Budge, Textile Arts Council Chair

Suited to San Francisco: Writing for Fashioning San Francisco's Catalogue

Figuring Out the Figure: Mannequin Modifications for Fashioning San Francisco

From Leslee Jane Budge, Textile Arts Council Chair

Sneak Peek, Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style

News from the Conservation Lab: Graphic Documentation as a Means of Conservation

From Shirley Juster, Textile Arts Council Chair

Curatorial: Connecting with Ancestors through Object Research

Garment Research \ Intern Report 

News from the Conservation Lab

From Shirley Juster, Textile Arts Council Chair

Keeping Busy: Updates from the Curatorial Team

News from the Conservation Lab

From Shirley Juster, Textile Arts Council Chair

Sneak Peek: Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy

From the Chair

Big Changes Come to the Textile Lab

In Memoriam: JoAnn C. Stabb

From the TAC Chair

Conservation Updates!

Gallery Rotation: To Teach and Inspire: The Julia Brenner Textile Collection

From the TAC Chair

Piecing History: The Brown and Mitchell Quilt

A Little Goes a Long Way: A Padding Project for Costume Storage

In Memory of B. Diane Mott.

American Quilts Up Close

Preventative Conservation Prevails During Lockdown

From the TAC Chair

Textile Arts Council Endowment Fund Supports the Major Acquisition of Contemporary African American Quilts

From the TAC Chair

News from the Textile Conservation Lab: A Brand New Bag

New Acquisitions: Spotlight on Contemporary Fiber Art

From the TAC Chair

Textile Conservation: Adelle Kincell Prepares Fashion Dolls for Photography

Jan Langdon – A Weaver’s Weaver

Symposium Summary: Faith, Fashion, Identity: Contemporary Muslim Styles

From the TAC Chair

New Expertise on Staff in the Conservation Lab

Curatorial Overview: Contemporary Muslim Fashions

News from the Conservation Lab: Same structure, a century apart, divergent images

In Memory of Barbara Beckmann

Fashioning Fans

News from the Conservation Lab: A Closer Look at Two Maori Cloaks

From the TAC Chair

Diversity Abounds: Recent Gifts to the Collection

News from the Conservation Lab: Venus goes to Paris!

From the TAC Chair

Beyond the Surface: Worldwide Embroidery Traditions

Stitching a New Paradigm: Dress Codes of the Counterculture

From the TAC Chair

In Memory: Maria Starr

Behind the Seams: Researching Degas, Impressionism, And The Paris Millinery Trade

News from the Conservation Lab: Wet-Cleaning a Coverlet

From the TAC Chair

TAC Travel: Bhutan East to West and Northeast India

Exhibition Previews: Oscar de la Renta \ On the Grid: Textiles and Minimalism \ Kay Sekimachi: Student, Teacher, Artist \ The South Sumatran Ship Cloth

News from the Conservation Lab: A Closer Look at Bolivian Monedero

From the TAC Chair

In Memorium: Marian Clayden

Threads of Modernity: Joan of Arc and the “Jewel City”

News from the Conservation Lab: Feathers!

From the TAC Chair

Weaving New Forms: A Mosaic of an Artist’s Evolution

TAC’s Laos and Cambodia Tour

Donor Spotlight: An Interview with Thomas Murray

Upcoming Programs including The Amazing Handkerchief: Chronicles of Romance, Heroism, History, Fashion and Art Through the Ages with Ann Mahoney

From the TAC Chair

High Style: The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection

From the TAC Chair

Upcoming Programs including Surface and Structure: The Stitches of Susan Taber Avila

Wearable Technology and E-Textiles

Recent Acquisitions in the Textile Arts Department

The History and Variety of Samplers from the Royal School of Needlework Archives 

From the TAC Chair

Why Quilts Matter: History, Art, and Politics

Tradition, Innovation, and Inspirations of a Contemporary Navajo Weaver

Classic-Period Navajo Blankets

From the TAC Chair

Haitian Drapo Vodou: Tradition and Innovation With Susan Tselos

The Triumph of the Seven Virtues

From the TAC Chair: Why TAC Needs Volunteers