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The Western Region Events Calendar lists exhibitions of costume, and costume-related exhibitions, the dates and places of the National and Regional Symposia, lectures, and workshops. Where available, a telephone number has been included. Please use these numbers to obtain additional information. Dates of exhibitions may change. Where available, dates for the exhibitions are included. If no beginning date is given, the exhibition is already open.
CSA-sponsored programs in the Western Region:
Western Region "Events, Workshops and Symposia" page.
Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, California 90211
310-247-3000, ext 111
http://www.oscars.org
The MUZEO Museum
241 S. Anaheim Blvd
Anaheim, CA 92805
714-95-MUZEO
http://www.muzeo.org/home.php
Art Deco Society of California
San Francisco, CA
415-982-3326
http://www.artdecosociety.org/
The 26th Annual Gatsby Summer Afternoon"
September 12, 2010
Dunsmuir Helman Historic Estate
2960 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, CA 94615
On Sunday, September 12, the Art Deco Society of California will host its Annual Gatsby Summer Afternoon at the historic Dunsmuir Helman House in Oakland California (same location, new name).
Now in its 26th year, the Gatsby Summer Afternoon lets several hundred aficionados of the 1920s and 30s step back to a time when elegance was a way of life and the Charleston and fox trot were all the rage.
This is not a spectator event. From 1-6pm the panoramic Dunsmuir front lawn becomes a stage on which all participants picnic, dance and sip champagne, reminiscent of a scene from The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel of 1925.
Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, CA
415-379-8879
http://www.asianart.org/
Bellevue Arts Museum
510 Bellevue Way NE
Bellevue, Washington 98004
425-519-0770
http://www.bellevuearts.org/
de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr.
San Francisco, CA 94118
415.863.3330
http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/index.asp
"To Dye For: A World Saturated in Colors
July 31, 2010 - January 9, 2011
To Dye For features over 50 textiles and costumes from the Fine Arts Museums' comprehensive collection of textiles from Africa, Asia and the Americas. A truly cross-cultural presentation, the exhibition showcases objects from diverse cultures and historical periods, including a tie-dyed mantle from the Wari-Nasca culture of pre-Hispanic Peru (500-900 A.D.), a paste-resist Mongolian felt rug from the 15th-17th century and a group of stitch-resist dyed 20th-century kerchiefs from the Dida people of the Ivory Coast. These historical pieces are contrasted with artworks from contemporary Bay Area artists. The exhibition highlights several recent acquisitions, including important gifts such as a pair of ikat-woven, early-20th-century women's skirts from the Iban people of Sarawak, Malaysia and two exquisite hand-painted and mordant-dyed Indian trade cloths used as heirloom cloths by the Toraja peoples of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM
919 South Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA
213-624-1200
http://www.fidm.edu/resources/museum+galleries/index.html
"The Art of Television Costume Design"
July 27, 2010 - September 4, 2010
A retrospective of over 100 of television's most memorable costume designs from the present and a salute to the work of 2010's Emmy®-nominated Costume Designers and Costume Supervisors will be on display this summer in FIDM's annual exhibition. The costumes reflect the creativity, imagination, and research of the Designers, who are able to skillfully echo the mood and aura of the more than two-dozen television programs featured.
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"Disney Alice in Wonderland Design Exhibition"
May 27, 2010 - September 30, 2010
Exhibition includes Colleen Atwood's original costumes from the film as well as Alice-inspired clothing and products designed by a variety of celebrities, designers, and fashion icons, including Sue Wong, Tom Binns, Avril Lavigne, and FIDM Alumni.
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"Re-Designing History: FIDM Museum Study Collection, 1850-2000"
October 19 - December 17, 2010
The FIDM Museum Study Collection houses more than 2,000 objects and is a major education resource for students and researchers. This exhibition will showcase more than 30 fully dressed mannequins, along with accessories and related ephemera. In conjunction with the exhibition, the FIDM Museum will hold a design competition for currently enrolled FIDM Students to re-design history by creating illustrations inspired by a key piece from the Study Collection. The winning illustrations will be displayed in the FIDM Museum & Galleries during the exhibition.
Fowler Museum
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
520-626-8364
http://www.fmch.ucla.edu/
Henry Art Gallery, UW
15th Ave NE & NE 41st Street
Box 351410 Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-2280
http://www.henryart.org/
info@henryart.org
Lacis Museum of Lace & Textiles
2982 Adeline Street
Berkeley, California 94703
510-843-7290
http://www.lacismuseum.org/
Join CSA's Western Region at Lacis on Sept. 25: More information
"Night and Day"
Through September 1, 2010
It was the best-of-times, the war to end wars was in the past, movies opened our visions to an unknown world and we were ready for an era filled with fun, opulence, hope and freedom This freedom expressed itself in the garments and accessories that adorned us, the hair that could now be released from sacred hair buns and braids, and the decorative embellishments that would parallel the other art movements in a new freedom of expression as beads and ribbons flowed onto our garments shouting to be heard. This exhibit will explore the spirit of this period through these garments, some touched by the ribbon embroidered flowers and beadwork from Paris, others from the day-dress pages of the Sears and Roebuck catalog.
Incorporated into the exhibit are Ellen Thompson's contemporary wax-headed articulated dolls which she, again generously lent to LMLT for this exhibit. These lovingly restored pieces impart an air of life-like movement along with a bit of glamour from the age itself.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.lacma.org/
323-857-6000
Costume and Textiles Online
"Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915"
October 2, 2010-March 6, 2011
Celebrating the museum's recent groundbreaking acquisition of a major collection of European men's, women's, and children's garments and accessories, Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915 will present a selection to the public for the first time. The exhibition will tell the story of fashion's aesthetic and technical development from the Age of Enlightenment to World War I. It will examine the sweeping changes that occurred in fashionable dress spanning a period of over two hundred years, with a fascinating look at the details of luxurious textiles, exacting tailoring techniques, and lush trimmings. Highlights will include an eighteenth-century man's vest intricately embroidered with powerful symbolic messages relevant to the French Revolution; an evening mantle with silk embroidery, glass beads, and ostrich feathers designed by French couturier Émile Pingat (active 1860-96); and spectacular three-piece suits and gowns worn at the royal courts of Europe.
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"Fifth R.L. Shep Triennial Symposium on Textiles and Dress"
Saturday, January 15, 2011
In conjunction with Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915, LACMA will present a one-day symposium of lectures. Featured speakers will include Akiko Fukai, Director and Chief Curator, Kyoto Costume Institute and Andrew Bolton, Curator, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Maryhill Museum of Art
35 Maryhill Museum Drive
Goldendale, WA
http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/
"Theatre de la Mode"
Ongoing
These one-third human size mannequins celebrated world peace at the close of the World War II through their lavish display of the new “modern look” in fashions for women. After their premiere in Paris they toured Europe then America. The last stop of the original 1946 international tour of Theatre de la Mode was San Francisco where the mannequins remained until the early 1950s. At that time they were acquired by Maryhill Museum of Art. They went on a second world tour in the 1990s visiting Paris, New York, Baltimore, Portland and Tokyo.
Visitors to the exhibit will enter the enchanted world of 47 dramatically grouped mannequins dressed in the exquisitely detailed fashions of Paris in 1946 and posed in three artistic stage sets with lights designed specifically to create a theatrical atmosphere.
Museum of History and Industry
McCurdy Park at 2700 24th Ave. E.
Seattle, WA 98112
206-324-1126
http://www.seattlehistory.org/
The Nevada Historical Society
1650 N. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89503
775-688-1190
http://nevadaculture.org/museums/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=446&Itemid=122
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA
510-238-3842
James Moore Theatre
Located at 10th & Oak Streets
(Lake Merritt Bart Station on the Fremont Line)
Oakland, CA 94607
http://www.museumca.org
The Original Costume Museum Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.ocms.ca/index.html
"Come Rain or Shine: A History of Waterproof Clothing Worn for Work and Play in British Columbia"
Hycroft
1489 McRae Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia
The people of British Columbia have always relied on strong, often waterproof, clothing as they earn their livings in mining, logging, farming, and fishing. Fashionable waterproof garments have also been a necessary part of local wardrobes. Join Doug Kibble and Duncan Stacey, collectors of vintage workwear, as they explore the history of industrial garment production and use, including clothing made by the Great Western Garment Co. of Alberta, Jones Tent and Awning (Pioneer Brand), Caribou Brand, Aero, Woodward's, Pierre Paris, and Dayton Industrial Boots. As well, Ivan Sayers will display waterproof clothing more fashionable than occupational, from the 1890s to the 1960s.
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"The Cocktail Hour: Fashion On the Rocks 1925 through 1965"
October 21, 2010
Hellenic Centre
4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
Cocktails, an American invention of the early nineteenth century, became widely popular in the early 1920s. Along with the cocktail hour came the need for appropriate clothing. The cocktail dress, which could also be worn for dinner, dancing, or the theatre, replaced forever the old-fashioned tea gown for formal afternoon functions. Short and usually made of elegant, rich fabrics glamorously cut and decorated with embroidery, sequins, or jewellery, cocktail dresses were accessorized by elegant shoes, wraps, and hats. With an emphasis on glamour, Ivan Sayers and a corps of live models will present a historical fashion show of cocktail dresses, from the sublime to pajamas. The evening includes a dinner and a silent auction, plus a no-host cocktail hour. Proceeds benefit the Original Costume Museum Society.
Pasadena Museum of History
470 W. Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA 91103-3594
626-577-1660
http://www.pasadenahistory.org
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.petersen.org/
"Automotivated: Streamlined Fashion and Automobiles"
Through January 23, 2011
Fashion design and automobile design have been intertwined from the start. This exhibit features automotive derived fashion ensembles from the collection of the Phoenix Art Museum paired with their automobile counterparts of the Petersen Automotive Museum. Fashions include signaling gloves from the turn of the twentieth century through the elegant gowns of the Art Deco period.
The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Dolls
Bellevue, WA
206-455-1116
http://www.dollart.com/
"The World Embellished-Lace!"
May 22 through October 27, 2010
The exhibit combines exceptional examples of fine lace as it embellished people's and doll's clothing in the 18th thru 20th centuries as well as personal and household items of the period and lace just for lace's beautiful self.
Royal British Columbia Museum
675 Belleville Street
Victoria, BC Canada V8W 9W2
http://rbcm1.rbcm.gov.bc.ca/
Museum of Performance and Design
401 Van Ness Blvd.
Veteran's Building, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA
415-255-4800
http://www.mpdsf.org/
The permanent costume research collection includes 25,000 postcards covering the history of eastern and western dress, divided into 78 specialized categories such as ethnic dress, masks, accessories, fetish objects, and more.
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
520 South First Street
San Jose, CA 94633
http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/
408-971-0323
"ITAB: International TECHstyle Art Biennial"
Through October 31, 2010
ITAB is a juried exhibition of work by artists mining the expressive potential of combining fiber media with new information and communication technologies in their artistic processes, in the content of their work and as a mean of artistic expression. Leveraging its location in Silicon Valley, ITAB serves as the premiere platform for introducing the emerging work of artists exploring the intersection of fiber art and technology to the global community that assembles-virtually and in the real-world - on the occasion of the San Jose's biennial ZER01 exhibition, the 2010 01 SJ Biennial, which runs from September 16-19, 2010.
The ITAB 2010 exhibition includes 41 works by 28 artists from six countries-including Canada, China, Germany, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These artists responded to this signature event in a variety of ways using technology in their content and subject matter or as the means for creating the work. The resulting exhibition explores the variety of ways that artists use technology such as jacquard weaving, digital printing and video to express their ideas. In some cases they use the materials of technology to create their pieces such as the use of videotape in the intimate coiled basket Elegance by Alicia Woods or woven lacy Rock Wall by Jennifer Feere. Other artists look humorously on technology's prevalence in the contemporary word like Pam Rupert's Skating on Thin Ice, where she explores the modern reality that even in leisure time one is always connected. Some videos in the exhibit speed up the slow process of stitching and weaving to create lively animations. And Ligorano Reese's pieces use fiber optic thread to create beautiful weavings of lighted colors that slowly dissolve and change into different patterns.
Fibers and textiles have achieved wide currency in contemporary art practice, evoking both historical and contemporary experience. With this in mind, ITAB seeks to expose and explore the tensions between and among works by artists using fiber media who work in diverse artistic disciplines. Artwork demonstrating a keen understanding and mastery of the aesthetic, structural/technical and semiotic possibilities of fiber and of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies are the hallmark of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles' International TECHstyle Art Biennial.
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TECHsytle SoftWEAR: Surface & Shape is an artwear installation representing Silicon Valley -- a region without real boundaries and with an ethos that is difficult to capture in concrete form. This collaboration uses textiles designed by Corinne Okada Takara through the fusionwear sv project/experiment in sculptural artwear created by Colleen Quen in an environment designed by Rick Lee.
For fusionwear sv, the public was invited to submit imagery that represents their Silicon Valley experiences. These collected images were used to create a visual vocabulary for Silicon Valley and to inspire Takara's designs for Silicon Valley print fabrics. The public was also invited to submit their own fabric designs, and the winning designs were selected by public vote. Fabrics based on Takara's designs were used to create Colleen Quen's artwear sculptures, and the designs of contest winners Deborah Corsini, Jonathan McCabe, and Laurel Shimer are also incorporated into the installation environment.
Seattle Asian Art Museum
1400 East Prospect Street
Volunteer Park
Seattle, WA 98112
206-654-3100
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/
"A Quartet of Suits"
Ongoing
This installation of four suits from the SAM collection features the work of contemporary artists Walter Oltmann and Nick Cave. Suits can be pin-striped, double-breasted, designed by Armani or Chanel. They can also sprout human hair or razor wire, or be full of stripes that were once worn on a multitude of feet. See how these two artists redefine this fashion icon and stage an encounter that defies convention. How much a man has in common with a caterpillar or second-hand clothes is illustrated in this unique quartet, on view in the Fourth Floor gallery adjacent to the Simonyi Special Exhibition Galleries at SAM Downtown.
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"Order and Border"
Through May 8, 2011
Stripes are a fundamental visual element, appearing naturally in vertical lines as trees and in manmade products of all kinds, from street dividers to ornate fabrics. The stripe is so basic it is rarely given isolated attention. This installation examines how stripes decorate and structure objects, bodies and spaces. It follows the many ways that stripes are formulated-swirling, rigid, ragged, skinny or bold-and shows how they appear in a wide range of media from a multitude of cultures. These objects help us recognize the range of meanings that a stripe holds, from a minor design feature to the sign of a significant mythic journey.
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"Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth"
March 10 through June 5, 2011
Nick Cave tailors suits that are sculpture, clothing characters that spring out of his imagination. Stately guardians preside in shaggy, day-glow pink hair; polar bears wear sweaters that stick out in humorous places; and dancers are adorned with white beaded filigree crowns. Suits like this have never been seen before. Partly this is due to his choice of improbable materials-buttons, plastic tabs, hot pads, metal flowers, sandwich bags, spinning tops and crocheted doilies-which are used to make visually fierce and impeccably detailed suits. Multiple media installations remind us of the desire for these wearable sculptures to move and perform. Photographs of Nick Cave alone and a posse mixing it up in a massive street party show off how playful and unexpected his suits can be.
Few suits bridge cultures so effectively. Nick's "soundsuits" have been described as a cross between Carnival, Liberace, Shonibare, Cockney, haute couture and African ceremony. He manages to make sculpture that combines high fashion, surface design, recycling, dance and sound. Extremely resourceful, Nick transforms the perception of secondhand or vintage materials and heightens a tension between the ordinary and the imaginary.
Given Seattle's emphasis on street performance, textiles, DIY, recycling and contemporary artists who strive to be the best at their genre of art, this exhibition seems a natural fit. For the Seattle Art Museum, Nick's suits give a new twist on what is a strong emphasis on masquerade in the African collection. Two examples of his suits currently on view have been cited as an intriguing introduction to an artist whose depth has only recently been given national attention. This exhibition is the first major assembly of art by Nick Cave to tour museums and set the stage for the center of the earth, where soundsuits have found a sanctuary.
UC Davis Design Museum & Design Collection
520 South First Street
San Jose, CA 94633
http://design.ucdavis.edu/museum/exhibition.html
Vancouver Museum
1100 Chestnut Street
http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/
"Fox, Fluevog, and Friends"
May 14, 2010 through September 26, 2010
The story behind the shoes.. Meet Peter Fox, John Fluevog, Ken Rice, and friends and learn the story behind their successful footwear companies. This exhibit follows each of their stories, from local Gastown beginnings to influencing footwear design internationally. Approximately 150 shoe designs dating from 1968 to 2000 are featured, complemented by photographs, catalogues, sketches and customer comments.
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"An Evening with Peter Fox"
September 2, 2010
Join Peter Fox, featured shoe designer and Joan Seidl, curator for a talk and tour of the "Fox, Fluevog & Friends" exhibit.
Ventura County Museum of History & Art
100 East Main Street
Ventura, CA 93001
805-653-0323 x. 20
collections@venturamuseum.org
http://www.venturamuseum.org
"Gowns & Glamour"
August 29, 2010
Learn about "Designer to the Stars" Howard Greer, one of Hollywood's earliest celebrity designers, when costume historian Shelly Foote gives a presentation of his life and work on Sunday, August 29, 3:00 p.m. Admission is $5 general public, free for museum members. For reservations, call 805-653-0323 x 315.
Foote, a nationally recognized expert and lecturer on costume history, became interested in Greer during her career at the Smithsonian, and is writing a book about him. She notes that Greer's story links the early days of Hollywood movies and California's fashion industry. During his days with the studios, Greer hired the legendary designer Edith Head, and his gowns graced actresses such as Katherine Hepburn and Irene Dunne in movies made from the 1920s into the 1950s. His couture studio catered to actresses as well as to the public; one of his opera coats, presently on exhibit in the museum galleries, was owned by the late Elizabeth Blanchard of Santa Paula.
Foote's 30-year career with The National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, included supervision and development of their 1700-1920 Costume Collection; as Assistant Chair of Social History, she was responsibility for collections including more than 250,000 objects. A Ventura native, Foote volunteers her extensive skills in the Museum of Ventura County's collections area, and is chair of their Accessions Committee. She is presently the president elect of the Western Region of the Costume Society of America.
Washington County Museum
17677 NW Springville Rd
Portland, OR 97229
(503) 645-5353
http://www.washingtoncountymuseum.org/
"Connections: Quilting 1930's
June 17 through September 11, 2010
Visit quilting history from the 1930's and compare the current resurging interest in quilting. Explore the changes in tools, sewing machines and fabric. See how today's quilters use technology and build community to expand their crafts.
Washington State History Museum
1911 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington 98402
253-272-3500
Toll-free: 1-888-BE-THERE
http://www.wshs.org/
White River Valley Museum
9
18 H Street SE
Auburn, WA 98002
253-288-7437
www.wrvmuseum.org
Ongoing exhibitions include a tour through downtown Auburn in the 1920s. Visit the Auburn Public Market and meet James Cugini, the proprietor. Visit the Auburn Hat Shop and handle replica hats. Or visit the Iseri family in 1915 in Thomas, WA. Inside the house, visitors learn about Japanese picture brides, Buddhist home altars, and life on a truck farm. Learn about the immigrant experience in Washington.
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