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Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
The Region VI 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 Southeastern Region:
Southeastern Region "Events, Workshops and Symposia" page
AASLH - "American Assoc. for State and Local History"
1717 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37203-2991
Phone: (615) 320-3203
Fax: (615) 327-9013
E-Mail: history@aaslh.org
http://www.aaslh.org
Atlanta History Center
130 West Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30305
(404) 814-4000
http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com
"Costume and Fashion in Gone With the Wind"
Through January 31, 2010
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Atlanta's worldwide premiere of one of Hollywood's most beloved films, the Atlanta History Center has installed a new display called Costume and Fashion in Gone With the Wind. The installation features seven of Walter Plunkett's costume sketches for the film and a woman's Rhett Butler coat ("an exclusive Gone With the Wind M.G.M. Fashion") from the institution's collections, along with a version of the famous green drapery dress on loan from the collection of John LeBold.
For the full Gone With the Wind experience, the Margaret Mitchell House, located just five miles from the Atlanta History Center, is a must-see destination. In July 2009, the Margaret Mitchell House debuted a new visitor experience featuring guided tours of the apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind, a Gone With the Wind movie exhibition, an exhibition showcasing the life and times of one of America's most famous authors, and the Margaret Mitchell House gift shop.
Cameron Art Museum
3201 South 17th Street
Wilmington, NC 28412
http://www.cameronartmuseum.com/exhibitions.php
Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, VA
http://www.chrysler.org
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Colonial Williamsburg, VA
757-220-7598
http://www.history.org
Quilted Fashions"
Through October 2010
This exhibition explores the use of quilting to decorate bed coverings, clothing, and accessories of the 17th and 18th centuries. See detailed drawings of elaborate quilting patterns that often are obscured by the technique's subtlety. Stomachers and petticoats worn with costly gowns, men's elaborate waistcoats, and counterpanes on the finest beds all are featured. This exhibition was made possible by a grant from Mary and Clinton Gilliland of Menlo Park, California through the Turner-Gilliland Family Fund. Through October 2010.
Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.
DeKalb Historical Society
Jim Cherry Museum
(404) 373-1088
http://www.dekalbhistory.org/02_history/02_b.html
Florida Craftsmen Gallery
St. Petersburg, FL
(727) 821-7391
http://www.floridacraftsmen.net/
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Dover, TN
http://www.nps.gov/fodo/
Fort Ward Museum
Alexandria, VA
703.838.4848
http://oha.ci.alexandria.va.us/fortward/
The Frist Center for the Visual
Arts
919 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 244-3340
http://www.fristcenter.org
"The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London, 1947-1957"
June 18-September 12, 2010
The launch of Christian Dior's "New Look" in 1947 marked the beginning of a momentous decade in fashion history, which Dior himself called a "golden age." The couture houses of Paris and London, which had traditionally served wealthy private clients, opened boutiques and licensed their designs, thereby becoming global brands and household names. Through clothing (primarily evening dresses and suits), shoes, and photographs, this exhibition demonstrates how designers such as Dior, Balenciaga, and Chanel brought glamour back to Europe after World War II. Exhibition organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The Gallery at Old Salem
and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
Winston-Salem, NC
(336) 779-6140
http://www.oldsalem.org/
MESDA Textile Seminar
March 18 - 19, 2010
Celebrate the opening of MESDA's new textile gallery with a look at new findings in Southern needlework and textiles.
Gadsby's Tavern Museum
134 N. Royal Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.838.4242, fax 703.838.4270
gadsbys.tavern@alexandriava.gov
www.gadsbystavern.org
Georgia Museum of Art
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602
706.542.GMOA
http://www.uga.edu/gamuseum/exhibitions/index.html
The Georgia Museum of Art galleries and museum shop are temporarily closed. The Georgia Museum of Art is scheduled to reopen early 2011.
Homewood House Museum
The John Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 516-5589
www.jhu.edu/hwdhous
Huntsville Museum of Art
300 Church Street, S.
Huntsville, AL 35801
256-535-4350
http://www.hsvmuseum.org
Louisiana State Museum
New Orleans, LA
(318) 632-2020
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us
Lowe Art Museum
Coral Gables, FL
http://www.lowemuseum.org
The Lyceum, Alexandria's History Museum
201 South Washington Street
Alexandria, VA
(703) 838-4994
http://oha.alexandriava.gov/lyceum/
John Marshall House
Richmond, VA
http://www.apva.org/marshal
Contact CATHERINE DEAN at
cdean@apva.org for more
information or visit http://www.apva.org/marshall.
Maymont Foundation
1700 Hampton Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220
(804) 358-7166, Ext. 306
(804) 353-2960, FAX
http://www.maymont.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=217
Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte, NC
704-337-2000
http://www.mintmuseum.org
"The Art of Affluence: Haute Couture and Luxury Fashions 1947-2007"
Through June 30, 2010
This exhibition presents selections from the Museum's holdings of haute couture and luxury garments complimented by beautiful fashion accessories that reflect the creativity of numerous fashion designers of the second half of the 20th century and first years of the 21st century. Top couturiers and designers featured include Chanel, Dior, Balmain, Balenciaga, Schiaparelli, Valentino, Givenchy, Laroche, Patou, Yves Saint Laurent, Scassi, Versace, McFadden, Gallanos, Blahnik, Gucci, Louboutin, Armani, Ungaro, and Ralph Rucci, among others.
The art of the fashion designer, especially with haute couture and luxury garments, provides a client with beautiful creations that are expertly constructed and created using fine fabrics and trims with meticulous attention to detail.
Haute couture refers to one-of-a-kind, custom-made and fitted garments. Custom designs of total ensembles dates back Paris in the mid-nineteenth century. Today, the term haute couture by the French government who establishes standards and practices stipulating the official haute couture designers must be members of the elite Chambre syndicale de la haute couture.
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"The Heights of Fashion: Platform Shoes Then and Now"
Through May 30, 2011
The Heights of Fashion highlights 60 examples of platform footwear from the 1930s - the present.
Fashionable platform shoes appeared in Europe and the United States in the 1930s and 1940s but the popularity of platforms in the 1970s reached far greater heights and lingered far longer. From the rebellious days of the 1970s through the style-conscious present day, platforms continue as fashion statements by both sexes. Unique and movable platforms created by top designers sometimes require caution, from the fashion runway to the streets.
Elevated shoes have appeared for centuries in cultures around the world. In Ancient Greece, actors wore thick-soled shoes to heighten their stature before their audience. In Europe, from about 1600-1750, some women in high society and the demimonde wore tall pedestal shoes called copines. Thick platform shoes were fashionable in the Manchu culture of Northeast China. Japan's platform sandals became part of the traditional dress of geishas.
Mint Museum of Craft and Design
220 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
http://www.mintmuseum.org/
"American Quilt Classics, 1800-1980: The Bresler Collection"
Through Feb. 28, 2010
For many years, Fleur and Charles Bresler have collected American quilts. Visual impact, historical value, pictorial imagery and historical fabric have guided them in assembling their important and outstanding collection. In 2001, the Breslers gifted 36 quilts to the Mint Museum of Craft + Design. American Quilt Classics celebrates this gift, which features rare and outstanding examples of Baltimore Album and Warner quilts, crazy quilts, Amish quilts, log cabin quilts, and Chintz pictorial quilts.
Museum of the American Quilter's Society
Paducah, KY
(270) 442-8856
http://www.quiltmuseum.org
"Quiltmaking that Saw U.S. through the War Years 1941-1945"
"Quilts with a Kick"
Through February 2, 2010
Quilt Artists of Kentucky present their work. Challenge, self-portrait, and other wall quilts showcase the talent and creativity found in Kentucky.
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"A Family of Quilts"
December 18, 2009 - March 16, 2010
Grandmother to mother, mother to daughter: this is how some quilters learn the art. Journey through this multi-generational quilt exhibit and discover how a craft is communicated through time.
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"Quilts of the Coastal South"
February 5 - April 6, 2010
The fifth installment in a yearly regional juried exhibit, The National Quilt Museum invites members of guilds in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi to submit quilts that represent their best work. Quilts of the Coastal South will highlight the work of quiltmakers from these five states who are the mainstream of quiltmaking today.
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"The National Quilt Museum Collection"
The fifth installment in a yearly regional juried exhibit, The National Quilt Museum invites members of guilds in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi to submit quilts that represent their best work. Quilts of the Coastal South will highlight the work of quiltmakers from these five states who are the mainstream of quiltmaking today. At the heart of any museum's activities are the important objects it was founded to collect, preserve and share with the public.
The Museum Collection has become an ever-developing documentation of the quiltmaking revival that has flourished in the 1980's, 1990's and is sure to continue as the new century unfolds.
The core of the collection includes quilts donated by the founders of the museum, Bill and Meredith Schroeders and the American Quilter's Society Quilt Show & Contest purchase award winners donated through AQS. Also included are a number of other donations and purchases. The collection currently includes more than 300 quilts created by more than 333 quilt makers. The works in the collection were made from 1980 on.
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"Oh, Wow! The Miniature Quilt Collection"
Ongoing
Bill and Meredith Schroeder have watched the miniature quilt form grow in popularity and sophistication over the past several years. These quilts are not simply small quilts; they are made to scale. The rules for the miniature quilt category at the annual American Quilter's Society Show and Contest require that the quilt may be no wider than 24 inches, no longer than 24 inches, and it must be reduced in scale.
The first reaction people have when they see these tiny wonders is "Oh! Wow!". Bill Schroeder says, "No better word could describe this remarkable collection of miniature quilts. Look them over carefully, I think that you will agree." Mr. Schroeder, with the assistance of Klaudeen Hansen of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, has assembled an extraordinary group of miniature quilts. The Schroeders have generously donated this group of quilts to the National Quilt Museum.
In 2006 the miniature quilt category was first awarded a Best Miniature Quilt Purchase Award. This has been made possible by the generosity of Benartex, Inc., a leading supplier of creative 100% designer cotton prints, who sponsors this category. Their support will ensure the growth and quality of the collection.
North Carolina Museum of History
Raleigh, NC
919-715-0200
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/
Rocky Mount Arts Center
Rocky Mount , NC 27803
http://www.imperialcentre.org/
Rogers Historical Museum
Rogers, AR
(479) 621-1154
http://www.rogersarkansas.com/Museum
South Carolina State Museum
Columbia, SC
http://www.museum.state.sc.us/
The Tennessee State Museum
Fifth and Deaderick Streets
Nashville, TN 37243
info@tnmuseum.org
http://tnmuseum.org/
The Valentine Museum
Richmond, VA
804-649-0711
http://www.richmondhistorycenter.com/
Virginia Quilt Museum
Harrisonburg, VA
http://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/
"Material Images: Quilts from the Fringe of Tradition featuring quilt artists from Southwest Virginia"
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