Exhibition Tour: Tracing Women’s Stories in Sewing in Kingston

101 Broadway,Kingston NY 12401

16 July, 2022

Description

Tour offered on 5pm on Thursday, July 14th and at 2pm on Saturday, July 16th This tour is donation based, with a suggested donation of $12. Your donation helps to support the Reher Center's work in bringing community stories and immigrant voices to our visitors. A limited number of walk-up tickets will be available at the door. ________________________ Join us for a guided tour of Sewing in Kingston, our wildly popular new exhibit, as we explore the stories and honor the contributions of Kingston women within our city’s sewing industries. Whether as factory workers or artisans, organizers or entrepreneurs, women have been the backbone of sewing work within Kingston. In this guided tour, you’ll learn about women’s impact on the city’s garment industry, hear about artists and expert seamstresses, and discover the diversity of cultural sewing traditions practiced and shared by Kingston women. Entrance to Sewing in Kingston Entrance to Sewing in Kingston is through the Reher Center's side entrance on Spring Street, around the corner from the front door at 101 Broadway. The exhibition entrance is through our small courtyard and up a short flight of stairs. For full visitor information about parking and physical accessibility to our historic building, please visit rehercenter.org/visit. Visitor Safety Policy The Reher Center requires all visitors to wear face coverings while inside the building, regardless of vaccination status. Please do not visit the Reher Center if you or anyone in your party have experienced any symptoms related to COVID-19 in the past 14 days.