Material Resources: Textile and Fashion Resource Centers

222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza,Chicago IL 60654

26 September, 2022

Description

Join Alex Aubrey, Director of the Fashion Resource Center, and Nancy Feldman, Director of the Textile Resource Center, both at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, for a conversation with artists Billy Atwell and Alexandria Eregbu about the importance of hands-on research and the limits of extant textile scholarship. Learn about the formation of these two important teaching collections, their ongoing development, and their missions; and hear about the valuable lessons that can be learned from examining objects and how these crucial material resources have shaped artists’ practices. Location: The Mart Design HQ, 14th floor