Exhibit Opening New York City
Melinda Watt, the curator from the MET who was here filming yesterday, and Han Vu, the videographer from Bard College’s Graduate Center for the Arts, said goodbye this morning and headed back to New York.
Melinda is a teeny-tiny bit stressed over the way time is accelerating and the to-do list is lengthening as she gets closer to the exhibit opening. She’s still working on the catalogue for it, which sounds absolutely amazing and I can’t wait to see it. In fact, I’ve already pre-ordered a copy through our gift shop book buyer, but I refrained from mentioning this to her because I thought the idea that people were pre-ordering a book she isn’t finished with yet might be a little alarming. So send her encouraging thoughts. This exhibit is going to be excellent.
I promised you details – English Embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580 – 1700 Twixt Art and Nature December 11, 2008 – March 15, 2009, at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture 18 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 – www.bgc.bard.edu
Melinda left a great brochure for the exhibit; here’s a bit of the description:
“English Embroidery comprises approximately 80 objects from the MMA’s collection of embroideries and comparative supplemental material from the Museum and other institutions and private collectors. The exhibition is presented on three floors of the BGC and is organized in sections that explore thematic and typological characteristics of the embroideries. Original printed images and texts, combined with high-quality photo reproductions, help the viewer contextualize the embroideries in a way that has not been attempted previously. There is also a special animation component, consisting of three digital videos that demonstrate stitch techniques, to enhance visitors’ understanding of this art form.”
There’s a lot more, but I bet you’re drooling already. And as if that weren’t enough, Tricia and Melinda and the other exhibit coordinators are finalizing various special events around the exhibit. I’ll ask Tricia to do us a blog entry when the details are set.
Tags: catalogue, Han, Melinda, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MMA, video
September 28th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Jill,
I know that this set isn’t from your period of interest, but… This is an interesting set of mod-1800s stays on auction at Christies. There are also some blackwork coifs – finished and unfinished, and at least one blackwork forehead cloth.
Looking at these thing makes me sigh and wish my bank account was larger. Ah well…
Linda
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?pos=4&intObjectID=5120776&sid=2a714195-09intSaleID=21907
October 1st, 2008 at 11:46 am
This should be a very exciting exhibit. For lace enthusiasts, there are many pieces of embroidery in this exhibit with the original lace on them. This provides an excellent opportunity to see the early plaited laces such as we are making for the jacket. I keep checking back on the Bard site for the schedule of accompanying programs, but so far they have not been posted. I hope I am not vioating any secret if I mention that there will be a symposium about the exhibit on January 23, 2008. I don’t know about you, but January is not so far away for me, and I have marked my calendar appropriately.
Devon
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Oops! I meant January 23, 2009, of course.