We will meet in The Textile Museum lobby to start our tour with a behind-the-scenes visit to their Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection to see contemporary textile art up close that ancient Latin American textile arts inspired. After a quick look at the Textiles 101 interactive gallery, we will take a guided tour of the current exhibition, “Weaving an Empire: Textiles of the Inka World,” with Shelley Burian, Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator, who oversees the Indigenous American textiles collection. Our event will end with a visit to the Artisan’s Gallery for some shopping (think birthdays and holidays) and to learn about handmade textiles and artisans representing global traditions.
This is the first event in a new series for our members called “FAMA Collectors and Connoisseurs,” designed to offer exclusive opportunities to explore the breadth and depth of the arts of the Americas, regardless of your level of expertise!
This is a FAMA members-only event for supporters belonging to the Friends of the Art Museum of the Americas, limited to 25 guests. If you or your guest are not current FAMA members, you may purchase membership in the ticket section (one for each person) of the Eventbrite page. Or join here today!
Learn more about the exhibition here
Date and Time
Tuesday, October 15, 11 am-1 pm
Location
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
GW’s Foggy Bottom Campus. 701 21st Street, NW. Washington, D.C. 20052
Your membership donation goes directly to Friends of the Art Museum of the Americas (FAMA), a nonprofit membership organization that supports the Museum’s exhibitions and educational outreach programs.
Image Credits (left to right), Courtesy of The Textile Museum:
Man’s tunic (unku), Peru, Late Horizon (1470-1532 CE). The Textile Museum Collection 91.147. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1932.
Installation view from “Weaving an Empire: Textiles of the Inka World.” Photo by Pulok Pramanik/the George Washington University.
James Bassler (American b.1933), Boxed Blocks, detail (2004), Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection.
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