Friday,
October 19
5:30
- 7:30 pm
Tour and Special Viewing
The weekend begins with a tour of Ahead of His Time: The
Collecting Vision of George Hewitt Myers followed by a
special viewing of other textiles collected by Myers with
Sumru Krody, Associate Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Collections.
Pick up your symposium packet and enjoy a glass of wine.
The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Saturday, October 20
9:00
am
Coffee and Registration
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington, D.C.
9:30
am
Welcome
Daniel Walker, Director, The Textile Museum
9:45
am
Morning Program
Art Collecting as Social Experience
Neil Harris, Preston and Sterling Morton Professor of History
and of Art History, University of Chicago
The
Seven Commandments of Collecting
Diane and Marc Grainer, collectors of contemporary fine craft;
past President of James Renwick Alliance (Diane) and Chair
of the American Craft Council (Marc)
Break
Changing
Gear: The Costume Institute's New Collecting Strategy
Harold Koda, Curator in Charge, Costume Institute, Metropolitan
Museum of Art
12:15
pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Afternoon Program
On
The Body, Off The Wall: Collecting Art To Wear
Julie Schafler Dale, owner and founder of Julie: Artisans'
Gallery (1973-present), the foremost showcase for clothing
as an art form
Back
to the Future: Collecting 20th-Century Textiles
Titi Halle, owner of Cora Ginsburg LLC: a gallery selling
exquisite and rare works of art from the 16th to the 20th
century
Break
Collecting
Antique Rugs and Textiles
James D.Burns, a fifty-year collector of rugs and textiles
from the Near East and Far East, and author of several books
on the subject
4:30 pm
Concluding Remarks
Daniel Walker
5:30
- 7:00 pm
Meet and Greet
Continue "collecting conversations" with your fellow
textile enthusiasts and symposium speakers and enjoy light
refreshments.
The Textile Museum
Sunday,
October 21
9:00
am
Continental Breakfast
The Textile Museum
9:30
- 11:00 am
Exhibition Tours in Galleries
Private Pleasures: Collecting Contemporary Textile Art
Rebecca A. T. Stevens, Consulting Curator, Contemporary Textiles
Textiles of Klimt's Vienna
Daniel Walker, Director, The Textile Museum
11:00
am - 12:30 pm
Show-and-Tell
Bring a favorite object from your own collection.
Michael M. Seidman, Trustee, The Textile Museum and member,
International Hajji Baba Society
ACCOMODATIONS
Symposium
guests have special rates at Jury's Normandy Inn, located
within walking distance of The Phillips Collection and The
Textile Museum.
Jury's
Normandy Inn
2118 Wyoming Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Symposium Rate: $149 (Single/Double)
Total Room Tax is 14.5% per room, per night
All rates are single/double; please add $15.00 per person
per night for triple and quad rates.
To
reserve a room, call (800) 424-3729 by September 21, 2007.
Please ask for The Textile Museum group.
If
the Jury's Normandy Inn is sold out, please call A
Room With A View for information on the designated
overflow hotel. They will secure the lowest available rate
within a short distance to The Textile Museum. A Room With
A View can be reached at 1-800-780-4343
This is a FREE SERVICE for all conference attendees.
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