Please note: Activities will be held at The Textile Museum and The Phillips Collection. Final program titles will be posted shortly.

Friday, October 16

7:30-9:00 pm
Members' Reception
The weekend begins with a reception, open to all symposium attendees and Textile Museum members, celebrating Contemporary Japanese Fashion: The Mary Baskett Collection.
The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street NW, Washington, D.C.

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Saturday, October 17

9:00 am
Coffee and Registration
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington, D.C.

9:30 am
Welcome
Maryclaire Ramsey, Chief Executive Officer, The Textile Museum

9:45 am
Morning Program

The Kimono Mirror: Reflections of Japanese Culture and Style
Sharon Takeda, Senior Curator and Head of the Department of Costume and Textiles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The Geisha Influence on Kimono Fashion
Liza Dalby, author of Kimono: Fashioning Culture, Geisha, and The Tale of Murasaki

The Modern Kimono: Women and Fashion in Interwar Japan
Kendall Brown, Associate Professor, Department of Art, California State University, Long Beach

12:15 pm
Lunch on Your Own

2:00 pm
Afternoon Program

Found in Translation: The Japanese Fashion Avant Garde
Harold Koda, Curator in Charge, Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In Search of an Identity: Japanese Youth in Fashion Subcultures
Yuniya Kawamura, Associate Professor, the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

Transforming Technologies in Japanese Textiles
Matilda McQuaid, Deputy Curatorial Director and Head of the Textiles Department, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York

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Sunday, October 18

9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
The Textile Museum

9:30-10:30 am
Curator's Tour of Contemporary Japanese Fashion

10:45 am-12:30 pm
Show-and-Tell
Facilitated by Michael M. Seidman, Trustee, The Textile Museum and member, International Hajji Baba Society

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Symposium guests have special rates at the Jury’s Normandy Inn and the The Churchill Hotel. Both are located within walking distance of The Phillips Collection and The Textile Museum. Please note that rates are subject to change based on availability, so guests should plan to reserve space as early as possible.

Jury’s Normandy Inn
2118 Wyoming Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Symposium Rate: $145.00 excluding room tax of 14.5% per room, per night. There is an additional $20.00 per person/per day for triple/quad occupancy.

For reservations, please call 202-483-6000 or 866-534-6835 or fax 202-232-1130 by September 25, 2009. Ask for The Textile Museum group.

The Churchill Hotel
1914 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009
Symposium Rate: $219.00 (room with king bed) excluding room tax of 14.5% per room, per night.

For reservations, please call 800-424-2464 or 202-797-2000 or fax 202-462-0944 by August 31, 2009.  Ask for The Textile Museum group.

REGISTRATION FEES

REGISTRATION IS LIMITED; PLEASE REGISTER EARLY.

Early Bird Registration (by October 2, 2009)
Price includes all programs

$220 • Members of The Textile Museum

$265 • Non-members (includes a one-year membership to The Textile Museum)

$180 • Students (includes a one-year membership to The Textile Museum)
Please include a photocopy of a valid student ID.

Standard Registration (after October 2, 2009)
Price includes all programs

$265 • Members of The Textile Museum

$310 • Non-members (includes a one-year membership to The Textile Museum)

$220 • Students (includes a one-year membership to The Textile Museum)
Please include a photocopy of a valid student ID.

Please note: We will be unable to make any refunds after September 18, 2009.

For accessibility information, please call The Textile Museum at
(202) 667-0441, ext. 35.

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