Threads of History: Textiles at Cornell Planning

Working Documents in Box

Textiles at CUL Planning Committee Members

Kofi Acree (RMC & Africana)
Carole Atkinson (Asia)
Kate Carlin (RMC)
Marcie Farwell (Kheel Center) (organizer)
Eveline Ferretti (Mann)
Prof. Denise Green (CF+TC)
Jenny Leijonhufvud (Mann)
Joan Lubin (RAD)
Marcus Reed (Management)
Lenora Schneller (Music)
Marsha Taichman (FAL)
Martha Walker (FAL)
Kenneth Williams (RMC)

Exhibit Locations, Themes, and Openings

CF+TC (Location: HEB Display Cases and HEB Lobby Entrance) "Threads of Life, Love, and Loss: An HIV/AIDS Story"  (August 15 - December 2, 2022)

FAL: "Inside/Outside" in Olin (October 2022-February 2023)

RMC: "Social Fabric: Land, Labor, and the World the Textile Industry Created" (October 27 2022-September 1, 2023)

Africana: Kente Cloth and Its Historical Meaning (February 2023)

Mann: "A New Book of Instruction" (February 2023-June 2023)

Management: "Culture of Business" Dress (April 2023-June 2023)

Music (TBD)
Kheel (TBD
Asia (TBD)

Panels and Symposiums, Themes, and Dates (suggested)

RMC Opening Panel/Speaker (October 27, 2022)
Mann Opening Panel/Speaker (February/March 2023)
Symposium (April 2023)
Reunion/Closing Panel (June 2023)

Deadlines

• Create look for "Threads of History": June 2022
• Launch "Threads of History" Spotlight page: July 2022
• Create digital signs and posters for "Threads of History: July 2022
• Chronicle article material for launch: July 15, 2022
  
  

Check List for Exhibits

• Decide on title for overall title by March 1, 2022
  
• Decide on themes for exhibits by meeting on February 9, 2022
  
• Decide on openings for exhibits by meeting on February 9, 2022
  

Check List for Panels and Symposiums

• Create short list of panelists by
• Invite final panelists by