Threads of History: Textiles at Cornell Planning

Working Documents in Box

Textiles at CUL Planning Committee Members

Kofi Acree (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" (March 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