L. Clark, Editor | Costume Society of America
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
Sandra Staebell is the Registrar/Collections Curator at the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University. Her love of history led her to study Public History and Museum Studies in school, with a B.A. in History from the University of Northern Iowa and an M.A. in Museum Science from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. From there she moved to the Kentucky Museum in 1988 and has been there ever since.
She sees the textiles and costume collection of the museum as one of its biggest strengths, pointing out that the staff has been working directly with the University, specifically what was then called the Home Economics department, since the early 1980s. Today this partnership continues to be an integral part of operations at the museum. Staebell is currently working directly with an honors class to create an exhibit about 1960s Mod Style. Garments from the collection are also made available for instructors to use
Decolonizing Art: A Conversation with Dr. Monique Renee Scott
March 3 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
What does it mean to “decolonize art?” How do representations of Africa and people of African descent in art and art museums reproduce and reinforce anti-Black racism? How do art, history, and anthropology museums use the past to authorize inequalities…
What does it mean to “decolonize art?” How do representations of Africa and people of African descent in art and art museums reproduce and reinforce anti-Black racism? How do art, history, and anthropology museums use the past to authorize inequalities in the present? How can we now refuse colonial narratives in these spaces? Join us for a conversation with Dr. Monique Renee Scott, Director of Museum Studies at Bryn Mawr College and a Consulting Scholar for the African Section of the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Keeper of cradles
Dakobinaawaswaan (Baby in a Cradleboard) showcases the beauty of motherhood and legacy of Indigenous traditions with more than 100 cradleboards.
Feb 27, 2021 11:06 AM By: Katelin Hogard
Allowing a child to see the world at the eye level of adult members of their community is a moment of grace and connection for Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. Shirley Stevens, along with Caitlyn Bird, have revealed the importance of this with their new exhibit, Dakobinaawaswaan (Baby in a Cradleboard) at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
Shirley Stevens, from Opwaaganasiniing, Lake Helen Reserve, began collecting cradleboards after the cradleboard she used for her daughter, Cree Stevens, disappeared from a moving truck. This cradleboard was gifted to Stevens in Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging, Rocky Bay First Nation, and had carried 18 children.
Explorations in Circular Motion The Evolution of Mariana Copello’s Artistic Process
When first encountering a piece by Houston-based visual artist Mariana Copello, one of the first things you notice is its impeccable execution. From the application of color to the precision of every edge and finish, it is clear that every single detail has been carefully thought of.
Nonetheless, if you take the time to get to know the piece, as well as other works by Copello, you start finding captivating clues to the artist’s mind and creative process.
I have been in close contact with Copello’s artistic investigation since the day we met, more than eight years ago. Back then, Copello had just exhibited what would become one of her signature pieces at an annual juried exhibition at the Glassell School of Art, where she was still a student. The piece, a striking yellow Allegro [Image 1] was, to me, the beginning of an outstanding never-ending exploration that would take different forms a
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm and the Eastville Community Historical Society will present their Seventh Annual Black History Month Celebration online this Sunday, Feb. 28 at 2 p.m.
This year’s program will feature a conversation with Lauren Brincat, Curator at Lloyd’s Manor and Donnamarie Barnes, Curator at Sylvester Manor.
Moderated by Dr. Georgette Grier-Key, Executive Director Eastville Community Historical Society, the program will explore the connections between the families of Sylvester Manor and Lloyd’s Manor in Huntington, NY.
The two locations were connected through Tammero and Oyou of Sylvester Manor, whose grandson Jupiter Hammon of Lloyd’s Manor was the first published African American poet.