The Bay Area Forum for artists, Council aficionados & collectors of , rugs & , baskets, costume & wearable September 2009 Upcoming Programs and Announcements Volume XXIV, All programs are held in the Koret Auditorium at the in Golden Gate Park, Number 3 50 Hagiwara Tea Drive, San Francisco. Admission to the programs is FREE to TAC members, $10 for non-members, and $5 for for FAMSF members and students with I.D. No additional Museum admission fee is necessary. You may enter from the garage level or the main floor entrance between the main and side doors to the Museum.

Saturday, September 26th, 2009, 10 a.m. velvet with beautiful floral patterns and of Oaxaca, Mexico: once worked extensively with indigo. He’ll also Tradition and Change discuss highland Mixtec and Zapotec produc- tion in remote corners of Oaxaca, the last places in With Eric Mindling Mesoamerica where Spanish silk is still produced, Oaxaca is a land of profound history: the and the weavers in Mexico’s largest weav- birthplace of corn, a cradle of sophisticated ing village, where master dyers coax dozens of cultures, site of one of the oldest Mesoamerican shades from cochineal. cities, and a place in which traditional cultures Finally, Eric will look at the challenges these tradi- still flourish. It is also home to some of Mexico’s tional artisans are today. Is there a future for most interesting, if little known, backstrap weaving, silk, and cochineal, purpura, fiber arts traditions. and indigo in Oaxaca? If so, what does it look like, Eric Mindling will present the and how are the artisans getting there? Will the world of Oaxacan fiber arts daughters of the coastal Mixtecs wear pozahuan- by following the threads and cos—or perhaps of hand-spun silk…? that are used to create Eric is bringing some exceptional textiles for us to the pozahuanco, a - see. These include pozahuancos as well as textiles like woven and worn by from other Oaxacan groups. Mixtec women of the Oaxacan Programs continue on page 2, col. 2 lowlands. This garment is woven of cotton and silk on backstrap and dyed with shellfish Trunk sale of Oaxacan textiles purple (Purpura panza), indigo, Saturday, September 26, 1 – 3:30 p.m. and, historically, cochineal red. Location (in San Francisco) and directions will Eric shows a Tacuate be available at the lecture or by calling the TAC man’s from Santiago Eric will talk about the history behind these Ixtayutla decorated with office at 415 750-3627. sulferina-dyed, handspun materials: the Spanish colonial ambitions, the silk supplemenary weft. precious red traded worldwide, and the This is a rare opportunity to acquire a Pinotepa economic ups and downs of the Spanish silk de Don Luis pozahuanco with purpura and indigo trade in the New World. He’ll discuss once (very few of these are available even in thriving coastal trade routes in royal purple, and Mexican galleries) or other fine examples of the Pinotepa de Don Luis dyers, 25 of the last Oaxacan textile artistry. Approximately 25 textiles traditional shell dyers on earth.. Eric is bringing from Oaxaca will be on sale at a private home close to the de Young Museum. Fine Arts Following these threads, Eric will take us to Included will be items made with hand-spun Museums of the homes of Huave weavers who once dyed silk and brown cotton, purpura- and cochineal- San Francisco and traded purpura and still weave intricate dyed textiles, silk , and Mixtec brocade textiles. He’ll talk about the Amuzgo, the finest de Young and Zapotec floral . A portion of the Oaxacan cotton spinners, and the embroiderers Legion proceeds will go to benefit TAC programs. of Honor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, who produce 1 109 words/lhs

Notes from the Chair Programs continued from page 1 I’ve been arranging books on my new built-in bookshelves the last few days. The new book space has brought to light many books that have been stored away in boxes and Eric Mindling has lived in Oaxaca for 17 that I haven’t encountered in a long time. And, as the song goes, it’s almost like being years and is an author, photographer, in love sorting through these delightful books, each a world unto itself. It’s a glorious lecturer, and founder of Traditions feeling, handling all these special treasures. Similar books are being grouped together, Mexico, a company that creates Mary Oliver and Rumi fitting into the poetry shelves, and all the history books together pioneering, culturally focused tours and in one rich category. workshops that take participants into But most of my books are about textiles and rugs. And if they could talk, I’d hear them the world of Mexico’s artisans. He is being happy, in their own bookish way, about being released into the world again currently working on a pilot for a public and seeing the light of day properly. I admit having a preference for these books with television series on Mexican culture and pictures, of textiles and their contexts, of course. One look is worth a thousand words, is writing a book about the traditional isn’t it? Each textile, each image of people using textiles, is its own world too. potters of Oaxaca. And now to the point: while books are a real love of mine, even more so are textiles themselves. I love the special dimensional magic, built up line by line, weft interlacing Saturday, October 17th, 2009, 10 a.m. with warp, again and again until the textile becomes whole. It’s the texture, the pattern, Transordinary Vessels: The the techniques of weaving and , the pure esthetic as well as understanding the Sculptural Basketry of Emily underlying structure. So pervasive are textiles in the human experience that nearly every Dvorin culture has some form of fabric production. With Emily Dvorin That’s what the Council is about, appreciating and learning about textiles in their vast diversity and beauty. No one example serves us better than the recent Challenging the traditional definition Carol Walter Sinton Program given by Bina Rao. Her presentation, “Tribal Textiles of of basketry, our speaker, sculptural : Dilemma for Survival: Conserve or Diversify?” was a tour de force of information basketmaker Emily Dvorin, explores and imagery and a celebration of what two people can do to effect the preservation of contemporary interpretations of this traditional textiles and their techniques. The lecture was followed by a reception and traditional utilizing non-traditional sale at The Folkart Gallery in San Rafael. Thanks to Sharon Christovich, a TAC board materials. A fiber artist for more than member, for making this possible. I wish all TAC members could have been at these 32 years, she transforms the ordinary events, they simply were that inspiring. through manipulation, construction, I encourage every textile enthusiast to take advantage of TAC programs—especially alteration, repetition of singular elements, TAC members, as it is you who make these programs possible through your support of coiling, weaving, and assembling to TAC. If you haven’t already sent in your membership renewal for next year, please keep create dense arrangements of common in mind that our membership fees are the main source of TAC finances. Our lecture urban objects. series is truly first rate. My ’s off once again to the Program Committee for TAC’s marvelous series of monthly Saturday morning lectures. Sculpting with fiber and interacting with material, pattern, color, design, While the lectures and other programs are at the heart of what we do, we also take and shape and texture, Ms. Dvorin has pride in our commitment to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco textile department, officially known as the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Department of Textile Arts. It is an won awards and honors for her baskets extraordinary textile department and all textile lovers in the Bay Area should be thankful and currently teaches four different to have such a unique resource with its collections, its exhibitions and resources, and its Programs continue on page 3, col. 1 curators. In that regard we are sad to note the resignation of Diane Mott as curator. She had last curated the exhibition For Tent and Trade: Masterpieces of Turkmen Weaving, a marvelous exhibition of selected masterpieces from the deYoung’s world-class collection. Thank you, Diane, for your work and dedication these past thirteen years. We will miss you and wish you well in all your future endeavors. Finally, I wish to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the board members. Thanks to each of you for your time in meetings, both board and committee, and for all the ideas and communications. It is a genuine pleasure to work with each of you.

Paul Ramsey TAC Chair

Atypicaltropical by Emily Dvorin 2 A Greener Indigo – a workshop Programs continued from page 2 Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10 a.m. with Barbara Shapiro The Magic of Indigo techniques of basketry. Originally November 14, 2009, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. from the East Coast, Ms. Dvorin With Barbara Shapiro San Francisco State University has lived and taught in Marin Discover the magic and delve into the Explore the magic mystery of indigo, one of the since the 1970s. Recently she mystery of indigo with Barbara Shapiro, oldest and most influential dyes, in a hands-on gave up ownership of a retail a textile artist whose work has been workshop. Barbara will set up an indigo dye contemporary store in San widely exhibited and published both bath using a simple ecological formula suitable for studio use. She will introduce basic indigo Anselmo in order to fulfill her locally and internationally. lifelong dream of being a full-time dyeing procedures and resist techniques for Indigo, one of the oldest and most your samples. You will prepare cloth for dyeing artist. She now has a studio in influential of dyes, has a long and and experiment with resist dyeing and printing Sausalito. fascinating history. Derived from or painting with thickened indigo. By the end of Part of being a basketmaker different plants found all around the the day you will have a set of dyed and printed indigo samples and the knowledge to go on is the gathering of ingredients. world, indigo has long been prized for using this magic dye with a non-toxic “green” Ms. Dvorin’s philosophy is that its rare color as well as its medicinal formula suitable for the home studio. Alternate “everything in life is basket powers. This ancient dye stuff has had recipes will be discussed. material,” and she finds materials a huge impact on fortune and trade The “new” green formula is based on research everywhere and anywhere. She throughout the world as its availability by French natural dye expert Michel Garcia, is noted for her use of cable ties, rose and fell with empires. It has presented during the World Shibori (and plastic tubing, straws, shoulder come to be strongly associated with Natural Dye) Symposium in October 2008. pads, wire, hardware, cloth certain cultures, not least our own Barbara has been experimenting with this zippers, hair curlers, chopsticks, blue denim phenomenon. Well suited rediscovered formula since then and feels newspaper bags, and ordinary to resist dyeing techniques, indigo it is important to share this safer, non-toxic, household items. Her use of has given color to a wide variety of fume-free, inexpensive, and easily disposed of repurposed, recontextualized distinctive patterning. The mystique formula widely used during the 18th century. The formula can also be thickened and used materials is a commentary on the and chemistry of traditional formulas to paint or print with indigo. This workshop will overconsumption of commercial and contemporary practices will be complement Barbara’s lecture on November 21, goods. Her work references discussed in this lecture. Special 2009, at the de Young Museum. everyday life and our relationship attention will be given to a particular The workshop is limited to 12 students and is with our urban environment. formula, used extensively in the 18th open to Textile Arts Council members only Many of her vessel forms are century, which is making a comeback Location: San Francisco State University created with an emotional and as a safe and ecological way for Cost: $100, including materials personal visual vocabulary contemporary artists to use both To register: please contact the TAC office at that speak of life’s issues. Ms. natural and synthetic indigo. 415 750-3627 or [email protected] Dvorin’s whimsical, exuberant Barbara Shapiro’s love of indigo has use of color and texture and influenced her own woven artwork for her optimistic, sometimes edgy, many years and has recently given approach make her vessels new life to her exploration of traditional truly original and definitely basketry forms. Ms. Shapiro is an advi- transordinary. sory board member of the Textile Arts Please join us for a unique Council as well as a board member opportunity to explore the of the Textile Society of America. She creative world of this remarkable lectures and teaches weaving, dyeing, sculptural fiber artist as she surface design, and basketry tech- shares with us her visual niques and has volunteered as a teach- language. In this time of “going ing assistant at San Francisco State green,” perhaps she will also University, where she has maintained inspire us to reconsider our the indigo dye pots for many years. commitment to recycling and Please join us to learn more about the Moonscape by reusing everything around us. magic and mystery of indigo. Barbara Shapiro 3 Amish Abstractions: from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown Lonna and Marshall Wais Gallery and Diane Dollar Knowles and Gorham B. Knowles Gallery of Textile Arts

November 14, 2009 to June 6, 2010

Amish Abstractions: Quilts from the Collection of Faith and the previous exhibition focused solely on the quilts from Stephen Brown showcases the artistry and diversity of the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Amish Abstractions Amish quiltmaking tradition with 48 full-size and crib quilts encompasses quilts from a larger swath of Amish dating from the 1880s to the 1940s, the height of Amish communities with a special focus on the Midwest. quiltmaking. Bay Area collectors Faith and Stephen Brown While the earliest recorded in Amish inventories began collecting quilts more than thirty years ago. They have dates to 1831, quiltmaking did not become a pervasive built one of the most important collections of Amish quilts in activity among Amish women until the1880s—decades private hands, with premier examples from various communities after it had become established in mainstream America in Pennsylvania and the Midwest. and after the Amish migration to Midwestern farmlands. The Amish represent Consequently, divergent quiltmaking traditions exist among a deeply conservative the Pennsylvania Amish and the Midwestern Amish. These branch of the juxtapositions allow for interesting comparisons between Anabaptists, a radical the settlements and offers insight into the group decisions Protestant sect that that guide the quilts’ aesthetics—decisions that were often emerged in affected by the event of establishing a new settlement. during the early 16th In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the oldest established century. The Amish Amish settlement, the women worked with a very limited doctrine, established number of quilt patterns. These patterns, including the in 1693 by Jakob Center Square, , and Bars, were introduced by the Ammann, is based on other Germanic settlers populating the area. Bold geometric creating a community patterns, saturated colors, fine woolen fabrics, and apart from the rest elaborate characterize the Lancaster quilts, making of society. This them the most distinct in the Amish tradition. These quilts community of believers reflect not only their conservative Old Order Amish belief makes no separation Plate 1, Railroad Crossing system but also churches that were both well established Melinda Miller, Walnut Creek, Ohio between their secular Dated “1888” in quilting. 89 x 69 in. and prosperous. Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown and religious activities and accepts that In contrast, the Midwestern Amish quiltmakers, working spiritual redemption is found in the submission of the individual with a large repertoire of quilt patterns, favored finely pieced to the group. Escaping persecution, the first wave of Amish quilts with complex geometric patterns, a repeated block immigrated to the United States from southern Germany, the pattern format, less detailed quilting, and cotton fabrics. The Alsace, and Switzerland between 1737 and 1754, settling on earliest quilt in the Browns’ collection, Railroad Crossing farms in Pennsylvania and, later, throughout the Midwest and (see plate 1), by Melinda Miller of Walnut Creek, Ohio, Canada. Living largely apart from mainstream culture, the Amish dates to 1888. This rare example from the 1880s illustrates reject most modern conveniences in favor of a quiet, ordered the early preference of the Midwestern Amish for complex life that is reflected in their buildings, furnishings, gardens, and piecework. Furthermore, the quilt indicates that the Ohio quilts. Amish had gained enough affluence to allow the women the leisure time to create quilts of remarkable beauty and While the Amish learned quiltmaking from their “English” (non- intricacy. Amish) neighbors, they quickly developed a unique sensibility of their own, coupling distinctive choices of quilt patterns and The Amish women of Arthur, Illinois, have created a distinct fabrics with unusual spatial arrangements. For those who tradition. Settled in 1865 by families from various Eastern recall the landmark exhibition Amish: The Art of the Quilt from and Midwestern communities, Arthur was a thriving the Esprit Collection mounted at the old de Young in 1990, community that grew without dissension. These factors Amish Abstractions works as a perfect continuance. Whereas nurtured the women’s unique aesthetic in quiltmaking. Their

TAC Newsletter 4 quilts reflect two separate traditions that, Visiting the de Young while the Boy King is in residence combined, create startling effects, as seen in The de Young’s special exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the this Crazy Star quilt (see plate 2), in which a Pharaohs, runs until March 28, 2010. Although the museum is definitely busier central star motif prominent in Pennsylvania than usual, we encourage our members to enjoy the other exhibits and our quilts is imposed on a repeated block pattern own Textile Arts Council programs as always. common in Midwestern quilts. There are a few special access issues during the run of this exhibition. The On view from November 14, 2009, to June garage entrance is being used exclusively as an exit unless you are disabled. 6, 2010, Amish Abstractions celebrates the Visitors coming in for anything other than Tut are asked to use the Education significance of Amish quilts in the history entrance near the Tower (the one with a revolving door). of American textiles while highlighting the beauty and complexity of the quilts’ abstract patterns. Tutt Remak

Jill D’Alessandro A good friend to the Textile Arts Council and the de Young’s textile department, Acting Curator Tutt Remak, passed away recently. Those of you whose memories go back to the early days of the department and the beginnings of TAC will remember A fully illustrated catalogue will accompany Tutt. A native of Germany and an avid needlewoman, Tutt was one of the first the exhibition with contributions by three textile conservation volunteers, part of the army mustered by Anna Bennett to quilt experts. All three authors will be prepare our tapestry collection for the acclaimed exhibition Five Centuries of speaking at the museum along with Stephen Tapestry in 1976. She sat on the first board for the Textile Arts Council in the and Faith Brown and well-known quilt late 1980s and was a faithful member and supporter through the years. historian and collector Jonathan Holstein at the symposium Amish/American: Quilts in Congratulations Context. See information below. Among the recent inductees to the American Craft Council’s College of Fellows were two well-known local fiber artists and TAC members. Congratulations to Gyongy Laky and Adela Akers. for the feature in the October/November issue of American Craft magazine.

Symposium: Amish/American: Quilts in Context Saturday, December 5, 1 to 4 p.m.

de Young Museum, Koret Auditorium

A diverse panel of speakers presents an in-depth look at the art of Amish quilts. Each guest will discuss a different aspect of Amish and American quiltmaking tradition. Collectors Faith and Stephen Brown will make introductory remarks.

Joe Cunningham: “The Quiltmaker’s Quandary” Jonathan Holstein: “On Collecting and Its Consequences” Plate 2, Crazy Star Arthur, Illinois Janeken Smucker: “Gifts of Humility, Objects of Pride” ca. 1920 Robert Shaw: “American Quilts: The Democratic Art” 74 x 63 in. Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown For more information: 415 750-3531 or [email protected]

5 Welcome Ethnic Textile Bazaar to Our New Members Sunday, September 27, noon – 4 p.m.

The Workshop, 2010 Balboa St. (at 21st Ave.), San Francisco Through July 13, 2009

Free admission Dorothy Abbott Nancy Bavor Don’t miss this rare opportunity to browse through hundreds of interesting hangings, ethnic clothes, decorative pieces, rugs, and other textile items Tania Bedford from many lands and peoples, all from the collections of TAC members. Mary-Helen Binger Elise Bodtke Highlights include: Linda Boentgen Joan Chatfield-Taylor Japanese , shibori ◆ early 20th century block-printed/embroidered Persian Carol Durham hangings ◆ Uzbeki and Afghan floral-embroidered wall hangings and silk ikat Sandra Farrell yardage ◆Êv} >˜ÊŽˆˆ“ÊUÊÕÀÌ>Ê­-Ü>Ì®Êi“LÀœˆ`iÀÞÊ◆ Palestinian (Deir Ibzi) cross- Paola Gianturco embroidered , , pillow covers ◆ Chinese silk embroidery ◆ Lisa Haydon Hmong blankets and an indigo calendared and batiked vest ◆ Indonesian batiks Debra Jack ◆ Laotian, Cambodian, and Indonesian handwoven supplementary weft textiles Margaret Kinda ◆ rare pink Kente cloth from Ghana ◆ Kaross Project (Limpopo, South ) Fred King embroidered narrative textiles ◆ Yugoslav floral-patterned saddlebag ◆ textiles Lorna Lee photographed in Masako Takahashi’s Mexican Textiles; e.g. colorful embroidered Cristin McKnight Tehuantepec blouses ◆ Guatemalan handwoven , huipiles, rebozos,and Melody Marks ◆ San Blas Islands molasÊUÊ«ÕÀÃiÃÊvÀœ“ÊÀ>˜]Ê i˜ÌÀ>ÊÈ>Ê]Ê>˜`Ê6ˆi̘>“Ê◆ Gloria Miller handwoven, colorful vests and jackets ◆ pillows from Turkey and Morocco Geri Patterson-Kutras Part of the proceeds will go to benefit TAC and its programs. Peggy Purcell Duplicate books from the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Department of Textiles Penelope Rose Arts, de Young Museum, will also be offered for sale. Nancy Ukai Russell Sandra Stoneman Carson & John Taylor Save the Date! TAC BOARD Donna Terry Valborg Thomas Join us on Saturday, January 16th, 2010, at 12:30 Paul Ramsey Advisory Board Dana Upton Chair p.m. for a very special members-only luncheon Sue Friedland Betty Wass El-Wakil celebrating the exhibition Amish Abstractions: Gerry Masteller Karine Langan Anne Wright Wilson Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Vice Chair Barbara Shapiro Gretchen Turner Brown. Hear about the exhibition and the Peggy Gordon Susan York extraordinary quilts on display from curator Jill Treasurer NEXT NEWSLETTER D’Alessandro and the collectors themselves, Barbara Kelly DEADLINE and enjoy lunch in the de Young’s Piazzoni Mural Secretary October 16, 2009 Room. Cost is $50 per person and space is Ruth Anderson Please send your copy limited. For reservations, contact the TAC office at Mikki Bourne to the TAC office at Sharon Christovich [email protected] 415 750-3627 or email [email protected] Mary Connors Joyce Goode Robin Hampton Serena Harrigan Ana Lisa Hedstrom David Holloway Kathy Judkins Darlene Jurow Cynthia Shaver Laurel Sprigg

TAC Newsletter 6 GENERAL CALENDAR Until Sept. 15 Graduate Show, MFA 2009. Virtual gallery Oct. 2 – 4 Pattern Design Conference, Internationally known exhibition, www.FiberScene.com speakers, master classes. Presented by the Center for Pattern Design in partnership with the Art Institute Until Sept. 20 Lords of the Samurai, Asian Art Museum, of California. Various locations in San Francisco. San Francisco Includes armor, formal attire, masks, To register and for more information, go to www. www.asianart.org centerforpatterndesign.org Until Oct. 25 The World According to Joyce Gross: Quilts Oct. 4 – Jan. 10, 2010 Grass Roots: African Origins of an from the Dolph Briscoe Center and Fabric Tattoos: American Art. The parallel histories of coiled baskets The Spirit of the Mola. Both at the San Jose on two continents. UCLA’s Fowler Museum, Museum of Quilts & Textiles, www.fowler.ucla.edu www.sjquiltmuseum.org Oct. 11 – Jan. 24, 2010 Knitted, Knotted, Netted, Group Until Nov. 7 and Politics, The Museum at FIT, G show featuring artists on the forward edge of textiles N I New York, www.fitnyc.edu/museum and art. Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, O

G Until Nov. 14 Lia Cook: The Embedded Profile, University 908 735-8415, www.hunterdonartmuseum.org N of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, O www. Oct. 15 – 26 Antique Rug & Textile Show (ARTS), uwartmuseum.blogspot.com/ International exhibitors, Motel Capri, 2015 Greenwich Until Jan. 31, 2010 Madeleine Vionnet: Puriste de la Mode St., San Francisco, arts.jozan.net/. – garments and patterns by the great modernist Oct. 16 – Apr. 4, 2010 Design USA: Contemporary designer. Les Arts Decoratifs, Paris, www. Innovation, Work by the winners of the prestigious lesartsdecoratifs.fr National Design Awards in diverse disciplines including fashion and interior design, www. Until Jan. 3, 2010 Recent Acquisitions cooperhewitt.org Feb. 1, 2010 The Finishing Touch: Accessories from the Bolivian Highlands Oct. 17 – Apr. 11, 2010 Contemporary Japanese Fashion: Mar. 6, 2010 Timbuktu to Tibet: Rugs and Textiles of the The Mary Baskett Collection, The Textile Museum, Hajji Babas Washington, DC, www.textilemuseum.org All at the Textile Museum, Washington, DC, Oct. 17 Third Annual Art of Collecting Symposium, www.textilemuseum.org San Jose Museum of Quilt and Textiles, www. SEPTEMBER sjquiltmuseum.org Sept. 10 – Nov. 16 Wish You Were Here: Oct. 30 – Nov. 18 High Fiber Under Five, Annual sale – all Postcards. Second non-juried exhibit of artist- pieces under $500. San Jose Museum of Quilts and created fiber mail art. Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Textiles, www.sjquiltmuseum.org AZ, www.tohonochulpark.org NOVEMBER Sept. 12, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Open House at the Sewing Nov. 11 – Feb. 7, 2010 Still Crazy, Crazy quilts at the Workshop. For a full calendar of classes in San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, www. various textile techniques taught by well-known sjquiltmuseum.org Bay Area artists and teachers, go to www. Nov. 14 – June 6, 2010 Amish Abstractions: Quilts from the thesewingworkshop.com. 2010 Balboa St., San Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown, de Young Francisco, 415 221-7397. Museum Textile Gallery. Sept. 11 – Oct. 5 NeoFelt: The Future of an Ancient Art. Nov. 14 A Greener Indigo – a workshop with Barbara The Creamery Arts Center, Hotchkiss, CO, www. Shapiro, see page 3 for details. northforksarts.org DECEMBER Sept. 25 – Oct. 29 Quilt National ’09, 16th biennial juried Dec. 5 Symposium: Amish/American: Quilts in Context. A exhibition, The Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, panel of four eminent speakers and the collectors, MO, 636 255-0276, www.foundryartcentre.org Faith and Stephen Brown, 1 – 4 p.m., see page Sept. 27 TAC Ethnic Textile Bazaar! See page 6 for 5 for details. Information at 415 750-3531 or details. [email protected]. Sept. 30 Patterns of Long Ago: Reflections of China in JANUARY Japanese Noh Costume, Museum of Fine Arts JAN. 29 Deadline for entries: Green: A Color and a Cause, A Boston’s Compton Gallery, www.mfa.org juried exhibition at the Textile Museum, Washington, DC, April 1 – Sept. 30, 2011. This exhibition will OCTOBER celebrate green as a color and a cause, and include Oct. 1 – Jan. 24, 2010 Open Source Embroidery, techno- contemporary pieces as well as textiles from the stitchery, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San permanent collection, www.textilemuseum.org/ Francisco, www.mocfa.org exhibitions/upcoming/GREEN.htm 7 Textile Arts Council September Don’t miss these exciting TAC events! 2009 Textiles of Oaxaca, Mexico: Tradition and Change With Eric Mindling Saturday, September 26 Koret Auditorium de Young Museum

Transordinary Vessels: The Sculptural Basketry of Emily Dvorin With Emily Dvorin Saturday, October 17 Koret Auditorium de Young Museum

The Magic of Indigo With Barbara Shapiro Saturday, November 21 Koret Auditorium de Young Museum Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco de Young Legion of Honor Textile Arts Council de Young Museum 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA 94118-4501 415-750-3627

OFFICERS Chair Paul Ramsey Treasurer Peggy Gordon Office Manager Trish Daly Editor Lucy Smith

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