Exhibitions and Events

Past Exhibitions and Events

Friends of Textiles Lecture Series:

"Contemporary Textile Design" by Wook Kim

Thursday, October 8 at 7 p.m.

Denius Student Center, Hartley Room

Wook Kim, a Brooklyn-based textile designer, will be the guest speaker. Born in Seoul, Korea, his passion for textile design began as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design where he teaches textile art. Also an artist and graphic designer, he worked at Sunbury Textile Mills in New York and graduated with a master’s degree in fine arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan.

Kim also designs unique wallpaper art that incorporates animal and exotic motifs, which is available at MatterNYC and MatterBrooklyn design stores. He is inspired largely by the aesthetics of his home country as well as other Asian art forms. His work has been displayed at galleries in New York City, Provincetown, Ma., Washington state, and Seoul and has been critically acclaimed by the New York Times and Elle Décor. Samples of his art are available at http://www.wookkim.com.

"The History of Western Textile Design" by Adriana Scalamandré Bitter

Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m.
Denius Student Center, Hartley Room

Adriana Scalamandré Bitter, daughter of the famous designer, Franco Scalamandré and Co-Chair of Scalamandré fabric company, will present "The History of Western Textile Design" in the Hartley Room of the Denius Student Center. This visually rich lecture will cover 200 years of design history, highlighting methods of historical restoration and the historical silk reproductions for which Scalamandré is famous. Reception with light refreshments begins at 6:15 p.m.

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Kimono: a Transition to Modernity

February 2-April 24, 2009
Funk Textiles Gallery Crawford Building, Room 405

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Uncommon Threads: Fashioning Kimono

5th Annual Ruth Funk Lecturer in Textiles: Annie van Assche "The Kimono and Western Dress in the Early 20th Century: a Revolution in Fashion"

Thursday, February 19, 2009 7 p.m.
Gleason Performing Arts Center

Visit  http://411.fit.edu/threads for details.

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Friends of Textiles Lecture Series:  "Kimono as Quilt" by Yvonne Porcella

February 3, 2009, at 7 p.m.
Gleason Performing Arts Center

“Kimono as Quilt” describes the influence of the Japanese kimono on 20th century textile artists and on her own work. Her wearable art and modern quilts have been featured in major exhibitions, art galleries and museums around the world. She has taught and lectured throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and Japan. http://yvonne.porcella.ws/

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Patterns of Life: Kuba Cloth and Design

August 18–December 12, 2008
Funk Textiles Gallery Crawford Building, Room 405

Details: Kuba Cloth; Woven raffia cloth with reverse appliquéd geometric shapes. From: Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) Size: 12‘ 6“ L. x 28“ W.

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Art of Fashion

February 21–July 3, 2008
Funk Textiles Gallery Crawford Building, Room 405

Includes whimsical creations inspired by the wearable art movement: jewelry by the Florida Tech gallery's namesake, Ruth Funk and coats by Washington state weaver, Anita Luvera Mayer.

The Art of Fashion exhibit	Silk yarns and dyed-to-match raffia. 25” W x 50” L 1988. Gift of the artist.

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Beadwork and Fiber Arts from Cameroon and South Africa

Recent Gifts from William D. and Norma Canelas Roth

August 27, 2007 to January 25, 2008

Objects on display include colorful beaded wedding capes, bags, woven skirts, belts and a headdress. Items come from the Ndebele, Thembu and Zulu tribes of South Africa and from Cameroon.

Girl’s apron, Ndebele, South Africa, 12 5/8” x 16 1/2”. Canvas, fiber, glass beads, c. 1960.	Girl's skirt, or apron, from South Africa and the Thembu tribe. Hand-woven cloth, brass rings, glass beads, leather, c. 1930-1940.