image: Shawl or waist-cloth (detail), Paithan or Aurangabad, Maharashtra,
early 18th century, with stamp and date 1708-09
silk and metal-wrapped thread; plain-weave field, tapestry-woven ends, side and cross borders
The Textile Museum 6.315, Museum purchase
early 18th century, with stamp and date 1708-09
silk and metal-wrapped thread; plain-weave field, tapestry-woven ends, side and cross borders
The Textile Museum 6.315, Museum purchase
Celebrating the 62nd Season of Exploring, Expanding, & Enlivening the Arts in Peoria!
Second Thursdays in October through December, February through May
Lectures held in Peoria Riverfront Museum Auditorium (lower level) unless otherwise indicated.
Social time at 9:30 AM, lecture starts at 10:00 AM unless otherwise indicated.
Members: free. Non-members: tickets are available at the door, adults: $12 / students $5.
Second Thursdays in October through December, February through May
Lectures held in Peoria Riverfront Museum Auditorium (lower level) unless otherwise indicated.
Social time at 9:30 AM, lecture starts at 10:00 AM unless otherwise indicated.
Members: free. Non-members: tickets are available at the door, adults: $12 / students $5.
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October 12, 2023 TEXTILES OF INDIA: 1,000 YEARS OF ART AND DESIGN
Lee Talbot, Curator, Textile Museum at George Washington University LECTURE AVAILABLE ALSO LIVE BY ZOOM free to MEMBERS, watch for link to register in FAS email on October 5th NON-MEMBERS, purchase ticket at 309tix.com CHANNY LYONS MEMORIAL LECTURE
October 20, 2023 FERN SHAFFER: PATTERNS OF ECOLOGY 10:30 AM Fern Shaffer, artist, educator, Chicago Bradley University Michel Student Center Ballroom Part of the Midwest Women Artists Symposium FREE and open to the public |
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December 14, 2023 ANTONIO CANOVA: ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL SCULPTOR
Dr. C.D. Dickerson III, Curator and Head of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, National Gallery of Arts Sponsored by Marcia Burnside and Curt Ribando BONUS LECTURE FOR MEMBERS ONLY
January 18, 2024 UKRAINIAN ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY Adrienne Kochman, Curator, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art–Ukrainian Art Sponsored by the Byron and Sylvia DeHaan Fund for the Fine Arts |
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March 14, 2024 MID-CENTURY MODERN DESIGN
Michelangelo Sabatino, Director of Ph.D. Program in Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology Anonymously sponsored in memory of Cletus Roy Foley, one of Peoria’s terrific mid-century modern architects, and his wonderful wife Margaret, a passionate Peoria community volunteer |