January 22 – June 25, 2005

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Architecture versus fluidity in the artistic creation of fashion is the theme of the new exhibition that opened on January 22, 2005, at the Historic Costume & Textiles Collection located in the College of Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Co-sponsored by the Columbus Museum of Art and supported by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council, Sculpture and Drapery: The Art of Fashion displays rare works by the designers Charles James and Charles Kleibacker, whose artistic visions led them to use the same medium, fabric, in different processes to create contrasting works of art. [Read more…]

October 1 – 31, 2004

Recent Acquisitions of the OSU Historic Costume & Textiles Collection features artifacts representing three of the Collection’s major strength areas:

• Designer couture and off-the-rack designer garments will be represented by such items as a 1996 silver metallic horizontal-striped evening gown by Badgley Mischka with rhinestones and glass beading at the neckline.
• Ethnographic or traditional folk dress will be represented by a variety of artifacts including embroidered everyday garments from the Hill Tribes of the Golden Triangle area of Thailand.
• The Collection’s historic fashion artifacts will be represented by such garments as a late 19th century print silk and velvet-trimmed day dress made by a Newark, Ohio, modiste.

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October 29, 2003 – May 15, 2004

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Costume Exhibit Highlights Historic Columbus Fashion

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Between 1851 and 1965, the F&R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. Capital Fashion 1851-1965, the new exhibition at the College of Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, explores the fashion industry in Ohio’s capital city during the middle 100 years of Ohio’s bicentennial.

The exhibition will open to the public at no charge starting on Wednesday, October 29, 2003, and will run through May 15, 2004. Hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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June 14 – August 31, 2003

An exhibition celebrating Ohio’s early quilt artists and those who continue to pioneer.

Sponsored in part by the Ohio Arts Council.

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Artists

• Deborah Anderson
• Francoise Barnes
• Judy Warren Blaydon
• Nancy Crow
• Linda Fowler
• John Lefelhocz
• Debra Lunn
• Terrie Hancock Mangat
• Carolyn Muller
• Elaine Plogman
• Virginia Randles
• Susan Shie
• Mirjana Ugrinov
• David Walker
• Wenda von Weise

Related Links

• Quilt National
• Art Quilt Network

October 23, 2002 – May 17, 2003

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Costume designers for theatre, film, and television use elements of design to convey to the audience visual information about characters. As individuals, we choose attire to communicate to others who we are.

Dressing the Part, On and Off the Stage, the new exhibition presented by the Historic Costume & Textiles Collection at the College of Human Ecology, explores the personalities portrayed by costumes designed for various types of stage performances, and how they translate into clothing selected by or made for individuals to perform the ‘roles’ of themselves. On display will be costume renderings from The Ohio State University Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute (TRI) and garments from the Collection.

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