Workshop: Collections Camp: Textiles (June 2024)
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Workshop Description
Do you have costumes and/or textiles in your museum collection? This two day workshop will focus on the care and conservation of textiles in museum collections. Spend time working with an expert to learn how to be a better steward of your textile collection.
Details
FORMAT: On-site group workshop
LENGTH: Two days
DATE: June 17-18, 2024
LOCATION: Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Hartford, CT
MATERIALS: Workshop materials will be provided upon registration and in-person at the event.
COST: $350 AASLH Members/$475 Nonmembers
** Save $50 when you register by May 20 2024! (Early bird discount applied automatically at checkout) **
OPEN REGISTRATION: December 11, 2023 - June 10, 2024; 35 participant limit
BOOK DISCOUNT CODE: Registrants for this workshop also receive a 30% discount on Karen DePauw's book The Care and Display of Historic Clothing at rowman.com with a promo code in their confirmation email.
Participant Outcomes
As a result of this workshop, participants should:
- Have a general knowledge of the basic types of costumes and textiles common in American museum collections.
- Have a general knowledge of the particular needs of costume and textile collections including proper identification, handling, and basic conservation.
- Be familiar with some of the current issues and trends in the preservation of costume and textile collections.
- Explore the variety of issues related to exhibiting and storing costume and textile collections.
- Be familiar with simple conservation procedures that are safe to perform on their costume and textile collections.
- Be aware of when they should call a professional conservator for problems with their costume and textile collections.
Scholarship
AASLH Workshop Scholarships
Our annual workshop scholarship program provides free registration to an onsite Continuing Education workshop and one-year AASLH membership for four applicants. Two scholarships are reserved for new professionals (fewer than three years in the field), and two for applicants broadening the racial and ethnic diversity of our field. Applications are due January 15, 2024. Read more and apply.
Who Should Attend This Workshop
This workshop is intended for experienced staff and volunteers with responsibility for costume and textile collections.
Karen DePauw
AASLH Workshop Instructor
Karen DePauw is the Executive Director of the Sharon Historical Society and Museum and a costume consultant in Connecticut. She earned a BA in history and an MS in historic costumes and textile conservation, knowledge she has drawn upon for two publications: The Care and Display of Historic Clothing in 2017 with Rowman and Littlefield Publishers and The House of Worth: Fashion Sketches 1916-1918 in 2015 with Dover Publications. Karen currently serves on the board of the Costume Society of America. She previously worked in the field services department at the Indiana Historical Society providing educational workshops to small museums throughout Indiana, and with the costume and textile collection at the Connecticut Historical Society.
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LockedCancellation/Refunds for onsite workshops must be submitted in writing via email or mail. Cancellations made prior to the early-bird registration deadline date will receive a full refund. Cancellations made between the early-bird deadline date and eight days prior to the workshop will be subject to a $55 processing/materials charge. No refunds will be given within seven days of the workshop date. AASLH is not responsible for cancellations that were mailed or emailed but never received.
If you have any questions, please contact AASLH Programs staff at 615-320-3203 or learn@aaslh.org.
