THIS WEEK AT ICA
ICA IS FREE FOR EVERYONE!
Free admission to the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania for the public is
sponsored by the Amanda (C95) and Glenn Fuhrman (W87/WG88) Fund.
Whenever Wednesday:
Weaving As Metaphor Lecture Series
Wednesday, April 27 @ 6:30pm
Religion: with Lucy Fowler Williams, PhD, The Jeremy A. Sabloff Keeper of American Collections at
the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Explore the idea of weaving in the cultural landscape through a series of programs inspired by the work of
Sheila Hicks. These lectures conclude with Lucy
Fowler Williams, who explores these ideas through her current research on Pueblo textiles and Tlingit clan regalia.
Ms. Williams's talk highlights the importance of ceremonial textiles in American Indian communities today.
Examining the work of four contemporary textile artists, she will discuss the production and use of Tlingit
textiles in Southeast Alaska and Tewa Pueblo garments in northern New Mexico, illuminating the role
textiles play in sustaining contemporary Native American spiritual identities.
Photo by Bastiaan van den Berg
MIRANDA // THE ICA BLOG
While getting ready for the final "Weaving as Metaphor" lecture, read
Miranda to find out how
Sheila Hicks blasphemed the Tapestry Biennial of Lausanne and forever changed the idea of what a tapestry is.
"The Swedes are known to have the most beautiful belly buttons," Sheila Hicks says.
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