In the Rancho Room
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Daily
February 2, 2009 – March 31, 2009
For more information on this event, please call
(949) 234-1300.
Ladies
of Lincoln’s Era Lectures
Thursday, March 12, 2009
11:00 a.m. Darkly Adorned: Mourning and the Civil War
PowerPoint Presentation by Kevin Jones
Kevin Jones is the costume curator for the FIDM
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los
Angeles. His education in fashion design and art history has combined
with his love of 18th, 19th and 20th century high fashion to make
him an expert in the field.
Mr. Jones has curated exhibitions for FIDM Museum,
presented academic papers around the country, is often quoted in
newspaper and magazine articles, and is demand for on radio and
television broadcasts regarding historical clothing and fashion.
He is on the national Board of Directors for the Costume Society
of America, and belongs to many professional associations including
the Titanic Historical Society and the Preservation Society of Newport,
Rhodes Island.
1:00 p.m.
The Threads of Truth, Honoring the Creators of American Quilts
Slide Presentation by Martha Morrison
Martha Morrison travels nationally and throughout
Europe to research first hand the fabrics of the past. Her love
of textiles and especially American quilts and their meanings in
the context of the history of the pieces she discovers has led her
on many journeys throughout the historical towns of the east and
south. She has presented to many groups about the touching personal
stories she has uncovered. She will be presenting slides and showing
quilts and textiles from several collections with the origins of
the pieces she has uncovered. She extends an invitation to attendees
to bring antique quilts from their own collections. There will be
time designated to show and share some of the treasured fabrics
with the audience.
