KSUM exhibition

SHIFTING PARADIGMS: FASHION + TECHNOLOGY

Broadbent Gallery | Margarita Benitez and Noël Palomo-Lovinski, Guest Curators The innovative subject of the exhibition has potential to shape future ideas of fashion and business. The exhibition seeks to address pioneering applications of technology that will have a radical effect on the fu…

PRETTY PLEATS

Stager and Blum Galleries | Sara Hume, Curator Pleating is one of the most basic fabric treatments as it serves to create three-dimensional clothing out of two-dimensional cloth. Folds and draping occur naturally when cloth is wrapped around the body. As tailored clothing developed in the West…

FANDEMONIUM

Alumni Gallery | Sara Hume, Curator  Fans are among the earliest accessories because they perform a critical function. In the days before air conditioning, the cool breeze created by a fan came as welcome relief. Far from purely functional, fans became highly ornamented and beautiful. O…

UNDRESS: SHAPING FASHION AND PRIVATE LIFE

Broadbent Gallery | Jean L. Druesedow The defining characteristic of any fashion period is the shape of the silhouette. Shape is largely determined by what is worn underneath the fashionable garment and next to the skin. Why silhouettes have often had so little to do with the shape of the hu…

RESIST: A WORLD OF RESIST DYE TECHNIQUES

Stager and Blum Galleries | Sara Hume, Curator Cultures around the world have developed an array of resist dye techniques. Dyeing provides rich colors but once the fabric has been colored in a dark shade, lighter color patterns will not show up. In order to allow lighter colors to come throu…

LIFE, THOUGHTS & GARMENTS: LINDA ÖHRN-MCDANIEL RECENT WORKS

Higbee Gallery | Linda Öhrn-McDaniel Concept, problem solving and material process are the fundamental starting points for all my creative work as a designer, artist and educator. The act of exploration and discovery consistently inspires me to create new ideas. Narrowing my field of options…

A DAY AT THE BEACH

Alumni Gallery | Sara Hume, Curator The image of women at the seaside in elegant white gowns was a popular subject for Impressionist painters. This exhibition explores the reality of summer tourism with a selection of actual garments of the style that would have been worn near and at the bea…

ON THE HOME FRONT: CIVIL WAR FASHIONS AND DOMESTIC LIFE

Broadbent Gallery | Sara Hume, Curator  You refer to Annie’s mourning dresses. She wore black at the funeral, but so many deaths are now occurring at home and in the army, that black apparel is not so generally worn as formerly. It is not pleasant to wear somber black for long periods…

COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING

Tarter/Miller, Palmer, and Mull Galleries | Sara Hume, Curator What drives an individual to acquire ever more objects of a certain type? Some people collect out of a specific interest – Chinese art or first edition books. Others collect to fill their homes with beautiful things, things that …

SUSTAINABLE FASHION: EXPLORING THE PARADOX

Stager and Blum Galleries | Noël Palomo-Lovinski, Guest Curator  The exhibition "Sustainable Fashion: Exploring the Paradox" is a comprehensive look at sustainable practices in fashion. The multi-billion dollar fashion industry is in a powerful position to make significant changes to th…