Join the New York chapter of ARLIS/NA for a visit to BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library. The visit will include a viewing of Shisha, Kantha, and Kachchh: South Asian Domestic Embroidery in the TATTER Collection, the first long-term exhibition in the Blue Library.
Shisha, Kantha, and Kachchh: South Asian Domestic Embroidery in the TATTER Collection pulls together and highlights pieces from the collection that present domestic textiles as works of art and their makers as artists, this exhibition includes shisha mirrorwork panels, kantha-stitched coverings for the home, and Kachchh (Kutch) dowry bags. These objects incorporate traditional motifs reflective of rural and nomadic life in the delta and desert regions of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. While they display the creativity and individual hands of the women and girls who made them, they also show signs of life in their wear and stains.
BLUE is an exercise in legacy, interweaving the personal collections of three women: Edith Robinson Wyle (1918-1999), founder of the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles; her granddaughter Jordana Munk Martin, founder of TATTER; and Carol Westfall (1938-2016), renowned fiber artist and professor.
Registration will be capped at 15 attendees. Attendance is limited to chapter members.
If you have any questions about the visit, feel free to reach out to Bridget O’Keefe, Programming Coordinator at bridget_okeefe@moma.org
