Anne Marie Moeller '77 will lecture on Kimonos at the Textile Museum
You must register in advance for this event with the Textile Museum.
PRESS RELEASE
What: Kimono Lecture
Title: “Kimono and Green: The Color of Gods and Youth”
Where: The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008-4088
Date: Sunday, August 28, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Fee (includes refreshments): $25 ($20 for Textile Museum members)
Reservation #: 202-667-0441, ext. 64 or register online. Reservations required; space is limited.
Press Contact: Katy Clune, 202-667-0441 ext. 77.
Description:
The color green plays a particularly important role in the nature oriented culture of Japan. From the green used to identify kabuki actors to the green of an obi signaling a geisha in training, this color has communicated information about the wearer for centuries. Camellias, ferns, bamboo, pine trees and many other plants were considered to be favored by the forces of nature because they remain green throughout the year. These motifs continue to be auspicious symbols on modern kimono.
In conjunction with the exhibition “Green: the Color and the Cause” the ancient Japanese practice of recycling old fabrics into works of art will also be explored by scholar Ann Marie Moeller as she draws connections between the Japanese reverence for nature and the use of green in the nation’s textile arts.
Lecturer Bio:
Ann Marie Moeller is a published Japanese textile scholar who has collected and sold Japanese antiques since her student years at Harvard. She lectures at universities and museums including The Smithsonian Renwick, The Smithsonian Associates, The Textile Museum, The Phillips Collection, The Walters Art Museum, The University of Maryland as well as The Asia Society. Main author of Reading Kimono: Symbols and Motifs on Japanese Textiles, to be published by Schiffer, she has curated National Cherry Blossom Festival kimono exhibitions as well as textile exhibits for The Kennedy Center and the J.I.C.C., Embassy of Japan.