Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising
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The Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising is Colorado State University’s historic apparel and textiles collection. It weaves scholarly appreciation of the material culture of dress and textiles as a vital strand in the fabric of our communities. Included here are materials from two Avenir exhibitions, Kuna Molas: Sewn Stories and the Interplay of Tradition and Change (2014-2015) and Threads of Our Community: A History of the Avenir Museum (2020).
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Item Open Access ABCs of the Avenir installation(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of "ABCS of the Avenir" gallery installation for fall 2012. Includes table with mannequin parts lined up, and mannequin parts along the walls. In the background, is a rack full of clothes.Item Open Access Airplane and parachutes(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1967) Unidentified artistAirplane and parachuters.Item Open Access Airplane and parachutes - detail(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1967) Unidentified artistDetail of a section of the Airplane and Parachutes.Item Open Access Airplane and parachutes - reverse section(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1967) Unidentified artistReverse of a section of the Airplane and Parachutes.Item Open Access Albino shooting the dragon, trade mola(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1999) Robler, Ravlina, artistScene includes palm tree and water.Item Open Access Ali Rahimi discussing designs(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2010) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of designer Ali Rahimi discussing his designs with students in 2010. Rahimi is examining a garment on a clothing rack while students are gathered around him.Item Open Access All dolled up - new future for Avenir(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2016-02-12) Young, Quentin, authorArticle from A&E Spotlight about the renovations and exhibits at Avenir Museum.Item Open Access All dolled up attendees(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1994-06-02) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of attendees at All Dolled Up fundraiser tea party. Eight women are seated around a table.Item Open Access All dolled up flyer(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1994-06-02) Unidentified authorAdvertisement flyer for All Dolled Up, a fundraiser tea party for Gustafson Gallery held at Fort Collins Country Club.Item Open Access All dolled up invitation(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1994-06-02) Unidentified authorInvitation for All Dolled Up, a fundraiser tea party for Gustafson Gallery held at Fort Collins Country Club by the Friends of the Gustafson Gallery on June 2, 1994.Item Open Access Allure of the Moroccan caftan exhibit installation(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2017) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of caftans in the exhibit installation “The Allure of the Moroccan Caftan,” held in The Richard Blackwell Gallery in the fall of 2017. A violet caftan with embroidery down the length of the front is positioned on a standing mannequin. A white caftan with blue embroidery along the next is positioned on a seated mannequin.Item Open Access Anne Kylen and Jan Else storing historic clothing(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2000-05) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of two volunteers identified as Anne Kylen and Jan Else placing historic clothing into new storage units during a May 2000 storage upgrade project, funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant.Item Open Access Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising building exterior(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2016-01-30) Unidentified photographerPhotograph of the exterior of the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising building on opening day January 30, 2016.Item Open Access Basketball: child-sized panel(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1980-1989) Unidentified artistBasketball is very popular among Kuna men. Some young women enjoy the sport, as well.Item Open Access Bautista Misionera Union Femenil (Women's Association of the Baptist Mission)(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1990-1999) Unidentified artistDesign includes the name of the association.Item Open Access Bautista Misionera Union Femenil (Women's Association of the Baptist Mission) - detail(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1990-1999) Unidentified artistA detailed section of the Bautista Misionera Union Femenil mola, showing the stitching.Item Open Access Bead necklace(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1998) Unidentified artistA detailed image of a yellow ceramic bead necklace.Item Open Access Item Open Access Bird in the womb(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1990-1999) Unidentified artistA bird within a shape such as this represents pregnancy and fertility.Item Open Access Bird mola (maternity blouse)(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1990-1999) Unidentified artistMaternity blouse worn by a mannequin.