Threads of Our Community: A History of the Avenir Museum
Threads of Our Community: A History of the Avenir Museum
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Megan Osborne standing among collection drawers
Photograph of Collections Manager Megan Osborne standing among stacks of collection drawers waiting to be unpacked into the newly expanded Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising in 2015. -
Doreen Beard unpacking books
Photograph of Director Doreen Beard unpacking books in the new reading room of the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising in 2015. -
Mover unloading a rack of garments
Photograph of a mover unloading a rack of historic garments into the new storage facility in the University Center for the Arts annex building in 2008. -
Mover unloading collection drawers
Photograph of a mover unloading collection drawers into the newly completed Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising in 2015. -
Susan Torntore at classroom construction site
Photograph of Curator Susan Torntore standing at the corner of the new classroom on the construction site of the museum building expansion in 2014. -
Jack Curfman and Megan Osborne planning exhibit
Photograph of faculty member emeritus Jack Curfman and Assistant Curator and Collections Manager Megan Osborne planning the installation of the “Tiny Bits and Pieces” exhibit in 2015. Curfman and Osborne are examining a ... -
Silk road artisans of Uzbekistan exhibit installation
Photograph of “Silk Road Artisans of Uzbekistan” exhibit installation, held in the Avenir Gallery in the University Center for the Arts in the fall of 2010. Several textile pieces are displayed next to each other. -
Jack Townes, Linda Carlson, and student moving mannequins
Photograph of Jack Townes, Curator Linda Carlson, and an unidentified student moving mannequins out of the Gifford Building in 2008. All three are holding mannequins in bubble wrap, posing outside a building. -
Tying the knot exhibit installation
Photograph of the “Tying the Knot” exhibit installations, held in the large gallery of the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising in the spring of 2017. Dresses on mannequins are displayed in front of large photographs ... -
Allure of the Moroccan caftan exhibit installation
Photograph 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 ... -
Orange exhibit installation
Photograph of the exhibit installation, “ORANGE: A Short History of Orange in Fashion,” held in the Richard Blackwell Gallery in the spring of 2018. Several orange garments on mannequins are lined up in a display case. -
Linda Carlson preparing drawers
Photograph of Curator Linda Carlson preparing drawers for the collection move out of the Gifford Building in 2008. -
Handkerchiefs exhibit installation
Photograph of a selection of handkerchiefs in the exhibit installation, “Nothing to Sneeze at: One Woman – 1,107 Handkerchiefs,” held in the Avenir Gallery in the University Center for the Arts in the spring of 2018 Several ... -
Rose Gorrell making a hat storage mount
Photograph of graduate student Rose Gorrell making a storage mount for a hat from the collection during a class in 2019. -
Megan Osborne and Linda Carlson at Avenir Museum opening gala
Photograph of Assistant Curator and Collections Manager Megan Osborne and Curator Emeritus Linda Carlson posing at the opening gala for the new Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising building on January 29, 2016. -
Kevin Kissell speaking to class
Photograph of faculty member Kevin Kissell speaking about a historic garment from the collection to his fashion illustration class at the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising in 2016. Kissell is standing next to a ... -
Linda Carlson and Anali Ortega with Mr. Blackwell dress
Photograph of graduate student Anali Ortega assisting Linda Carlson with photography of a Mr. Blackwell dress from the collection in 2010. Both are standing next to a mannequin, pulling the skirt of a dress down over a ... -
Susan Torntore and students documenting textiles
Photograph of students assisting Curator Susan Torntore with documentation of a new donation of textiles to the collection in 2015. Students are working over garments on tables, and Torntore is looking at a spreadsheet. -
Students in Tom Lundberg's fiber arts class
Photograph of students in faculty member Tom Lundberg’s fiber arts class researching in the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising’s reading room in 2018. -
Students documenting textile fragments
Photograph of students documenting textile fragments from the collection during a class in 2002. Two students wearing face masks are seated at a table with textile fragments.