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TMA/SC Upcoming Events:

July 19th Time and place to be announced	"The Shining Cloth:Materials and Meanings" with Victoria Z. Rivers Professor of Design University of California,Davis   Professor Rivers hast taught in the design program at UC ,Davis since 1980.  She is engaged in textile research ranging from the producing and exhibiting of dyed and embellished textile artworks, to researching and publishing subjects on South and South East Asian textiles and curating   exhibitions.  Her book,"The Shining Cloth."  Concerns textiles used by cultures throughout the world to augment their social and ritual lives.  Her book examines these phenomenon, including the use of embellishments such as gold and silver , metals ,sequins, beads ,mirrors, shells, feathers and other materials.
September 20th 2008	Harald Bohmer "Nomads of Anatolia"
October 18th 2008	LACMA Shepp Symposium "Indonesian Textiles"