Archive: Bill Blass Speaker Series: Speaker Series: Events: Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design: Indiana University Bloomington

Denise Nicole Green: Declarations Through Design: Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations’ Textiles and Regalia

Tuesday, March 07, 2023, 6:30 p.m.—Tuesday, March 07, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Denise Nicole Green will discuss how the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations produce and create complex visual vocabularies through a range of mediums, including weaving, sewing, carving, painting, beading, embroidering, engraving, and silk screen printing, among others.

Joan Hart: Queen Victoria, the Sultan, and the Adventurer: Weaving the History of Kashmir Shawls

Thursday, November 09, 2023, 6:30 p.m.—Thursday, November 09, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

The Bill Blass Speaker Series presents a lecture by Joan Hart, who is an internationally recognized specialist on Kashmir and Paisley shawls.

Bryn Taubensee

Monday, November 27, 2023, 5:30 p.m.—Monday, November 27, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

The Bill Blass Speaker Series presents a lecture by fashion designer Bryn Taubensee.

Carol Coelho (B.S. Merchandising '05)

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 5 p.m.—Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 6 p.m.

IU alumna designer Carol Coelho (B.S. Merchandising, B.A. Individualized Major Program, ‘05) creates lingerie that is a form of self-expression and confidence, rather than a tool for seduction. A veteran of Bill Blass and Isaac Mizrahi, Coelho launched Carol Coelho Intimates in 2015. The brand is now carried by 35 retailers across the US.

Dyese Matthews, Unconventional Fashion Archives: The Memory Work of Black Womanhood and Material Culture in Harlem, New York City

Monday, March 10, 2025

5 p.m.

In this talk, Dr. Dyese Matthews explores ways that Harlem-based Black women challenge conventions of documentation and preservation by producing unconventional fashion archives through collecting, making, and wearing clothing. An award-winning researcher, author, and curator, Matthews is an assistant professor at Parsons School of Fashion in New York.

Petra Slinkard, From Sage to Salem: A journey of museum entrepreneurship and fashion history scholarship

Wednesday, April 09, 2025, 5 p.m.—Wednesday, April 09, 2025, 6 p.m.

Director of Curatorial Affairs and Putnam Curator of Fashion and Textiles of the Peabody Essex Museum, Eskenazi School alumna Petra Slinkard (B.S./B.A. ’03, M.S. ’08) will share her journey from her student days at Indiana University through her 15-year career as fashion curator and museum administrator.

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