Guest Speakers: Astrida Schaeffer and Sonya Spongberg

This week's speakers will discuss two significant UNH based historic garment projects: Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail and the New Hampshire Historic Dress project.

Costume Historian, Astrida Schaeffer a UNH graduate and past assistant director of the UNH Art Gallery, will discuss her field, training, work with historic sites and museums, as well as current exhibition. (Astrida is the Guest Curator of Embellishments which will open September 2012 in the UNH Museum Gallery, with Dale Valena, Curator, at Diamond Library.)

Museum Studies MA Candidate (May 2012), Sonya Spongberg, will discuss her past and current internships, work on the New Hampshire Historic Dress project and her final paper.

Please feel free to bring in one or two garments or examples of textiles for a hands on discussion, time permitting.

For information, see:


http://unh.edu/unhtoday/2012/02/museum-quality-astrida-schaeffer-99g

www.schaefferarts.com