The Textile Museum Journal Author Interview Series on Global African Textile Arts_Recordings

Dear Colleagues,

Recordings of The Textile Museum Journal Author Interview Series on Global African Textile Arts are now available on The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum Vimeo site through the link https://vimeo.com/channels/1690279 or the individual links below for each program description.

The Fabric of Diaspora: The Quilts of Bisa Butler

Conversation between Dr. Nancy Demerdash, Albion College, Albion, Michigan and Dr. Sarah Fee, Senior Curator of Global Fashion and Textiles, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario

Link: https://vimeo.com/673313352

Reconstructing the Historic Akhnif of Southern Morocco

Conversation between Dr. Myriem Naji, Honorary Research Fellow at Department of Anthropology, University College London and Dr. Sarah Fee, Senior Curator of Global Fashion and Textiles, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario

Link: https://vimeo.com/675956827

Getting to Know Early Modern Western Central African Textiles

Conversation between Dr. Cécile Fromont, Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Art at the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut and Dr. Sarah Fee, Senior Curator of Global Fashion and Textiles, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario

Link: https://vimeo.com/680523397

Royal Garments of the Emir of Kano

Conversation between Dr. Elisha P. Renne, Professor Emerita in the Department of Anthropology and of Afroamerican and African studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Dr. Sarah Fee, Senior Curator of Global Fashion and Textiles, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario

Link: https://vimeo.com/681476100

Indigo Reimagined: A Conversation with Peju Layiwola

Conversation between Dr. Jean Borgatti, Professor of Art History at the University of Benin, Dr. Peju Layiwola, Professor of Art History at the University of Lagos, and Dr. Sarah Fee, Senior Curator of Global Fashion and Textiles, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario

Link: https://vimeo.com/687199309

Unravelling Threads: Zohra Opoku’s Poetic Image Making

Conversation between Dr. Silvia Forni, Department of Art & Culture, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario and Zohra Opoku, German and Ghanaian artist who lives and works in Accra, Ghana, and Dr. Sarah Fee, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario

Link: https://vimeo.com/687508079

Please feel free to share the links with your friends, colleagues, or anyone whom you think will be interested in Global African Textiles.

With warm wishes,

The Textile Museum Journal Editorial Team