Club of SE Michigan x RISD Museum: Artist Bonny Cai 18 AP (BRDD 18)

Join the Club of SE Michigan and the RISD Museum for a talk with Artist Bonny Cai 18 AP and RISD Museum Curator Kate Irvin! Hear about Cai's work, inspiration and process, studying traditional garment engineering, experimenting with innovative materials, and collecting precious narratives through a spirit that pays homage to our earth and can reach people's hearts. Cai will also share images of her thesis work and Fulbright Fellowship project to research traditional clothing in South Korea. --- About the Speakers: Ying Bonny Cai is a designer and researcher exploring ways in which clothing promotes play, fosters empathy, and creates a sense of home. She was awarded a 2019-2020 Fulbright Fellowship to research traditional clothing in South Korea, has exhibited her works at New York Fashion Week, Textiles Art Center in Brooklyn, the Korean Cultural Center of NYC, and graduated from the Brown|RISD Dual Degree Program with a B.A. in Economics and B.F.A in Apparel Design. Kate Irvin is Curator and Head of the Department of Costume and Textiles at the RISD Museum. There she oversees a collection of 30,000 fashion and textile items that range in date from 1500 BCE to the present and represent traditions and innovations across the globe. Her most recent exhibition was Repair and Design Futures (October 5, 2018-June 30, 2019), a year-long multidisciplinary exhibition and programming initiative that investigated mending as material intervention, metaphor, and as a call to action. O