Making Lace: Global Networks

A research symposium on historical and contemporary lacemaking traditions around the world Presented in conjunction with—and expanding on the European and American focus of—the exhibition Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen, this symposium brings together lacemakers and lace scholars to foreground historical and contemporary traditions of lacemaking from around the world, with particular emphasis on gender, labor, race, and identity. Talks will consider the variety of cultural landscapes from which lacemaking techniques and traditions emerge, the tools of the craft, and the significance of this labor-intensive textile in fashion. Speakers include Kasuni Rathnasuriya, Ana Andrade, Lily Homer, and Emma Welty. Moderated by Emma Cormack and Michele Majer. Joined by Elena Kanagy-Loux.