Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tapestries in Chicago
I'll be heading to Chicago next week for a show. In fact, it's Coverings 2009 , which is the "ultimate tile + stone expereince". Most everything workwise is squared away and am now looking at other adventures I may undertake. For example, Mary Poppins is playing at the Chicago Palace theatre and the Symphony is performing Bruckner's 8 and Shubert's Great Symphony. Those are my evenings and the only chance I have for many museums is before 5 on Monday. There's of course a number of museums and I'm hoping you all have leads on where I can see some tapestries??? The Art Institute of Chicago has a number of historical textiles - even the modern yardage most recent is 1920. I'm not finding any textiles at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Got any other leads?
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Are you part of the yahoo weaving group?? I seem to remember a posting on there this winter about a visit to Chicago that resulted in a nice list of fiber-y things to see.
Otherwise, I have no ideas....but have fun at the conference! I love tile!
Sue
No other ideas but the Museum is fantastic and Chicago has some fantastic places to eat. It's a great city. Have a wonderful time.
Thanks for the input! I had indirect contact with a tapestry weaver in Chicago who says there's really nothing as far as contemporary tapestries there. But I'll go see whatever I can!
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