Ceremonies and Celebrations: Textile Treasures from the USC Pacific Asia Museum Collection
An Experience L.A. Event
Depart USC at 12:45 p.m.; return at 5:45 p.m.

ADMISSION:
Open to USC students only. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Thursday, August 30, at 9 a.m. See description for details.*

USC Students: RSVP

To attend the exhibition on your own, visit pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu for more information. Admission to the USC Pacific Asia Museum is free for all USC students, staff, and faculty with valid ID. Ceremonies and Celebrations: Textile Treasures from the USC Pacific Asia Museum Collection begins Friday, September 14, 2018, and ends Sunday, January 6, 2019.

DESCRIPTION:
*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP beginning Thursday, August 30, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 12 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 12:45 p.m. and return to campus at 5:45 p.m. Lunch will be provided at check-in.

Celebrating the grand reopening of the USC Pacific Asia Museum after a year-long seismic-retrofit project, Visions and Voices will take students to the museum for a guided tour and hands-on workshop in conjunction with the special exhibition Ceremonies and Celebrations: Textile Treasures from the USC Pacific Asia Museum Collection, drawn from an extraordinary collection of over 2,700 costumes and textiles from China, Korea, Japan, India, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia.

Ceremonies and Celebrations explores the diversity of Asian textiles through themes that run across the vast region, including gender and textile production, textiles as status symbols, the use of textiles in cultural rituals, and the relationship between textiles and religions throughout Asia. Some of the best examples in the USC PAM’s textile collection are rarely exhibited because of their fragile nature and the negative effect of light on the natural dyes used; Ceremonies and Celebrations will provide an exceptional glimpse at these rarely seen objects. In a hands-on workshop, students will learn the textile technique of block printing, used primarily in South and Southeast Asia. With linoleum and wooden blocks, students will design and carve patterns that will be transferred to canvas tote bags and pieces of cotton for students to take home.

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Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative.