Woolquilt
Alumni
Hello! I am a freelance museum curator specializing in historic clothing and textiles. For the past six years, I have been the guest curator for costume & textiles at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT, where I am currently working on "Gothic to Goth: Romantic Era Costume & Its Legacy." It will open in the spring of 2016 and have a catalog. Until my stint at the Wadsworth, I have always worked in history museums (including five years as curator of textiles & fine arts at Old Sturbridge Village), so I am eager to learn about 20th-century couture. I have recently accepted for the Wadsworth's collection a large donation of 1980s couture fashion by Helene Hayes of Paris, which I am really excited about. If anyone has pieces of Helene Hayes couture in their collection, I am eager to hear about it! I have been in contact with the V & A about pieces in their collection, and also have recently met the son of Ms. Hayes, who showed me important archival materials. I hope that I will be doing an exhibition about Helene Hayes after Gothic to Goth. Thanks for welcoming me to the VFG, and I look forward to learning from you all!