The Bata Shoe Museum is featuring the 1920's in their new exhibition, which is on until June 2012. There's one talk in particular that I thought h-costumers might be interested in, in the wintery month of February, unfortunately - not the best season ever for visiting Toronto. No affiliation, I just love the museum. They usually have a historical exhibition on, with a new one every year or two; it's worth keeping an eye out for them. There's also a concert on September 22 with period costuming encouraged. Details under exhibitions/roaring20s/ and follow the 'click here' link.
http://www.batashoemuseum.ca Sunday, February 26, 2012 Interpreting the Designer Illustrated talk by Martha Mann Southgate As a theatre and fi lm designer for a variety of projects, including Anne of Green Gables, Martha Mann Southgate will speak on how a contemporary designer for stage and screen interprets the ideas of some of the most famous 1920s designers such as Chanel, Lanvin, Poiret, Delaney, Natalia Gonchorova, Paquin, and Mme Vionnet to name just a few. Using Richard Strauss’ ‘Intermezzo’ for the New York City Opera which was written, composed and set in 1925, her talk will also examine how an opera is different than a musical and the challenges faced when getting it to the stage. 2-3 pm A short tour of the Roaring 20s exhibition will follow the talk. $16 per person - Free for Bata Shoe Museum members. Pre-registration recommended: t 416.979.7799 x242 or e [email protected] Christine (hopefully it'll post through this time - Verizon seems to have switched off the ability to post in plain text without going through a secret back door!) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
