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{"identifier":"CK-TextileEgung_6312241058112","browse_author":"Carolyn Kallenborn (Director), Henry Drewal (Presenter) and Carolyn Kallenborn (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_visartssch"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350921481,"description":"Textile Talk: The first episode is with Professor Henry Drewal who will pull us deep into the mystical world of the ceremonial ensembles and Egungun dancers of West Africa. More Textile Talk : In the second part is an interview with author and Professor Emeritus Beverly Gordon, who guides us through the playful, colorful story of Molas from Panama. Textiles Talk use the textiles in the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection at the University of Wisconsin, as entry points into stories that address issues of material culture and global perspectives. The visual strength of the objects teaches lessons in global aesthetics, materials, and techniques. The stories embedded in these primary source materials demonstrate complex interactions between technology, chemistry, commerce, trade, belief systems, political structures, and details about everyday life. The intriguing stories and beautiful videography of the objects in the collection will be augmented by music appropriate to each topic and additional visual materials such as maps, photos, etc. to complete the story. Carolyn Kallenborn works with fabric and metal to create flowing garments and sculptural pieces. She shows her award-winning, hand painted garments and sculptures in galleries and exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Her work has been shown in Beijing, China; Cheong-ju, Korea; the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona; Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Indiana; and other shows and galleries in St. Louis, Chicago , Atlanta and Cambridge, Mass. In addition, her work has been featured in such magazines as Fiberarts, Surface Design Journal and Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot. She received her BA and MFA in Textile Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kallenborn taught textiles and design at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before jointing the faculty at Kansas City Art Institute. Carolyn is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Design Studies Department. She was an assistant professor in the Fiber Department at the Kansas City Art Institute from 2001 - 2007. Carolyn currently serves as the Coordinator for \u201cOff The Grid\u201d the 2009 Surface Design Association international textile conference. She was Conference Coordinator for \u201cUncovering the Surface\u201d , SDA\u2019s 2005 conference and was coordinator and juror for two major exhibitions for the SDA\u2019s 2003 conference. Language - English","videoId":6312241058112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","episode":1,"subscription":"bvl_visartssch","title":"The Egungun Dancers of West Africa","xml_source":"bvl_visartssch_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"CK-TextileEgung","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/bc036046-6b6a-4393-aa47-e32fedd61760/711bbd2b-e4b4-415d-9de4-8241fc06fe11/1280x720/match/image.jpg","series_id":"series_textileTalks","facets":"africanDanceDramaAndMusic , African dance, drama and music , anthropologyOfArt , Anthropology of art , appliedArt , Applied art , textiles , Textiles , beliefRitualsAndWorship , Belief, rituals and worship , celebrations , Celebrations , heritageAndTradition , Heritage and tradition , backstage , Backstage , made_20002009 , 2000\u20132009 , english , English , africa , Africa , origin_unitedStates , United States , video , Video , art , Art , artsAndLiterature , Arts and literature , origin_northAmerica , North America , anthropology , Anthropology , africanStudies , African Studies , made_2000Present , 2000\u2013present ,","contenttypeorder":3,"series":"Textile Talks","date_of_publication":2020,"productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"CK-TextileEgung","facet":["africa","africanDanceDramaAndMusic","africanStudies","anthropology","anthropologyOfArt","appliedArt","art","artsAndLiterature","backstage","beliefRitualsAndWorship","celebrations","english","heritageAndTradition","made_20002009","made_2000Present","origin_northAmerica","origin_unitedStates","textiles","video"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Carolyn Kallenborn~Henry Drewal~Carolyn Kallenborn"}
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