BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ical@bgc.bard.edu//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.16.12//
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Bard Graduate Center
X-WR-CALDESC:
X-WR-RELCALID:f
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:event_1641@www.bgc.bard.edu
DTSTAMP:20260827T232842Z
DESCRIPTION:The stunning garments worn on the silent-era silver screen reli
 ed on thousands of workers—primarily women—who labored in Hollywood studio
  wardrobe departments. While some film-worn garments from the silent era s
 urvive today\, the names of the employees who created them typically went 
 unrecorded. Drawing on archival footage\, period press coverage\, and phot
 ographs from wardrobe departments in New York and Hollywood\, Goddesses in
  the Machine cocurator Emma Cormack will explore the critical role that th
 ese women played in the emerging studio system. She will also spotlight a 
 durational project that accompanies the exhibition: BGC doctoral students 
 Sydney Maresca (a costume designer) and Jaya Misra (a textile conservator)
  are reconstructing two film-worn gowns from 1921 and 1926—both on display
  in BGC’s Gallery—in order to produce new knowledge about the garments\, t
 heir designers\, and the makers.Emma Cormack (BGC MA 2018) is associate cu
 rator for exhibitions and Study Collection curator at Bard Graduate Center
 . With a background in decorative arts\, design history\, and material cul
 ture\, her research specialties include the history of fashion and textile
 s with a particular interest in department stores\, consumer culture\, and
  print advertising in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France 
 and the United States. At BGC\, she was the cocurator of Threads of Power:
  Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen (2022–23) and coeditor of the accom
 panying publication\; assistant curator of French Fashion\, Women\, and th
 e First World War (2019–20)\; and curatorial and editorial assistant for E
 ileen Gray (2020). With Michelle Finamore\, she is cocurator and coeditor 
 of Goddesses in the Machine: Fashion in American Silent Film (2026).Galler
 y Visits with BGC EducatorsDrop by the exhibition Goddesses in the Machine
 : Fashion in American Silent Film at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery betw
 een 5 and 6 pm at no extra charge! Gallery educators will be stationed thr
 oughout the exhibition to share a few highlights.September 23 and October 
 2818 West 86th Street\, New York5–6 pm
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T170000
SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Dressing the Goddesses: Wardrobe Departments 
 in the Silent Era
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR