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May 23, 2013
LECTURE

Thinking Globally: Exploring the MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian Art Collection

7 – 8 p.m.
Pillsbury Auditorium

Presenter: Risha Lee, the MIA's Jane Emison Assistant Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art. The MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian art collection contains many gems of art, produced in a variety of times and places. In an introduction to the collecti...
Exhibition



The Fabric of Society: 1,500 Years of African Textiles

Saturday, November 13, 2010—Sunday, July 31, 2011
Gallery 255
Free Exhibition

This is the first MIA exhibition to show a wide range of textiles from Northern, Western, and Central Africa. The blankets, wrappers, tunics, robes, costumes, and headdresses illustrate the boundless creativity of African weavers and the inventiveness of fashion-conscious consumers. "The Fabric of Society" includes a catwalk to display these stunning garments in the round.