Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
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Virtual Event: Printcraft: The Art of Playing with Pictures in Nineteenth-Century America
with Christina Michelon
Printed material–ranging from illustrated books and fine engravings to greeting cards, chromos, magazines, printed fabrics and wallpapers – enveloped the American home over the course of the nineteenth century. In her presentation, assistant curator Christina Michelon will introduce some of the ways that people creatively processed this abundance of graphic material through what she calls “printcrafting.” Dr. Michelon will demonstrate how makers, especially women and children, used mass-produced materials and collage-like techniques such as scrapbooking, decoupage, and patchwork to assert their agency and individuality.
