Artistic and Functional: Aprons from the Karen Anderson Collection

Exhibit:  January 25, 2009 – July 19, 2009
Reception:  1969-12-31

Overview

Artistic and Functional: Aprons from the Karen Anderson Collection features a diverse selection of 47 aprons collected by Mrs. Karen Anderson of Lynn Center, Illinois.  These beautiful pieces of domestic art demonstrate the ingenuity of a century of American women who fashioned aprons from recycled feedsacks, dresses, curtains, handkerchiefs and blue jeans.  Visitors will be captivated by the array of styles and awed by the sewing skills of appliqué, embroidery, smocking and tatting.

This exhibition also features Aprons from a Local Kitchen Drawer, a collection of aprons created by Catherine Weinheimer Hackenheimer, the grandmother of Castellani Art Museum docent Jean Hackenheimer, and Aprons at Work, a series eight of occupational apron portraits photographed by Lauren Tent of CEPA Gallery. 

This spring the Folk Art Program of the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University will team up with Florence Rhodes of Quiltmaker’s and Friends for an apron making workshop.  More details to come!  In the meantime, please mark your calendars for the following special events held in conjunction with this exhibition.  All events (excluding apron making workshop) are $3.00 or free for members of the Castellani Art Museum and students of Niagara University.