Avenir Lecture Series: We Will Not Be Denied - April 23
On Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m., a representative from the Molly Brown House Museum in Denver will present a lecture about Women's Suffrage.
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Fashioning Women's Rights: Suffragists' Political Style and its Visual Legacies - March 12
On Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, professor of women's and gender studies at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, will be the guest speaker.
Hundreds of Hangers!
The humble hanger. You probably have a closet full of them, right? Well, so does the Avenir Museum, but ours are pretty special.
Abolition and textiles
Clothing and other textiles like quilts play an important role in the country’s history of women’s rights.
Meet the students on Team Avenir!
The realization of a generous bequest from longtime Avenir Museum supporter Edith Wartburg makes it possible for undergraduate students to join the museum.
Exhibit celebrating suffrage movement, women’s activism opens at Avenir Museum
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising has created a suffrage-themed exhibition examining how women’s attire in the U.S. has changed in response to the activism of the times.
Avenir Museum collection feature – Orlando Dugi’s purple jacket purchase
The Avenir Museum is highlighting designer Orlando Dugi's purple quilted jacket, a brand new addition to the museum’s permanent collection.
Native American designer Dugi visits with CSU students, gives public talks
Orlando Dugi, the Native American fashion designer whose high-end evening wear is on exhibit at CSU’s Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising this fall, visited campus Nov. 6-13 to give public talks, visit with classes, and see his premier solo exhibition in person for the first time.
Funding Fashion: Help Purchase a Dugi - Nov. 8
The Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising invites the public to enjoy a reception with Native American designer Orlando Dugi on Nov. 8, from 6 - 8 p.m. at the museum.