New online exhibit at the Arizona State Museum
courtesy of the Gloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry
Studies. See below. -Ed

--- Bobbie Gibel <tapestry@...> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:10:09 -0700
> From: Bobbie Gibel <tapestry@...>
> Subject: OUR NAVAJO WEAVING EXHIBITION IS NOW
> ONLINE!
> To: TAPESTRY@...
>
> The GFR Center for Tapestry Studies is pleased to
> announce the inauguration
> of
> NAVAJO WEAVING AT ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM: 19TH CENTURY
> BLANKETS; 20TH CENTURY
> RUGS; 21ST CENTURY VIEWS, an online version of a
> public exhibition that was
> installed from October 2004 through May 2005 in the
> Arizona State Museum’s
> galleries in Tucson. The exhibition now exists only
> in a virtual form on
> this website:
>
>
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibits/navajoweave/
>
> Many thanks to the Museum's website wiz and project
> manager Laura LePere,
> who worked patiently on myriad creative solutions
> for this project over many
> months. Thanks also to Frank Finkenberg, George
> Harding, Joy Johnson, Chris
> Meredith, Bobbie Gibel, Nick Smith, and Tae
> Talayumptewa who all contributed
> to the site’s special flavor and its detailed
> operations. Special thanks to
> co-curators Barbara, Sierra and Michael Ornelas for
> their involvement in the
> content of the original exhibition and this online
> project. For further
> acknowledgment of other wonderful contributions,
> please see the website's
> credits page.
>
> According to project manager Laura LePere, “This is
> the largest web exhibit
> that we have done to date, consisting of nearly 200
> pages. It also has more
> different components that any other online exhibit
> we have done. Please be
> sure to check out the Multimedia and Activities
> section to see the videos,
> interactive games and slideshows.”
>
> We hope you enjoy the show, and always welcome your
> comments!
>
> Best wishes,
> Ann
>
> Ann Lane Hedlund, Ph.D.
> Director
> The Gloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry Studies
> Arizona State Museum
> University of Arizona
> Tucson, AZ 85721-0026
> ahedlund@...
> www.tapestrycenter.org
>
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>
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> cultural study of handwoven
> tapestries, used worldwide from prehistory to the
> present-day.
>
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>
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>

Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD Student
Department of Anthropology, MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
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