Textiles -- Actual and Virtual -- to Be Exhibited

Exhibit title: "Webs://Textiles and New Technology" Dates: Jan. 18 through Feb. 13 Where: Design Gallery 145 Walker Hall Department of Environmental Design University of California, Davis Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday 2-5 p.m. Sunday Closed holidays Lecture: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14 Panel Discussion: 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 18 Reception: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18 Artist: 25 local and international textile designers and artists An exhibition of actual and virtual works by 25 local and international textile designers and artists will include textiles using new materials or fabrication technologies, on-line and CD-ROM-based projects, installations crossing between virtual and actual worlds, and videos about designers and their projects. The exhibit is intended to communicate textile thinking through new paradigms, providing an important bridge between design, education and industry, according to Emily Dubois, exhibition curator and a lecturer in the environmental design department. A panel discussion including several of those participating in the exhibit will be held in TB 112 on the opening day of the exhibit, moderated by Mark Newport, of the College of Fine and Performing Arts at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Wash. Admission to the gallery and panel discussion is free. Dubois will give a slide lecture titled "Webs://Textiles and New Technology, the Curator's Point of View" at the Davis Art Center, 1919 F St., Davis, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 14. Admission is $5; members and students are admitted free.

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