Thelma K. Thomas '80 has curated a show for the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World in Manhattan titled “Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity.” The exhibition offers intimate glimpses into the lives of those who commissioned and used textiles and more sweeping views across Late Antique society (roughly third to seventh century CE). It brings together over 50 textiles of diverse materials, techniques, and motifs to explore how clothing and cloth furnishings expressed ideals of self, society, and culture.
The exhibition was recently written about in The New York Times.