(Oneida, NY – May 2013) Three talks on Upstate New York Historical Sensations will be featured during the Oneida Community Mansion House’s spring Adult Enrichment Series. The talks on consecutive Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. are free to the public.
On May 9, Cathy Rosa Klimaszewski examines traditional textile art in “American Album Quilts: Social Media of the 19th Century.”
Klimaszewski is Associate Director and Ames Curator of Education at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. She is, herself, a textile artist with experience organizing quilt exhibits.
Accompanying Klimaszewski’s talk, examples of a pictorial quilting tradition at the Mansion House will be on display.
The Oneida Community Mansion House is located at 170 Kenwood Ave., Oneida.
For information call 363-0745 or visit www.oneidacommunity.org.