Monday, August 1, 2011

PAST: ART: "Green: The Color and the Cause" at The Textile Museum in Dupont, SAT, April 16th - SUN, Sept 11th, By donation, Suggested $8

"Green: the Color and the Cause" at the Textile Museum
Admission is by donation, suggested $8
On view Saturday, April 16th through Sun, September 11th

Many cultures traditionally associate the color green with nature and its attributes, including life, fertility and rebirth. In recent years, green has become the symbolic color of environmentalism. This exhibition will celebrate green both as a color and as a cause, exploring the techniques people have devised to create green textiles, the meanings this color has held in cultures across time and place, and the ways that contemporary textile artists and designers are responding to concerns about the environment. Read more here.

The Textile Museum
2320 S Street, NW
Mero: Dupont Circle, Q St north exit

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