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Collectors and Collections: Asian Textiles tour

  • Nickle Galleries 411 Campus Lane NW Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 Canada (map)

Textile collectors collect objects as well as memories and stories. This dynamic event features two accidental textile collectors, sharing their textile passions, stories, and personal understanding of the textile traditions of Asia.

Join the Alberta Craft Council at Nickle Galleries at the University of Calgary for a fascinating afternoon. Arrive early and visit the current Nickle Galleries exhibitions before your behind the scenes tour: After Holbein – Turkish Carpets and the Tudors; David Garneau: Métissage; and from the Numismatic collection - The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander The Great and His Successors. The Nickle Galleries are open Monday – Friday 9 – 4 pm.

Tickets:

General Admission $20
ACC Members $15

Earlier Event: April 15
Ornament & Crime Artist Reception
Later Event: April 22
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