Northwest Explorer
Threads of Truth: Exploring the Red Dress Exhibit with Carla Funk
Episode 9 | 1m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Join Northwest Explorer as we sit down with Carla Funk.
Join Northwest Explorer as we sit down with Carla Funk, Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, to discuss the international Red Dress exhibit. Learn about the moving significance of this silk garment constructed by 380 individuals from 51 countries.
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Northwest Explorer is a local public television program presented by Cascade PBS
Northwest Explorer
Threads of Truth: Exploring the Red Dress Exhibit with Carla Funk
Episode 9 | 1m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Join Northwest Explorer as we sit down with Carla Funk, Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, to discuss the international Red Dress exhibit. Learn about the moving significance of this silk garment constructed by 380 individuals from 51 countries.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWe're here in La Conner, Washington exploring an international sensation.
The red dress.
And the only place you're going to find it is the Pacific Northwe.. And this is where the cool stuff is.
Not that that's a curtain.
This is the red dress.
The red dress was conceived by British artist Kirsti.. and she envisioned the dress as a platform for a dialog written in the universal language of embroidery.
Many of the artisans who worked on this were refugees from war, from Ukraine, from Africa.
I love that section over there with all the African women in their wax print fabrics.
And they each have their own distinct personalities.
And, then there's also some wonderful, metallic embroidery.
The dress is literally weighted down by the stitches and the metallic embroidery and the beading, but it also is weighed down by the stories, I think, that are shared.
It is spectacular.
I invite you to come visit at the Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum.
I'm Angela.
Thank you for exploring.
I'll see you.
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Northwest Explorer is a local public television program presented by Cascade PBS