COME SEE SHARON TAKEDA, SENIOR CURATOR & DEPARTMENT HEAD OF COSTUME AND TEXTILES AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT COLLECTING AND CURATING JAPANESE TEXTILES!

Sharon Takeda is Senior Curator and Head of the Department of Costume and Textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Her exhibitions include Kimono for a Modern Age (2014), RODARTE: Fra Angelico Collection (2011-2012); African Inspiration: Kuba Textiles and European Modernism (2010-11) and more. In addition to exhibition catalogues, her publications include Japanese Fishermen's Coats from Awaji Island for the Fowler Museum at UCLA, contributions to Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868 for the National Gallery of Art, and articles in American, British, and Japanese journals. Sharon serves on the Directing Council of the Centre International d'Etude des Textiles Anciens (CIETA).