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Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising

Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising Exhibitions

Avenir Museum Galleries are updated with new exhibits each semester to ensure that our visitors always have something new to look forward to.

Summer 2024 Exhibitions

Avenir Museum Gallery

Resist: Tie Dye Practices from Around the World

Feb. 13 –Sept. 7, 2024

Resist dyeing is a magical process. Patterns and images are revealed after a complex series of folds, ties, binds, and dyes. Scholars believe that these practices may have developed independently in cultures across the world. Join the Avenir Museum as we tie together diverse practices of tie dye from Japan, Indonesia, India, Uzbekistan, Nigeria, Guatemala, and Peru, amongst others.

a close up of fabric created from resist dyes with a purple background and spots where resists were created.

The Richard Blackwell Gallery

Jungji Doh: Embroidery as Cultural Heritage
도정지: 한국의 문화유산, 전통자수  

July 9 – Dec. 14, 2024

Discover meticulous stitches and specialized techniques in the work of Jungji Doh, recipient of the designation of Master of Traditional Embroidery by the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2016. The pieces featured in this exhibition are the garments, accessories, and objects that have been a part of the Korean wedding ceremony for centuries.

Embroidered flowers and butterflies on a red background

The Lucile Hawks Gallery

Walk the Kaleidoscope 

May 17 – Sept. 7, 2024

Enjoy 14 selected looks from the Walk the Kaleidoscope fashion show, produced by seniors in the Department of Design and Merchandising.

5 models walk with a photo affect making them look blurred with a clear image of the kaleidoscope in the background
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Virtual and Other Galleries

Gustafson Gallery

The Gustafson Gallery is under the umbrella of the Avenir Museum and is located in the Gifford Building on CSU's main campus.

Virtual Gallery

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