Material Culture in the Context of War
Miami University Art Museum
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Sara Butler, Miami University professor of art, will lead a discussion titled "Camouflage and Beyond: When Dress Meets War" at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at the art museum.
The talk is co-sponsored by Miami’s women’s studies program. Butler will lead an interactive session exploring how dress in the U.S. and abroad has been employed both literally and symbolically to communicate perspectives about war.
The audience will have an opportunity to share their thoughts about wearable textiles and their use as a medium for visual communication.
Butler holds B.S. (1966), M.S. (1972), and Ph.D. (1977) degrees in textiles and clothing from Michigan State University. She teaches courses in global dress and the history of dress and her scholarly interests center on dress and human behavior.
She has published articles in the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal and Perceptual and Motor Skills and has presented numerous papers at conferences of the International Textiles and Apparel Association.
