The Textile Museum 2012 Annual Report

THE TEXTILE MUSEUM

2012 ANNUAL REPORT

2012 AnnuAl RepoRt

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From the President The Textile Museum keenly anticipates its exciting future, which promises intensive use of its superb collections, enhanced scholarly activities, and a continuing focus on public programs, education, and exhibitions. Moreover, we foresee engaging a broader audience and look forward to nurturing a solid appreciation of the textile arts in the next generation and beyond.

In the midst of planning for its exciting future ahead, in the past year The Textile Museum presented six remarkable exhibitions, published the latest in a series of critically acclaimed catalogs, and ended the year with a revenue surplus. 2012 was a success by any measure— exceptional considering the simultaneous preparations for the museum’s transition to the George Washington University in 2014.

Above (left to right): Board President Bruce P. Baganz, Ambassador of Japan H.E. Ichiro Fujisaki, and Interim Director W. Richard West, Jr., at the opening reception for Woven Treasures of Japan’s Tawaraya Workshop. Photo by Kevin Allen.

Cover image: Velvet yastık face (detail), Bursa, 17th century.

TM 1.54. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1951.

Annual Report editors: Katy Clune and Chita S. Middleton Design: Chita S. Middleton ©2013 The Textile Museum. All rights reserved.

The themes of this past year’s exhibitions were particularly current: our collections-based exhibition celebrated the Year of the Dragon, and Woven Treasures of Japan’s Tawaraya Workshop coincided with Washington, D.C.’s National Cherry Blossom Festival centennial celebration.

In the fall, the museum’s focus turned towards the eastern Mediterranean and Turkey with the long-awaited opening of The Sultan’s Garden: The Blossoming of Ottoman Art. This exhibition’s stunning catalog—the culmination of a fiveyear collaboration—is the first publication to focus on the phenomenon of the Ottoman Empire’s centuries-old floral style. Public programs helped bring exhibitions to life for audiences of all ages—nearly 7,000 people attended a lecture, family day, or workshop in 2012.

Behind the scenes, staff and museum leadership continued to plan for the upcoming move to GW. In January, the collections and conservation departments began a com-

prehensive survey of the museum’s 19,000 pieces to ensure their safety during the transition to a new state-of-the-art collections center in Ashburn, Va. Together with the university, the museum celebrated breaking ground on GW’s Foggy Bottom campus in October. I want to extend my special thanks to Interim Director W. Richard West, Jr., for his contributions to a smooth transition during his tenure in 2012.

These remarkable successes are a testament to the vibrancy of The Textile Museum, and could not be possible without the support of our members, friends, and the Board of Trustees. By moving to a new museum facility at GW, The Textile Museum is poised to expand upon its tradition of art, scholarship, education, and fostering cultural understanding in ways previously unimagined. As we embark on our final year at our historic S Street location, I want to sincerely thank each of you for your belief in our continuing mission and your generous support.

Bruce P. Baganz President The Textile Museum Board of Trustees

Looking Ahead

In the past year, progress towards The TM’s fall 2014 reopening was made on all fronts:

Collections The Textile Museum has operated in the historic home of its founder, George Hewitt Myers, for eighty-eight years. In the fall of 2014, the relocated museum will open its doors to the public on the George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom campus. This creative collaboration unites two successful institutions and results in a venture

greater than the sum of its parts: by next fall The Textile Museum will begin sharing its collections with increased audiences in three times the gallery space. The mission of The Textile Museum will remain the same, while the impact of Myers’s vision will be greater than ever before.

In the spring of 2012, museum curators taught a graduate-level art history seminar, “Textiles and Politics”—the first of future efforts to engage students in and out of the classroom. Photo courtesy of GW.

In 2012, staff embarked on preparations to ensure that the museum’s 19,000 textiles and related objects move safely to the new collections center on GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus.

Curatorial The team of curators and research associates solidified plans for The Textile Museum’s opening exhibition at GW. The show will feature treasures of the collections from around the world.

Education Museum staff began to lay plans for the Learning Center in the new museum, which will offer handson displays introducing textiles to visitors.

Facilities Textile Museum staff and leadership continued to provide consultation as architects Hartman-Cox and Cooper Cary planned for the downtown and Va. sites, respectively. On October 18, the museum celebrated the groundbreaking in Foggy Bottom.

Governance Together with the university, The Textile Museum appointed the first eight founding board members for the new museum. When fully established, half of the board will be made up of TM appointees.

“The scheduled 2014 move of the historic Textile Museum to the GW campus seem[s] like an intuitively smart decision. It allows the museum, which has had a balanced budget for years, to expand and remain financially viable, and gives university students access to the research possibilities of a world-class collection.”

Lonnae O’Neil Parker “Top Ten Museums of 2012” The Washington Post (December 7, 2012) 2012 annual report 1

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Highlights from 2012

In May, The TM signed a Definitive Agreement that solidified its affiliation with the George Washington University.

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On View

Acquisitions

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One of six exhibitions in 2012, Woven Treasures of Japan’s Tawaraya Workshop (March 23–August 12, 2012) was timed to coincide with the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. More than 13,500 visitors and program participants viewed the sumptuous silks created in one of Kyoto’s oldest and most illustrious workshops.

Japanese weaver Ayako Nikamoto created this piece for Sourcing the Museum (March 23–August 19, 2012), drawing inspiration from an early twentieth-century kasuri (ikat) kimono in the museum’s collections. In 2012, Nikamoto generously donated her beautiful weaving to the museum.

The museum published a magnificently illustrated catalog to accompany The Sultan’s Garden: The Blossoming of Ottoman Art (September 21, 2012–March 10, 2013). The 192-page book presents new research in the field of historical Turkish textiles and carpets.

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With support from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the museum launched a new partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, which brought textile-art learning to at-risk youth at two D.C. club locations.

The Textile Museum’s achievements in 2012 could not have been possible without the generous support of many organizations and individuals. In 2012, donors from thirty-four states and five countries made financial contributions of $250 or more to support the museum in its mission to expand public knowledge and appreciation of the artistic and cultural importance of the world’s textiles.

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Financials...........................................................15–16 About The Textile Museum....................................17 Images (left to right): Woven Treasures. Photo by Kevin Allen; Ayako Nikamoto, Wind (detail), Japan, 2011. TM 2012.14.1; Cover (detail), Istanbul, mid- to late-17th century. Private collection; Boys & Girls Clubs students at the 2012 Celebration of Textiles. Photo by Vincent Gallegos; Museum supporters at The Sultan’s Garden opening reception. Photo by Kevin Allen; The Textile Museum gardens. Photo by Erin Dey. 2012 annual report 3

On View In 2012, The Textile Museum showcased historical and contemporary textiles from Africa, Japan, Turkey, and around the globe in six diverse exhibitions.

Images (clockwise): Polly Barton, Arab Spring (detail), 2011.

Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Wendy McEahern; Textile Learning Center. Photo by Ben Droz; Dragon robe (long pao) (detail), China, late-18th to early-19th century. TM1973.30.1. Gift of Brigadier General Regan Fuller.

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Second Lives: the Age-Old Art of Recycling Textiles February 4, 2011–January 8, 2012 Curated by Lee Talbot, Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Collections

Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Africa October 15, 2011–February 12, 2012 Guest Curated by Vanessa Drake Moraga

Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep February 3, 2012–January 6, 2013 Curated by Lee Talbot Welcoming 2012 as the East Asian calendar’s Year of the Dragon, Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep presented a global selection of textiles depicting dragons and other fantastical creatures. Drawn entirely from the museum’s collections, the pieces in this exhibition illuminated diverse characterizations of these mythical creatures—from beneficent to brutal.

Woven Treasures of Japan’s Tawaraya Workshop March 23–August 12, 2012 Curated by Lee Talbot Japan has a remarkably refined textile tradition, and for centuries, its people have recognized the silks from Kyoto’s Nishijin neighborhood as the epitome of beauty and opulence. Woven Treasures featured kimono, screens, and other colorful silks created by one of Nishijin’s oldest and most illustrious workshops, Tawaraya, for the Japanese Imperial Household. The exhibition was organized with the help of Mr. Hyoji Kitagawa, Japan’s Living National Treasure and the Tawaraya’s eighteenth-generation head.

Sourcing the Museum March 23–August 19, 2012 Guest Curated by Jack Lenor Larsen, with Lee Talbot In this exhibition, the museum’s collections provided inspiration for eleven contemporary artists: Olga de Amaral, James Bassler, Polly Barton, Archie Brennan, Lia Cook, Helena Hernmarck, Ayako Nikamoto, Jon Eric Riis, Warren Seelig, Kay Sekimachi, and Ethel Stein. Sourcing the Museum displayed their new works alongside the pieces that inspired them, from rare Pre-Columbian and Late Roman weavings to Japanese kimono and Central Asian ikats.

The Sultan’s Garden: The Blossoming of Ottoman Art September 21, 2012–March 10, 2013 Curated by Sumru Belger Krody, Senior Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Collections, and Walter B. Denny Ottoman art reflects the wealth, abundance, and influence of an empire that spanned seven centuries and, at its height, three continents. This exhibition chronicled how stylized tulips, carnations, hyacinths, honeysuckles, pomegranates, rosebuds, and flowering fruit trees came to embellish nearly all media produced by the Ottoman court beginning in the mid-sixteenth century.

Textile Learning Center Through hands-on interactive displays, this activity gallery introduced visitors of all ages to the language of the textile arts and provide an opportunity to explore techniques, materials, dyes, and more.

“For a sheer tour-de-force, however, nothing beats the thin blue gauze—or ra—with a rippling floral design so complicated and labor-intensive that it fell out of production after the eighth century.”

Lee Lawrence “Far Eastern Dream Weavers” The Wall Street Journal (April 11, 2012) Above: Ra (gauze) with karabana (stylized flower) pattern (detail), Japan, Kyoto, 20th-century reproduction of 8th-century original. Courtesy of Hyoji Kitagawa. Photo by Kateigaho International (Sekai Bunka Publishing Inc.).

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Acquisitions Every year, The Textile Museum adds greater depth to its collections of more than 19,000 textiles with beautiful and historically important additions. In 2012, 133 pieces were donated to the collections by the generous individuals listed here.

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Images (clockwise): Vest (detail), China, late-19th century. TM 2012.8.1. Estate of Betty Lou Hummel; Qalamkari prayer cloth (detail), Iran, Isfahan, late19th century. TM 2012.7.1. Gift from Collection of Burton Fiske Plimpton; Kimono (detail), Japan, 20th century. TM 2012.11.3. Jeffrey Krauss Collection of Japanese Textiles; Child’s coat, Syria, Damascus, 19th century. TM 2012.13.8. Gift from The Mae Festa Collection.

lila Bishop Shoulder cloth (Bangladesh) Dennis Dodds Kesa (Japan); carpet (China) Mae lamar Festa Two panels and a skirt (Indonesia); sash and mantle (Philippines); ceremonial cloth (China); napkin (Greece); child’s coat (Syria); tent band (Central Asia); blouse (Mexico); band (Peru) ellison Findly Ten garments (China, Hainan Island); fifty-two textiles (Laos) Betty lou hummel (bequest) Two bamboo undershirts (China) Jeffrey Krauss Three kimono, one haori, and one yardage (Japan) Murad Megalli (bequest) Seventeen ikat fragments, four ikat panels, and four ikat coats (Uzbekistan) Roberta Munske Two batiks (Indonesia) naval history and heritage Command Obi (Japan); two tapa cloths (Pacific Islands) Jane nicholson Eyeglass case (China); two kimono (Japan) Ayako nikamoto Wind, 2011. Exhibited in Sourcing the Museum.

Marilyn nobles Wrapping cloth (Korea) ethelyn owen Qalamkari prayer cloth (Iran, late 19th century) Alan Rider Rank badge (China); batik and hinggi (Indonesia); cushion cover (Korea); socks (Iran); animal trapping band (Turkey) George V. smith Four skirts (Thailand) Marylou tillotson Kain gerinsing and skirt (Indonesia)

Research Textile Museum staff and research associates were active in the field in 2012, publishing articles, engaging with professional organizations and outside researchers, and educating the next generation of textile scholars and museum staff.

The Textile Museum is committed to advancing scholarship and broadening public awareness of the textile arts through research, interpretation, and exhibitions. In 2012, staff and research associates wrote on variety of topics in a range of scholarly journals and publications, a selection of which are featured at the right.

Staff and research associates also supported professional organizations in 2012. Curator Lee Talbot was selected to participate in the intensive “Workshop for Korean-Art Curators at Overseas Museums” organized by the Korea Foundation.

The TM was also a primary sponsor for “Textiles & Politics,” the Textile Society of America’s 13th Biennial Symposium in Washington, D.C. The Sultan’s Garden was the conference’s main exhibition attraction and Senior Curator Sumru Belger Krody was co-chair of the local organizing committee.

Research Associate Ann Pollard Rowe also led a workshop in conjunction with the symposium.

The Arthur D. Jenkins Library of Textiles Arts increased its holdings by sixty-one volumes in 2012, including two book purchases, thirty-four gifts, and fourteen items from a long-standing cataloging backlog.

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1,807 visitors participated in guided tours of the museum’s exhibitions

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196 textiles in the collections were studied first-hand by visiting researchers

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26 lectures were delivered by staff and research associates at national and international conferences

2012 Publications Highlights Carol Bier, Research Associate Review of The Appearance of Persian in Islamic Art, by Bernard O’Kane, Iranian Studies 45, 2 (March 2012): 312–14.

Walter B. Denny, Charles Grant Ellis Research Associate for Oriental Carpets “Fine Arts,” in The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey, eds. Metin Heper and Sabri Sayarı (New York: Routledge, 2012): 87–94.

David W. Fraser, Research Associate, Eastern Hemisphere Textiles “Symmetric vessels in plain oblique twining,” Strands 19 (2012): 9–15.

Sumru Belger Krody, Senior Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Collections With Walter B. Denny, “Floral Branding,” HALI 172 (summer 2012): 95–97.

Ann Pollard Rowe, Research Associate, Western Hemisphere Textiles “Early Featherwork from Ocucaje,” in Peruvian Featherworks, ed. Heidi King (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012): 51–59, 211–212.

Lee Talbot, Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Collections “Textile Legacies,” in The Story of Painting with a Needle (Seoul: Sookyung Women’s University Press, 2012): 6–9.

Published to accompany the eponymous exhibition at C.E.M.: The Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum.

<< Exhibition Catalog

Walter B. Denny and Sumru Belger Krody,

The Sultan’s Garden: The Blossoming of

Ottoman Art (Washington, D.C.: The Textile

Museum, 2012). << Extended Gallery Guide In 2012, The TM produced a colorful,

twenty-four page gallery guide for Woven Treasures, with images from the exhibition and

extensive commentary by Curator Lee Talbot.

Throughout the year, the museum hosted twenty-one interns from a range of local and international universities.

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Programs From craft workshops to concerts, lectures to films, The Textile Museum’s public programs aim to share the textile arts with people of all ages. In 2012, perennial programs and new initiatives welcomed more than 6,600 visitors to the museum.

Recurring Programs Ask a Curator, Ask a Conservator This recurring program gives visitors the opportunity to learn more about their own textiles from the curators and conservators on staff.

Arts for Families In this free monthly series, the whole family is invited to learn about textiles through an art activity. In 2012, participants dyed shibori pillowcases, created Chinese dragon puppets, enjoyed traditional Turkish folktales, and more.

Gallery Talks These free, lunchtime lectures—by staff and special guests—explore themes from the museum’s current exhibitions.

Rug & Textile Appreciation Mornings In Memory of Harold Keshishian The museum’s longest-running program features discussions and show-and-tell sessions led by local scholars and collectors.

Tours Experienced docents and staff lead weekly, drop-in tours of exhibition highlights, as well as scheduled tours for adult and school groups.

More than 1,800 visitors participated in a guided tour in 2012.

A guest at “Beauty and the East,” a 2012 PM @ The TM program. Photo by Ben Droz.

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Programs in 2012 Boys & Girls Clubs Partnership In its inaugural year, The Textile Museum’s partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington offered youth at two D.C. club locations the opportunity to learn basic textile techniques and produce colorful art through a sixteen-week program led by TM staff and volunteers.

Lecture Series: “African Art and Culture” Launched in 2011 with the opening of Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Africa, this series continued in early 2012 with lectures and a performance by the KanKouran West African Dance Company.

PM @ The TM The museum’s outdoor after-hours series for young professionals was back in full force in 2012, with “Bento Box Office” in May, a “Creature Feature” film screening in July, and September’s “Beauty and the East,” an evening of Ottoman-inspired fashion, culture, and crafts.

Celebration of Textiles Nearly 2,300 visitors participated in the museum’s thirty-fourth annual summer festival, which featured live sheepand alpaca-shearing, along with craft demonstrations and hands-on art activities for kids of all ages.

The Textile Museum Fall Symposium: “Ottoman by Design: Branding an Empire” For the museum’s fortieth-annual symposium, more than two hundred participants came together on the George Washington University campus and at the museum for a weekend of presentations, discussion, and other events relating to The Sultan’s Garden exhibition.

George Hewitt Myers Award 2012 George Hewitt Myers Award recipient Walter B. Denny, Ph.D., was recognized for his contributions to the field of Islamic textile arts in a special award ceremony and reception at the Embassy of Turkey.

Lecture Series: “An Empire of Beauty: Ottoman Culture and Modern Turkey” Presented in partnership with The American Friends of Turkey and through support from the Turkish Cultural Foundation, this fall and winter series expanded on The Sultan’s Garden exhibition with lectures from diverse presenters, including a leading expert on Ottoman art and architecture, a chef and published cookbook author, and the executive director of the U.S. Botanic Garden.

Study Tour Travel Program: “Transylvania and Bucovina: Carpets, Kilims, and Castles” Guided by award-winning authors and classical-carpet experts Alberto Boralevi and Stefano Ionescu, TM members examined some of the world’s best-preserved Islamic textiles and Romanian folk kilims in museums, private collections, and historic landmarks across Transylvania and Bucovina.

Right: Inspired by the practice of tying wishes to trees in sacred spaces in India and Japan, artist Chrysanne Stathacos transformed one of The Textile Museum’s oaks in her Natural Wishing installation. Visitors were invited to tie a fabric “wish” around its trunk. Photo by Katy Clune.

National Cherry Blossom Festival The museum participated in the centennial celebration of Japan’s gift of cherry trees with its Woven Treasures of Japan’s Tawaraya Workshop exhibition and a range of special events, including a Japanese embroidery workshop. In concert with the festival, The TM also participated in the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities “5x5” public art initiative: Artist Chrysanne Stathacos’s interactive Natural Wishing piece was on view in The TM gardens from March 20 through May. 2012 annual report 9

Support The Textile Museum gratefully acknowledges the generosity of those who help the museum fulfill its role as a worldwide leader in advancing knowledge and appreciation of the textile arts. Gifts of $250 and above received during the 2012 fiscal year are listed below.

The museum extends its sincerest thanks to all members and Annual Fund contributors.

Connoisseurs ($5,000–$9,999) Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Joseph W. and Judith Fell David and Barbara Fraser Amy L. Gould and Matthew S. Polk Harry and Diane Greenberg Fred and Susan Ingham Ms. Shirley Z. Johnson and Mr. Charles Rumph Vinay and Shonu Pande Joan and Ev Shorey

Patrons ($1,000–$4,999) Benefactors ($10,000 and Above) Bruce P. Baganz and Olive W. Baganz Jeanne V. Beekhuis Trust Sylvia Bergstrom and Joe Rothstein Cynthia and Alton Boyer Alexander D. Crary Roderick and AnnMarie DeArment Walter B. Denny and Alice Robbins Alastair and Kathy Dunn Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman Virginia McGehee Friend Nancy and Carl Gewirz Estate of Ann Gibbons Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Reeva and Ezra Mager Mary Jo Otsea and Richard H. Brown Roger S. Pratt and Claire Pratt Eleanor T. Rosenfeld Stanley Owen Roth Ruth Lincoln Fisher and Frederic R. Fisher Trusts Paul and Barbara Schwartz Michael Seidman and Lynda Couvillion Alice Dodge Wallace Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf Annie and Rick Zander Anonymous Benefactor

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Terry Adlhock and Jeffrey Hunter Deborah Anderson Dr. Mark Baganz and Ms. Laurie Salladin Dr. Robert J. Baum Beaty Family Fund William and Sondra Bechhoefer Melissa and Jason Burnett Mr. James D. Burns Ambassador Gene B. and Mrs. Rebecca S. Christy Dr. Young Yang Chung Sheridan and Richard Collins Tom and Fay Cook Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Cotsen Jean Cox Jeffrey P. Cunard Julie Schafler Dale Tina M. deVries K. Burke Dillon Colin and Lee England Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Gwen and Tom Farnham Mae Festa Elisabeth R. French Mr. Donald R. Gant Jannes J. Gibson Grainer Family Foundation Margaret H. and John B. Greenwood Thomas B. Harris Ms. Helena Hernmarck Ms. Vicki Howard

Cheri Hunter Jay L. and Sandra O. Jensen David L. Johnson and LeeAnn Podruch Robert J. Joly and Nancy S. Hewison Melissa McGee Keshishian Kirk M. Keshishian Patricia Key and Lauren L. Suter Helen K. King Don and Pamela Lichty Mr. and Mrs. A.V. Liventals Lin Lougheed J.L. Martin Maud Mater Bethany Mendenhall Dr. and Mrs. Miguel Miro-Quesada Jill Moormeier Andres G. and Vanessa D. Moraga Kurt Munkacsi and Nancy Jeffries Robert and Nancy Nooter Barry O'Connell Ms. Nina E. Olson Mary Pat Osterhaus Elmerina and Paul Parkman Arnold and Sandy Peinado Felix and Keisha Phillips Judith Plunkett Michael and Penelope Pollard Ms. Amelia Preece Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price Nancy Rice The Richman Family Foundation Mr. Luther S. Roehm Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rumford III Daniel and Sybil Silver Judith Alper Smith Gary G. and Rebecca A. T. Stevens Wendel and Diane Swan Robert Wakeley Wheeler Jill A. Wiltse and H. Kirk Brown III W. Richard West, Jr. and Mary Beth West Bruce J. Westcott

Michael and Patricia Wilson Cassie Zimmerman Anonymous Patrons

Miriam Zimmerman and Steve York Anonymous Sponsors

Sponsors ($500–$999)

Joseph S. Asin Julia Bailey and Douglas M. Bailey Mary W. Ballard Jenkins Sandra Bass Martin Baumrind and Mary Ann Baumrind Corrine Berezuk Judith L. Bexfield and James N. Bexfield Aija C. Blitte Sue Bogner Beth Bowers Daniel B. Brewster and Dara Brewster Joyce H. Bryan Sharon and Bob Buchanan John Buchanan Don Cobean Jeannette S. Cook Jo Ellen Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ford Coppola Don and Kae Dakin Donna M. Dana Mr. Richard Denison and Mrs. Paula Bryan Bill Depenbrock Dara L. Dinner Cornelia W. Dodge Joseph P. Doherty Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. Dunn John L. Ellicott Ms. Julie Evans Carma C. Fauntleroy Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Fling Alene H. and Robert S. Gelbard Dale Claire Gibb Jerre Gibber and J.G. Harrington Mitchell Goodman and Wendy Orient Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Graboske David Greenblatt and Sheila Gelman Kathryn L. Hatch Conway Y. Henderson and James Henderson

Andrew Boesel Anne Braxton K.C. Bryan and Joyce H. Bryan Mrs. M.K. Caverly Mary and David Colton Yvonne C. Condell Dan Cameron Family Foundation Jack and Sharon Fenlon Dr. and Mrs. Giraud V. Foster Timothy and Penelope Hays Timothy C. Hester Sandra M. Hoexter Sona Kalousdian and Ira Lawrence Frederick and Stella Krieger Elsa Liner Douglas and Brenda Maas General and Mrs. David Maddox Leigh A. Marsh Maria Montelibano William D. Moseley Yvonne Norton Maria Teresa O'Leary Elizabeth Oliver Marian Osterweis Dr. Rushton E. Patterson, Jr. Nancy K. Porter Dr. Fenwick C. Riley and Dr. Olga Linares David A. Roehm and Gayle M. Roehm John Ruddy and Kumiko Masumoto Jay M. Schippers Jenny Spancake and Steven C. Spancake Ms. Kai Spratt and Mr. Allan S. Rogers Mary Lou Steptoe Adelaide P. Stern Florence and Roger Stone Ms. Carson C. Taylor Jeanne Wilson

Supporters ($250–$499)

Museum supporters at The Sultan’s Garden opening reception. Photo by Kevin Allen.

Rebecca Anne Higgins Nancy Hirshbein Frank W. Hoch Kimberly Humphries Elizabeth Jack Joan L. and John H. Jackson Elliott Jones Margaret C. Jones Jerome and Deena Kaplan Vedat Karadag Dr. Kathy S. Katz and Dr. Richard Katz Erna Kerst and Michael Kerst Margaret Kivelson Julie M. Klement and Joe Bernstein Gerhardt G. Knodel Jeffrey Krauss and Fern Krauss Ross G. Kreamer and Christine Mullen Kreamer Sumru Belger Krody and Eric Krody May Lesar Richard A. Levinson Judith and Richard Livingston Sandra and Adrian Loftin R. Joel and Melinda Lowy Susan L. McCauley and Michael A. Ussery Barbara McCoy Ruth McDiarmid Aviva S. Meyer 2012 annual report 11

David L. Meyers and Roberta Strickler Eric A. Michael and Craig Kruger Mary M. Miller Catherine L. Moore and Carl W. Stephens Janice Moskowitz and Keither Costas Mary Myer and Theodore H. Myer Dominie M. Nash and Howard A. Nash Maya Naunton Nonna A. Noto Sandra J. Occhipinti and Bruce Wetzel Dr. Leslie E. Orgel and Mrs. Alice Orgel Mildred Patterson and Marc Grossman Ruth Perlin and Seymour Perlin Trudy and Gary Peterson Malcolm Pfunder Ambassador Joseph A. Presel and Mrs. Claire-Lise Presel Nadine Purcell Judith Rapoport and Stanley Rapoport Adele Richardson Ray Linda Reed Kathleen Reid and Wally Reid Ms. Patricia G. Reilly and Mr. Carmine D'Aloisio Kathryn L. Riley Jocarol T. Robb Professor and Mrs. Richard Rose Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rosenberg Linda F. Segal Susan Sheehan Elizabeth Silver-Schack and Larry Silver Ms. Cary Slocum Diane S. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Stauffer Kathryn L. Steven Evelyn R. Stewar Mary W. Sullivan Esther Suss Ms. Marsha E. Swiss and Dr. Ronald M. Costell Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Taran Edith L. Taylor Mrs. Mary F. Townsend 12 the Textile museum

Henry Townsend and Jessica Townsend Elinor G. Vaughter Jane Venable Brown Darcy Walker Aya Weissman Genii Williams and Tim Williams Christine Windheuser Mrs. Janet F. Wishner Nicholas and Joan Safford Wright Thomas Xenakis Susan York Deborah Zeitler and Rodney Zeitler Anonymous Supporters

Corporations Aramco Services Company Arts and Culture Network, Inc. BHP Billiton Petroleum The Boeing Company Broadridge Foundation The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation The Chubb Corporation ExxonMobil Foundation Gail Martin Gallery GE Foundation Karavan Treasures from Turkey Main Street Oriental Rugs Peruvian Connection Ltd. Security Energy Company Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Zamani House of Heritage

Foundations Alice Shaver Foundation Asian Cultural Council Catherine Hawkins Foundation The Charles Delmar Foundation The Coby Foundation, Ltd. E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation Hawk Rock Foundation Institute of Turkish Studies The Japan Foundation

Margaret A. Cargill Foundation The Marpat Foundation, Inc. The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts The Selz Foundation Toshiba International Foundation The Wetsman Foundation

Organizations Barry O’Connell’s Rug Tour Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington Humanities Council of Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund Japan-America Society of Washington, D.C. National Society of Arts and Letters, Washington, D.C. Chapter Textile Museum Associates of Southern California The Textile Museum Docents World Bank Community Connections Fund

Government ANC 2D District of Columbia Government D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

in kind Bruce P. Baganz and Olive W. Baganz Debevoise and Plimpton, LLP HALI Publications Limited The Washington Examiner In 2012, The Textile Museum received gifts in memory of the following individuals: Alan Bergstrom Richard Ettinghausen Margie Garrett Harold Keshishian Murad Megalli Gene Owens Edwin Zimmerman

Leadership and Staff Board of Trustees Bruce P. Baganz President Cynthia R. Boyer Vice President Roderick A. DeArment Treasurer Ezra Pascal Mager Assistant Treasurer Michael M. Seidman Secretary Alexander D. Crary Assistant Secretary Alastair I. Dunn Thomas Farnham Judy Brick Freedman Virginia McGehee Friend Nancy Gewirz Hannelore Grantham Frederick L. Ingham Eleanor T. Rosenfeld Stanley Owen Roth Paul Schwartz Wendel Swan Annie Hurlbut Zander

Advisory Council Terry Adlhock Deborah Anderson Julia Bailey William B. Bechhoefer Sylvia Bergstrom H. Kirk Brown III Julia M. Burke Melissa Burnett Dr. Young Yang Chung

Sonya Clark Sheridan P. Collins Julie S. Dale Jane W. Daniels K. Burke Dillon Suzanne W. Dworsky A. Edward Elmendorf Sharon G. Fenlon Jannes Gibson Marc Grainer Thomas B. Harris Bruce Hoffman R. John Howe Cheri Hunter Robert J. Joly Kirk M. Keshishian Melissa M. Keshishian Patricia Key Gerhardt Knodel Jeffrey Krauss Frederick Krieger Zeyneb Lange Eleanor McMillan Ann Nicholas Maria O'Leary Mary Jo Otsea David A. Paly Vinay S. Pande Elmerina Parkman Felix Phillips Roger S. Pratt Jay M. Schippers Judith Alper Smith Anne Wright Wilson Jill A. Wiltse

Staff W. Richard West, Jr., Interim Director Doug Maas, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer Doug Anderson, Exhibition Production Technician Claire Marie Blaustein, Communications & Social Media Associate Katy Clune, Communications & Marketing Manager Angela Duckwall, Assoc. Conservator for Collections Ingrid Faulkerson, Development Manager, Special Events Lydia Fraser, Librarian Sheila Freeman, Receptionist & Membership Assistant Maria Fusco, Associate Conservator for Collections Miriam Gentle, Shop Sales Assistant Tom Goehner, Curator of Education Chelsea Hick, Receptionist Cypriana Hicklen, Accounting Manager Emily Johnson, Development Assistant Jessica Kern, Shop Sales Assistant Ana Kiss, Special Assistant to the Director Sumru Belger Krody, Senior Curator Hattie Jo Lehman, Assistant Curator of Education Kimberly Lightner, Shop Sales Assistant Esther Méthé, Chief Conservator, Margaret Wing Dodge Chair in Conservation Chita S. Middleton, Shop Sales Assistant Diana Montano, Receptionist

Left: 2012 Board of Trustees; Right: 2012 Advisory Council. Photos by Stone Photography.

Melissa Moore, Shop Sales Assistant Erveina Nichols-Fletcher, Shop Sales Assistant Frank Petty, Facilities Assistant Emily Robinson, Exhibition Coordinator Tessa Sabol, Assistant Registrar Rachel Shabica, Registrar Patti Sheer, Shop Sales Assistant Rebecca A.T. Stevens, Consulting Curator, Contemporary Textiles Lee Talbot, Curator Richard Timpson, Director of Facilities & Exhibition Production Katy Uravitch, Exhibition Coordinator Eliza Ward, Director of Development Chabrina Williams, Director of Retail Operations Kibebew Wondirad, Senior Accountant

Research Associates Carol Bier, Islamic Textiles William J. Conklin, Pre-Columbian Textiles Walter B. Denny, Charles Grant Ellis Research Associate for Oriental Carpets Thomas J. Farnham, Charles Grant Ellis Archives Research Associate Michael Franses, Oriental Carpets David W. Fraser, Eastern Hemisphere Textiles Mattiebelle S. Gittinger, Southeast Asian Textiles Ann Pollard Rowe, Western Hemisphere Textiles

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volunteers Terry Adlhock Caroline Backlund Sondra Bechhoefer Keri Birmingham Eleesha Blackwell June P. Bland Diane Bratter Shelly Brunner Emily Buhrow Shelly Buring Teresa Cappuccilli June T. Carmichael Leslie Carson Pam Causer Rebecca Christy Yve Colby Sheridan P. Collins Adrienne Cook Lynda Couvillion Elizabeth Davidson Kat Davis Erin Dey

Burke Dillon Tricia Donovan Anne Eigeman Julie Evans Ashlee Forbes Elisabeth French Virginia French Danielle Weaver Gabriel Barbara L. Gentile Julie A. Geschwind Jan Gibson Jessica Gosling-Goldsmith Amber Greenleaf Jack Greenwood Margaret H. Greenwood Rebecca Haase K.C. Hart Chelsea Hick Dorie Hightower Nancy Hirshbein Michelle Ho Sandra M. Hoexter

the textile Museum could not fulfill its mission without the support of dedicated volunteers, who devote thousands of hours annually to the museum. In 2012, volunteers generously donated 3,366 hours as interns, docents, program and departmental volunteers, new horizons Committee members, and more. the textile Museum is grateful for their many contributions.

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Hannah Horrom Lacey Huber Marissa Huttinger Phyllis Kane Kathy Katz Andrea Kiernan Peter Kiss Pamela L. Kopp Katie Koshy Ethelmary Maddox Jill Martin Joyce L. Martin Gale Awaya McCallum Carla McCambridge Rebecca McCormick Jane Moss McCune Ruth McDiarmid Janice McHenry Amberly Meli Marcia Melin J. Metty Caryn Miller

Katy Milligan Sana Mirza Nancy Mitchell Diana Montano Melissa Moore Violet Morris Hilary Naiberk Matt Neufeld Michelle Oh Nina Olson Heather Otis Ethelyn Owen Ellery A. Owens Elmerina Parkman Lily Percy Penelope B. Pollard Jerrilynn Pudschun Kirstin Purtich Rachel Rhodes Catherine Rich Catherina Rid Amy S. Rispin

Ruth A. Roush Irina Rubenstein Catherine Sands Raquel Santos Erica Scott Linda F. Segal Catherine Seibert Kathleen Severens Patti Sheer Ali Shoup Ann Sloatman Susan Spock Kathryn L. Stevens Rebecca Stevens Flo Stone Martha Strickland Heather Tomlins Stephanie Vrobel Jessica Walton Matt Ward Marcy Wasilewski Trudy Werner

Meredyth Winter Nancy Taft Wynn Ross Yag Margaret Yamamoto Robin Yang Rosalinda G. Yangas Steve Young Elsa Yvanez Cathleen M. Zaret

Below: Ankle-length socks, southern Caucasus, late-19th century. TM 2012.6.4A and B. Gift of Estate of Alan Rider.

Financials Statements of Financial Position 2012

2011

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents Investments

Promises to give

Accounts receivable

Prepaid expenses and other assets Inventory

Property and equipment Collection

$544,577 $12,376,636 $1,122,992 – $55,800 $106,951 $694,731 –

$610,299 $13,389,494 $68,380 $288,365 $116,277 $111,903 $801,699 –

Total assets

$14,901,687

$15,386,417

Liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

Deferred revenue

$140,295 $38,986

$167,499 $61,949

Total liabilities

$179,281

$229,448

–

–

$5,148,563 $694,731 ($136,686)

$4,260,258 $801,699 ($405,524)

$5,706,608 $1,031,280 $7,984,518

$4,656,433 $2,523,965 $7,976,571

Total net assets

$14,722,406

$15,156,969

Total liabilities and net assets

$14,901,687

$15,386,417

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Liabilities and net assets

Commitment and contingency Net assets

Unrestricted: Available for operations Net investments in property and equipment Deficit in endowment funds

Total unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted

Above: Silk with wisteria pattern, Japan, Kyoto, 20th century.

Courtesy of Hyoji Kitagawa. Photo by Renée Comet.

This financial information was derived from audited financial statements. For a complete copy of these statements, please call Doug Maas, chief financial and administrative officer, at (202) 667-0441, ext. 41.

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Statement of Activities Revenue and support Gifts and contributions Operating investment return Museum shop Other income Contributed goods & services Membership dues Government grants Travel tours

2012 Unrestricted

Temporarily Restricted

Permanently Restricted

Total

Total

$1,925,841 $3,811 $409,740 $239,571 $183,274 $173,701 $66,365 $77,669

$248,944 $790,000

–

$2,174,785 $793,811 $409,740 $239,571 $183,274 $173,701 $79,594 $77,669

$1,408,030 $790,372 $436,420 $102,889 $192,318 $164,575 $116,784 $139,136

–

$4,132,145

$3,350,524

–

–

–

$4,132,145

$3,350,524

$375,779 $299,402 $248,863 $220,281 $180,177 $161,089 $120,346 $16,362 $9,680

$362,340 $188,462 $263,984 $229,535 $174,757 $127,708 $115,015 $24,069 $26,612

$1,631,979

$1,512,482

$953,781 $453,643 $230,973 $89,637

$814,000 $473,713 $295,275 $88,637

–

$1,728,034

$1,671,625 $3,184,107

$13,229

$3,079,972

$1,052,173

Net assets released from restrictions

$2,728,044

($2,728,044)

Total revenue and support

$5,808,016

($1,675,871)

Expense Program services Museum shop Conservation Eastern Hemisphere Communications & marketing Education Collections management Contemporary Library Western Hemisphere Total program services Supporting services Administration Facilities Development Membership

2011

$375,779 $299,402 $248,863 $220,281 $180,177 $161,089 $120,346 $16,362 $9,680 $1,631,979

–

–

$953,781 $453,643 $230,973 $89,637

Total supporting services

$1,728,034

Total expense

$3,360,013

–

–

$3,360,013

$2,448,003 $268,838 ($1,666,666)

($1,675,871) $183,186

– $7,947

$772,132 $459,971 ($1,666,666) –

$166,417 ($1,057,325) – $288,365

Change in net assets

$1,050,175

($1,492,685)

$7,947

($434,563)

($602,543)

Net assets, beginning of year

$4,656,433

$2,523,965

$7,976,571

$15,156,969

$15,759,512

Net assets, end of year

$5,706,608

$7,984,518

$14,722,406

$15,156,969

Change in net assets from operations Non-operating investment return Transfer to GW Gain on sale of property

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–

$1,031,280

“Celebrate Africa!” Mid-Winter Family Festival.

Photo by Vincent Gallegos.

About The Textile Museum Created and prized by cultures around the world for millennia, textiles are beautiful works of art that tell stories about the people who made them. The Textile Museum expands public knowledge and appreciation—locally, nationally, and internationally—of the artistic merits and cultural importance of the world’s textiles, through scholarship, exhibitions, and educational programs.

The museum’s collections encompass more than 19,000 objects that date from 3,000 BCE to the present, including some of the world’s finest examples of rugs and textiles from the Near East, Central Asia, East and Southeast Asia, Africa, and the indigenous cultures of the Americas. The 20,000-volume Arthur D. Jenkins Library of Textile Arts is among the world’s foremost resources for the study of textiles.

Currently situated in museum founder George Hewitt Myers’s historic home and gardens, The TM is joining with the George Washington University and will reopen as the cornerstone of a new museum in Foggy Bottom in fall 2014.

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