ACI LUNCH & LECTURE WITH KARAN FEDER
*THANK YOU - THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
11:30am // ACI Lunch // Singer Hall
12:30pm // Lecture with Karan Feder // Whiteman Hall
$25 for ACI Members | $35 for non-member guest
Lecture is open to all Museum attendees and is included with general admission
Join us for a special March lunch event celebrating The Power of Pink. Following lunch, costume historian Karan Feder will share a behind-the-scenes look of her role in curating special-engagement exhibition Barbie®: A Cultural Icon. Karan will sign copies of her book Barbie Takes the Catwalk: A Style Icon’s History in Fashion, available for purchase in The Museum Store, after the lecture.
We look forward to seeing you in your favorite shade of pink!
*SOLD OUT!
Tickets for lunch must be purchased by February 29th.
Current ACI Members may purchase a ticket for one guest.
About the Speaker
Karan Feder is a leading expert in the field of costume history, preservation, and exhibition. She has worked as a costume consultant for the famed Liberace Foundation and Museum, The Mob Museum, and David Copperfield’s International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts. Her instrumental contribution to the Nevada State Museum-Las Vegas produced a dazzling archive recognized as one of the world’s notable museum collections of cabaret costumes. Feder is lauded for spearheading the initiative to rescue the surviving stage costumes from the legendary Folies Bergère cabaret, a beloved Las Vegas fixture at the Hotel Tropicana for nearly five decades. Through her unique lens as a fashion historian, Feder has authored seven publications interpreting popular culture, and she is a frequent lecturer and consultant on the subject
Exhibition Sponsors
BARBIE®: A CULTURAL ICON was created by Illusion Projects and curated by costume historian Karan Feder, in collaboration with Mattel. The exhibition’s presentation at Phoenix Art Museum is coordinated by Helen Jean, the Jacquie Dorrance Curator of Fashion Design.
The Phoenix premiere of Barbie®: A Cultural Icon is made possible through the generosity of The Opatrny Family Foundation, Arizona Costume Institute (ACI), Desert Financial Credit Union, Men’s Arts Council, My Sister’s Closet, Shamrock Farms, and Miriam and Yefim Sukhman.
All exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, founded by The Opatrny Family Foundation with additional major support provided by Joan Cremin.
The Power of Pink is organized by Phoenix Art Museum and curated by Helen Jean, the Jacquie Dorrance Curator of Fashion Design at Phoenix Art Museum.
The Power of Pink is made possible through the generosity of Arizona Costume Institute (ACI), My Sister’s Closet and the Kelly Ellman Fashion Design Endowment Fund.
All exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, founded by The Opatrny Family Foundation with additional major support provided by Joan Cremin.