Elena Kanagy-Loux
In her talk "Lace: A Journey," Brooklyn Lace Guild co-founder Elena Kanagy-Loux detailed the long journey that led her to discover and fall in love with lace. Clink on her name below to watch her talk.
This presentation aired live on July 22, 2020
This presentation aired live on July 22, 2020
In her talk "Lace: A Journey," Brooklyn Lace Guild co-founder Elena Kanagy-Loux will detail the long journey that led her to discover and fall in love with lace. Although she sought a bobbin lace instructor as far back as 2011 and took a couple of beginner classes, it wasn't until 2015 that she really learned to make bobbin and needle lace, on a four-month solo adventure across Europe. As the winner of the Fashion Institute of Technology's grant for student-led research, the George T. Dorsch Award, Elena was able to travel across fourteen countries and study in seven different schools, as well as visit numerous lace museums and archives. She discovered an international community of lacemakers that formed the basis for her MA thesis, challenged her expectations, and solidified her intent to devote the rest of her life to encouraging the next generation of lacemakers and scholars. Elena will also share some obstacles she encountered when she was attempting to learn to make lace as well as some tips on how to better engage young people.
In her talk "Lace: A Journey," Brooklyn Lace Guild co-founder Elena Kanagy-Loux will detail the long journey that led her to discover and fall in love with lace. Although she sought a bobbin lace instructor as far back as 2011 and took a couple of beginner classes, it wasn't until 2015 that she really learned to make bobbin and needle lace, on a four-month solo adventure across Europe. As the winner of the Fashion Institute of Technology's grant for student-led research, the George T. Dorsch Award, Elena was able to travel across fourteen countries and study in seven different schools, as well as visit numerous lace museums and archives. She discovered an international community of lacemakers that formed the basis for her MA thesis, challenged her expectations, and solidified her intent to devote the rest of her life to encouraging the next generation of lacemakers and scholars. Elena will also share some obstacles she encountered when she was attempting to learn to make lace as well as some tips on how to better engage young people.
Elena Kanagy–Loux (born 1986) developed her interest in traditional textiles as a descendant of Mennonite missionaries growing up in Japan, where she was also involved in the DIY fashion scene in the Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo. After earning her BFA in Textile Design from FIT, she was awarded a grant to research lacemaking across Europe for four months in 2015. Upon her return to New York, she founded Brooklyn Lace Guild, an organization devoted to the preservation of lacemaking, and she began teaching bobbin lace classes. While earning her MA in Costume Studies from NYU, she spent one year as an intern supervised by former European textiles curator Melinda Watt at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Presently she is the Collections Specialist at the Antonio Ratti Textile Center at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Elena Kanagy–Loux (born 1986) developed her interest in traditional textiles as a descendant of Mennonite missionaries growing up in Japan, where she was also involved in the DIY fashion scene in the Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo. After earning her BFA in Textile Design from FIT, she was awarded a grant to research lacemaking across Europe for four months in 2015. Upon her return to New York, she founded Brooklyn Lace Guild, an organization devoted to the preservation of lacemaking, and she began teaching bobbin lace classes. While earning her MA in Costume Studies from NYU, she spent one year as an intern supervised by former European textiles curator Melinda Watt at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Presently she is the Collections Specialist at the Antonio Ratti Textile Center at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The talk is free to IOLI members who register for the event.
The talk is free to IOLI members who register for the event.