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Student-Curated Exhibit of Indonesian Textiles Opening March 15

Photo credit: Julie Calcagno

Grace Iverson, a Johnson Scholar and graduating senior in Anthropology, will open her exhibit Women's Work: Sumba Textiles from the May Weber Collection on the second floor of the Damen Student Center (outside the MPR rooms) on Wednesday, March 15. This exhibit is a result of two years of research in the collection and will feature 26 of the cloths from Sumba, Indonesia. The exhibit will run through April 15.

Loyola's Gannon Center for Women and Leadership is hosting an opening reception for the exhibit on March 15 from 4:30-6:00 p.m., at which Grace will present a gallery talk introducing the exhibit. The reception is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. RSVP's for the opening reception are requested: please email Carol Coyne ccoyne@luc.edu.