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Earth and Sky: Carpet Cultures of Asia

Name: Earth and Sky: Carpet Cultures of Asia
Start: 2025-02-05T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-04-26T23:59:59-06:00
Location: Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary

February 5 - April 26

Earth and Sky: Carpet Cultures of Asia presents some of the largest and oldest handwoven carpets in the Nickle Galleries collection from across Asia. It is through the shared ‘carpet culture’ in which weavers, their families and communities, remain connected and rooted. Immigrants frequently mention how carpets evoke some of their earliest memories of home—tactile, acoustic, and emotive memories. This exhibition seeks to tease out these subtle connections, deepening understanding of carpets, their makers, and the cultures that foster them.

Image” NW Persian Pile Woven Carpet Sampler, circa 1900, The Jean and Marie Erikson Collection, Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (2014.108.000).

Details

Start:: February 5
End:: April 26
Event Categories:: Global Textile Event, Global Textile Events
Website:: https://nickle.ucalgary.ca/exhibition/earth-and-sky-carpet-cultures-of-asia/

Venue

: Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary
: Alberta Canada + Google Map
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