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Petra Slinkard

Start Date

12-4-2023 4:00 PM

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Petra Slinkard uses her role as Curator of Fashion and Textiles at the Peabody Essex Museum to challenge how we define design. Since joining the museum in 2018, she has facilitated the new Carl and Iris Barrel Apfel Gallery of Fashion and Design exhibit, which invites viewers to reflect on how design is inherent to human nature.

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Apr 12th, 4:00 PM

Fashion and Design at the Peabody Essex Museum

Petra Slinkard uses her role as Curator of Fashion and Textiles at the Peabody Essex Museum to challenge how we define design. Since joining the museum in 2018, she has facilitated the new Carl and Iris Barrel Apfel Gallery of Fashion and Design exhibit, which invites viewers to reflect on how design is inherent to human nature.