The Third Annual Costume and Textile Talk will focus on artists whose work is featured in the Our Hearts on Our Sleeves costume and textile exhibition. This annual event will feature presentations by artist Michael-Birch Pierce, historian Janice Booker and curator Kristen E. Stewart.

Control, 2012, Michael-Birch Pierce

Attendees will learn about the handwork techniques, family traditions and contemporary fashion/art concepts that inform the work of Richmond’s embroiderers.

$10 per person, $5 for Valentine members.

For more information about Michael-Birch Pierce and to see more of his work, you can visit his website here.