Fashion History Lecture
Dr. Victoria Pass
Professor of Art History, Maryland Institute of Art
January 29, 2021
The Office of Cultural Affairs hosted a virtual presentation with Dr. Victoria Pass, Assistant Professor of Visual Culture at Maryland Institute of Art and co-author of Design History Beyond the Canon. The lecture explores the long history of the ways that women wearing trousers was seen as political act and policed at various historical moments--during WWI and WWII, on television, and the senate floor.
This lecture was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
Suffrage Artwork
Artwork by Meneese Wall
Meneese’s work inspires reflection, conversation, and action. Both her visual and written works have been published in numerous magazines, books, and online journals and are sold through bookstores and museum stores across the country. and is the author of We Demand The Right To Vote: The Journey to the 19th Amendment. Her notecards and signed art prints share these various characteristics through several engaging series. The History Fair features her Women's Suffrage series. Click through the images!
Time Period Replicas
Replicas & Designs by Megan Wagner
The Office of Cultural Affairs commission Jersey City based designer & actress Megan Wagner to help replicate the pageantry of the Women's Suffrage movement in 1919. She researched all the pieces she created for us, and you can see the reference images side by side with the work she produced for us. She made sashes, hats, buttons, flags and pennants (as well as hand-made tassels!) Be sure to watch our video where she takes you behind the scenes to talk about her process from research to execution.
Click through the gallery below to see her incredible work and watch the video below to dive deeper into Wagner's process and background.