69. The History of The Valentine Museum Fashion and Textile Collection with Kristen Stewart

Joy sits down to talk with Kristen E. Stewart, the Nathalie L. Klaus Curator of Costume and Textiles, about the history of the The Valentine Museum in Richmond, VA. The swerve through conversations about: the importance of uplifting voices in fashion history scholarship, how many objects are in the costume and textiles department, and why Kristen is so passionate about telling all the stories Richmond has to tell through dress. Stewart started at The Valentine in the fall of 2014. Stewart was most recently a curatorial assistant in San Francisco’s Fine Arts Museums, where she has worked since 2013 in the Caroline & H. McCoy Jones Department of Textile Arts.

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