Bartow History Museum: Ashley Callahan

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Ashley Callahan to Speak at the Bartow History Museum
June 30th, 7 p.m.

The Bartow History Museum is excited to announce that on June 30th at 7 p.m., Ashley Callahan, author of the book Southern Tufts: The Regional Origins and National Craze for Chenille Fashion (University of Georgia Press, 2015), will speak about the history of candlewick and chenille garment production in northwestern Georgia from the 1920s through the 1990s. She will highlight the industry’s Colonial Revival origins, roadside presence, and contributions to American fashion, while sharing personal stories about her research process. The book received the 2016 Lilla M. Hawes award from the Georgia Historical Society.

The lecture is free to museum members and included with the price of admission for not-yet-members. For more information on this and other museum programs, call 770-382-3818, ext. 6288 or visit our website at www.bartowhistorymuseum.org.

About the Author
Ashley Callahan is an independent scholar and curator in Athens, Georgia, and a contributor to Ornament Magazine. She is the author of Ilonka Karasz: Enchanting Modern (2003), Modern Threads: Fashion and Art by Mariska Karasz (2007), and Georgia Bellflowers: The Furniture of Henry Eugene Thomas (2011). She served for eight years as the curator of decorative arts at the Georgia Museum of Art.

Callahan received her B.A., magna cum laude, from The University of the South, and her M.A., with honors, from the Master’s Program in the History of American Decorative Arts offered jointly by the Parsons School of Design and the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Her research interests include modern and contemporary American decorative arts, design, and craft, especially from Georgia.

About Bartow History Museum
The Bartow History Museum, located at 4 East Church Street in downtown Cartersville, Georgia, documents the history of northwest Georgia’s Bartow County, spanning more than 200 years since the Cherokee were the area’s primary residents. Artifacts, photographs, documents, and a variety of interactive permanent exhibits tell the story of settlement, Cherokee life and removal, Civil War strife, and lifestyles of years past. The Bartow History Museum also provides a variety of educational opportunities for adults, children, families, and school groups. Our extensive archives and research library contains photographs, documents, newspapers, rare books, genealogy records, oral history interviews, and more. For additional information, visit www.bartowhistorymuseum.org.