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Lifelong Learning: Collectible World Beads: Trade, Crafts and Cultures on a String

October 7, 2016 @ 9:45 am

Speaker: Kathy Richardson, co-owner of Small World Gallery and founder of IBISwoman Jewelry Design in
Lindsborg
If you believe collectible beads appeal only to women, you haven’t heard from Kathy Richardson of Lindsborg on the subject. Bead history appeals to the scientist, geographer, craftsman, sociologist, economist and trader in everyone. Kathy takes her audiences to the earliest modes of personal ornament and money in shells and beads and forward to the late 20th century rebirth of Eastern European cottage methods of bead making. Photographs and stories of beads from her own collection of historic glass, stone, ceramics and metals enhance this journey. Beads have long been about personal ornament, but they also tell trade, politics and the fate of nations.

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Special note: Due to construction on campus, parking near the Wohlgemuth will not be available this year. However, we have made arrangements for Lifelong Learning attendees to park in the lot just south of the library. For those who would like, we will also be providing a golf cart shuttle service available from the library parking lot to the Wohlgemuth.

Details

Date:
October 7, 2016
Time:
9:45 am
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Venue

Franz Family Heritage Lobby
400 S Jefferson St
Hillsboro, KS 67063 United States
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Phone
(620) 947-3121
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