RUN of the MILL
Calling all Lace Lovers, History Buffs, Kingston Fans, and Creatives Join us as we celebrate Kingston’s Lace Mill this May with RUN of the MILL
Opening May 2nd from 5-9 featuring tours of the boiler, lace-making demonstrations, and performance~ Edwardian and Steampunk costumes welcome!
Closing May 28, featuring a presentation by Alisza Phillips at 7pm
Hours: Gallery hours Saturday and Sunday 1-4 and by Special Arrangement
Address: 165 Cornell St. Kingston, NY 12401
RUN of the MILL celebrates the Lace Mill from its promising beginning as the US Lace Curtain Mill in 1903, through its acquisition by the ill-fated Scranton, its IBM years, to its decades of derelict abandonment, up to its renaissance as RUPCO’s award winning place-making design of 2015.We will explore the dedicated and ingenious technology of the Nottingham looms, the machines imported along with their skilled operators from England. But just as lace filters light and casts patterns of shadow, the airy fantasies of Gilded Age luxuries for the masses were spun out of share- cropped cotton often by the hands of children; and forged by the hell of anthracite coal mining. Run of the Mill also showcases lace as our human heritage, and journeys from nature’s inspiration for lace, to the many traditional expressions of handmade lace, to machine made lace. We will culminate the exhibit by honoring contemporary lacemakers and the reemergence of an unsung handicraft as premiere textile art.
On Exhibition:
Artifacts and Photographs of Early Mechanical Lace from original Nottingham looms and Traditional Handmade Laces and Textiles of Far-Flung Cultures
Contributions from Stephen Blauweiss, filmmaker and historian, and coauthor of The Story of Historic Kingston
Matthew Christopher, author and creator of Abandoned America
Contemporary lace artists of the Hudson Valley Lace Guild and the Brooklyn Lace Guild Lace Lace and Industry inspired artworks by Members of the Lace Mill Arts Community
Guest Artists: Emily A Baker, Mimi Graminski, Isabel Livingston
And Bonus! A model train display by Hurley Country Store and friends!
Exhibit made possible by:
Historical research conducted by Alisza Phillips with the generous assistance of curators, historians, and archivists from Nottingham Museums, Nottingham Local Studies, Friends of Historic Kingston, Eileen Bernard Museum, Historic Huguenot Street, Ulster County Archives, The National Museum of Industrial History, Rhode Island Historic, Society, Waverly Community House, Free Library of Philadelphia, Pawtucket History Resource Collection at the Pawtucket Public Library, Antonio Ratti Textile Center and Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Library of Congress, Old Slater Mill, D & H Canal Museum
With Special Thanks to James Martin, Head of the Lace Mill Gallery Committee
