April 27, 2009-
The Textile Museum Promotes Two Curators
The Textile Museum announced today that Sumru Belger Krody has been promoted to curator and Lee Talbot has been promoted to associate curator, of the Eastern Hemisphere Collections. Krody will continue to head the department and to pursue curatorial work in her area of expertise, including researching and cataloguing the museum’s collection of Islamic and Late Antique textiles, developing exhibitions, producing scholarly materials and interpreting the Museum’s collection through educational programs, and chairing the
Museum’s staff Research, Publication, Library and Education task force. Talbot will continue to chair the Museum’s internal Exhibitions Task Force, acting as a liaison to the Board of Trustees, and to pursue
curatorial work focused on the Museum’s collection of textiles from Korea, China and Japan through exhibitions, publications and programs.
