Lecture Program in Los Angeles: "Lloyd Cotsen and His Textiles: a Lifetime of Collecting and Connoisseurship" with Lyssa Stapleton, Curator, The Cotsen Collection, Los Angeles, and Consulting Curator for the Cotsen Textile Traces Collection at The Textile Museum in Washington, D.c. Sponsored by Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, Inc. For more than 70 years Lloyd Cotsen collected experiences, objects, and knowledge that mirrored and exemplified his profound interest in the world around him. As the Ceo of Neutrogena Corporation, he began to assemble several world-class collections including folk art, textiles, Japanese bamboo baskets, and children’s books. His nearly comprehensive textile study collection, known as Textile Traces, has recently been donated to the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum. An exploration of this collection reveals how his extraordinary appreciation for human creativity led him to become an inquisitive and acquisitive collector, and illustrate how his life experiences contributed to his deep commitment to children’s literature, the history of weaving technology, to the support of declining artistic traditions and living artists and to the stewardship of the objects he acquired. Lyssa c. Stapleton is the curator of the Cotsen Collection in Los Angeles and the consulting curator for the Cotsen Textile Traces Collection at The Textile Museum in Washington, D.c. She has organized a number of exhibits focusing on textiles and basketry, most recently the traveling exhibition The Box Project: Uncommon Threads (2016-2018), and Bamboo (2018) at the Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles. She holds a Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of California, Los Angeles and is the Primary Investigator for woven materials for the Arpa River Valley (Areni-1 Cave) Archaeological Project in Armenia. Lyssa is currently examining the link between archaeological site looting and the art market. Her core interests focus on museum stewardship in the 21st century and in the promotion of textile analysis for building a better understanding of cultural exchange, production technologies, and historical narratives. Saturday, August 10, 2019, Refreshments 10 a.m., Program 10:30 a.m. Admission: Tma/sc members gratis, Guests $10. No reservations required. Luther Hall, Lower Level St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 3590 Grand View Blvd., Los Angeles, ca 90066-1904 Just south of the 10 freeway, and west of the 405, near the intersection of Centinela and Palms. Free parking.