Book Launch: 'Artisans and Designers' with Rebecca Jumper Matheson

A book launch and celebration for Rebecca Jumper Matheson's new monograph on American fashion through the work of Elizabeth and William Phelps, highlighting themes of sustainable and slow fashion.

The School of Graduate Studies and the MA program in Fashion and Textile Studies invite you to celebrate the publication of Artisans and Designers: American Fashion Through Elizabeth and William Phelps, new from Kent State University Press—one couple’s journey to crafting a new design identity in mid-century America.

Author Rebecca Jumper Matheson, adjunct instructor, Fashion and Textile Studies, will be in conversation with Lourdes Font, professor, History of Art.

A book signing follows the event.

This event is free and open to the public.