Dr Sarah Scaturro
@saruzzza.bsky.social
chief conservator | Cleveland Museum of Art
fashion | textiles | museums | conservation
fashion | textiles | museums | conservation
Cleveland Museum of Art was one of the first to have open access images! And we’re doing some interesting things with AI for alt-text generation www.clevelandart.org/open-access
August 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Cleveland Museum of Art was one of the first to have open access images! And we’re doing some interesting things with AI for alt-text generation www.clevelandart.org/open-access
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Bookings are now open for the Royal School of Needlework's first ever conference, “Stitched Together: Needlework Research and Making”! Join us at Hampton Court Palace on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 August, either in person or virtually. Find the conference schedule and tickets here: bit.ly/3FUc4kB
Stitched Together Conference 2025
The RSN is thrilled to be hosting its first ever embroidery conference, 'Stitched Together: Needlework Research and Making', 21-22 Aug 2025.
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June 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Bookings are now open for the Royal School of Needlework's first ever conference, “Stitched Together: Needlework Research and Making”! Join us at Hampton Court Palace on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 August, either in person or virtually. Find the conference schedule and tickets here: bit.ly/3FUc4kB
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On this day I offer you a cute boy covered in kittens. Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.
May 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
On this day I offer you a cute boy covered in kittens. Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.
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Green Tara
c. 1260s, Central Tibet
📷The Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1260s, Central Tibet
📷The Cleveland Museum of Art
May 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Green Tara
c. 1260s, Central Tibet
📷The Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1260s, Central Tibet
📷The Cleveland Museum of Art
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This year's Surridge Prize winner is Sarah Scaturro @saruzzza.bsky.social for her essay "'Penitential and Self-Mortifying': Mourning Crape in Fashion" in VR 49.1. It was judged "impressively wide-ranging" with an argument "eminently transportable." Congratulations, Sarah! muse.jhu.edu/issue/51172
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This year's Surridge Prize winner is Sarah Scaturro @saruzzza.bsky.social for her essay "'Penitential and Self-Mortifying': Mourning Crape in Fashion" in VR 49.1. It was judged "impressively wide-ranging" with an argument "eminently transportable." Congratulations, Sarah! muse.jhu.edu/issue/51172
Gobsmacked and pleased!
This year's Surridge Prize winner is Sarah Scaturro @saruzzza.bsky.social for her essay "'Penitential and Self-Mortifying': Mourning Crape in Fashion" in VR 49.1. It was judged "impressively wide-ranging" with an argument "eminently transportable." Congratulations, Sarah! muse.jhu.edu/issue/51172
April 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Gobsmacked and pleased!
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You are invited! April
25: Join us for the Material Intelligence virtual symposium on hair! We have an incredible panel of artists and scholars. Share with hairstylist friends! Free to all. Register at link below #academicsky #fashionsky
25: Join us for the Material Intelligence virtual symposium on hair! We have an incredible panel of artists and scholars. Share with hairstylist friends! Free to all. Register at link below #academicsky #fashionsky
April 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
You are invited! April
25: Join us for the Material Intelligence virtual symposium on hair! We have an incredible panel of artists and scholars. Share with hairstylist friends! Free to all. Register at link below #academicsky #fashionsky
25: Join us for the Material Intelligence virtual symposium on hair! We have an incredible panel of artists and scholars. Share with hairstylist friends! Free to all. Register at link below #academicsky #fashionsky
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Apparently it is also Gloria Steinem’s birthday today. Was happy to contribute to this piece for @glamour.com that reflects about her style and feminism (and be quoted alongside THE Dianne von Furstenberg). Happy 91st birthday Ms Steinem!
www.glamour.com/story/gloria...
www.glamour.com/story/gloria...
Fashion and Feminism Have Always Co-Existed—and Gloria Steinem Is the Blueprint
For more than 50 years, Steinem has proven that women can not only care deeply about the way they dress, but use clothing as a powerful force for change.
www.glamour.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Apparently it is also Gloria Steinem’s birthday today. Was happy to contribute to this piece for @glamour.com that reflects about her style and feminism (and be quoted alongside THE Dianne von Furstenberg). Happy 91st birthday Ms Steinem!
www.glamour.com/story/gloria...
www.glamour.com/story/gloria...
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Submitted the manuscript and pattern diagrams for Eighteenth Century Women's Dress last night! Now I have to finish getting photography ...
March 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Submitted the manuscript and pattern diagrams for Eighteenth Century Women's Dress last night! Now I have to finish getting photography ...
Gorgeous! Unfortunately made with a synthetic coating that will eventually degrade, likely becoming sticky and discolored. #plasticconservation #fashionconservation
Prada’s first Archive Clip is here and it’s showing the iconic Flame Heels
March 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Gorgeous! Unfortunately made with a synthetic coating that will eventually degrade, likely becoming sticky and discolored. #plasticconservation #fashionconservation
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114 years ago today the Triangle Fire killed 146 people, mostly young women. In the face of tragedy, labor activists organized. In my piece for @satevepost.bsky.social I talk about how their demand for Bread and Roses shaped the labor movement. 🗃️ www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/03/comm...
Common Threads: Bread and Roses — How Working Women Shaped the Labor Movement | The Saturday Evening Post
The idea of “Bread and Roses,” which sought to center self-fulfillment, education, and culture in the struggle for justice, came to define women’s labor activism of the early 20th century.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
114 years ago today the Triangle Fire killed 146 people, mostly young women. In the face of tragedy, labor activists organized. In my piece for @satevepost.bsky.social I talk about how their demand for Bread and Roses shaped the labor movement. 🗃️ www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/03/comm...
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So delighted to announce we have become the new custodians of the Devonshire Collection of Period Costume @falmouthuni. It is one of the largest private collections of historic dress in the UK, including this ruffle hemmed 1820s dress amongst thousands of others. Exciting times #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
March 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
So delighted to announce we have become the new custodians of the Devonshire Collection of Period Costume @falmouthuni. It is one of the largest private collections of historic dress in the UK, including this ruffle hemmed 1820s dress amongst thousands of others. Exciting times #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
My eye clocked that, too. Oy vey.
Among the “largely obscure” (to use the NYT’s phrasing) agencies included in this order?
The IMLS.
[gift link]
The IMLS.
[gift link]
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent (Gift Article)
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My eye clocked that, too. Oy vey.
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I knew that the structural pink gown in Schiaparelli’s recent collection reminded me of something and it reminded a this. Balenciaga’s 1950 evening dress with similar but embellished bodice and layered tulle skirt #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
March 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I knew that the structural pink gown in Schiaparelli’s recent collection reminded me of something and it reminded a this. Balenciaga’s 1950 evening dress with similar but embellished bodice and layered tulle skirt #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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I'm sorry, WHAT?! A new piece of the Bayeux Embroidery has been found?! OMG!
March 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm sorry, WHAT?! A new piece of the Bayeux Embroidery has been found?! OMG!
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Can't believe we are still doing this. Such a stupid question that showcases how much this reporter has no understanding in fashion politics, while Zelensky is a master at that. Here something I wrote about it a few years ago: www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-hist...
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Can't believe we are still doing this. Such a stupid question that showcases how much this reporter has no understanding in fashion politics, while Zelensky is a master at that. Here something I wrote about it a few years ago: www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-hist...
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At a great workshop yesterday the need for quantitative data on heritage for policy makers was being discussed. A number of people said "we all know the number of Tigers in the world, but we don't know the number for endangered heritage" which reminded me of this > www.academia.edu/1763717/Then...
Then Tyger Fierce took life away: the Contemporary Material of Tigers
Then Tyger Fierce took life away: the Contemporary Material of Tigers
www.academia.edu
February 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
At a great workshop yesterday the need for quantitative data on heritage for policy makers was being discussed. A number of people said "we all know the number of Tigers in the world, but we don't know the number for endangered heritage" which reminded me of this > www.academia.edu/1763717/Then...
The algorithm has me pegged indeed. Just bought these gorgeous boots. #edwardian
February 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The algorithm has me pegged indeed. Just bought these gorgeous boots. #edwardian
Just passed my dissertation defense, no revisions. ✨✨✨ #drscaturro
February 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Just passed my dissertation defense, no revisions. ✨✨✨ #drscaturro
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#art #arts #artlovers #artmuseums #painting #paintings #museum #museums Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd (Alice Neel). Located at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
February 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
#art #arts #artlovers #artmuseums #painting #paintings #museum #museums Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd (Alice Neel). Located at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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The Blue Feather
1917
William J Edmondson
Cleveland Museum of Art
1917
William J Edmondson
Cleveland Museum of Art
February 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Blue Feather
1917
William J Edmondson
Cleveland Museum of Art
1917
William J Edmondson
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Thrilled to say that the Royal School of Needlework is hosting its first ever academic conference, in conjunction with @pasoldresearchfund.bsky.social! Here is the call for papers for “Stitched Together,” which will be held on 21-22 August at Hampton Court Palace. Please share!
February 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thrilled to say that the Royal School of Needlework is hosting its first ever academic conference, in conjunction with @pasoldresearchfund.bsky.social! Here is the call for papers for “Stitched Together,” which will be held on 21-22 August at Hampton Court Palace. Please share!
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Even if you don't think you have access to JSTOR through a school or local library, you can still make a no-cost "personal account" that lets you read up to 100 articles without paying anything.
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January 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Related to that last boost:
Even if you don't think you have access to JSTOR through a school or local library, you can still make a no-cost "personal account" that lets you read up to 100 articles without paying anything.
support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/art...
Even if you don't think you have access to JSTOR through a school or local library, you can still make a no-cost "personal account" that lets you read up to 100 articles without paying anything.
support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/art...
Dissertation submitted. Now off to Hangzhou for work.
January 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Dissertation submitted. Now off to Hangzhou for work.
We’ve got five stellar paid internship opportunities in our conservation department, varied levels from undergraduate/pre-program to graduate, working with objects, paintings, or frames. recruiting.ultipro.com/CLE1004CMA/J...
recruiting.ultipro.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:25 AM
We’ve got five stellar paid internship opportunities in our conservation department, varied levels from undergraduate/pre-program to graduate, working with objects, paintings, or frames. recruiting.ultipro.com/CLE1004CMA/J...