Threads of Power Catalogue

Honored with AAMC 2023 Award for Excellence

In late May 2023, the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) honored the Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen catalogue with a 2023 Award of Excellence in publication.

The AAMC’s Awards of Excellence are the only accolades by which curators directly honor their colleagues. This year, nearly 175 nominations were submitted and reviewed by jurors from around the world. Threads of Power was among eleven projects that were honored for original curatorial content that addresses issues of social justice, access, diversity, and inclusion.

Emma Cormack (associate curator, MA ’18) and Michele Majer (professor emerita) edited the catalogue and co-curated the exhibition of the same name with Ilona Kos of the Textilmuseum St. Gallen. Cormack reflected, “Michele and I were truly honored by the recognition Threads of Power received at this year’s AAMC conference, and we were proud to be named alongside other awardees for publications, exhibitions, and digital projects. Celebrating Threads of Power again with our talented publications team of Laura Grey, Alexis Mucha (MA ’04), Kat Atkins, and Helen Polson as well as other current and former BGC colleagues was wonderful. The timing of this award was especially nice—we had just sent the book off for a second print run!”