a Gala Celebration

Colour & Light

A GALA CELEBRATION

April 19, 20, 21, 2007

The Textile Museum of Canada Announces Three Gala Nights, Celebrating the Current Exhibition Colour & Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan .

Exhibition Open: January 24 to July 8

Guest Curated by Dale Gluckman

Online Exhibition: www.textilemuseum.ca/exhibitions_colourlight.html

Gala Nights: April 19, 20 and 21, 2007 starting at 6 pm.

Mingle, connect, celebrate – and delight in the wonderful textile arts of India and Pakistan . The Textile Museum of Canada (TMC) is celebrating the exhibition Colour & Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan exhibition with three nights of gala festivities. Each night will be an intimate and exclusive museum experience.

Share a one-of-a-kind experience with friends. Choose your night and join in the event. Each evening features an intimate cocktail reception with curators and special guests, personal tours of the Colour & Light exhibition and a behind-the-scenes look at our restricted storage facilities, dinner and a friendly competition featuring a textile mystery game featuring a selection of intriguing artifacts from the collection.

To ensure a special and intimate experience for all attendees, the ticket sales for each night have been restricted to 70. Do not to miss this exclusive night of South Asian art, cuisine and textiles. Call now for tickets: $100 or reserve a full table of ten: $1,000.

Event Committee Co-chairs: Pradeep Sood and Arti Chandaria

Event Committee: Sally Birks Bongard Nancy Jain Naheed Sumar

Suzanne Davis Sheetal Karia Anju Virmani

Ronald Fitzgerald Sona Khanna Kanta Wadhwan

Tahira Haque Prem Malik

Monies raised will help support the Textile Museum in the long term care and study of its nationally significant and rare collection of South Asian treasures.

To reserve tickets: call at 416-599-5321 x2230
or email jshousterman@textilemuseum.ca