Funk Textiles Gallery Posts New Hours

admin January 16, 2008

MELBOURNE, FLA. — Florida Tech’s Funk Textiles Gallery will have new hours this semester. Hours will be Monday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday, noon-5 p.m. and
Friday, noon to 5 p.m. The gallery is the campus showcase for the Ruth Funk Textiles Collection and other, special exhibits. It is located in Room 405 of
the Crawford Building. Admission is free.

The current display of African art was made possible through recent gifts from William D. and Norma Canelas Roth. It continues through Jan. 25.

Objects currently on display include colorful beaded wedding capes, bags, woven skirts, belts and a headdress. Items come from the Ndebele, Thembu and Zulu
tribes of South Africa and from Cameroon.

For more information, call Carla Funk at (321) 674-6129.