Public Lecture: Elena Kanagy-Loux

Elena Kanagy-Loux. Photo by Rose Callahan.

Join us on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 6pm for a free public lecture from artist Elena Kanagy-Loux. In her presentation, she will share insights from her international journeys studying the art of lacemaking, discuss her creative process behind various commissioned projects, and explore her current research on the global expansion of lacemaking.

Elena Kanagy-Loux is a descendant of the Amish and grew up between the US and Japan. After earning her BFA in Textile Design from FIT, she won a grant funding a four-month trip to study lacemaking across Europe in 2015. Upon returning to NYC, she co-founded Brooklyn Lace Guild and began teaching bobbin lace classes. She then completed an MA in Costume Studies at NYU and worked at the Antonio Ratti Textile Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for five years. Currently, she is working on a Ph.D at Bard Graduate Center focusing on the global expansion of lacemaking.

Please note that Cranbrook Art Museum galleries will be closed. Guests can enter deSalle Auditorium through the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library.

Elena Kanagy-Loux photographed by Rose Callahan on Sept 9, 2022 in NYC