Sedona AZ (February 24, 2016) – Victoria Rivers, Professor Emeritas in Design at University of California Davis, will be the featured speaker at the March 7th meeting of University Women. Ms. Rivers Has received a host of honors including a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship, A Fulbright/Indo-American Fellowship for research in India, and a US Artist Abroad award through the US Department of State. Ms. Rivers has presented her research and her art work nationally and internationally. She also authored a book entitled The Shining Cloth: Dress and Adornment that Glitter, which received a Reader’s Choice award. “Researching Endangered Textiles Around the World” will be the topic of her presentation to University Women of Sedona.
The University Women of Sedona meet the first Monday of the month, October through June. A social time begins at 9:30, followed by the guest speaker and a short business meeting. All women who are university or college graduates are welcome to attend. The meetings are held at the Church of the Red Rocks, 54 Bowstring Drive, Sedona.