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SHE WORE IT LIKE POETRY: THE WEARABLE ART OF K. LEE MANUEL (1936-2003)

Tumbleweed Found 1025 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

K. Lee Manuel, a visionary artist from the Santa Cruz Mountains, was a pioneer of the American wearable art movement. She believed that art should be lived in, not locked away. Her handcrafted garments—now held in the collections of the Smithsonian, the de Young, and the Museum of Art and Design—transcended fashion to become expressions […]