The Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection

05/26/2026

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05/26/2026

Our Wish Wall keeps filling up!! Stop by our current exhibition "W[A]RN and TRANSFORMED: Uniforms as Stories of U.S." at The State Historical Society of Missouri Center for Missouri Studies to write your own wish for America's future!

05/21/2026

In a small sewing workshop in southern Gaza, tailors refurbish worn wedding dresses as soaring costs and shortages force brides to turn to secondhand gowns.

05/07/2026

Our three Veteran artists - Drew Cameron of Combat Paper, Martin Lesinski and John Schneider - discuss their Combat Paper artworks and more! See their work on display in "W[A]RN and TRANSFORMED: Uniforms as Stories of U.S." at The State Historical Society of Missouri through August 15th!

Exhibit and Panel Sponsors: Mizzou College of Arts & Science and the Center for the Humanities, SHSMO, Missouri Humanities, and the Missouri Arts Council.

Still need something to listen to? Don't forget that the latest Beyond the Frontlines episode is live!

🎧 W[A]RN and TRANSFORMED: Uniforms as Stories of U.S. is available on Beyond the Frontlines, featuring veteran artists in a powerful conversation on identity, service, and storytelling. Listen now to learn how uniforms hold history.

👉 Listen to the Podcast: pod.link/1582696425
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05/04/2026

The Collection's mannequins made the list!

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03/28/2026

Another Curator favorite on display in our current exhibition "W[A]RN and TRANSFORMED: Uniforms as Stories of U.S." at The State Historical Society of Missouri:

"Reverse Fold for Peace"
John Schneider (b. 1975)
Rag paper from military uniforms
2026

Schneider served in the United States Marine Corps and received his Master of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Printmaking from the University of Missouri at Columbia. After his service in the Marine Corps, Schneider had to come to terms with the psychological consequences resulting from his indoctrination into the Marines. Art was the only outlet that could heal his past.

John uses origami methods to fold, refold, and reveal the hidden and invisible meanings in his materials, reforming paper made from uniforms to make visible those certain aspects of our psyche that we choose to subjugate or ignore, the part of the individual while also part of the group.

Mizzou College of Arts & Science Mizzou Textile and Apparel Management

03/27/2026

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03/26/2026

A Curator favorite by Drew Cameron, Iraq War veteran and Combat Paper artist, on display in our current exhibition "W[A]RN and TRANSFORMED: Uniforms as Stories of U.S." on display at The State Historical Society of Missouri through August 15th! See more veteran artwork, historical military uniforms and contemporary garment designs at our opening reception and Veteran Panel discussion on April 11 at 11am.

Title: "Beyond Zero: 1914-1918," Pulp Prints, Short Film
By Drew Cameron in collaboration with Kronos QuartetPulp prints on handmade paper from military uniforms Edition of 10
Date: 2014

Written to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, Beyond Zero: 1914-1918 is a collaboration between filmmaker Bill Morrison, composer Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Kronos. The 40-minute work interweaves rare 35mm nitrate footage with archival audio recordings and Vrebalov’s original score. “Unlike official histories that have often romanticized and glorified the war,” writes Vrebalov, “artists have typically been the keepers of sanity, showing its brutality, destruction, and ugliness.”

Drew Cameron created a portfolio of prints to accompany the film. The Combat Paper pulp prints were created from a combination of source material including the composer’s handwritten notes, images from the multimedia project and film, and archived photographs. Paper sheets were rendered from uniforms representing each branch of the U.S. military, American flags, U.S. bank notes, fire fighter uniforms, tablecloths, and more.

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