Hendrix College awarded Odyssey Medals to seven alumni whose life achievements exemplify Your Hendrix Odyssey during a special ceremony as part of the colleges annual Founders Day Oct. 22. The recipients were honored during a convocation in Staples Auditorium on the Hendrix campus. Bryce Missy Williams Reveley 66 owns and operates Gentle Arts, an uptown New Orleans business that cleans, restores, conserves and appraises old clothing and fabrics. She told the audience of the historic restoration projects she has completed through the years, from Jefferson Davis cape to Colonel Sanders trademark white suit to Pete Samparas tennis shirt. She has been instrumental in restoring numerous historic items and artifacts following Hurricane Katrina. What my lifes work has become is helping people recapture their histories through textiles and buildings, Reveley said, accepting her medal. In some cases, what is brought to us is all that is left in their history of their lives. Begun in 1983 out of her home and later moving to Jena Street, her clients are individuals as well as auction houses and museums, such as the New Orleans Museum of Art, who she represented as resident conservator. During Hurricane Katrina, Bryce evacuated to Assumption Parish, but began receiving desperate calls from residents after the storm. She reopened her shop in October 2005 to meet the growing demand. Over the past two years, she has restored countless heirloom wedding gowns, World War II uniforms ...
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Bryce Williams Reveley - Founders Day Convocation 2009 (Part 1/2)
Bryce Williams Reveley - Founders Day Convocation 2009 (Part 1/2) Video Clips. Duration : 9.58 Mins.
Hendrix College awarded Odyssey Medals to seven alumni whose life achievements exemplify Your Hendrix Odyssey during a special ceremony as part of the colleges annual Founders Day Oct. 22. The recipients were honored during a convocation in Staples Auditorium on the Hendrix campus. Bryce Missy Williams Reveley 66 owns and operates Gentle Arts, an uptown New Orleans business that cleans, restores, conserves and appraises old clothing and fabrics. She told the audience of the historic restoration projects she has completed through the years, from Jefferson Davis cape to Colonel Sanders trademark white suit to Pete Samparas tennis shirt. She has been instrumental in restoring numerous historic items and artifacts following Hurricane Katrina. What my lifes work has become is helping people recapture their histories through textiles and buildings, Reveley said, accepting her medal. In some cases, what is brought to us is all that is left in their history of their lives. Begun in 1983 out of her home and later moving to Jena Street, her clients are individuals as well as auction houses and museums, such as the New Orleans Museum of Art, who she represented as resident conservator. During Hurricane Katrina, Bryce evacuated to Assumption Parish, but began receiving desperate calls from residents after the storm. She reopened her shop in October 2005 to meet the growing demand. Over the past two years, she has restored countless heirloom wedding gowns, World War II uniforms ...
Hendrix College awarded Odyssey Medals to seven alumni whose life achievements exemplify Your Hendrix Odyssey during a special ceremony as part of the colleges annual Founders Day Oct. 22. The recipients were honored during a convocation in Staples Auditorium on the Hendrix campus. Bryce Missy Williams Reveley 66 owns and operates Gentle Arts, an uptown New Orleans business that cleans, restores, conserves and appraises old clothing and fabrics. She told the audience of the historic restoration projects she has completed through the years, from Jefferson Davis cape to Colonel Sanders trademark white suit to Pete Samparas tennis shirt. She has been instrumental in restoring numerous historic items and artifacts following Hurricane Katrina. What my lifes work has become is helping people recapture their histories through textiles and buildings, Reveley said, accepting her medal. In some cases, what is brought to us is all that is left in their history of their lives. Begun in 1983 out of her home and later moving to Jena Street, her clients are individuals as well as auction houses and museums, such as the New Orleans Museum of Art, who she represented as resident conservator. During Hurricane Katrina, Bryce evacuated to Assumption Parish, but began receiving desperate calls from residents after the storm. She reopened her shop in October 2005 to meet the growing demand. Over the past two years, she has restored countless heirloom wedding gowns, World War II uniforms ...
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