TFC Staff

Annette Becker in a room full of mannequins

Annette Becker

Texas Fashion Collection Director and Curator

Annette.Becker@unt.edu  |  940-565-2732

Office: Welch Street Complex #1, Room 103

Areas of Expertise: 19th- and 20th-century fashion and material culture, museology.

About the Director

Annette Becker joined the TFC staff in September 2016. She has a B.A. in Art History and English from the University of Kansas, an M.A. in Art History from the University of North Texas, Denton, and previous work experiences at art and history museums around the country.

At the TFC, Becker has curated the exhibitions "Delight: Selections from the Texas Fashion Collection" at the CVAD Gallery, “Reimagining the Kimono,” "West Dressed" at NorthPark Center, “Sportswear to Athleisure: The Creation of Comfortable Clothing” at UNT ArtSpace, and “On Bodies” at The Goss-Michael Foundation, all in Dallas. To promote accessibility to the collection, she also regularly speaks to university classes and community groups and facilitates research visits engaging the TFC’s holdings of nearly 20,000 historical and designer garments and accessories.

Read more about Becker: Voyage Dallas, Jan. 10, 2018: Meet Annette Becker

Image: Annette Becker, director and curator, Texas Fashion Collection; photo by Elizabeth Lanvin, D Magazine


Ailie in front of a rack of hanging garments, smiling and wearing an orange top with her hair upAilie Pankonien

Collection Manager
940-565-4962
Ailie.Pankonien@unt.edu
405 S. Welch St., WSCI, Room 102
Denton, TX 76201

 

Katherine Santos smiling at the camera, long dark hair, outdoor backgroundKatherine Santos

2022-23 Onstead Intern in Collections Research
940-565-4962
cvad.tfc@unt.edu
405 S. Welch St.
Denton, TX 76201