The Mathews Museum will recognize Mathews County’s local business women as the nation celebrates Women’s History Month in March, with a fashion exhibit opening March 8,  as well as an informational speakers panel at the Museum, March 21.

Special  Exhibit, Saturday, March 8, 10:00 am

“Ladies Victorian,”  founded by Marilyn Iglesias and Kim Forslund, will present “Women’s Fashion  from the 1600s to the 1900s.”  Exhibit Committee member, Dale Robinson, notes  “these lovingly stitched styles, true to the times, will be on display in the museum’s Chesapeake Gallery.”  Iglesias and Forslund met over 20 years ago as docents at historical museums in Newport News, recognized their mutual interests, and created their fashion business. 

Janice Jones, founder/owner of Roane’s Antiques at The Cottage on Main Street, began her career in the 1980s with redoing old furniture and discarded items and bring them back to life. In mid-2020, following COVID, she redesigned her business to include estate sales and online sales and then expanded her corporate footprint to include a store on Buckley Hall Road where she stores items and holds sales. 

 

Karen Podd, a clay artist, came to Mathews with her husband from Norfolk over 50 years ago to begin their business. They restored their house and opened a studio and established a highly successful business, “The Poddery.”   Their pottery is on display at the Bay Community School Arts Center and at their home-studio showroom in Mathews.