Remaking the Renaissance

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
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Looking at key textile innovations in the era c.1400-1700, Remaking the Renaissance suggests that objects and their histories can be restored and recreated through conservation and research.

Photo of several maroon and yellow textiles layered on top of each other with the words Remaking the Renaissance over them.

THE LINE ALONG THE KNOT

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 10:00 am -

My MFA thesis exhibition focuses on traditional craft processes including, Vietnamese papermaking, Chinese knotting, and netting that reexamines a personal connection to these processes while asking significant broader questions around migration, cyclical histories, and multi-cultural identity.

Foreground is an interconnected mesh of thin, wire like strands creating a grid shape. A bead is tied into the grid in the upper right corner. In the background is a shadow of a hand, reaching for the bead.

Tangible Secrets

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 10:00 am -

In Tangible Secrets, Cho investigates collected secrets as palpable material and explores the contemporary application of jiseung, a traditional Korean paper-weaving craft.

Woven abstract structure in natural colored yarn

Inside Out

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 10:00 am -

Inside Out is an exploration of our bodily experience in this life.

photo of white and cream transparent paper stitched together with brown thread

Remaking Objects in the Classroom and the Museum: A Panel Discussion

Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall
@ 12:00 pm

Join us for a panel discussion between scholars, curators, and creators including Deborah Krohn (Bard Graduate Center), Johnathan Tavares (Art Institute, Chicago), and Tracy Drier, Distinguished Master Glassblower (UW Madison) about how reconstructed objects and …

Cropped images surround text in center of image: Remaking Objects in the Classroom & the Museum: A Panel Discussion. Remaking the Renaissance exhibition logo bottom center. A cropped image of a man in a renaissance garmet left, cropped image of an armored leg on a horse right.

Curator Gallery talk with Dr. Sophie Pitman

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Tour Remaking the Renaissance exhibition with its curator, Dr. Sophie Pitman (Pleasant Rowland Textile Specialist and Research Director). Take a close look at Renaissance textiles and learn about how researchers are remaking and restoring objects …

White hand points to religious figure on fabric.

Master of Fine Arts Opening Reception

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us April 5th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Ruth Davis Design Gallery to celebrate the Design Studies Master of Fine Arts exhibitions by Esther Cho, Heather Kohlmeier, and Veronica Y Pham. Exhibitions will be on display March 21 - April 12, 2024.

Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection Community Day

Center for Design and Material Culture, 1235 Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Join us for the spring semester Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection Community Day! Once a semester, collection staff host a Community Day where we lead behind-the-scene tours and share information about the Collection. This event …

photo of two people with their backs to the cammera looking at a textile on a table with a phone taking a picture of the textile

Plants Make Color!

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Drop by to meet a few plants that are packed with color! See and smell a few dye vats and watch the process of dyeing with plants as it happens. Visit the Remaking the Renaissance …

Square image of fabric samples arranged on wooden table. Four images of flowers are imposed on top with corresponding text. Clockwise from top: Cosmo, Cosmos sulphureus; Pincushion, Scabiosa atropurpurea; Indigo, Indigofera tinctoria; Walnut, Juglans regia.

Textile & Fashion Design Spring 2024 Showcase

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm

The UW-Madison School of Human Ecology Textile and Fashion Design (TFD) 2024 Showcase features the work of upper-level TFD undergraduates. Each student curates their own space creating a mini-exhibition of their strongest studio works. Pieces range …

Fabric tag surrounded by textile remnants with the text Made in SoHE, 100% Student Work [washing symbols]. Produced with Passion. On View April 24-May 12