Public Gallery Tour: Find Your Quilt

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join curator Dr. Sophie Pitman for a tour of Find Your Quilt. Discuss the quilts on view, ask questions, and explore the materials and methods in the exhibit. Space is limited. Please sign up so …

Cropped photo of a white quilt with light pink floral designs radiating out from the middle.

Quilter’s Book Club: Reading with Kathleen Ernst

Nancy Nicholas Hall, 5th Floor
@ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us for a reading and discussion with local author Kathleen Ernst. Ernst’s popular Chloe Ellefson Mysteries series of adult novels features weaving, lacemaking, and quilting! At this event, Ernst will read from Death On …

Graphic with a yellow background and green text that reads "Death on the Prairies. Bordering the text are green dashes that mimic threads, and they are attached to a sewing needle hovering over two quilt square graphics. There is also an illustration of a small, log cabin with clouds behind it to the center right of the middle of the Title text.

MD+I Winter Design Festival

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

WINTER DESIGN FESTIVAL December 12th from 5:30 to 7:00 AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CELEBRATION OF DESIGN + INNOVATION + IMAGINATION Join us for the 3rd Annual Winter Design Festival and see recent work by students from a …

Graphic with a dark blue background and white designs. In the middle is a tree separated into separate trunk and stump sections, and it is surrounded branches and other aspects of nature. In the middle of the trunk section of the design is a logo of "MD+I."

WIP Lab Workshop: Neon-Inspired Wire Bending

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Join PhD student Skye Xollo to learn how to create sculptures that mimic the look of glowing neon. In this all-levels workshop, you’ll learn to sketch a design, shape armature wire using techniques inspired by …

Photo of a yellow-green neon light. Text on masking tape above the image reads "WIP Lab Workshop." Text on brown paper below the photo reads "Neon-Inspired Wire Bending with Skye Xollo."

Small Matter

Nancy Nicholas Hall
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Soccer is the world’s most popular game, but experiences of the game are remarkably different around the world. When children do not have the luxury of affording a mass-produced soccer ball, they take to the …

A large sphere is made up of small white dots on an orange background. Text above the sphere reads "small matter."

Quilts are Jazz

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Join us for an evening of jazz performances inspired by quilts! In collaboration with the Mead Witter School of Music jazz studies program, the Creative Music Collective (directed by Anders Svanoe) will perform original compositions …

A close cropped view of a geometric quilt with radiating blocks of blue, pink, green, and purple creating an optical effect.

Community Quilting Workshop: Advancing the Process

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

In this hands-on workshop led by artist Carlee Latimer, we’ll once again lift Together-together* from the gallery wall and gather around the quilting frame to continue exploring the collaborative, creative process of discovering all that …

The word "quilts" is spelled out in all caps in red pieced letters on a patchwork quilt.

Public Gallery Tour: Find Your Quilt

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Join curator Dr. Sophie Pitman for a tour of Find Your Quilt. Discuss the quilts on view, ask questions, and explore the materials and methods in the exhibit. This tour will also include a special …

Cropped photo of a white quilt with light pink floral designs radiating out from the middle.

Quilt Documentation Day

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Calling all quilts and the people who love them: find out more about your quilted treasure! Help us save the stories in the stitches by bringing your precious family heirlooms (or modern creations) to the …

Detail shot of flying geese quilt pattern.