WIP Lab Workshop: Boro Stitching Inspired Collage

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Boro Stitching is a Japanese style of mending clothing. Using a running stitch, boro stitching applies scraps of fabric onto a garment to reinforce it with a variety of patterns. Using this method, participants will …

DS-CDMC Lecture Series: Antonio García

Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall, 5th Floor | Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join us Thursday, October 15 for a public lecture with Antonio García, Strategy Director at Gensler. About the Lecture: Life in Beta: A Few Things I Wish I Knew Before I Knew Anything A career …

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Art Lab! Making with Linda

Linda Dykstra
@ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

In this hands-on workshop, participants are invited to experience art-making as led by the Child Development Lab’s Lead Bunny Classroom teacher, Linda Dykstra. Each workshop offers a creative opportunity to experiment with materials, try new …

Ninth Annual Bernstein Book Arts Lecture Featuring Jen Bervin

Kohler Art Library
@ 5:00 pm

The Kohler Art Library is thrilled to welcome distinguished visual artist and poet Jen Bervin to campus for the ninth annual Bernstein Book Arts Lecture. Bervin’s talk, titled “*You can almost feel the date,” will …

Small Fabric: The Poetics of Reading Fragments

Jen Bervin
Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection
@ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Please join poet and visual artist Jen Bervin and Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection Research Director Sophie Pitman for an immersive workshop focused on close reading of a selection of fragments from the collection. Slow …

Fall 2026 Exhibitions Celebration

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

Join us this fall in celebrating the 2026-27 exhibition season! On view will be The Science of Human Thriving: Celebrating 100 Years of the Child Development Lab in the Ruth Davis Design Gallery, and k1, p2: …

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The Virtual Image: A Media Archaeology Workshop

Amanda Shubert
Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

What methods of archival research are required to understand virtual images? How can playing with visual and material culture become a research method, and what forms of knowledge can such play reveal? Virtual images are …

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2026 Summer Fellowship Symposium

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture is pleased to host our 7th annual Summer Fellowship Symposium on Friday, September 18 at 9:00 AM. This year we will have students presenting from …

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