Crafting New Futures Using “Ideas Arrangements Effects”

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 4:00 pm

Monday, April 25 @ 4pm This event has passed. Watch the recording HERE. Join Kenneth Bailey co founder of Design Studio for Social Intervention as he shares key concepts behind the Studio’s recent book, Ideas …

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Designers are Critical to Equity & Inclusion

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 10:00 am

Wednesday, April 20th @ 10am CT This event has passed. Watch the recording HERE. Design is a social art.  Designers create the environments for human life – from our physical spaces to the products we …

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Coming Together: Culturally Inspired Creation

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm

April 20 – May 27, 2022 – Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery This exhibition is a collaboration between traditional textile artisan designers in the Kutch district in northwest India and students at the UW–Madison. Together, students …

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MDI Open House

Dorothy O'Brien Innovation Lab
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

This science fair-like event will be a chance for you to meet MDI students, hear about their work, and connect with the program. The Master of Science in Design + Innovation program at UW-Madison is …

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Quetzal Public Performance in the School of Human Ecology

The Link
@ 6:45 pm - 8:00 pm

The School of Human Ecology is bringing Quetzal to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a collaboration between the Department of Design Studies and the Department of Civil Society and Community Studies in conjunction with the …

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John Hitchcock and Alvaro Torres Music Performance & Tours with Artists

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

John Hitchcock and Alvaro Torres will give a special performance on electric guitar and lap steel in conjunction with their collaborative art piece featured in the Intercambios: Art, Stories, & Comunidad.  John Hitchcock is an …

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Weaving Nuances of Color with Sofia Hagström Møller

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 4:00 pm

Friday, March 4 at 4pm The Link (main lobby), Nancy Nicholas Hall | School of Human Ecology | UW Madison This event is free and open to the public, but seats are limited. This event …

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Public Lecture with Sofia Hagström Møller

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 5:00 pm

Wednesday, March 2 at 5pm Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall | 5th Floor, Nancy Nicholas Hall | UW Madison This event is free and open to the public but reservations are required. This event has passed. …

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Printmaking Action with Roberto Torres Mata

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Join exhibiting artist Roberto Torres Mata with the assistance of printmaker and current graduate student Derick Wycherly for a quick printmaking demonstration for students and community members. There will be a limited amount of printed give-aways …

orange, yellow, and red print with red figures, crosses, and snakes in the foreground