Textiles at Home: Block Printed Handkerchiefs

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 4:00 pm

Textiles at Home: Block Printed Handkerchiefs Friday, November 5 @ 4pm CT Terrace/Third Floor of Nancy Nicholas Hall American politics depend on participation. Now you can engage with our exhibition, Politics at Home: Textiles as …

red, square handkerchief with an image of Theodore Roosevelt in the center

Visible/Invisible: Designing Afro-Futures

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 5:00 pm

Visible/Invisible: Designing Afro-Futures Thursday, November 4 @ 5pm CT This event has passed. Watch the recording HERE. D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem presents on her multi-hyphenate practice as an award-winning, self-described “space sculptor”, designer, writer, performance artist, …

image of a woman wearing a camo coat and camo wrap and standing outside with the Chicago skyline behind her

Woven Together: Hello Loom at Copenhagen Contemporary

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery

Embedded exhibition instructions: use arrows, scroll bar, or swipe to navigate left and right; click the expand icon to view the exhibition fully in your browser; click the menu options for the accessible view. This …

Photograph of a miniature wooden hand-held loom with words "Hello Loom"

Lace from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection

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

Lace is the single largest category of objects in the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. How do we make sense of this ubiquitous yet enigmatic material? From fine art on the wall to intimate garments …

Graphic of white lace on a blue background with text in white in the center that reads "Lace from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection."

Politics at Home: Textiles as American History

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

Featuring work from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection ranging from the 18th through the 21st centuries, this exhibition includes a range of domestic textiles that demonstrate how public discourses of American politics have always …

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Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium

Virtual Event
@ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Second Annual Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium August 24, 2021. 10AM CT. The Center for Design and Material Culture is pleased to host the second annual Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium on Tuesday, August 24 …

logo for Chipstone CDMC undergraduate symposium with 2 logos and 2 buildings and text of date/event/title information.