It’s All the Rage: Activism, Aging, and the Raging Grannies of Madison

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 9:00 am - @ 5:00 pm

View the Online Exhibit Exhibition extended! Now on view until March 23. It’s All the Rage: Activism, Aging, and the Raging Grannies of Madison grows from a two-year archival and oral history project. This exhibit focuses …

pink and white graphic with white text that reads "It's All the Rage" with a white outline of a granny to the right holding a sign that reads "Activism, aging, and the raging grannies"

Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium

Wisconsin Idea Room 1199, Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Center for Design and Material Culture is pleased to host the fifth annual Chipstone-CDMC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium on Friday, September 13 at 10:00 AM. This fellowship program, in partnership with the Chipstone …

Graphic showing a brick building connected to a large modern building and text above reading "5th Annual Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Feel the Beat: Felted Textiles

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

Felt is considered to be the oldest constructed textile, predating weaving, knitting and knotted fabric structures. It is created through a process of rolling, agitation, and beating which causes the wool fibers to mat together …

A colorful, abstract design with a textured background in shades of green, blue, and yellow. Swirling shapes are layered throughout, giving a lively, dynamic feel. Overlaid in large, bold, white text are the words "Feel the Beat," with a subtitle below reading "Felted Textiles."

RE:FUTURE – SIX VISIONS OF WISCONSIN

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

RE:FUTURE SIX VISIONS OF WISCONSIN What does the future of Wisconsin look like if things turn out okay? The Master of Science in Design + Innovation (MD+I) summer capstone project explores this question from multiple …

Graphic with green, white, and pink with white text on black across the bottom

Woolen Clouds

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm

Woolen Clouds by textile artist Janice Arnold will float and flow through the central lobby of the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, trickling into halls and stairwells like an icy breeze. …

Draped felt crosses the image from left to right and overlaps. The felt is slightly translucent and is mostly white with pale blue spread throughout.

The Trailblazers Collection

Ruth Davis Design Gallery Window
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Through a collaboration with Lands’ End and the Kohl’s Center for Retailing, the CDMC is thrilled to share The Trailblazers Collection: A Lands’ End Brand Reimagined by School of Human Ecology Students as a Ruth Davis …

Graphic logo with blue background and text on the front that reads "Willis & Geiger Outfitters since 1902.