Open Drawers Rotation Reception

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Please join us to celebrate the rotation of Open Drawers, a second set of mini-exhibits curated by graduate students in Dr. Sarah Anne Carter’s Material Culture course. You may have walked by our exhibition space …

Graphic with a white background and a drawing of an empty, open drawer. Above the drawing is text in black that reads "Open Drawers."

Hair Symposium

@ 8:00 am - 11:00 am

Material Intelligence Hair Symposium Friday, April 25, 2025 8am to 11am CST Watch Recording No material is more intimate, immediate, or incendiary than human hair. Materially speaking it is fairly simple: strands of dead cells …

Graphic of a zoomed in upside down image of the continents. Over the continent of Africa is a suspended clear sphere which has the continent the right way up. Red text on the top and bottom of the graphic reads "Hair Symposium."

Public Lecture: Defining Sustainability in Theory and Practice

Nancy Nicholas Hall, 2235
@ 10:00 am

Join us for a public lecture on architecture and sustainability with architect Tom Bassett-Dilley. This event has passed, click below for the recording: Watch Recording Tom Bassett-Dilley, FAIA CPHC LFA founded TBDA in 2006 to …

Graphic with a photo of a man wearing a blue shirt with glasses smiling at the camera, and white space with brown text that reads "Defining Sustainability in Theory and Practice."

Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design Opening Reception

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

Join us in celebrating the opening of Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design. Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design celebrates collections by 13 Textiles & Fashion Design students in their final semester in the School of Human Ecology. …

A photo of interwoven yarn of various colors arching across a white background. In the middle is black text that reads "Threaded Narratives An Anthology of Design."

Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design

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

Exhibition Archive Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design celebrates collections by 13 Textiles & Fashion Design students in their final semester in the School of Human Ecology. This exhibition, much like a diary or photo …

A photo of interwoven yarn of various colors arching across a white background. In the middle is black text that reads "Threaded Narratives An Anthology of Design."

Wood Flower Carving Workshop with Derek Brabender

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

Join us in the Link for a drop-in wood carving workshop led by Derek Brabender. In this all-levels workshop, you’ll learn to carve a wooden flower using locally harvested red osier dogwood. Participants will be …

Close up of fingers holding a flower carved from wood.

Open Drawers Opening Reception

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Please join us to celebrate the opening of Open Drawers, an exhibit curated by graduate students in Dr. Sarah Anne Carter’s Material Culture course. You may have walked by our exhibition space without noticing the …

Graphic with a white background and a drawing of an empty, open drawer. Above the drawing is text in black that reads "Open Drawers."

Open Drawers

Nancy Nicholas Hall
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Open Drawers represents a multidimensional understanding of home and heart. Where we find home may not always be where we lay our head at night—it may be in objects and materials that we travelled with …

Graphic with a white background and a drawing of an empty, open drawer. Above the drawing is text in black that reads "Open Drawers."

Blow your own Glass Terrarium!

Part 1: UW-Madison Glass Lab. Part 2: Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Registration for this event is full.  As part of the exhibition Spheres of Influence: Glass Across UW, the Center for Design and Material Culture is excited to partner with the UW-Madison Glass Lab to offer this …

Photo of a beige exhibition case displays a collection of glass kaliapparat.