Bringing Akris Stories to Life

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

Starting July 21, Bringing Akris Stories to Life will be on view in the Ruth Davis Design Gallery window. This semester-long consulting project between Akris and the Kohl’s Center for Retailing brought together Textile & Fashion …

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Field to Frock

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https://www.wisconsinlinenrevival.org/field-to-frock

Come makers, artists, textile enthusiasts, agriculturalists, small farmers, local foodies, slow-fashionistas! Together we are weaving relationships with materials, makers, growers, and thinkers to encourage a richer modern human connection with textiles.  Midwest Linen Revival presents …

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Wisconsin 4-H State Art Show: Beyond Ready!

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 4:00 pm - @ 6:00 pm

The 4-H Art Show is a vibrant showcase of creativity, featuring artwork from talented youth across Wisconsin, including contributions from the Wisconsin 4-H Art Team and 4-H County Educators. This inspiring exhibit celebrates the imagination, skill, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Design in Mind: Creating Neuroinclusive Spaces for Health & Well-Being

Room 228, Educational Science Building, 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706
@ 9:55 am - 10:45 am

This event has passed. Watch the event recording below: Event Recording How can the built environment better support the diverse ways people think, feel, and experience the world? In this lecture, Dr. Kati Peditto, a Senior Design …

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