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 …

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

Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design

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

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 album, preserves …

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. …

Hair Symposium

@ 8:00 am - 11:00 am

Material Intelligence Hair Symposium Friday, April 25, 2025 8am to 11am CST Virtual event (free registration required) No material is more intimate, immediate, or incendiary than human hair. Materially speaking it is fairly simple: strands …

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 …

Public Gallery Tour: Afterlives

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Join curator Dr. Sarah Anne Carter for a tour of Afterlives: Material Stories from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and explore the materials and methods in the …

Graphic with blue background and yellow text that reads "Public Gallery Tour with curator Sarah Anne Carter" and has a photo of her and a detail of a yellow, orange, green, and blue textile butterfly