Learning to Love Something: Arts Pedagogy and the Power of Making

Dorothy O'Brien Innovation Lab
@ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Watch the Recording Join us for a panel discussion in conjunction with the fall 2023 exhibition Heart, Head, and Hand: Making and Remaking at Berea College Student Craft on view in the Ruth Davis Design …

photo of a person wearing a maroon shirt with long dark hair standing at a table in a workshop with colorful broom bristles all around

Making Demonstrations

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Meet makers from Berea College Student Craft as well as from the Madison area and engage in demos related to their craft. Learn steam bending, broom making, weaving, and more. All are welcome, no experience …

Three masked individuals work on wood cutting boards at Berea College Student Craft

Opening Reception for Social Threads

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

September 21, 4:00-6:00pm | Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery Join us in celebrating the first exhibition of the CDMC’s 2023-24 exhibition season, Social Threads: Making, Mending, and Maintaining Community. On view starting September 13 in the …

square graphic with a brown, orange, blue, and tan quilt in the background and the text "Social Threads: Making, Mending, and Maintaining Community" in the foreground within an off-white oval

Sound, Stage, Spirit, and Sequins

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
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In celebration of the 175th anniversary of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, on view in the School of Human Ecology are three shining examples from Madison music history. Stop by the School of Human Ecology in …

Photo of a red sequin jacket in a window display

Pieced Together – Student-led Tour of Exhibition and Studios

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Friday, May 12 | 2:00-4:00pm Ruth Davis Design Gallery | Nancy Nicholas Hall Come and view Pieced Together: Perspectives in Textiles and Fashion Design with some of the makers! Visitors will have the opportunity to …

photograph of two women in a studio space working on a flowing white textile piece on a mount

Weaving Workshop with Hello! Loom

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Saturday, April 29 | 12:00-2:00pm Ruth Davis Design Gallery | Nancy Nicholas Hall Register In conjunction with the exhibition Pieced Together: Perspectives in Textiles and Fashion Design, textile students Desiree Alu and Maia Rauh will …

photograph detail of small, wooden looms with colorful thread on a white table

Pieced Together – Opening Reception and Live Performance

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

April 27, 2023 | 6:00-8:00pm Nancy Nicholas Hall LINK | Ruth Davis Design Gallery Join us in celebrating the opening of Pieced Together: Perspectives in Textiles and Fashion Design, on view in the Ruth Davis …

Photograph of a figure wearing a black skirt and white top jumping holding white poms in their hands

Pieced Together – Student-led Tour of Exhibition and Studios

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Thursday, April 27 | 4:00-6:00pm Ruth Davis Design Gallery | Nancy Nicholas Hall Come and view Pieced Together: Perspectives in Textiles and Fashion Design with some of the makers! Visitors will have the opportunity to …

photograph of two women in a studio space working on a flowing white textile piece on a mount

Opening Reception for Design for Civil Society

@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us in celebrating the spring CDMC exhibition Design for Civil Society: Fostering Dialogue for Completely Human Agents in the Ruth Davis Design Gallery on February 16 at 5pm. Exhibiton partners Maria Patsarika and Scott Townsend will …

Prioritizing People: Designing as Sociability

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Tuesday, February 14, 2022 @10:30am Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall | 5th Floor, Nancy Nicholas Hall | UW Madison This event has passed. Dr. Maria Patsarika and Professor Scott Townsend’s public talk will overview their design …