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.

Curator Gallery talk with Dr. Sophie Pitman

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Tour Remaking the Renaissance exhibition with its curator, Dr. Sophie Pitman (Pleasant Rowland Textile Specialist and Research Director). Take a close look at Renaissance textiles and learn about how researchers are remaking and restoring objects …

White hand points to religious figure on fabric.

The Line Along the Knot – Guzheng Performance

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

In the exhibition, THE LINE ALONG THE KNOT, Veronica Pham invites her mother, Julie Yang Kwok, to interpret the installation site through music where she will play the guzheng (Chinese traditional zither). Yang will explore the connections of personal heritage and …

Three vertical cropped images. Left and right images are of the same photo showing a hand reaching for entwined knots. Center photo is a close up of a guzheng (Chinese traditional zither instrument).

The Line Along the Knot – Guzheng Performance

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

In the exhibition, THE LINE ALONG THE KNOT, Veronica Pham invites her mother, Julie Yang Kwok, to interpret the installation site through music where she will play the guzheng (Chinese traditional zither). Yang will explore the connections of personal heritage and …

Three vertical cropped images. Left and right images are of the same photo showing a hand reaching for entwined knots. Center photo is a close up of a guzheng (Chinese traditional zither instrument).

Plants Make Color!

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Drop by to meet a few plants that are packed with color! See and smell a few dye vats and watch the process of dyeing with plants as it happens. Visit the Remaking the Renaissance …

Square image of fabric samples arranged on wooden table. Four images of flowers are imposed on top with corresponding text. Clockwise from top: Cosmo, Cosmos sulphureus; Pincushion, Scabiosa atropurpurea; Indigo, Indigofera tinctoria; Walnut, Juglans regia.

The Line Along the Knot – Guzheng Performance

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

In the exhibition, THE LINE ALONG THE KNOT, Veronica Pham invites her mother, Julie Yang Kwok, to interpret the installation site through music where she will play the guzheng (Chinese traditional zither). Yang will explore the connections of personal heritage and …

Three vertical cropped images. Left and right images are of the same photo showing a hand reaching for entwined knots. Center photo is a close up of a guzheng (Chinese traditional zither instrument).

Curator Gallery talk with Dr. Sophie Pitman

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Tour Remaking the Renaissance exhibition with its curator, Dr. Sophie Pitman (Pleasant Rowland Textile Specialist and Research Director). Take a close look at Renaissance textiles and learn about how researchers are remaking and restoring objects …

White hand points to religious figure on fabric.

Remaking Objects in the Classroom and the Museum: A Panel Discussion

Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall
@ 12:00 pm

Join us for a panel discussion between scholars, curators, and creators including Deborah Krohn (Bard Graduate Center), Jonathan Tavares (Art Institute, Chicago), and Tracy Drier, Distinguished Master Glassblower (UW Madison) about how reconstructed objects and …

Cropped images surround text in center of image: Remaking Objects in the Classroom & the Museum: A Panel Discussion. Remaking the Renaissance exhibition logo bottom center. A cropped image of a man in a renaissance garmet left, cropped image of an armored leg on a horse right.

THE LINE ALONG THE KNOT

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 10:00 am -

My MFA thesis exhibition focuses on traditional craft processes including, Vietnamese papermaking, Chinese knotting, and netting that reexamines a personal connection to these processes while asking significant broader questions around migration, cyclical histories, and multi-cultural identity.

Foreground is an interconnected mesh of thin, wire like strands creating a grid shape. A bead is tied into the grid in the upper right corner. In the background is a shadow of a hand, reaching for the bead.

Remaking Lace: Gallery Talk with Elena Kanagy-Loux

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 12:00 pm

Join us for a gallery talk by lacemaker and researcher Elena Kanagy-Loux. Kanagy-Loux will share her experience of making lace edgings for a handkerchief on display in the Remaking the Renaissance exhibition. Please meet outside …

Square picture of white woman with braided pigtails and white cap with lacemaking equipment in front of her on a pink background with close up of lacemaking bobbins