Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join curator Dr. Sophie Pitman for a tour of Find Your Quilt. Discuss the quilts on view, ask questions, and explore the materials and methods in the exhibit. Space is limited. Please sign up so …
Past Events Category: Exhibition
Quilter’s Book Club: Reading with Kathleen Ernst
Nancy Nicholas Hall, 5th Floor @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us for a reading and discussion with local author Kathleen Ernst. Ernst’s popular Chloe Ellefson Mysteries series of adult novels features weaving, lacemaking, and quilting! At this event, Ernst will read from Death On …
Small Matter
Nancy Nicholas Hall -
Soccer is the world’s most popular game, but experiences of the game are remarkably different around the world. When children do not have the luxury of affording a mass-produced soccer ball, they take to the …
Quilts are Jazz
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Join us for an evening of jazz performances inspired by quilts! In collaboration with the Mead Witter School of Music jazz studies program, the Creative Music Collective (directed by Anders Svanoe) will perform original compositions …
Community Quilting Workshop: Advancing the Process
Carlee Latimer
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
In this hands-on workshop led by artist Carlee Latimer, we’ll once again lift Together-together* from the gallery wall and gather around the quilting frame to continue exploring the collaborative, creative process of discovering all that …
Public Gallery Tour: Find Your Quilt
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join curator Dr. Sophie Pitman for a tour of Find Your Quilt. Discuss the quilts on view, ask questions, and explore the materials and methods in the exhibit. This tour will also include a special …
Quilt Documentation Day
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Calling all quilts and the people who love them: find out more about your quilted treasure! Help us save the stories in the stitches by bringing your precious family heirlooms (or modern creations) to the …
Public Gallery Tour: Parallel Lines
@ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Join curator Dr. Marina Moskowitz for a tour of Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape. Discuss the quilts on view, ask questions, and explore the materials and methods in the exhibit. This tour will …
Build a Block workshop with Dr. Sharbreon Plummer
@ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Build a Block: Simple Raw Edge Appliqué Drop in to create a quilt block with this year’s Harris Lecturer, artist and public scholar Dr. Sharbreon Plummer. Participants will use raw edge appliqué to shape a …
In Care Of Closing Reception
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Join us to celebrate the exhibition In Care Of during National Family Caregivers Month. Caring for loved ones can be difficult and beautiful at the same time. In Care Of: Postcard-Sized Portrayals of Caregiving in Wisconsin elevates …
