Center for Design and Material Culture, 1235 Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
RSVP Join us in celebrating the fall 2024 exhibitions in the Ruth Davis Design Gallery and Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery. Hear from collaborators and participants from Feel the Beat: Felted Textiles and Material Intelligence and …
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
Material Intelligence magazine, published by the Chipstone Foundation, celebrates the human capacity to understand and shape the physical world around us. Inspired by the magazine’s exploration of individual commonplace materials, this exhibition foregrounds two key …
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
The power of shaping glass has played a critical role in the history of UW–Madison. Glass has enabled us to see near, far, into, and beyond. Spheres of Influence: Glass Across UW foregrounds the material …
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
Ann B. Coddington works in threads—living lines created by natural fibers. This material invites layered metaphorical possibilities that are not bound by a loom or a specific interpretative category. Her iterative process invites a range …
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/material-intelligence/
The Work in Progress Lab in the rear of the Ruth Davis Design Gallery invited visitors to engage with materials and techniques on display in the CDMC. Feel the materials and learn techniques that transform …
Sterling Hall, Rm 3401 @ 6:30 pm
Come learn about ‘craftivism’ – how the Raging Grannies combine crafting and activism in their efforts. See samples of their iconic Ursula the Uterus and learn how to make it or create your own crocheted …
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
September 26, 5:00-7:00pm | Nancy Nicholas Hall Main Entrance Join us in celebrating the opening of It’s All the Rage: Activism, Aging, and the Raging Grannies of Madison. The Raging Grannies will be present and …
Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
Felt is considered to be the oldest constructed textile, predating weaving, knitting and knotted fabric structures. It is created through a process of rolling, agitation, and beating which causes the wool fibers to mat together …
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. …
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 …
