Small Matter

Nancy Nicholas Hall
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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 …

A large sphere is made up of small white dots on an orange background. Text above the sphere reads "small matter."

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 …

The word "quilts" is spelled out in all caps in red pieced letters on a patchwork quilt.

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 …

Cropped photo of a white quilt with light pink floral designs radiating out from the middle.

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 …

Detail shot of flying geese quilt pattern.

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 …

A cropped view of a log cabin quilt, in which the strips form diamonds of light and dark.

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 …

White text reads "In Care Of: Postcard Sized Portrayals of Caregiving in Wisconsin" against an abstract blue and green landscape.

Community Quilting Workshop: Picking Up the Thread

Carlee Latimer
Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

In this hands-on workshop, we’ll take Together-together* down from the gallery wall and come together around the quilting frame to begin stitching the quilt’s three layers. Artist Carlee Latimer believes quilts are powerful tools for …

The word "quilts" is spelled out in all caps in red pieced letters on a patchwork quilt.

Public Gallery Tour: Find Your Quilt

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 …

Cropped photo of a white quilt with light pink floral designs radiating out from the middle.

Quilt Exhibitions Bus Tour

@ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Join us on Saturday, October 18 to visit five quilt exhibitions across southeastern Wisconsin! For this daylong adventure, coach buses will shuttle visitors between the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture (Madison), …

Photo of a close up detail of a log cabin quilt square.

Fall Exhibition Celebration

Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us in celebrating both exhibitions in the center’s Quilting Connections exhibition season: Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape and Find Your Quilt. All attendees will receive a 16-month Quilting Connections calendar featuring images of …

Close up photo of a colorful crazy quilt with irregularly shaped patches sewn together with decorative top stitching. A white bird on brown fabric is centered.