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 …
Past Events Category: Galleries
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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), …
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 …
Find Your Quilt
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
View the Exhibition Archive This exhibition invites you to Find Your Quilt. A quilt can be artistic and designed, scientific and mathematical, political and personal. Quilts offer windows into the past, or hopes for the …
Open House for the Art History Centennial Celebration
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture in celebrating 100 years of Art History at UW-Madison! Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery: Drop in with curator Dr. Marina Moskowitz in the exhibition Parallel …
After Hours Drop-In with the Curator
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join curator Dr. Marina Moskowitz in the exhibition Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape. In this informal setting, you are invited to discuss the quilts on view, ask questions, and explore the materials and …