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.

Tangible Secrets

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 10:00 am -

In Tangible Secrets, Cho investigates collected secrets as palpable material and explores the contemporary application of jiseung, a traditional Korean paper-weaving craft.

Woven abstract structure in natural colored yarn

Inside Out

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 10:00 am -

Inside Out is an exploration of our bodily experience in this life.

photo of white and cream transparent paper stitched together with brown thread

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

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.

Opening Reception for Remaking the Renaissance

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us in celebrating the opening of Remaking the Renaissance. On view starting February 7, Remaking the Renaissance offers a fresh take on this iconic period of textile and fashion history. Demonstrating that remaking is …

Photo of several maroon and yellow textiles layered on top of each other with the words Remaking the Renaissance over them.

Open House for Heart, Head, and Hand

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Please join us on Saturday, February 17 for an Open House in celebration for Heart, Head, and Hand: Making and Remaking at Berea College Student Craft. This gathering will include the curators of the exhibition, …

Photo of a colorful broom with broom corn in the background and "Heart, Head, & Hand" in the foreground along the bottom

Broom Making Workshop with Berea College Student Craft

The Link
@ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

After much anticipation, we are thrilled to announce the upcoming Broom Making Workshop with Berea College Student Craft! Join us on February 15 and learn about broom making from Berea College Student Craft staff and …

5 hand made, hand held brooms placed on concrete floor,

Remaking the Renaissance

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
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Looking at key textile innovations in the era c.1400-1700, Remaking the Renaissance suggests that objects and their histories can be restored and recreated through conservation and research.

Photo of several maroon and yellow textiles layered on top of each other with the words Remaking the Renaissance over them.