2025 Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture

Nancy Nicholas Hall, 2235
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Since 1990, the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection has proudly sponsored the annual Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture series in honor of Ruth Ketterer Harris, the collection’s first curator. We are thrilled to share Dr. Sharbreon Plummer, artist and …

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Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture 2023

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Join us for the 2023 Annual Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture Friday, February 10 @ 3:00pm | 2235, Nancy Nicholas Hall This event has passed. Shoe Obsessed: Power, Identity, and the Manufacturing of Desire Fashion is …

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Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture 2021: A Conversation with Bisa Butler

Virtual Event
@ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture 2021: A Conversation with Bisa Butler March 18, 2021. 4PM CT.   Bisa Butler, an interdisciplinary textile artist whose works showcase personal and historical narratives of African-Americans, gave the Ruth Ketterer …

Bisa Butler stands in front of a colorful figural quilt hanging on the wall.