Artificial Flowers: Ora, Labora, et Flore

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Session 1: 11am-12pm Session 2: 1pm-2pm Registration link coming soon! UW Madison recently acquired a small and intriguing manuscript produced in the eighteenth century by Benedictine nuns at the St Godelieve Abbey in Bruges, Belgium. …

A book page showing french handwritten text and a symmetrical illustration of orange and red flowers in an orange vase.

Textiles x Insects Panel Conversation and Lunch

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

How scientifically accurate are the butterflies and moths depicted by the textiles on view in Afterlives? What do butterfly boxes tell us about the intersections of art, science, design, and decoration? What do insect collection …

Graphic with text that reads "Textiles x Insects Panel Conversation & Lunch" with images of textile and actual butterflies.