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Past Events Category: Lecture/Symposium

DS-CDMC Lecture Series: Antonio García

Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall, 5th Floor | Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join us Thursday, October 15 for a public lecture with Antonio García, Strategy Director at Gensler. About the Lecture: Life in Beta: A Few Things I Wish I Knew Before I Knew Anything A career …

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Ninth Annual Bernstein Book Arts Lecture Featuring Jen Bervin

Kohler Art Library
@ 5:00 pm

The Kohler Art Library is thrilled to welcome distinguished visual artist and poet Jen Bervin to campus for the ninth annual Bernstein Book Arts Lecture. Bervin’s talk, titled “*You can almost feel the date,” will …

The Virtual Image: A Media Archaeology Workshop

Amanda Shubert
Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

What methods of archival research are required to understand virtual images? How can playing with visual and material culture become a research method, and what forms of knowledge can such play reveal? Virtual images are …

Close up cropped photo of a praxinoscope, a mirrored device with a circle of illustrations around the mirrors showing a girl jumping rope.

2026 Summer Fellowship Symposium

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture is pleased to host our 7th annual Summer Fellowship Symposium on Friday, September 18 at 9:00 AM. This year we will have students presenting from …

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bogk House: A Bold Experiment in Milwaukee

Elvehjem L140
@ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Lecture by Richard L. Cleary, Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin Wednesday, April 22, 2026 6:00 p.m. Elvehjem L140 Register here This lecture explores the house that Frank Lloyd Wright designed …

A poster in brown and gold tones advertising a lecture. Along the top, all caps letters read: “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bogk House: A bold experiment in Milwaukee.” Under the title, text reads: Lecture by Richard L. Cleary, Professor Emeritus Richard L. Cleary of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. To the right, text reads: Wednesday, April 22, 2026, Elvehjem L140, from 6:00 pm. Below is a large photo of the Bogk House. The building is square and primarily made of tan brick, with square-rectangular windows in two rows of three, warm light shining through. Each window is bordered with thin windows with squared stained-glass patterns. Under the top row, there are lighter-colored planters holding pink flowers. On either side of these rows are two long and thin windows with squared stained-glass patterns. Four brick square columns separate the windows into three columns. The roof is flat, with deep green tile on top. There is a green tree on the right that covers a small portion of the building. There are square planters on the ground in front of the windows, which hold green plants. Above a QR code, text reads "Free & open to the public - scan to register." A brown band works as a background for text reading “This lecture is supported by the University Lectures Committee. It is sponsored by the Department of Art History, and co-sponsored by the Department of Design Studies, the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture, and the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture.” To the right of this text, the logo of the University of Wisconsin - Madison is placed with the title “University Lectures, University of Wisconsin - Madison.”

DS-CDMC Lecture Series: Nicole Craanen

Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall, 5th Floor | Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join us on Thursday, April 9 for a public lecture with Nicole Craanen, MFA, NCIDQ, WELL-AP, LEED-Green Associate, ANFT Nature & Forest Therapy Guide. About the Lecture: ELEVATING WELLBEING THROUGH BIOPHILIC DESIGN: Creating Nurturing Environments …

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DS-CDMC Lecture Series: Anila Quayyum Agha

Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall, 5th Floor | Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

      Watch the Recording About the Lecture: Anila Quayyum Agha: An Embellished Life  My journey as an artist – building a life as an immigrant woman of color – finding acceptance and an amplified …

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The Hidden History of Tibetan Rugs

Ingraham Hall
@ 4:00 pm

This presentation will unveil a trove of Tibetan rugs from as early as the 15th century, showcasing new designs and connections to religious traditions, along with evaluating the challenges of dating rugs using scientific methods. …

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Astria Suparak: Asian futures, without Asians

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Performative Lecture Wed., March 11, 5:00pm (Doors at 4:30pm for general admission seating; no late seating.) Thurs., March 12, 7:00pm (Doors at 6:30pm for general admission seating; no late seating), followed by a panel discussion …

Graphic with text on a white box that reads "Asian Futures Without Asians. Astria Suparak with musical accompaniment by Tammy Lakkis." The background of the graphic is a still form the film Ex Machina, and depicts a woman with a partially robotic face.
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