Jorella Andrews Lecture co-sponsored with the Center for Visual Cultures

Memorial Library Room 126
@ 3:30 pm

Co-sponsored with the Center for Visual Cultures “Working with resistance towards a non-dual ‘poetry’ – and politics – ‘of truth’” The words “work”, “resistance”, and indeed “truth”, tend to connote difficult terrain. As such, they evoke …

Random Weave Workshop with Ann Coddington

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Join us for this engaging workshop where you will explore the process of random woven basketry. We will begin by creating an armature, then complete the form with random weaving using round and flat reed …

Five random weaved baskets hang on a neutral wall.

Fiber Art and Contemporary Basketry Lecture

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

Watch Lecture Recording Professor Ann Coddington will present a lecture on the origins and history of the fiber art movement, and how the field of contemporary basketry emerged in the 1960’s. She will also discuss …

Learning to Love Something: Arts Pedagogy and the Power of Making

Dorothy O'Brien Innovation Lab
@ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Watch the Recording Join us for a panel discussion in conjunction with the fall 2023 exhibition Heart, Head, and Hand: Making and Remaking at Berea College Student Craft on view in the Ruth Davis Design …

photo of a person wearing a maroon shirt with long dark hair standing at a table in a workshop with colorful broom bristles all around

Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Wisconsin Idea Room 1199, Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Center for Design and Material Culture is pleased to host the fourth annual Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium on Friday, September 15 at 9AM. This fellowship program, in partnership with the Chipstone Foundation, offers undergraduate UW-Madison students …

image of a dark brown brick building merding wit ha light tan brick building and text across the top

New Perspectives on Material Culture

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Friday, April 28 2023 | 10:00 AM CST Online via Zoom Register Join us on Friday, April 28 at 10am-11:30am CST for a conversation on “New Perspectives on Material Culture” with interdisciplinary Material Culture scholars …

printed image on a piece of textile of a geomentric chicken in orange, green, and yellow

Lunchtime Conversation: Bird Collisions at UW–Madison

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Thursday, April 20 | 12:00-1:00pm Online – THIS EVENT HAS PASSED Join us for a lunchtime conversation centered on bird collisions on the UW–Madison campus. This conversation will bring together faculty, staff, students, researchers, and …

photograph of a textile with two embroidered song birds on a white background in blue.

Remaking Design Theory from the Textile Matrix with Elaine Igoe

@ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Thursday, March 29 from 5:00 – 6:00pm Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall | Nancy Nicholas Hall | 1300 Linden Dr. | UW-Madison Elaine Igoe’s lecture, Remaking Design Theory from the Textile Matrix, will focus on the …