Woolen Clouds

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm

Woolen Clouds by textile artist Janice Arnold will float and flow through the central lobby of the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, trickling into halls and stairwells like an icy breeze. …

Draped felt crosses the image from left to right and overlaps. The felt is slightly translucent and is mostly white with pale blue spread throughout.

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.

Plants Make Color!

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Drop by to meet a few plants that are packed with color! See and smell a few dye vats and watch the process of dyeing with plants as it happens. Visit the Remaking the Renaissance …

Square image of fabric samples arranged on wooden table. Four images of flowers are imposed on top with corresponding text. Clockwise from top: Cosmo, Cosmos sulphureus; Pincushion, Scabiosa atropurpurea; Indigo, Indigofera tinctoria; Walnut, Juglans regia.

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.

Remaking Objects in the Classroom and the Museum: A Panel Discussion

Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall
@ 12:00 pm

Join us for a panel discussion between scholars, curators, and creators including Deborah Krohn (Bard Graduate Center), Jonathan Tavares (Art Institute, Chicago), and Tracy Drier, Distinguished Master Glassblower (UW Madison) about how reconstructed objects and …

Cropped images surround text in center of image: Remaking Objects in the Classroom & the Museum: A Panel Discussion. Remaking the Renaissance exhibition logo bottom center. A cropped image of a man in a renaissance garmet left, cropped image of an armored leg on a horse right.

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.

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.