HLATC Community Day

Center for Design and Material Culture, 1235 Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Join us for the fall semester HLATC Community Day! Once a semester, HLATC staff host a Community Day where we lead behind-the-scene tours and share information about the Collection. This event is open to the …

photo of a detailed close up of a red and multicolored woven textile

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 …

Visible Mending Workshop at the School of Human Ecology

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Finally, learn the art and craft of two visible mending practices, darning and Sashiko stitching, with Mitch Frank, teaching faculty in sewn construction at UW-Madison’s School of Human Ecology. In this hands-on workshop you will …

10 colorful squares of fabric surround the number 4 with the words Nancy Nicholas Hall mending workshop @ 3pm at the bottom of the image.

Opening Reception for Heart, Head, and Hand

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

October 19, 5:00-8:00pm | Ruth Davis Design Gallery Join us in celebrating the opening of Heart, Head, and Hand: Making and Remaking at Berea College Student Craft. On view starting October 18 in the Ruth …

Photo of a colorful broom with broom corn in the background and "Heart, Head, & Hand" in the foreground along the bottom

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

Making Demonstrations

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Meet makers from Berea College Student Craft as well as from the Madison area and engage in demos related to their craft. Learn steam bending, broom making, weaving, and more. All are welcome, no experience …

Three masked individuals work on wood cutting boards at Berea College Student Craft