@ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Join curator Dr. Marina Moskowitz for a tour of Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape. Discuss the quilts on view, ask questions, and explore the materials and methods in the exhibit. This tour will …
Past Events Category: Organizers
Build a Block workshop with Dr. Sharbreon Plummer
@ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Build a Block: Simple Raw Edge Appliqué Drop in to create a quilt block with this year’s Harris Lecturer, artist and public scholar Dr. Sharbreon Plummer. Participants will use raw edge appliqué to shape a …
In Care Of Closing Reception
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Join us to celebrate the exhibition In Care Of during National Family Caregivers Month. Caring for loved ones can be difficult and beautiful at the same time. In Care Of: Postcard-Sized Portrayals of Caregiving in Wisconsin elevates …
WIP Lab Workshop: Hello Loom Tapestry Weaving
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join artist and MFA student Lars Shimabukuro for an introduction to tapestry weaving using pocket-sized Hello Looms. Participants will learn how to warp a tapestry loom, beginning tapestry techniques, working with multiple colors, and how …
Community Quilting Workshop: Picking Up the Thread
Carlee Latimer
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
In this hands-on workshop, we’ll take Together-together* down from the gallery wall and come together around the quilting frame to begin stitching the quilt’s three layers. Artist Carlee Latimer believes quilts are powerful tools for …
Natural Dye Demonstration
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join staff from the Allen Centennial Garden as they dye embroidery floss with different plants harvested from the garden. This session will feature weld, indigo, and coreopsis. Staff will demonstrate basic principals of plant-based dying …
Public Gallery Tour: Find Your Quilt
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join curator Dr. Sophie Pitman for a tour of Find Your Quilt. Discuss the quilts on view, ask questions, and explore the materials and methods in the exhibit. Space is limited. Please sign up so …
Quilt Exhibitions Bus Tour
@ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Join us on Saturday, October 18 to visit five quilt exhibitions across southeastern Wisconsin! For this daylong adventure, coach buses will shuttle visitors between the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture (Madison), …
Fall Exhibition Celebration
Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join us in celebrating both exhibitions in the center’s Quilting Connections exhibition season: Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape and Find Your Quilt. All attendees will receive a 16-month Quilting Connections calendar featuring images of …
Find Your Quilt
Ruth Davis Design Gallery @ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
View the Exhibition Archive This exhibition invites you to Find Your Quilt. A quilt can be artistic and designed, scientific and mathematical, political and personal. Quilts offer windows into the past, or hopes for the …
