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Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm

Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape explores the parallel processes of quilt-making within the American home and place-making on the American landscape. Featuring nineteenth- and twentieth-century American quilts drawn from the Helen Louise Allen …

Graphic of a old plot map of Wisconsin with squares filled in with pieces of quilts. In the bottom right corner is text that reads "Parallel Lines Quilts and the American Landscape."

Small Matter

Nancy Nicholas Hall
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Soccer is the world’s most popular game, but experiences of the game are remarkably different around the world. When children do not have the luxury of affording a mass-produced soccer ball, they take to the …

A large sphere is made up of small white dots on an orange background. Text above the sphere reads "small matter."

Where do we go when we make?

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
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Where do we go when we make? exhibits collections by 15 graduating artists and designers at the culmination of their undergraduate work. This exhibition explores the liminal third space that makers enter when they move …

Public Gallery Tour: Parallel Lines

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

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. Space is limited. …

A cropped view of a log cabin quilt, in which the strips form diamonds of light and dark.

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.”

TFD Exhibition Reception: Where do we go when we make?

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us in celebrating the spring 2026 TFD exhibition: Where do we go when we make? Free registration suggested Where do we go when we make? exhibits collections by 15 graduating artists and designers at the …

Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection Community Day

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Join us for the spring 2026 Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection Community Day! Once a semester, collection staff host a Community Day where we lead behind-the-scene tours and share information about the collection. In addition, …

A close up photo of a pair of hands flipping over and pointing at the corner of a multicolored quilt. The individual is wearing a blue, long-sleeved shirt and is wearing a variety of golden rings. The quilt has a "grandmother's flower garden" pattern on its top and a cream colored backing.

Drop In Community Quilting Workshop

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Together-together is a collaborative, evolving quilt project by Carlee Latimer, featured in the exhibition Find Your Quilt. Throughout the exhibition, visitors were invited to interact with the piece by completing the prompt “Quilts Are… ____” using interchangeable …

A photo of a gallery space with a quilt on display on the wall. This quilt is is made up of a variety of colored and patterned fabrics. Fabric patchwork letters near the top of the quilt read "Quilts Are". Beneath the phrase, signboard letters spelling out "community", "home", "art", and "maps." Surrounding the text, many polaroid photographs are displayed in mesh pockets on the quilt. To the left of the quilt is a white pedestal with a purple polaroid camera, a museum label standing behind the camera, and a wooden box containing more signboard letters. In the background to the far left is a window, through which a lobby space can be seen.

Drop-In with the Curator: Parallel Lines

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Join curator Dr. Marina Moskowitz in the exhibition Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape during its final week on view. In this informal setting, you are invited to discuss the quilts on view, ask questions, and …

A photo of a gallery space with quilts on display. In the foreground is a light green wall with a "crazy quilt" on display. To the right of quilt, vinyl text reads "Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape." Beneath the title, the wall text is too small to read. In the background, a "log cabin" style quilt made out of a wide variety of colored and patterned fabrics can be seen.
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