Kohler Art Library @ 5:00 pm
The Kohler Art Library is thrilled to welcome distinguished visual artist and poet Jen Bervin to campus for the ninth annual Bernstein Book Arts Lecture. Bervin’s talk, titled “*You can almost feel the date,” will …
Past Events Category: Research
Small Fabric: The Poetics of Reading Fragments
Jen Bervin
Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Please join poet and visual artist Jen Bervin and Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection Research Director Sophie Pitman for an immersive workshop focused on close reading of a selection of fragments from the collection. Slow …
The Virtual Image: A Media Archaeology Workshop
Amanda Shubert
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
What methods of archival research are required to understand virtual images? How can playing with visual and material culture become a research method, and what forms of knowledge can such play reveal? Virtual images are …
The Hidden History of Tibetan Rugs
Ingraham Hall @ 4:00 pm
This presentation will unveil a trove of Tibetan rugs from as early as the 15th century, showcasing new designs and connections to religious traditions, along with evaluating the challenges of dating rugs using scientific methods. …
Astria Suparak: Asian futures, without Asians
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Performative Lecture Wed., March 11, 5:00pm (Doors at 4:30pm for general admission seating; no late seating.) Thurs., March 12, 7:00pm (Doors at 6:30pm for general admission seating; no late seating), followed by a panel discussion …
Virtual Aesthetics in Victorian Culture: Author Talk with Amanda Shubert
Lake City Books @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Enter the fascinating world of visual illusions and virtual reality from the Victorian era! Author Amanda Shubert will be in conversation with Dr. Sarah Anne Carter about her new book Seeing Things: Virtual Aesthetics in …
Quilt Documentation Day
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Calling all quilts and the people who love them: find out more about your quilted treasure! Help us save the stories in the stitches by bringing your precious family heirlooms (or modern creations) to the …
Chipstone-CDMC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium
Wisconsin Idea Room 1199, Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Center for Design and Material Culture is pleased to host the sixth annual Chipstone-CDMC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium on Friday, September 12 at 10:00 AM. This fellowship program, in partnership with the Chipstone …
Hair Symposium
@ 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Material Intelligence Hair Symposium Friday, April 25, 2025 8am to 11am CST Watch Recording No material is more intimate, immediate, or incendiary than human hair. Materially speaking it is fairly simple: strands of dead cells …
Artificial Flowers: Ora, Labora, et Flore
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Session 1: 11am-12pm Session 2: 1pm-2pm Register here! UW Madison recently acquired a small and intriguing manuscript produced in the eighteenth century by Benedictine nuns at the St Godelieve Abbey in Bruges, Belgium. Across 30 …
