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 …

Graphic with colorful quilt triangles pointing in various directions on a white background with yellow text in the center that reads "Find Your Quilt."

The Future Is

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 10:00 am - @ 2:00 pm

The MD+I Futures Studio Summer Design Exhibition represents the culmination of the final MS in Design + Innovation capstone class, an 8-week speculative experiment in imagining what the future — our Wisconsin future — could …

Graphic with a multicolored background with white text that reads "The Future Is."

Wisconsin 4-H State Art Show: Beyond Ready!

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 4:00 pm - @ 6:00 pm

The 4-H Art Show is a vibrant showcase of creativity, featuring artwork from talented youth across Wisconsin, including contributions from the Wisconsin 4-H Art Team and 4-H County Educators. This inspiring exhibit celebrates the imagination, skill, …

Graphic with a photo of students working on art on the top and text on the bottom that reads "Wisconsin 4-H Arts."

Material Inquiry: Handmade Paperworks

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
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Opening reception: Thursday, 6/5, 3pm – 5pm On view: Friday, 6/6, 12pm – 4pm The Design Studies MFA program has consistently drawn artists and designers working within the expansive area of Fiber and Material Studies. …

A green and black illustration of an abstracted, layered landscape.

Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design Opening Reception

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us in celebrating the opening of Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design. Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design celebrates collections by 13 Textiles & Fashion Design students in their final semester in the School of Human Ecology. …

A photo of interwoven yarn of various colors arching across a white background. In the middle is black text that reads "Threaded Narratives An Anthology of Design."

Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm

Exhibition Archive Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design celebrates collections by 13 Textiles & Fashion Design students in their final semester in the School of Human Ecology. This exhibition, much like a diary or photo …

A photo of interwoven yarn of various colors arching across a white background. In the middle is black text that reads "Threaded Narratives An Anthology of Design."

Blow your own Glass Terrarium!

Part 1: UW-Madison Glass Lab. Part 2: Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Registration for this event is full.  As part of the exhibition Spheres of Influence: Glass Across UW, the Center for Design and Material Culture is excited to partner with the UW-Madison Glass Lab to offer this …

Photo of a beige exhibition case displays a collection of glass kaliapparat.

Public Tour: Afterlives

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm

Join curator Dr. Sarah Anne Carter for a tour of Afterlives. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and explore the materials and methods in the exhibit. Space is limited. Please sign up so …

Graphic with blue background and yellow text that reads "Public Gallery Tour with curator Sarah Anne Carter" and has a photo of her and a detail of a yellow, orange, green, and blue textile butterfly.

Afterlives Opening Reception

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us in celebrating the opening of Afterlives: Material Stories from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. Write a valentine for your “collection crush” object from the exhibition, snap some Polaroids, and enjoy hors d’ouevres …

Yellow graphic with colorful butterflies and blue text in the center reading "Afterlives: Material Stories from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection."