Nancy Nicholas Hall, 2235 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Since 1990, the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection has proudly sponsored the annual Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture series in honor of Ruth Ketterer Harris, the collection’s first curator. We are thrilled to share Dr. Sharbreon Plummer, artist and …
@ 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 …
Nancy Nicholas Hall, 2235 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Advanced Registration Required Designing the Future: A Personal Journey, the Power of Storytelling, and Gensler’s Vision for a Changing World Jordan Goldstein is Co-CEO of Gensler, the world’s most influential architecture and design firm. …
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 …
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 …
Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall, 5th Floor | Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 9:45 am - 11:00 am
Register Designing Hybrid Skins Dr. Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao is an Associate Professor in Human Centered Design, with graduate field faculty appointments in Information Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Cornell University. She founded and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
@ 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), …
