The UW–Madison Material Culture Focus Group hosts a virtual symposium by and for graduate students with the goal of connecting individuals with mutual interest in Material Culture, broadly defined.
Student Research
Threads 2021: “Reality?” A Virtual Design and Fashion Event
“Threads 2021: Reality? A Virtual Design and Fashion Event,” is a student-led, socially-distanced, large-scale outdoor projection at the Garver Feed Mill. Take a step onto the virtual runway with UW-Madison’s TFD students as they share their work.
Threads 2021: “Reality?” A Virtual Design and Fashion Event
“Threads 2021: Reality? A Virtual Design and Fashion Event,” is a student-led, socially-distanced, large-scale outdoor projection at the Garver Feed Mill. Take a step onto the virtual runway with UW-Madison’s TFD students as they share their work.
Sofia Hagström Møller: Weaving Threads Through Time and Space, One Wild Year Later
At the 1-year anniversary of Sofia Hagström Møller’s weaving residency at UW, Nora Renick Rinehart sits down with Hagström Møller in her home studio in Copenhagen, and Marianne Fairbanks (in Madison), to reflect. They share how their plans evolved to suit pandemic limitations.
Student Spotlight: Noah Mapes, 2020 Chipstone-CDMC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
Art History and Material Culture student Noah Mapes talks about his experiences during last year’s fellowship, student researcher communities during a pandemic, and his contributions to the project “A Colonial Merchant: The Ledger of William Ramsay.”
Feeling Fragmentary: Call for Proposals
The UW–Madison Material Culture Focus Group invites graduate students to apply for a symposium taking place on May 14th, 2021. This is an event by and for graduate students with the goal of connecting individuals with mutual interest(s) in Material Culture.
From Hairbrush to Hairwork: A Workshop with Karen Bachmann
Samantha Comerford, Assistant Collections Manager at the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, researches 19th-century hairwork and attends a workshop to learn hairwork techniques…using her own hair!
Curation Highlight: Rapid Response Mask Collecting Project
Natalie Wright, curator of the Rapid Response Mask Collecting Project, provides insights into the project’s ongoing efforts to capture the varying and vital roles that masks play in daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium
The first Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium featured presentations by the inaugural cohort of fellows. Their presentations focused on one of the three pillars of the CDMC: design thinking, material culture, and textiles.