Join us once a month during 2022 on the CDMC Stories blog for Textile Tuesdays: Red Edition! Students in the UW-Madison Design Studies class “History of Textiles” (Fall 2021) wrote these posts, choosing the color …
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Textile Tuesdays: Red Edition: March
Join us once a month during 2022 on the CDMC Stories blog for Textile Tuesdays: Red Edition! Students in the UW-Madison Design Studies class “History of Textiles” (Fall 2021) wrote these posts, choosing the color …
Weaving Nuances of Color with Sofia Hagström Møller
Friday, March 4 at 4pm The Link (main lobby), Nancy Nicholas Hall | School of Human Ecology | UW Madison This event is free and open to the public, but seats are limited. This event …
Public Lecture with Sofia Hagström Møller
Wednesday, March 2 at 5pm Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall | 5th Floor, Nancy Nicholas Hall | UW Madison This event is free and open to the public but reservations are required. This event has passed. …
Textiles at Home: Block Printed Handkerchiefs
American politics depend on participation. Now you can engage with our exhibition, Politics at Home: Textiles as American History, directly through this hands-on block printing workshop!
The Overshare: Telling Stories and Documenting a Life in Needle Lace
Maker Maggie Hensel-Brown will join the CDMC to talk about her approach as a contemporary lace maker.
Lacemaking workshop with Dagmar Beckel Machyckova
Join us for a special lacemaking workshop with internationally renowned, Wisconsin-based Dagmar Beckel-Machyckova.
Exhibition Spotlight: Lace from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection
PhD student in Design History, Maeve M. Hogan, discusses the curatorial vision for Lace in the Helen Louise Textile Collection, on view in the Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery, September 8 through November 17, 2021.
Lace from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection
Lace is the single largest category of objects in the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. How do we make sense of this ubiquitous yet enigmatic material? From fine art on the wall to intimate garments …
Politics at Home: Textiles as American History
Featuring work from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection ranging from the 18th through the 21st centuries, this exhibition includes a range of domestic textiles that demonstrate how public discourses of American politics have always …