In conjunction with her Design Studies MFA Exhibition, Amanda Thatch livestreams a performance – spinning yarn while listening to stories – performing a convergence of text and textiles.
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CDMC Conversation Series: Amanda Thatch and Zoe Cohen
Conversation between MFA candidate in Textiles/Design Studies Amanda Thatch and Zoe Cohen, PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies. Cohen will also read “Thrum,” the lyric essay she composed in response to Thatch’s work, and the two will discuss their book.
Amanda Thatch: “Long Draw (Training for Spinsterhood)”
In conjunction with her Design Studies MFA Exhibition, Amanda Thatch livestreams a performance – spinning yarn while listening to stories – performing a convergence of text and textiles.
2021 Design Studies Master in Fine Arts Exhibition
Online Launch: April 16, 2021. In the culmination of three years of intensive work, Design Studies MFA candidates Amanda Thatch and Han-ah Yoo present their thesis work in two digital exhibitions representing recent installations in the Ruth Davis Design Gallery.
Han-ah Yoo: “Relationships: Invisible, but Extant”
Online Launch: April 16, 2021. This exhibition of creative works is designed to provoke awareness of the adverse ecological impacts of the fashion industry. During washing and manufacturing synthetic textile products, thousands of different chemicals and tons of microfibers are emitted, and the emission causes risks to aquatic organisms…
Amanda Thatch: “Tromp as Writ”
Online Launch: April 16, 2021. To weavers, the phrase “tromp as writ” means that the sequence of threading is repeated in the foot-operated treadling; a single set of instructions can function for both setting up the loom and for the movement of the weaver’s feet while working. The pieces in this exhibition explore the interaction of text and pattern through hand-woven images.
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.
New Event Recording: Bisa Butler Shares Her Moment
Professor Marina Moskowitz highlights moments from the 2021 Harris Lecture featuring textile artist Bisa Butler and shares the CDMC’s latest event recording.
Design 2021: Call for Entries
This spring, the CDMC and the Design Studies Dept. present “Design 2021,” a virtual edition of SoHE’s annual juried student exhibition. UW–Madison students of all majors are invited to submit their best design work generated through Design Studies courses over the past 4 semesters.
Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture 2021: A Conversation with Bisa Butler
Interdisciplinary textile artist Bisa Butler, whose quilted works feature African-American subjects, gave the annual Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture with the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. Butler introduced her work and conversed with Gianofer Fields.