Clothing, Culture, Context in South Asia

Exploration of clothing and accessories from South Asia featuring pieces from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. .....read more.

Design 2013

Open to all UW-Madison students who relate to the processes and results of design.....read more.

MFA Show

Kung-Wei Chen and Linda Dykstra present their MFA projects centered on designing environments for all ages.....read more.

Lia Cook, Weaving and Innovation

Lia Cook works in a variety of media combining weaving with painting, photography, video and digital technology. Cook's current practice explores the sensuality of the woven image and the emotional connections to memories of touch and cloth.....read more.

UW Design Studies Portfolio Showcase

View this year's annual portfolio showcase for Textile and Apparel Design and Interior Design majors in the School of Human Ecology on Friday, December 7 from 5:30-8:00 pm.....read more.

The Red Tent: Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost, PhD

Exhibition and WI Film Premiere: This interactive installation is an intimate and radiant red textile space intended to help women connect with themselves and with others in new ways....read more.

Process: Discovery and Response

Design Studies Department Faculty and Staff Exhibition. By examining the process of creating, we will showcase the educational discovery. The outcome is the viewer's response....read more.

Design 2012: 1st Annual Student Virtual Exhibition

1st Annual Student Virtual Exhibition

La Poesia della Piazza

PETRA JAYNE LAMPERTZ, MFA Exhibition

<1>:"der" //Pattern for a Virtual Environment

Lisa A. Frank's exhibition in 3D, <1>:"der" //Pattern for a Virtual Environment, will be held in the CAVE™ Living Environments Laboratory...read more.

Look, Look, Listen, Listen: Celebrating the Arts of Ghana

Look, Look, Listen, Listen: Celebrating the Arts of Ghana brings to the UW-Madison the work of important contemporary and traditional artists whose visual and musical creations are influenced by the dynamic cultural activity and street life of the Greater Ashanti Region...read more.

"right brain, weft brain": MFA Exhibition by Emelia Haglund

Emelia Haglund's MFA exhibition of contemporary textiles was held Saturday, April 30 - Saturday, May 7, 2001 at the Common Wealth Gallery...read more.

Design 2011

Design 2011, the Design Studies Department's annual juried exhibition, has been a department tradition since 1992. Throughout the year, students in textile, apparel and interior design reserve their best projects for this exhibit, juried by design professionals...read more.

N[e]W[e]ave: Five Contemporary Weavers

Exhibition: April 5, 2011 - April 27, 2011.

This invitational exhibition featured the work of Katie Glusica, Claudia Herbst-Tait, Bethanne Knudson, Christy Matson and Michael Radyk. The exhibit embraced old and new technologies: some used hand manipulated processes, others were conceived in 3D software and were woven on industrial looms...read more.

"Cozy Shelter" Knitted Installation

On-line gallery published October 11, 2010. Installation: September 30, 2010 - October 11, 2010.

After 3 weeks of knitting scarves, Design Studies students and Madison community knitters began the knitted installation work at the bus shelter at 227 State Street on September 30th. The installation remained up until October 11, 2010...read more.

Knit Picks
On-line gallery published September 25, 2010. Original exhibition dates: September 24 - October 11, 2010.

The Design Gallery, in partnership with the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, co-hosted an exhibition of knitted pieces from the Collection. The exhibit was held at the Memorial Library on the UW-Madison campus...read more.

Architecture in Perspective 25: International Juried Architectural Illustration Competition

On-line gallery published October 1, 2010. Original exhibition dates: October 5 - October 30, 2010.

The Design Gallery is sponsoring the 2010 ASAI exhibition to be held at the Taliesin Visitor Center in Spring Green, WI. This exhibition is an extension of the Architecture in Perspective 25 convention located this year in Madison, WI. There will be a reception at the Taliesin Visitor Center on October 22 from 5:00-7:00...read more.

Stitched Ground: Four Artists Embroider the Land

On-line gallery published June 1, 2010. Original exhibition dates: February 23 - April 11, 2010.

"Stitched Ground” was an exploration of landscape through the richly textured medium of fabric and embroidery by four Wisconsin artists: Terese Agnew and Chris Niver of Milwaukee, whose careers are well-established, and two younger Madison artists, Leah Evans and Sarah Gagnon-Hunter... read more.

The explosive, kaleidoscopic look of the crazy quilt was made possible by industrialization and technological advances. Late 19th-century textile manufacturers offered an astonishing assortment of sophisticated fabrics with a wide range of color and technical effects...read more