Current and Upcoming Exhibitions at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery

Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 12:00 AM

I had intended to post regarding current and upcoming shows at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery at UNL a while ago, but with the end of the semester and the holidays it somehow slipped off my radar. The current show, “Making the Meaning: Globalization and Labor in Textiles” features works by many of my friends and fellow textile grad students: Elizabeth Andrews, Andrew Boettger, Karen DeCristoforo, Jennifer Graham, Megan McGhee, Mary Pattavina, Jagdeep Singh, and Stacey Skold. The exhibition opened December 3, 2007 and will run through this Friday January 11, 2008. The exhibition addresses political and social implications of sweatshops and globalization and their impact on the textile industry and culture. The exhibition is completed in conjunction with coursework the Design Perspectives and Issues seminar. It is hard to believe that it has been over two years now since I participated in the class the last time it was offered and had a piece, Reflections in the Snow, as part of the exhibit in the Hillestad Gallery. If you have time to catch the show before closing I would recommend it.

The next exhibition in the Robert Hillestad Gallery, The Corset: From Underwear to Outerwear is the Option II masters project exhibition for my good friend Sabrina Stapp. The show opens January 21, 2008 and will run through February 8th, 2008. The show will feature eight original designs inspired by the corset, based on biographical and historical study of eight different women. Several of the pieces from the show, as well as several other designs are posted on Sabrina’s website.

Celebration and Ceremony: Traditional Textiles of the East

Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Celebration and Ceremony: Traditional Textiles of the East is an exhibition hosted by the Lentz Center for Asian Culture featuring textiles and ethnic dress from Japan, China, Korea, India, Pakistan, and Bhutan drawn from the collections of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Historic Textile and Ethnic Dress Collection, the Anthropology Division of the University of Nebraska State Museum, and the Lentz Center for Asian Culture. Along with my fellow classmates from my UNL TCD Care and Conservation of Textile Collections class, I was fortunate to have to opportunity to curate this show. I created the mount and installation for a beautiful 20th century kesa, a traditional rectangular garment worn by Buddhist monks, draped over the left shoulder and under the right arm. The exhibit will be on display from April 10-June 24, 2007.

Textile Galleries

Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Textile Galleries – Includes photos of my quilts and work from textile design classes.