Md. Rashaduzzaman, TMFD Ph.D. graduate student currently working under Dr. Jennifer Jorgensen’s supervision, has been notified that he’s the recipient of this year's ITAA Marjorie Joseph Fellowship: Outstanding Beginning Doctoral Student Award. Bingnan Mu, TMFD Ph.D. graduate student currently working under Dr. Yiqi Yang's supervision, has received a John and Louise Skala Fellowship.
Dr. Mary Alice Casto, Assistant Professor in TMFD, will present "`For Modern Living:’ Style and Design in Mid-Century Textiles” on Sunday, June 11th, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 31, Human Sciences Building on east campus. The public lecture will be followed by a reception in the gallery.
Winners of the TMFD Biennial Student Juried Exhibition have been announced. The Biennial Student Juried Exhibition is on display at the Hillestad Gallery through Friday, May 5th.
Professor and chair of the Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design has been making quilts for over 40 years. His quiltmaking career has taken him all over the globe teaching quiltmaking workshops. The Daily Nebraskan featured Michael in a February 7, 2017 articles. Access the story from the link below.
The public is invited to a panel discussion on February 16, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 31 of the Human Sciences Building titled “Teaching From The Collections” featuring Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design faculty members Drs. Mary Alice Casto, Sandra Starkey and Claire Nicholas, and assistant professor of practice Michael Burton, along with Ph.D. graduate student Molly McPherson.
Cunningham will share insights into his quilting career, several of his quilts and a few songs at 2 p.m. Feb. 5 at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. This free event, which is open to people of all ages, marks the inaugural Mary Ghormley Memorial Lecture.
Through a generous donor grant, CEHS has funds available to enhance instruction and research through attention to international work and issues. Proposals are being solicited from faculty and staff to support coursework that includes international perspectives, research/creative work that includes an international component, or professional development activities and environmental improvements that will promote our international goals.
Proposals must be emailed to Deb Mullen (dmullen1@unl.edu) in a Word document by March 6, 2017.
Thursday, January 19th, 12:00 p.m. in room 31 Human Sciences Building , University of Nebraska-Lincoln east campus, Dr. Claire Nicholas, Assistant Professor of Textiles and Material Culture, will deliver a lecture that provides a comparative window onto embroidery in a radically different cultural context from that of 19th century America.
Special events: Reading of selections from “The Fishermen” by Assistant Professor Chigozie Obioma, 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Human Sciences Building Room 11 on East Campus. Reception and book signing follow in the Hillestad Gallery.
First Friday gallery opening from 5 - 7 p.m., Nov. 4, 2016.
Contact: 402-472-2911 and online at http://cehs.unl.edu/textilegallery/
