I-Make/U-Buy: Textiles in the Electronic Retail Age

23 Feb 2012    

The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery is pleased to announce its next exhibition, "I-Make/U-Buy: Textiles in the Electronic Retail Age." The exhibition runs February 27 to March 30 and will feature the work of Anne Burton, Audio Helkuik, Mary Pattvina, Eulanda Sanders, and Rachel Suntop.

Additionally, the Gallery Committee and the Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design is hosting an electronic retail seminar program, March 1, 2012.  Seminars will be in conjunction with the regularly scheduled classes. The public is invited to attend at no charge.

Panel discussions scheduled for March 1:

Electronic Retail and Intellectual Property, East Campus Union, 10:00 am - 11:15 am, East Campus.  Turan Odabasi, Associate General Counsel, guest panelist with Anne Burton of Beantown Handmade and Amy Quinn of Plaiderpillar.

The Printed Bolt/Behind the Scenes, Room 11 Human Sciences Building , 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm, Madeleine Roberg and Ellen Rushman from The Printed Bolt will discuss the generation of this interactive design site.

Starting your On-line Business:  From Practical Considerations to Elegant Solutions, Room 11 Human Sciences Building , 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; Anne Burton, Mary Pattavina of Pretty Good Things, Amy Quinn, and Eulanda Sanders of Yo-San Studio, LCC.

Reception hosted by the Friends of the Hillestad Gallery on the 2nd floor, Human Sciences Building 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

The Faculty Senate Convocations Committee has provided funding for this program.