Exhibition Schedule

Image: **Post Japan Stones**. Paint and pigment on fabric, 68" x 75".

Astrid Bennett: The Tarp Series

Monday, December 17, 2018 to Friday, February 1, 2019

The University of Nebraska’s Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery features the exhibition Astrid Hilger Bennett: The Tarp Series, December 17, 2018 – February 1, 2019. Over decades, Bennett’s work has focused on painted, printed and dyed textiles in the form of wall pieces and functional items. In her current body of work, she also includes drawing and mixed media, creating large tarps and small scrolls.

Neb. 150

Monday, February 18, 2019 to Friday, May 10, 2019

On February 15, 1869 the University of Nebraska was officially chartered as a part of the Morrill Act. The Morrill Land-Grant Act provided 30,000 acres of federal lands to the newly admitted state of Nebraska (1867) to create a university that would provide a “liberal and practical education” to its citizens.

Textile Art Dolls

Monday, June 3, 2019 to Friday, September 6, 2019

In 1992, Shelley Thornton, a lifelong artist, turned to the medium of textiles,

creating one of a kind cloth art dolls with embroidered, needle sculpted

faces, wooden ball joints, and her unique, signature style stuffed cloth hair. Her 28”

figures are meticulously costumed, juxtaposing unexpected combinations of

alluring textiles into collages of patterns and colors. She was elected into the

prestigious National Institute of American Doll Artists in 1995, and is known