Shelley Thornton. Image credit: Barbra Porter.
Shelley Thornton: Textile Art Dolls
Monday, June 3, 2019 to Friday, September 6, 2019
The work of Lincoln, Nebraska native and lifelong artist Shelley Thornton is currently on exhibit in the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, through September 6, 2019. A printmaking and graphic design graduate of what is now the Hixon-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at UNL, Thornton turned to the medium of textiles in the early 1990s, and since that time has established herself as one of the leading dollmakers working in the US.
Installation view: Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas. 2016.
Maggy Hiltner: Vantage Point
Monday, October 7, 2019 to Friday, February 14, 2020
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner is a full-time studio artist and activist living in Red Lodge, Montana. She comes from a family of makers: her mother and grandmothers needlepointed pillows, made quilts and stitched or knitted their clothes and toys; her father built odd things and cooked outrageous meals and painted murals in their home.