Selected Past Exhibitions
Pigment on Cloth: Tradition, Family, and the Art of Indian Pichvai Painting
Monday, August 13, 2018 to Friday, November 16, 2018
This special exhibition introduces our audiences to the historic Indian practice of pichvais, devotional paintings on cotton cloth made as temple hangings in Nathdwara, Rajasthan. The exhibition presents work from one contemporary family of Nathdwara pichvais painters who represent the fifth, sixth and seventh generations of pichvais painters in their lineage. The exhibition will document their continuing creation of these visual narratives, long associated with Nathdwara's Shrinathji temple.
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Installation View.
Merchandising competition/installations - To See and Be Seen
Monday, April 9, 2018 to Friday, May 18, 2018
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Spiral Descendent. 2017; archival museum board, silk, dye, thread, pigment; approximately 7 ft high.
Ancestors/ Descendants
Monday, February 5, 2018 to Friday, March 23, 2018
Artist Jason Pollen will speak about his work in the Hillestad Gallery at 5:00 p.m. on First Friday, February 2, 2018. Please join us for this special event.
Can You Take Me Higher? Digitally printed and quilted cotton. 2016.
Madison and Matthew Creech - This Must Be the Place
Monday, December 4, 2017 to Friday, January 26, 2018
The gallery will be closed beginning noon, Friday, December 22, 2017 through Monday, January 1, 2018. The gallery will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 2018.
"This Must Be the Place," an exhibition of unusual quilts by artist couple Madison and Matthew Creech, runs through Jan. 26 in the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Karnataka quilt from IQSCM collection.
Patchwork and Quilts of North Karnataka, India
Monday, October 16, 2017 to Friday, November 17, 2017
Quilting is both a practical craft and an art form practiced around the world. In both craft and art, quilting tells the story of the culture from which it takes its form. This exhibition presents Quilts from North Karnataka, emphasizing the diversity of patchwork in this region of southern India. Former TMFD merchandising faculty member Dr. Shubha Bennur has gathered a great deal of data and documentation on the quilts of Karnataka, from five regions in that state. In travels there she interviewed a number of quilters and their family members.
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Foreground-Park Bench Quilts, Eliana Babcock, Age 15, Lancaster County; Hand Beaded Blue Gown, Marta Pulfer, Age 18, Wayne County; Background-Plaid Jumper w/Red Wool Top, Karla Herrarte, Age 12; Zig Zag Fall Colors, Sarah Lucht, Age 15, Buffalo County.
Celebration of Youth XXIV
Monday, September 11, 2017 to Saturday, September 30, 2017
The annual exhibition “Celebration of Youth XXIV” continues through September 30th at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery. As with all twenty-three preceding iterations of the exhibition, this one showcases the work of youth from around the state, who competed at the Nebraska State Fair in the 4-H areas of Clothing, Home Environment, and Quilt Quest.
"Girls" and "Geometric C," screenprints by Alexander Girard.
Alexander Girard and Textile Design at Mid-Century
Monday, May 22, 2017 to Friday, September 1, 2017
Hillestad Gallery summer 2017 exhibition opens May 22
The exhibition “Alexander Girard and Textile Design at Mid-Century” opens in the Robert Hillestad Gallery on May 22, 2017 and continues through September 1. The exhibition features Girard’s designs from the department’s historic textiles collection alongside fashion of the period, to examine how trends in textile pattern, color and fiber were connected across multiple design fields and served as expressions of modernity.
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Best of Show, Alison Cloet, Junior, "Stepped Gable Dress."
Biennial Student Juried Exhibition
Monday, April 10, 2017 to Friday, May 5, 2017
Winners of the TMFD Biennial Student Juried Exhibition have been announced. The recipients are as follows: Best of Show, Alison Cloet of Sutton, Nebraska; Award of Distinction, Agustin Torres of Grand Island; Award of Distinction, Sarah Woodman of Nebraska City, Nebraska; Honorable Mention, Olivia Steen of Minden, Nebraska; and Honorable Mention, Samirah Alotaibi of Taif, Saudi Arabia. Each awardee receives a cash prize and will be honored at a free public reception on Friday, May 5th from 5:00pm to 6:30pm, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery.
Nenes & Chumicos are nuts from Costa Rica that were beaded to embellish the Garment “Lo Que Fuimos”, 2017 Katherine Rodriguez Hernandez.
A través de los años: Costa Rican History through Conceptual Apparel Design, Katherine Rodriquez Thesis Exhibition
Monday, March 13, 2017 to Friday, March 24, 2017
“A través de los años: Costa Rican History through Conceptual Apparel Design”, a graduate student thesis exhibition, runs from March 13th through March 24th in the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery on UNL’s east campus. The general public and the university community are invited to attend an opening reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 13th, 2017.
Gold and green metallic brocade evening suit, 1970s Designer: Arnold Scaasi Departmental purchase from the estate of Mary Wangsness of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2016.001.001
New Acquisitions from the Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design's Historic Costume Collection
Monday, January 30, 2017 to Friday, March 3, 2017
The exhibition NEW ACQUISITIONS FROM TEXTILES, MERCHANDISING & FASHION DESIGN’S HISTORIC COSTUME COLLECTION runs from January 30th through March 3rd , 2017 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery.
Video links: https://youtu.be/RQ-p0lGYCb4 https://youtu.be/A_5IpBxXS2c