Selected Past Exhibitions

Complexity

Monday, April 7, 2014 to Friday, May 9, 2014

Complex Weavers announces its biennial international juried exhibition “Complexity”, featuring works employing complex weave structures that interlace threads and fibers in ways beyond plain weave. The opening reception for this touring exhibition, will be Sunday, April 6 from 1-3pm at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery on the east campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. According to the show organizers, “complex weaving is defined by the cloth produced and the mind it took to create it, not by the equipment used.” The exhibit runs from through May 9, 2014.

Japan and Fashion: Impact and Influence

Monday, February 24, 2014 to Friday, March 28, 2014

Pre-exhibition event – A Dialogue with Elizabeth Wilson textile expert and owner of Asiatica. February 20, 2014, at 5:00 p.m., room 11 Human Sciences Building , sponsored by the Faculty Senate Convocations Committee

Public lecture by Jay Rich, Replicating and Referencing Japanese Textile Dyeing Processes, Thursday, March 20, 6:00 p.m., room 11 Human Sciences Building , reception hosted by the Friends immediately follows on the second floor near the gallery

Mountains & Ghosts: New Ikat Tapestries & Prints - Mary Zicafoose

Monday, December 2, 2013 to Friday, January 17, 2014

The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery director, Wendy Weiss, is pleased to announce that the public will have an opportunity to view the work of Nebraska artist Mary Zicafoose. A longtime resident of Omaha, her large-scale ikat tapestry diptychs, small format tapestry vignettes, and framed collagraphic monoprints on paper, explore the archetypal symbol of the trinity. The exhibition opens to the public December 2, 2013 and runs until January 17, 2014.

Celebration of Youth XX: Exuberance

Monday, September 30, 2013 to Friday, October 25, 2013

Celebration and Reception
Saturday, October 26, 2013, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Program begins in Room 11, lower level, Human Sciences Building .
Public reception immediately follows on the second floor, outside the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery.

Constructing History: Structures and Silhouettes

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Period dress and reproduction, focusing on the major changes between 1890 and 1930, are the subjects of “Constructing History: Structures and Silhouettes,” an exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Robert Hillestad Textile Gallery that runs through June 28, 2013.

Woven Art of Indonesia: Makers, Meaning and Significance

Monday, March 11, 2013 to Friday, April 5, 2013

Public reception, First Friday, April 5, 2013, 5:00 - 7:00 PM, with Gallery talk by Barbara Turner at 6:00 PM.

Special features of the First Friday open evening includes an Open Indigo Sampling Studio with Jay Rich and Barbara Rieke Turner, Room 22, Human Sciences Building , April 5, 2:00 – 6:00 pm. Call (507) 382-8306 for details.

Drawn to Fashion: the illustrations of Mary Mitchell

Monday, October 22, 2012 to Friday, November 30, 2012

The gallery will be open Friday, November 2 for First Friday from 5:00-7:00 pm. The Friends of the Gallery will host this First Friday open evening.

The Best of the Katie Best Collection 1880-1940

Monday, May 7, 2012 to Friday, September 7, 2012

An exhibition organized to showcase the Katie Best Collection within the Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design Department’s Historic Costume Collection.

Suiting Ourselves 1890 to 1990

Monday, October 24, 2011 to Wednesday, December 21, 2011

An exhibition tailored to showcase men's and women's suits from the department's Historic Costume Collection.

Microcosms: The Stitched Textiles of Tom Lundberg

Monday, July 12, 2010 to Friday, September 3, 2010

Visitors can leave any preconceptions they might have about embroidery at the door of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery when they arrive to view the magical stitched worlds created by Tom Lundberg. From July 12 through Sept. 3, 2010, Robert Hillestad Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hosting the exhibition "Microcosms: The Stitched Textiles of Tom Lundberg."