Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design (TMFD) graduate Korinne Zimmerman took home the Emerging Designer award at Omaha Fashion Week (OFW) in August. Her career appears on an upward trajectory as she communicates to the world through her designs. Zimmerman’s passion for designing and sewing is immediately recognizable and contagious.
The Women’s and Gender Studies department in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design in the College of Education and Human Sciences present a film screening and discussion of “Between Allah and Me (and Everyone Else)” from 6-8 p.m., Sept. 18 at the Mary Riepma Ross Theater, 313 N. 13th St.
A panel discussion will follow the screening of the film. The panel includes professors Loukia Sarroub, Abla Hasan, Claire Nicholas and Ph.D. candidate Samirah Alotaibi.
Md. Rashaduzzaman, TMFD Ph.D. graduate student currently working under Dr. Jennifer Jorgensen’s supervision, has been notified that he’s the recipient of this year's ITAA Marjorie Joseph Fellowship: Outstanding Beginning Doctoral Student Award. Bingnan Mu, TMFD Ph.D. graduate student currently working under Dr. Yiqi Yang's supervision, has received a John and Louise Skala Fellowship.
Dr. Mary Alice Casto, Assistant Professor in TMFD, will present "`For Modern Living:’ Style and Design in Mid-Century Textiles” on Sunday, June 11th, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 31, Human Sciences Building on east campus. The public lecture will be followed by a reception in the gallery.
Winners of the TMFD Biennial Student Juried Exhibition have been announced. The Biennial Student Juried Exhibition is on display at the Hillestad Gallery through Friday, May 5th.
Professor and chair of the Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design has been making quilts for over 40 years. His quiltmaking career has taken him all over the globe teaching quiltmaking workshops. The Daily Nebraskan featured Michael in a February 7, 2017 articles. Access the story from the link below.
The public is invited to a panel discussion on February 16, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 31 of the Human Sciences Building titled “Teaching From The Collections” featuring Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design faculty members Drs. Mary Alice Casto, Sandra Starkey and Claire Nicholas, and assistant professor of practice Michael Burton, along with Ph.D. graduate student Molly McPherson.
Cunningham will share insights into his quilting career, several of his quilts and a few songs at 2 p.m. Feb. 5 at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. This free event, which is open to people of all ages, marks the inaugural Mary Ghormley Memorial Lecture.
Through a generous donor grant, CEHS has funds available to enhance instruction and research through attention to international work and issues. Proposals are being solicited from faculty and staff to support coursework that includes international perspectives, research/creative work that includes an international component, or professional development activities and environmental improvements that will promote our international goals.
Proposals must be emailed to Deb Mullen (dmullen1@unl.edu) in a Word document by March 6, 2017.