The opening reception for Yard/Zone, an exhibition of stitched sculptural forms by Sarah Wagner of Detroit, will be Sunday, May 18. The exhibit will run from May 19-September 5, 2014 at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery. The artist will speak about her work at 2:30 pm in room 11 of the Home Economics Building and will be present at a reception in her honor following her talk hosed by the Friends of the Textiles Gallery. Sarah Wagner is a sculptor and installation artist whose work concentrates attention on the dynamic relationships between the built and the increasingly unnatural world. The invisible forces at play in our world, such as radiation, and her love of ecology have inspired her to explore exhibition venues as unnatural environments within which to create models for parallel worlds. She is represented by the Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco. BFA, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Resident, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; MFA, California College of the Arts.

Sarah Wagner will teach a workshop prior to the opening of her exhibition where she will demonstrate and explains a method of patterning that she has developed for the creation of her own work. A few spaces remain for those wishing to learn more, please visit the gallery web page at: textilegallery.unl.edu for exact dates, times and registration fees. The exhibition opening and reception are free and open to the public.

The annual meeting of the Friends of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery immediately precedes the artist’s talk in room 31 of the Home Economics Building. The public is invited to attend the meeting and become a member.

The Hillestad Gallery is on the second floor of the Home Economics Building on East Campus, on 35th Street north of East Campus Loop (map at http://go.unl.edu/j5v). Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment. Admission is free. Guest parking is available near the building and metered stalls are located in the Nebraska East Union lot. For more information, call (402) 472-2911 or visit http://textilegallery.unl.edu.