Elin Noble, the award-winning author of “Dyes and Paints: A Hands-On Guide to Coloring Fabric,” will be the featured speaker at the annual board meeting of the Friends of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery. The public is welcome to attend the free talk. A reception hosted by the Friends will follow in the Hillestad Gallery, where visitors will be able to view “Vox Stellarum.”

“Vox Stellarum,” or “Voice of the Stars,” is textile artist Elin Noble’s response to a copperplate engraving from the 1731 book “Physica Sacra” by Swiss natural scientist Johann Jakob Scheuchzer. The book, and the particular image that inspired Noble’s installation, reflect the time before the Enlightenment period, when ideas about the nature of beauty were evolving and conflicts between faith and scientific questioning arose.
“Vox Stellarum” will be on view at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery from June 6 to Sept. 16.

Noble holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in fiber from the University of Washington, and over several decades has built an extensive portfolio of exhibitions, classes, lectures and television appearances. She lives and works in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Noble will return in September to lead a dyeing workshop under the auspices of the Nebraska Fiberarts Initiative. For more information, call 402-472-2911 or click here.

Image: Vox Stellarum installation view. Courtesy photo.