Crafting Culture project celebrates diverse women entrepreneurs in textiles
April 12-July 13, 2019
Daily:
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Date:
10:00 am –
5:30 pm
Location:
Nebraska History Museum
The Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design is hosting “Crafting Culture: Women and the Business of Textiles in Nebraska,” in partnership with the museum and the Asian Community and Cultural Center.
This event originated in TMFD.
Activity
Time:
Opening Reception Hillestad Gallery: Shelley Thornton’s Textile Art Dolls
Date:
5:00 pm –
7:00 pm
Location:
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
In 1992, Shelley Thornton, a lifelong artist, turned to the medium of textiles, creating one-of-a-kind cloth art dolls with embroidered, needle-sculpted faces, wooden ball joints, and her unique, signature-style stuffed cloth hair. Her 28” figures …
This event originated in TMFD.