Join us on Friday, October 7, from noon–1pm CDT, for a free Zoom panel discussion with Counting Threads artists Libs Elliott, Audrey Esarey, and Erick Wolfmeyer. Learn about the artists’ incredible creative processes during a lunchtime talk moderated by WMQFA Senior Curator Emily Schlemowitz.

No fee or registration required, but donations are appreciated! Donations support programming and allow us to keep this event, and others like it, free of charge.

Program will be live via Zoom webinar and livestream through Facebook. Click here to join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84087539741

Join WMQFA on Friday, October 2 at noon CDT for a discussion with Navajo Master Weavers Lynda Pete and Barbara Jean Ornelas for discussion about Navajo weaving work, their families, and a bit about Navajo culture.

This program is free via Zoom or the museum’s Facebook page, but donations are appreciated! Click here to make a donation: https://www.wiquiltmuseum.com/products/dine-navajo-weaving-virtual-chat

Click here to join the Zoom program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82818332048

Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas are the premiere Navajo Tapestry Weavers. Two Grey Hills Tapestry Weaver Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas are Tabaaha (Water Edge Clan) and born for the To’aheedliinii (Two Waters Flow Together Clan). Lynda and Barbara were raised there along with their siblings at the Two Grey Hills Trading Post. Her mother demonstrated weaving and attracted a constant flow of tourists. Indeed, Ruth Teller’s rugs were so prized that tourists often purchased them right off the loom. Needless to say, as a child, Lynda learned through observation.

https://www.navajorugweavers.com/

Just in time for Independence Day! Join us on Friday, June 26 at 12pm (CDT) for a virtual chat with staff and students from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. The HLATC holds numerous textiles related to American politics, from Federal-era coverlets featuring American eagles, to the earliest presidential campaign ephemera from the 1840s, to a magnificent quilt documenting political gatherings in Progressive-era Wisconsin. A curatorial team from the School of Human Ecology at University of Wisconsin-Madison will share their research on these and other treasures they conducted in preparation for an upcoming exhibition.

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Click here to join the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89632524424

The Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection is part of the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.