'Addressing the Body' Hillestad Gallery through March 18
Released on 02/23/2011, at 2:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
WHERE: Hillestad Textiles Gallery, 2nd Floor, Home Economics Bldg,, 35th St. north of E. Campus Loop [map]
A new exhibit of student textiles work, "Addressing the Body: Lessons in Quilting," is on display through March 18 at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus.
Barbara Trout, professor of textiles, clothing and design at UNL, guided students in transforming quilted textiles into sculptural body adornment in this companion exhibition to "Marseille: White Corded Quilting," an exhibition of antique French quilts from the Berenson Collection at the nearby International Quilt Study Center and Museum.
This students' work addresses the potential of quilted fabric to enhance the architectural structure of garments. In apparel design classes, students sketched and draped fabric to develop their design ideas and quilted the fabric to create dimension and further define texture. The moldable panels of fabric reiterate concept, project line and clarify space surrounding the body. While some students chose to work in color, many, inspired by the French white quilts, elected to work with white stitching on white ground to explore development of relief and volume.
The exhibit includes work from current student designers Andra Bose, Grand Island; Ashlie Campbell and Masey Rost, Omaha; Sylvia Cox, Erica Heusinkvelt and Crystal Hobson, Lincoln; Jacie Ochsner, Hastings; Anneliese Reid, Severn, Md.; and Kimberly Zarybnicky, Odell. It also includes garments designed by 2010 bachelor's graduates Danielle Anderson, the Netherlands; Cassandra Clayton, South Burlington, Vt.; Michelle Higgins New York City; Katie Kaiser, Denver; Kristen Vanhessche, Bellevue; and master's graduate Melissa Caldwell, Vernal, Utah. Dresses designed by Valentino and Ralph Rucci selected from the department's historic dress collection, feature stunning examples of channel stitching and quilting.
A dessert reception will be free and open to the public 5:30-8 p.m. Feb. 25. The reception is in conjunction with the College of Education and Human Sciences School House Supper and Evening of Fun.
The Hillestad Gallery is part of the Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design in the UNL College of Education and Human Sciences. The gallery is on the second floor of the Home Economics Building on East Campus, on 35th Street north of East Campus Loop [map]. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-4 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.
WRITER: Wendy Weiss
News Release Contacts:
- Wendy Weiss, Director, Hillestad Gallery
phone: (402) 472-6370
Associated Media Files:
- "White Goddess," cotton blend, nylon netting, Danielle Anderson, 2010 graduate, the Netherlands; and "Garden Party," cotton brocade, denim, machine quilted, Erica Heusinkvelt, senior, Lincoln.
- "White Goddess," cotton blend, nylon netting, Danielle Anderson, 2010 graduate, the Netherlands; and "Radiating Horizon," cotton polyester blend chino, machine quilted, Kimberly Zarybnicky, senior, Odell.