Intersections: Indigenous Textiles of the Americas

9/5-12/6, UW Nancy Nicholas Hall-Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery.

press release: Indigenous scholars Kendra Greendeer (Ho-Chunk) and Dakota Mace (Diné) co-curate an exhibition exploring material interrelationships among cultures with long histories of exchange throughout the Americas. Select textiles and objects from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection and the Little Eagle Arts Foundation, a Ho-Chunk arts organization, provide a deeper understanding of the intersecting lifeways, movement, and stories of people throughout the western hemisphere and spanning more than a thousand years of history. 

This exhibition was developed with the support of Jane and David C. Villa and is part of a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection’s. The exhibition is free and open to the public during gallery hours. Visit sohe.wisc.edu/intersections to learn of yet-to-be announced special events related to the exhibition.