
Human Connections
Tuesday December 20, 2022 to Wednesday February 15, 2023
Textile, Merchandising, and Fashion Design students explored physical and metaphorical “human connections” through the creation of wearable art made from chipboard. Sketching and 3D modeling were used to conceptualize ideas. Students then learned to use Blender, a 3D modeling software, in conjunction with moveable 3D scans of themselves to visualize their ideas in real space. Blender also allowed for exploration of organic and geometric shapes in relation to flat patterns for project construction.

This Woman's Work: Four Collections By Kendra Benson
Friday July 29, 2022 to Friday December 16, 2022
THIS WOMAN’S WORK:
FOUR COLLECTIONS BY KENDRA BENSON
This Woman's Work is a fashion project by Kendra Benson. Since 2013 she has produced four
collections - Japonica, Padam Padam, americanodyssey, and Nashua. Whether inspired by
dreams of 1940’s Paris, an obsession with a little-known chain of defunct roadside restaurants,
or a fascination with the dark side of American life, the collections are always heavily
researched and deeply rooted in nostalgia. Unexpected combinations of color and materials

2022 Juried Exhibition: Textiles and Fiber Art from Across the Nation
Monday January 24, 2022 to Friday April 22, 2022
The gallery is proud to present a survey of fiber art and textiles from across the nation, selected by Professor Emeritus Robert Hillestad.
Special thanks to Dr. Hillestad and to all the artists who submitted their work!
First Place- Kim Dong Kyu, "The United Stitches"
Second Place- Rosemary Meza- DesPlas, "Agency #1"
Third Place- Annette Guy, "German City Church"
A Gold Slipper
Monday November 29, 2021 to Friday January 21, 2022
The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery on East Campus HSB 2nd floor hosts an exhibition of art and animation by Assistant Professor Michael Burton which is based on a short story by Willa Cather titled A Gold Slipper. Burton’s Animating History Lab (including CEHS grads, undergrads, and alumni) helped create costumes and film for the exhibition.

Lidwina: Years 1-4, Diagnostic Images of Multiple Sclerosis In Fiber
Monday July 12, 2021 to Friday November 26, 2021
Artist Sheila Talblitzer's work explores the hurdles she has encountered in reconciling her diagnosis through the art of quilt-making, embroidery, and photography

Maggy Rozycki Hiltner: Vantage Point
Monday October 7, 2019 to Friday February 14, 2020
In April 2014, Hiltner was selected to create an installation for the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum’s Dr. Ruth Tan Lim Project Room. As an embroidery artist, filling 72 linear feet of wall space with hand-stitched imagery would be her largest project to date. She began by designing an idealized landscape with a big blue sky, green grass and puffy white clouds. Researching ways of depicting cloud forms led her to think about clouds as water vapor and then water vapor as greenhouse gas.