*Artworks by Hannah O’Hare Bennett, Cate O’Connell-Richards, Kate Goodvin, Ian Danner, and Eli Song*

Convergence

On View: January 31 - March 1, 2025

Gallery Hours: Thursdays, 12-4pm and Saturdays, 10am-2pm

Opening Reception with the artists: Friday, January 31, 5:30-7:30pm. This event is free and open to all.

Butterfly Folding Activity: Saturday, February 8, 10am-12pm. This event is free and open to all. See below for more information about the Butterfly Folding Activity.

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TAC is pleased to present, Convergence, the 2025 iteration of TAC’s annual exhibition showcasing the work of University of Wisconsin-Madison current students and recent alumni working in fiber.

This exhibition, curated by Annmarie Suglio (MFA, UW-Madison, 2023), showcases the wide variety of fiber art creative practices - including a rich mix of materials, techniques, and concepts - that have recently been undertaken by students in the Design Studies and Art Departments.

Convergence is an exhibition providing a meeting place for fiber, textile, and paper works. The artists explore themes of materiality, the passage of time, and sense of self. To convey these timeless themes, selected innovative works employ traditional textile or fiber art techniques, such as hand weaving, sewing, embroidery, felting, and papermaking to address these concerns through a contemporary lens. Convergence brings together 17 excellent artists of diverse backgrounds and areas of study from Madison's community.

Participating Artists:
Hannah O’Hare Bennett
Autumn Brown
Danielle Burke
Ian Danner
Jackelin Espinosa Moyoti
Kate Flake
Kate Goodvin
Roberto Mata
Nika McKagen
Mariah Moneda
Cate O’Connell-Richards
Maia Rauh
Noa Rickey
Lars Shimabukuo
Eli Song
Carolyn Spears
Kelsey Vickman

Exhibitions at the Textile Arts Center are sponsored by Paula and David Kraemer and Lake Ridge Bank.

If you are interested in information on supporting TAC’s nonprofit mission, and advancing creative expression through fiber art, please contact us.

Butterfly Folding Activity: Saturday, February 8, 10am-12pm.

Learn to fold paper butterflies that will be added to Moneda’s growing sculpture at TAC.

For her artwork Messengers for the Living, artist Mariah Moneda invites the community to join her in creating folded paper butterflies—a symbol in Filipino folklore for transformation, rebirth, and the eternal cycle of life and death—as an act to pause and consider the reoccurring cycle of change that comes with life.

Participants are invited to learn how to fold butterflies from upcycled newsprint, photos, and posters from the Madison area. The butterflies will then be added to a growing sculpture in TAC’s Convergence exhibition, as an honorarium to our community’s past, and a message for today. This event is free and open to all.

Convergence Artworks for Sale

Convergence

Convergence

Stories to Tell: Narratives in Fiber

100 Knittings