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Putting the Bayeux Tapestry in its Place: Tonight at 7 p.m.

WHITEWATER — Chris Henige, associate professor and chair of the UW-W Art Department at The Whitewater Arts Alliance and the College of Arts and Communication, will present “Putting the Bayeux Tapestry in its Place” at Whitewater’s Cultural Arts Center tonight at 7 p.m. The center is located at 402 W. Main St. in Whitewater. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Those attending also can view the current CAC exhibit: “Image Memory Representation,” featuring the works of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater graduates William P. Thomas, Jeremy T. Uglow and Erick A. Knudtson.

Henige currently is working on “Saint-Martin-aux-Bois: Life of a Monastic Enterprise,” a historical and architectural monograph of an Augustinian abbey north of Paris. The Bayeux Tapestry — perhaps one of the most famous textiles in the world — is a 230-foot embroidered panorama dramatizing in words and images the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings between England and France, better known as the Norman Conquest of 1066. The tapestry is considered one of France's national treasures.

The subject of Henige’s talk, “Putting the Bayeux Tapestry in Its Place,” was published by the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies in King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry in 2005.

Henige’s program is one of several programs coming to the Cultural Arts Center over the next several months.

Read the full story in the e-edition of Weekender HERE.