Come experience it for yourself: A colorful fiber sculpture focusing on the role butterflies and other pollinators play in our Earth’s ecosystem. Janet Echelman’s colorful fiber sculpture is a 1/9 scale maquette for a 186 ft. long permanent sculpture in Frisco, Texas which is located on the migration pathway of the Monarch butterfly, titled Butterfly Rest Stop. This art installation comes to the Gregg Museum in collaboration with NC State LIVE’s InterweaveFest, Oct. 6-11.

On display from Oct. 7-18, 2025, in the lobby of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. Learn more.

Related events:
Meet the artist, Janet Echelman, on Thursday, Oct. 9 from 6-7:30 p.m.
Janet Echelman sculpts at the scale of the city. Her works, exhibited across five continents, transform public spaces — inviting reflection and awe as they move with the wind.

Rebecca Lazier's NOLI TIMERE on Oct. 10 and 11 in Stewart Theatre
The culmination of a five-year collaboration between director and choreographer Rebecca Lazier and renowned sculptor Janet Echelman is NOLI TIMERE, a soaring aerial performance set in a custom-designed, voluminous Echelman net sculpture suspended 25 feet in the air.

NC State LIVE's InterweaveFest, Oct. 6-11 at various location across campus. 
Join us for a week of free events October 6-11, 2025 inspired by a visionary aerial dance work NOLI TIMERE by Rebecca Lazier set within a custom net sculpture by world-renowned sculptor Janet Echelman. The work, co-created by artists, engineers, dancers, and mathematicians, is a testament to interdisciplinary collaboration. This week is about going beyond the performance itself to be a campus-and-community lab.