Of Pleasure, Of Curiosity, Of Intelligence is an outdoor textile installation by artist Danielle Hatch, who explores the Gregg Museum’s location as a meeting point between the NC State campus and the broader Raleigh community. Hatch examines the ‘town and gown’ concept and its ties to NC State’s textile history, emphasizing patterns and dressmaking as expressions of feminine identity. Hatch found inspiration from the histories of dressmaker Willie Otey Kay and housekeeper Hattie Ruffin– both strong women icons of North Carolina, highlighting women’s labor and its connection to textiles and garment production. The installation’s shapes, colors, and dimensions are drawn from the artist’s research and conversations with museum staff and community members about the Gregg Museum’s Historic Chancellor’s House with housekeeper Hattie Ruffin and the museum’s recent past exhibition, Material Messages: The Tales that Textiles Tell.

See the exhibition on the exterior of the Gregg Museum building every day through Sunday, June 1.