Japanese artist Eiko Okano will give a free lecture 5:30 p.m. April 6 at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum.
Selections of her work are on exhibition in “Eiko Okano’s Delectable World,” now showing at the museum through June 28.
The museum will offer free admission to the galleries and light refreshments from 4 to 7 p.m. as part of Lincoln’s First Friday Artwalk.
Other exhibitions on display at the museum include “Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection,” “Made by Hand: American Quilts in the Industrial Age” and “Velda Newman Panorama.”
Okano has been a leading quilt artist in Japan since the 1980s. After learning patchwork from preeminent quiltmaker Chuck Nohara, she founded the quilt school, “Basket,” where she currently teaches regularly.
This is her first solo exhibition at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum.
