The International Quilt Museum is hosting a special event titled 'An Evening of Boro' on April 24, featuring artist Yoshiko Wada and professor Sandra Dudley. The event includes a reception for the exhibition 'Boro: The Hidden and the Visible in Japanese Mended Textiles,' a lecture by Dudley, and a guided tour of the exhibition led by Wada, who served as guest curator. The event will be livestreamed for remote attendees.
The exhibition, which opened in February and runs through June 20, showcases nearly 30 objects representing the Japanese concept of 'boro,' the practice of repeated mending and reuse of textiles, primarily in pre-World War II rural Japan. The event provides a platform for deeper engagement with the cultural and historical significance of these textiles, highlighting their aesthetic value and the sustainable practices they embody. It reflects a growing public interest in textile arts and historical craft techniques within a museum context.