An Evening of Japanese Boro: Talks by Yoshiko Wada and Sandra Dudley
An Evening of Japanese Boro: Talks by Yoshiko Wada and Sandra Dudley
Friday, April 24, 2026
Join us on April 24 as we welcome Dr. Yoshiko Wada and Dr. Sandra Dudley to the International Quilt Museum for a special evening of Japanese Boro!
At 5:15 p.m., Dudley will present “Boro: The Hidden and the Visible in the Museum” — a special talk merging the topic of Japanese Boro with her own research on material culture and the anthropology of displacement.
At 6 p.m., join Wada for an in-depth guided tour of “Boro: The Hidden and the Visible in Japanese Mended Textiles,” in which she will share fascinating insights from her years of studying Japanese boro textiles as well as from guest curating the exhibition.
Doors open at 4:30 with a reception to follow in the IQM Reception Hall with refreshments. This event is free, but in-person attendees are encouraged to RSVP at go.unl.edu/boro.
Wada’s gallery talk will be livestreamed for those who register at go.unl.edu/virtual. A recording of the entire event will be made available afterwards.
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ABOUT YOSHIKO WADA: Yoshiko Wada is an internationally recognized fiber artist, curator, teacher and author. She is the founder and president of the World Shibori Network Foundation — an organization that strives to celebrate and preserve Japanese shibori and other heritage textile techniques from around the globe.
ABOUT SANDRA DUDLEY: Sandra Dudley is Professor of Museum Anthropology at the University of Leicester, UK. She previously worked for over ten years at the Pitt Rivers Museum and completed her doctorate in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Her research interests include the displacements of, and sensory and emotional engagements with, various forms of material culture. Her most recent book, “Displaced Things in Museums and Beyond: Loss, Liminality and Hopeful Encounters,” was published in 2021.
