The International Quilt Museum’s exhibition, “Stitching and Sharing Culture: Molas from Panama’s Guna People” (Sept. 15 – Nov. 15 in the Beavers Terrace Gallery), will feature complex textiles that share the rich imagery, both indigenous and cross-cultural, that Guna women have long incorporated into their stitched handiwork. The exhibition is being curated by University of Nebraska-Lincoln students in Anthropology 292: Stitching Culture: U.S.-Japan Quilt Exhibit Collaborative, with help from students from Saitama University (Saitama, Japan), who will participate in a two-week internship at the IQM in early September. The students are working under the guidance of UNL Global Studies Associate Professor of Practice Emira Ibrahimpasic and IQM Curator of International Collections Marin Hanson.
An opening reception for “Stitching and Sharing Culture: Molas from Panama’s Guna People” will be held on September 15 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., with the students giving brief presentations at 5:00. The International Quilt Museum is pleased to hold this event in conjunction with Lincoln’s citywide celebration of Welcoming Week, a worldwide annual event that invites communities to embrace inclusivity and deepen their commitment to creating places that are welcoming to everyone, including immigrants and refugees.