Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
Learning about and working hands-on with global textiles while collaborating with compatriots from another country is an ideal way for college students to gain an appreciation of fabric art, museum work, and cross-cultural communication.
Join Emira Ibrahimpasic, professor of practice in Global Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), and Marin Hanson, curator of international collections at UNL’s International Quilt Museum (IQM), to hear about their experiences teaching a textile-focused museum exhibition course in which students from Japan spend two weeks in Nebraska partnering with UNL students in examining quilts, discussing their cultural significance, and curating an IQM exhibition.
Learning about and working hands-on with global textiles while collaborating with compatriots from another country is an ideal way for college students to gain an appreciation of fabric art, museum work, and cross-cultural communication.
Join Emira Ibrahimpasic, professor of practice in Global Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), and Marin Hanson, curator of international collections at UNL’s International Quilt Museum (IQM), to hear about their experiences teaching a textile-focused museum exhibition course in which students from Japan spend two weeks in Nebraska partnering with UNL students in examining quilts, discussing their cultural significance, and curating an IQM exhibition.
