First Friday (Free Admission): 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Black at Work Project Discussion: 5:30 p.m.

International Quilt Museum guest curators Sadé Ayorinde and Chadric Devin will join Carolyn Ducey, IQM Ardis B. James Curator of Collections, to discuss a community project between the museum and the Arts & Humanities focus program in Lincoln, Nebraska. Using their exhibition Black at Work: The Color Black in Quilts from the Collection, Sadé and Chadric engaged high school students in conversations about the color black and its function as a visual and conceptual element in art. In response to the show, students were encouraged to consider and use black in work of their own.Join staff and volunteers on February 3rd, 2023 at IQM's February First Friday event which features the exhibition Black at Work.

Black at Work examines how quiltmakers represented in the International Quilt Museum collection have utilized the color black as a visual or conceptual element in their textiles. It positions black as a serious and active representational tool with the power to change or enhance the way we see, perceive, and understand the world around us.