Yuko Okabe's "My Recipe, Our Potluck" Opening Reception

Join us in celebrating the opening of the My Recipe, Our Potluck exhibition at Piano Craft Gallery. This joyous evening will include a potluck, music, and activities. Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts’ 2025 Artist in Residence Yuko Okabe and the Teen Artists who participated in their residency will showcase their work and hold a discussion around food, culture, and belonging. The event is totally FREE, but please let us know if you’re coming!

My Recipe, Our Potluck explores how our communities view cultural resilience and resistance through a lens of food and gathering. Using food as a storytelling vessel, Okabe and the Teen Artists collected stories from each other and community members through interactive workshops, then translating those stories and observations into illustrated works.

They worked with and learned from community members who touch different parts of the food ecosystem—farmers, chefs, food vendors—as well as everyday people who need food as sustenance. Through these experiences, the artists learned about the technical aspects of how food travels through the industrial pipeline, while also discovering how they connect their identities and culture to food.

If you can't make it to the opening, never fear! The exhibition will be open to the public Friday, August 22–Sunday, September 7 on Fridays, 6-8 PM, and Saturdays and Sundays, 12-5 PM.

If you’re interested in spending some time with this remarkable artwork and helping us out in the process, you can sign up to welcome visitors to the exhibit when we can’t be there. Learn more about this volunteer opportunity here.