The next lecture in the Dorothy Godtland Lecture series will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Albert Lea Art Center. This month’s lecture features Jill Holmes, a business instructor at Riverland Community College, who will demonstrate how to cane a chair.

As a child, Jill’s interest in caning was sparked as she watched her mother replace the cane in chairs in their dining room. When Jill acquired two antique chairs from her great aunt, she decided it was time to learn how to cane so she could repair the chairs herself.

Caning has become a lost art as most furniture today is machine manufactured and the hand crafted techniques are not being passed along. Jill hopes to inspire others to attempt this skilled craft to restore antiques or family heirlooms of their own.

Admission for the lecture is free and open to the public.

Additional information on the lecture series and other upcoming events may be found at www.thealbertleaartcenter.org. The Albert Lea Art Center is at 226 W. Clark St. in Albert Lea. Art center hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Art shop and gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.