[3] Kaneko was a studio artist for 11 years and served as founder and director of Ree Schonlau Gallery in Omaha from 1971 to 1984.
[4] All of these arts organizations Kaneko ran were based in Old Market, rented spaces from the Mercer family of Omaha.
[9] An old downtown Omaha Plymouth dealership was purchased and renovated to use as art storage space as well as a nonprofit center for creative studies.
[8] Kaneko was instrumental in curating the first exhibit celebrating Omaha designer's Cedric Hartman's career at KANKEO in 2014.
[8] The couple first met when Kaneko attended a workshop on Ceramic Sculpture with Tony Hepburn, held June 8–14, 1981, at the Omaha Brickworks.