April:

20 - Monday:	Native American poetry reading with Linda Hogan
	7:00 - 9:-00 p.m., MSU Museum Well-known feminist author Linda Hogan (Chickasaw), Associate Professor, University of Colorado/Boulder, will read one of her stories on quilting as well as selections from more recent work.
22 - Wednesday:	Educator's Open House
	4:00 - 6:00 p.m., MSU Museum Auditorium. View the exhibit, preview educational materials produced by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian and Michigan State University Museum, and meet with trained gallery interpreters and educators who halped develop the resources and quilt artist and author Margaret Wood (Navajo/Seminole) of Phoenix, Arizona.
23 - Thursday:	"Developing a Museum Exhibit: A Native Perspective." Discussion with Margaret Wood
	3:00 - 4:20 p.m., MSU Museum Auditorium and Main Gallery. Quilt artist and author Margaret Wood will talk about her involvement as a consultant, researcher, and contributor to this exhibition. Open only to students enrolled in art, art history, and museum studies.
24 - Friday	"Meet the Artist: Margaret Wood" - Native Quilting Demonstration
	9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Country Stitches Margaret Wood (Seminole/Navajo) of Phoenix, Arizona will share experiences and insights on Native quilting. Sponsor: Country Stitches, MSU Native American Institute, National Endowment for the Arts, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Cost: $20/person Contact: Country Stitches, 517-351-2416
	"Meet the Artist: Margaret Wood" - Native Quilting Demonstration
	2:00 - 3:30 p.m., MSU Museum Main Gallery An opportunity for students and the general public to talk with Margaret Wood (Navajo/Seminole) from Phoenix, Arizona.
	Native Quilting Workshop - Margaret Wood (Navajo/Seminole)
	9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or 6:30 - 9:30 p.m., Country Stitches Margaret Wood of Phoenix, Arizona , whose work is featured in To Honor and Comfort, will share experiences and insights on Native quilting. Sponsor: Country Stitches, MSU Native American Institute, National Endowment for the Arts, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Cost: $20/person Contact: Country Stitches, 517-351-2416
26 - Sunday	Public Opening/Reception/Native Quilt Festival
	2:00 - 4:00 p.m., MSU Museum
	"Meet the Artist: Margaret Wood" - Native Quilting Demonstration
	2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Learn about Native quilting from Margaret Wood (Seminole/Navajo) who will demonstrate quilting and share some of her experiences as a participant in this exhibit.
	"Meet the Curators" gallery tour
	2:00 p.m. Join curatorial staff on a tour of exhibit and learn stories about the development of the exhibit and the quilters who are included
	Native Quilting: A Video Festival
	2:00 - 4:00 p.m. View three recently-produced videos on how quilts are used in different Native communities: "Hopi Quilts" (focusing on quilts in a baby naming ceremony), "Montana High School Basketball Tournament Star Quilt Ceremony" (featuring an honoring ceremony held annually by Assiniboine and Sioux), and "Takini: A Week to Remember" (reporting on a Sioux high school-based AIDS education and NAMES quilt project).
	"Authors' Book Signing"
	3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Dr. C. Kurt Dewhurst and Dr. Marsha MacDowell, editors of the publication will be on hand to autograph copies of their book To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions.
	Storytelling with Marclay Crampton
	3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Join Marclay Crampton (Ojibwa/Odawa) as he relates stories of Michigan's Anishnabe (Potawatomi, Ojibwa, and Odawa).
	In-gallery interpreters
	1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Join individuals knowledgeable about the exhibit who will give mini-tours and be on hand to answer questions
	Refreshments
	1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Provided by the MSU Museum Associates

• Interpreters will be in the galleries from April 19 - June 7 from 1 -3 p.m. on Sundays and from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. A Revised summer and early fall schedule will be announced later. For more information about the interpreters' schedule, call Judy Smyth at 517-432-1472
• Guided tours of the general MSU Museum exhibits can be scheduled. For more information, call the MSU Museum Store @ 517-355-2373
• ** Selected programs are coordinated with the Greater Lansing area's "FIRST SUNDAY Gallery Walks." Regional museums, galleries, and other cultural organizations join with area businesses to provide a variety of special activities for all ages.
• Unless otherwise indicated, all events are free and open to the general public. Handicapper accommodations may be requested by calling the museum at 517-355-2370 during business hours at least 10 days in advance to ensure sufficient time to make arrangements. Requests received without advance notice will be met when possible.
• For more information on public programs or the exhibition, please contact: Stefanie Muscat @ 517-432-3357 weekdays; Museum Store @ 517-355-2373 weekends.
• Sponsors of the exhibition are: Metropolitan Life Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts with additional support from Husqvarna Viking Sewing Machine Company, and the Special Exhibition Fund, Smithsonian Institution.
• Sponsors of the public programs are: National Endowment for the Arts, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Michigan Humanities Council, The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Jeffrey and Kitty Cole, Country Stitches, and the following MSU units: MSU All-University Research Initiation Grant, Office of the Provost, Department of Art, Department of English, Canadian Studies Program, Native American Institute, Office of Minority Student Affairs, Office of Governmental Affairs, MSU Museum Associates, Integrative Studies in Arts and Humanities, CISAH/Writing America Series, NAISO, and EAGLE.