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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

March 21 - Decmeber 30, 2004. Exhibit at MSU Museum.

April 17. 2 pm.
Gallery Tour with curator Marie Gile. MSU Museum, Main Gallery.

April 24. 1 - 4 pm.
Reception & Awards Presentation, Michigan League of Handweavers Biennial Fiber Show, MSU Museum, Main Gallery.

April 24. 2 pm.
"Bauhaus Women: Pioneers of Modern Textile Design" presentation by Sigrid Wortmann Weltge, Professor Emerita, Philadelphia U. Olds Hall, Room 111.

May 15. 10 am - 4 pm.
"Sheep to Shawl" shearing demonstrations. MSU Museum.

May 21.
Textiles of Yesterday & Today. Cost: $20/person. Contact Marie Gile, 517-353-1744.

• 9 am - Noon.
  Conservation Workshop with Kathy Francis, Textile Conservator, Summit NJ. MSU Museum Auditorium.
• Noon - 1 pm. Lunch.
• 1:15 - 2:15 pm/2:30 - 3:30 pm. Behind the Scenes Textile Tour of the MSU Museums Collection, with Lynne Swanson, MSU Museums Cultural Collections Manager. Central Services Bldg, Room 201.
• 1:15 - 2:15 pm/2:30 - 3:30 pm. Textile Treasures from MSU's Human Environment & Design Historic Collection, with Sally Helvenston, explore use of textiles for design inspiration in CAD design. College of Human Ecology, Room 200.

June 5. 1 - 2 pm.
Gallery Tour with curator Marie Gile. MSU Museum, Heritage Gallery.

June 5. 2 pm.
Things Useful and Beautiful. The story of handweaving in Hartland by Nadine Cloutier, President, Hartland Area Historical Society. MSU Museum Auditorium.

September 25. 11 am - 4 pm.
Garden Fibers at Beal. Animal and plant fiber demonstrations in the beal garden with curator Frank Telewski. Beal Botanical Gardens, MSU.

November 20. 2 - 4 pm.
Rags, Rugs & Weavers. Presentation of rag rug weaving by Yvonne Lockwood, curator of MSU Museum and Marth Brownscombe, MI League of Handweavers. MSU Museum Auditorium.

Fascination with Fiber: Michigan’s Handweaving Heritage -- (2003)

Grant Awarded: November 2003

Type of Grant: Public Humanities Development Grant

Sponsor: Michigan League of Handweavers and the Michigan State University Museum

Contact: Marie Gile, gile@msu.edu

Award: $17,800

Website: www.museum.msu.edu

The Michigan League of Handweavers and the Michigan State University Museum have been awarded a $17,800 Public Humanities Development Grant for “Fascination with Fiber: Michigan’s Handweaving Heritage.” The two organizations will collaborate to design, produce, and install a traveling exhibition about handweavers and weaving guilds of Michigan. Public programming and demonstrations will be offered as well as an interactive exhibit -- “Fun with Fibers” – which includes a weaver’s studio, textile map of Michigan, and a community loom for visitors to experiment. The exhibit will be hosted by the MSU Museum from March 21, 2004, through December 30, 2004, and tour three to five sites across Michigan from 2005-2006.