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Day With(out) Art at the Michigan State University Museum
On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007, the Michigan State University Museum joins thousands of individuals and educational, health, and cultural organizations around the world in observing Day With(out) Art.
In observance of the day, the MSU Museum will display a portion of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, in association with the Lansing Area AIDS Network. This year's theme is "Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise - Leadership." For more, see: http://www.worldaidsday.org/ and http://www.netglimse.com/holidays/world_aids_day/index.shtml/. The NAMES quilt will be on exhibit throughout the weekend.
 "Special Exhibit Intro Panel":
Photo by Pearl Yee Wong,
MSU Museum.
The MSU Museum is home to the Great Lakes Quilt Center, and a collection of more than 500 historic and contemporary quilts. The Great Lakes Quilt Center has evolved from the sustained and significant quilt-related activities and resources at the Michigan State University Museum and the museum's long-standing interest in and commitment to preserving and presenting traditional arts history.
On a related note, the MSU Museum will present "Quilts and Human Rights," beginning Jan. 15, 2008, showing how quiltmakers have raised awareness for human rights and social justice.
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