BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN
TZID:America/Detroit
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:168@museum.msu.edu
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260930T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260930T193000
DTSTAMP:20260723T174556Z
URL:https://museum.msu.edu/events/quillwork-demonstration-and-talk/
SUMMARY:Quillwork: Demonstration and Talk
DESCRIPTION:Experience the art of quillwork through an exhibition talk and 
 live demonstration with Monica Raphael\, an Anishinaabe-Lakota artist\, kn
 owledge keeper\, and fifth-generation quill worker. Through stories\, cult
 ural insights\, and hands-on artistry\, Monica will explore how traditiona
 l practices carry knowledge across generations and remain vibrant expressi
 ons of creativity today.\nLight refreshments will be served.\n\nRegister H
 ere\n\nThe program is in conjunction with the exhibition\, Gaawii Eta-Go A
 awizinoo Gaawiye Mkakoons / It’s Not Just a Quill Box\, on view Septembe
 r 1 - November 25\, 2026.\n\nMore About Monica Raphael\nThe Anishinaabe wo
 rd for “old woman” is mindimooyehn and when broken down translates to 
 “one that holds it all together\;” the mindimooyehn is the foundation 
 for many Anishinaabe families. Monica Jo Raphael (Anishinaabe-Lakota) cons
 iders herself a mindimooyehh who likes to create art and share stories of 
 creation from Mother Earth. A culture bearer\, knowledge keeper\, grandmot
 her\, multi-media artist and fifth generation quill worker\, Monica has de
 dicated her life to preserving her culture’s traditional teachings\, sto
 ries\, language\, and practices\, and sharing her cultural knowledge with 
 others to be carried on.\nBorn to the Ginew “golden eagle” clan of the
  Anishinaabek\, Monica is an enrolled citizen of the Grand Traverse Band o
 f Ottawa and Chippewa\, a descendant of Chief Spotted Tail of the Sičán
 ğu Lakota\, and the Huron and Pokagon Potawatomi. She learned the traditi
 onal art form of quill and birch box making while living in the village of
  Peshawbestown on the Grand Traverse Band Reservation. Quickly mastering b
 oth the woodland flora and fauna designs for which her family was known\, 
 Monica has excelled in creating even more complex designs while using trad
 itional materials and techniques along with bright modern colors to create
  a modern twist to a timeless art form. When creating her interpretation o
 f an art that predated European contact and the introduction of glass seed
  beads\, Monica feels as if she is having a dialogue with her Ancestors. S
 he continues to be inspired to create art as a form of peaceful resistance
 \; a way to share that “We as Native peoples are still proudly here and 
 have survived despite the devastating effects that settler colonialism cre
 ated for our Ancestors and people.”\nHer award-winning work has quickly 
 become known all over the world for its clear intention to craftsmanship\,
  and unwavering dedication to patience. In 2021 she was awarded a First Pe
 oples Fund Cultural Capital Fellowship and the Native Arts and Cultures Fo
 undation LIFT Fellowship she has received awards at the Smithsonian Nation
 al Craft Show\, SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market\, Cherokee Art Market\, Eitel
 jorg Indian Market Festival\, Heard Indian Market\, Abbe Museum Indian Mar
 ket\, Autry Indian Market\, Southeastern Art Show and Market\, Artesian Ar
 ts Festival\, and the Woodland Indian Market. Her celebrated work can be f
 ound in several museum and personal collections\, including the Michigan S
 tate University Museum\, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and West
 ern Art\, the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College\, the\, Smithsonian 
 National Museum of the American Indian and the Gochman Family Collection a
 t the Forge Project.\nMonica is presently the Hoback Curator of Great Lake
 s Native Art\, Cultures and Community Engagement working to ensure Indigen
 ous ways of knowing\, practices and perspectives are included in the care 
 of the collection as well as all aspects of programming and content at the
  at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museum.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/0
 6/Quillwork-Demo-and-Talk-Web.png
CATEGORIES:Quillwork
LOCATION:MSU Museum\, 409 West Circle Drive\, East Lansing\, Michigan\, 488
 24\, United States
GEO:42.731562;-84.48169
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=409 West Circle Drive\, Eas
 t Lansing\, Michigan\, 48824\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=MS
 U Museum:geo:42.731562,-84.48169
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Detroit
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20260308T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR