International Quilt Study Center going green April 19-25

The International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host its first Green Week April 19-25. The Earth-friendly week is full activities for students, families and professionals in celebration of Earth Day and Arbor Day. The new quilt center is the first sustainable "green" building designed and built from the ground up at UNL.

All Green Week activities and tours are free with paid admission to the museum. The week kicks off at 10 a.m. April 19. Saturday's activities will be family-oriented and include gallery and art-making activities, and a building tour at 11 a.m. highlighting the environmentally friendly features of the building.

The museum will offer exhibition tours and green building tours that emphasize environmental friendliness at 2 p.m. April 20 and 11 a.m. April 23.

On Earth Day, April 22, a noon lecture and tour will be led by UNL Facilities Management and Planning manager Alan Wedige. April 23, the quilt museum will host its first college night. From 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., UNL students will enjoy stress-relieving activities such as yoga sessions, food, tours and entertainment to soothe the end-of-semester tension. April 24, a brown-bag lunch and talk will feature local recycling information and tips at noon at the museum.

The week will conclude April 25 with the planting of two trees at noon on Arbor Day. ReTree Nebraska, a UNL cooperative partnership encouraging the planting of a million new trees in Nebraska, will have displays and information for the public. Environmentally friendly door prizes will be given away and rewards will be given to museum visitors who travel to the center by any means of transportation besides an automobile. The center will have information available on making the home green and how the International Quilt Study Center has taken the initiative to "go green."

The International Quilt Study Center and Museum is the first University of Nebraska building to have a Silver-level certification in the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Project architects were Robert A. M. Stern Architects of New York and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture of Omaha.

The International Quilt Study Center and Museum, 1523 N. 33rd St., is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays; closed Mondays and major holidays. Docent-led tours begin at 11 a.m. Wednesdays and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is $5 for adults; $3 for non-UNL students with ID and children; $10 for families; free for children under 5, museum members, and UNL faculty, staff and students with ID. For more information, call (402) 472-6459 or visit www.quiltstudy.org. The International Quilt Study Center is an academic program of the Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design in the UNL College of Education and Human Sciences.