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Artful CMU Libraries' exhibits and events calendar lib.cmich.edu/exhibits 'Imagining the Fantastic' An exhibition of fantasy imagery and sculpture in collaboration with the CMU Department of English • April 2011 • Baber Room, Park Library 'Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine' An exhibition about the historical roots of a modern sensation • April 1 through April 30 • Third Floor Exhibit Area, Park Library Painting and Ceramics Featuring Libraries' new acquisitions • May through June 2011 • Baber Room, Park Library 'Moving Toward the Precipice: Michigan in the Years Before the Civil War' An exhibit depicting the state of Michigan in the years leading up to the Civil War, which began 150 years ago • Through August 2011 • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at Clarke Historical Library • clarke.cmich.edu Developing the Park Library Extended Hours Study Room and Student Gallery is among Janet Danek's fi rst projects as the Libraries' exhibits and projects coordinator. Hanging the National Undergraduate Student Print Exchange and Exhibition in the new area are students Andrew Hawkes, left, Taro Takizawa and Carrie McCarthy. The exhibition is presented each year by the CMU Print Club, a student organization housed within the Department of Art and Design. inspiration Danek brings nearly 25 years experience to exhibit designs Janet Danek hit the ground running as the recently hired CMU Libraries' coordinator of exhibits and projects. Danek is leading the eff ort to transition Park Library's Extended Hours Study Room to the Extended Hours Study Room and Student Gallery. In the future she hopes to see more collaboration between students from other departments who would like to exhibit their work. Danek's favorite feature of her posi tion is working with the arts and artists. "I consider my job to make it as easy as possible for patrons of Park Library to feel as inspired by art as I am," she says. Currently living in Midland, Danek has designed museum exhibits for nearly 25 years. She has designed exhibits for the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing, Oil and Brine Museum in Smackover, Ark., three exhibits for the American Bar Association in Chicago, First Division Museum in Wheaton, Ill., and Midland County History Gallery at the Doan Center in Midland. Danek earned her bachelor of science degree in art and industrial and interior design from the University of Wisconsin, where she also taught design. • 10