On the Calendar: The Week of April 30, 2007 April 27, 2007

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Though the list below deals with next week, note that Phillip Prodger lectures about Eadweard Muybridge tomorrow, and the Axelrod Quartet plays tomorrow and Sunday with pre-concert lectures each night.

Events for week of April 30, 2007:

• Tuesday: Create Your Own Sketchbook in the Luce Center. (This event repeats weekly.)
• Wednesday: Behind the Scenes at the Lunder Center.
• Thursday: Local artist Margaret Boozer talks about working with with clay; Deputy chief curator George Gurney and conservator Helen Ingalls talk about Luis Jiménez's sculpture, Vaquero.
• Friday: At the Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street, NW) Patricia Watkinson talks about Dale Chihuly and the founding of the Pilchuck Glass School; back at SAAM there's an Introduction to the Luce Center.
• Saturday: Another Introduction to SAAM's Luce Center, and NPG has two events, one for their Youth Art Studios Series and another from their Artist Appreciation Family Workshops
• Sunday: At the Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street, NW) glass artist Ron Desmett talks about his work.

As always, make sure you check the program calendar for last minute changes.

• American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum