Due to Hurricane Ike’s forecasted track targeting the upper Texas coast, the
Fall Family Day at the Stark Museum of Art has been RESCHEDULED to SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 4.
ORANGE, Texas, August 20, 2008 - Fun, games, and
enrichment are in store for families who attend Fall Family Day at the Stark Museum of Art on Saturday, September 13, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2
p.m. The event includes family tours of the Thirtieth Anniversary Treasures exhibition, a mural painting activity, a scavenger hunt with prizes,
refreshments, and more fun activities that are as educational as they are
entertaining. Guests should meet at the Stark
MuseumEducation
Center , located at 812 Green Avenue in Orange, Texas,
across 7th Street
from the museum. Admission is free.
Director Sarah Boehme invited families saying, "We want
parents and grandparents to drop by with their children to enjoy the activities
during the Stark Museum's first, but definitely not last,
family day event. We have added to our staff a new educator to present public
programs, Amelia Wiggins, and she has great plans developed." Amelia
Wiggins has a bachelor of fine arts degree in Painting and Art History from
Maryland Institute College of Art. She previously worked at The Walters Art
Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, as Educational Events
Assistant.
Fall Family Day is a celebration of the Stark Museum of
Art's 30th Anniversary and is organized in conjunction with its newest
exhibition, Thirtieth Anniversary Treasures, which runs from August 19 to
October 29. The exhibition offers a new look at the breadth and depth of the
museum's collections and features works of art never before displayed to the
public.
Boehme added the event is planned for families to enjoy
together. Children under twelve must be accompanied by an adult.
The Stark Museum of Art is located at 712 Green Avenue in Orange, Texas.
For more information call 409.886.ARTS (2787) or visit www.starkmuseum.org.
About the Stark
Museum of Art
The Stark Museum of Art focuses on the stunning land, the
dramatic people and the diverse wildlife of the American West. Paintings,
sculpture and prints interpret the West from nineteenth century frontier
artists to the twentieth century artistic colonies in New Mexico. Artists include John James
Audubon, Frederic Remington, Charles Marion Russell, and many others.
The museum also features a significant collection of
American Indian art, including baskets, pottery, clothing, and weavings. Other
permanent collections in the museum include the complete porcelain American
Bird Series by Dorothy Doughty and the only complete series of The United States
in Crystal, a collection of crystal urns
produced by Steuben Glass to depict the 50 states and the Union.
Located at 712
Green Avenue in Orange, Texas,
the Stark Museum of Art is a program of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation. Group tours are available by appointment. Admission is free. For
more information call 409.886.ARTS (2787) or visit www.starkmuseum.org.
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712 Green
Avenue
Orange, Texas
77630-5721
Phone: 409.886.ARTS (2787)
www.starkmuseum.org
