August 19, 2008
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 Museum Education 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, and Charles Marion Russell.
The Museum also features a significant collection of American Indian objects, 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, a non-profit organization. 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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