December 11, 2009
Contact:
Sarah Boehme, Director
409.886.ARTS (2787)
Stark Museum Presents Holiday Exhibition Celebration with Music
The Stark Museum of Art in Orange, Texas, will host a Holiday Exhibition Celebration on Tuesday, December 15 and Thursday, December 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. The special exhibition Entwined across the Ages: Illuminated Manuscripts and Tapestries will be open; docents will give gallery introductions; and music groups will entertain visitors. In coordination with The W.H. Stark House Holiday Open House, refreshments will be served in the lobby of the Museum for visitors of the House and Museum. Admission is free.
On Tuesday, December 15, the Lone Star Pipe Band will perform traditional Celtic music on the pipes, drums and the guitar. On Thursday, December 17, holiday music selections will be played by the band students from Mauriceville Middle School and from Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School.
“The Stark Museum of Art is pleased to join with The W.H. Stark House in celebrating the holidays. As a special offering on December 15, we are delighted to have the Lone Star Pipe Band perform with instruments including bagpipes, since early bagpipes are depicted in works of art in our special exhibition. We are also looking forward to the band performances from the Little Cypress-Mauriceville School District on December 17; this highlights our involvement with youth and arts education,” said Museum Director Sarah Boehme. “We invite the community to take this opportunity for an evening viewing of both the Museum and the House, enjoy the arts and history, and visit with friends and neighbors over punch and cookies.”
Entwined across the Ages: Illuminated Manuscripts and Tapestries features the Stark Museum of Art’s collection of medieval illuminated manuscripts exhibited within a setting of twentieth-century wall tapestries that were inspired by arts from the medieval period. Entwined across the Ages highlights the variety and richness of manuscript illustrations in the Books of Hours and includes images of the Christmas story.
The Museum Store will be open and will feature the Museum’s 2009 Christmas ornament.
Located at 712 Green Avenue in Orange, Texas, the Stark Museum of Art is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am – 5 pm. Admission is free. The Museum is closed Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day. Group tours are available by appointment. For more information call 409.886.ARTS (2787) or visit www.starkmuseum.org. For information on The W.H. Stark House, visit www.whstarkhouse.org or call 409.883.0871.
Entwined across the Ages at the Stark Museum of Art
Photo by Will France.
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 twentieth century artistic colonies in New Mexico. Artists include John James Audubon, Frederic Remington, Charles Marion Russell, and Georgia O’Keeffe.
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 of the Union.
The Stark Museum of Art is a program of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, a non profit organization whose other programs include the Frances Ann Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts, Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, and The W.H. Stark House.
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