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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Amelia Wiggins
Educator, Public Programs, Stark Museum of Art
409.886.ARTS (2787)
awiggins@starkmuseum.org
Stark Museum of Art Hosts Powerful Portraits Family Day on July 16
ORANGE, Texas, July 1, 2011 – The Stark Museum of Art, in Orange, Texas, invites families to Powerful Portraits Family Day on Saturday, July 16, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Admission is free and all ages are welcome.
Powerful Portraits Family Day will highlight portraits from the Stark collection. Children can search for clues during a scavenger hunt in the galleries and win a prize. Families will have the opportunity to try hands-on art activities and enjoy complimentary refreshments.
A highlight of the Family Day will be a photo booth where families can pose for pictures. Props and costumes will be on hand to inspire creative portrait-making, both inside the booth and out.
Art stations will be set up, and families will be able to create their own portrait drawings with oil pastels, as well as color a unique coloring page inspired by portraits from the Museum collection.
Amelia Wiggins, Public Programs Educator, welcomes the public, saying, “We invite families to Powerful Portraits Family Day to create art together and learn from the portraits in the Museum.” Wiggins reminds the public that the Museum welcomes all ages, but children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Families will also have the opportunity to view the special exhibition Visions of the West in a newly renovated gallery. Visions of the West features highlights of the Western collection of the Museum. This exhibition explores how the land, wildlife, individuals, conflicts and communities shape our concepts of the American West. Visions of the West will be on view through December 31, 2011.
Located at 712 Green Avenue in Orange, Texas, the Stark Museum of Art is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is free for all ages. Group tours are available by appointment. For more information call 409.886.ARTS (2787) or visit http://www.starkmuseum.org/.
Stark Museum of Art visitors will have the opportunity to create their own portraits at Powerful Portraits Family Day on July 16.
Charles Bird King (1785 – 1862), Hayne Hudjihini, Eagle of Delight, c. 1822, oil on wood, 17 x 13.875 inches, Stark Museum of Art, Orange, 31.212.6.
For larger or high resolution images, contact Amanda Adams at aadams@starkfoundation.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 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 and the Union.
The Stark Museum of Art is a program of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, a private operating foundation, 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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