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NEWS RELEASE Media contact:
Colleen Schafroth, Executive Director
Maryhill Arts Festival Features Fine Art, Music, Food
& Children’s Activities the Weekend of August 21 & 22
(GOLDENDALE, Wash., July 21, 2010) – Maryhill Museum of Art’s annual outdoor Arts Festival will take place August 21 & 22, 2010. The event will be held on Maryhill’s beautiful park-like grounds high above the Columbia Gorge and feature 60 artists displaying and selling art in a variety of media, including painting, jewelry, woodworking, ceramics, glass, and more. There also will be live music performances, food vendors, hands-on art activities for families, and a free evening performance of Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors.” Admission to the festival is FREE. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 21 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 22.
“The Maryhill Arts Festival is a summertime tradition in the Gorge,” says Colleen Schafroth, Maryhill’s executive director. “It's a great way to meet and talk with artists, and enjoy music and food, all under a canopy of shade trees in the museum’s picnic grounds – it is a wonderful event that the whole family can enjoy.”
This year the Arts Festival will also include a free, evening performance of Shakespeare’s beloved “The Comedy of Errors,” performed in the museum’s Outdoor Sculpture Garden by Portland Actors Ensemble. This production is part of the Ensemble’s Shakespeare-in-the-Parks program, which makes classical theater accessible to audiences in non-traditional environments. The performance at Maryhill is made possible through a generous donation from Judith Lackstrom and Robert Morrow.
In addition to the 60 artists selling work, there will be live music, food vendors Casa El Mirador, Glass Onion, and Café Maryhill, as well as the following scheduled activities:
Family Fun: Under the Big Tent | 1 to 4 p.m. daily
Explore your creativity at the Maryhill Art Tent with free drop-in art activities open to all ages. On Family Fun days children under 17 are admitted to the museum free all day with one paid adult admission.
Special Outdoor Exhibit | daily
This year’s featured exhibitor is the Oregon Glass Guild, whose membership includes many Columbia River Gorge glass artists. Inside the museum, the featured exhibit will be William Morris: Native Species.
Sun Viewing! | daily
The Goldendale Astronomy Club will give visitors an opportunity to view the sun through specially filtered telescopes.
The Comedy of Errors | 7 p.m., Saturday, August 21
Sit back and enjoy Portland Actors Ensemble Shakespeare-in-the-Parks production of “The Comedy of Errors” in Maryhill's Outdoor Sculpture Garden. Made possible through a generous donation from Judith Lackstrom and Robert Morrow.
Mexican Fiesta Dinner | 5 p.m., Saturday, August 21
Bring a picnic dinner, or purchase a Mexican dinner on the Grand Lawn prepared by the popular restaurant Casa El Mirador of The Dalles, featuring a range of delicious Mexican favorites from tacos to enchiladas.
The museum proper will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily during the Arts Festival. Permanent exhibits include a large collection of works by Rodin, European and American paintings, objects d'art from the palaces of the Queen of Romania, Orthodox icons, unique chess sets, the renowned Théâtre de la Mode as well as an extensive Native American collection.
Special exhibits on view this season include William Morris: Native Species, featuring 38 glass vessels from the Collection of George Stroemple. The museum’s Outdoor Sculpture garden features large-scale works by noted sculptors from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
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ABOUT MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART:
Opened to the public May 13, 1940, Maryhill Museum of Art celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2010. Housed in a glorious Beaux Arts mansion on 5,300 acres high above the Columbia River, Maryhill Museum of Art is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most enchanting cultural destinations. The museum was founded by Northwest entrepreneur and visionary Sam Hill, who purchased the property and began building the house with dreams of establishing a Quaker farming community. When that goal proved untenable, Hill was encouraged by friends Loie Fuller, Queen Marie of Romania, and Alma de Bretteville Spreckles to establish a museum.
Today Maryhill Museum of Art boasts a world-class permanent collection, rotating exhibitions of the highest caliber, and dynamic educational programs that provide opportunities for further exploration by visitors of all ages. On view are more than 80 works by Auguste Rodin, European and American paintings, objects d'art from the palaces of the Queen of Romania, Orthodox icons, unique chess sets, and the renowned Théâtre de la Mode, featuring small-scale mannequins attired in designer fashions of post-World War II France. Baskets of the indigenous people of North America were a collecting interest of Hill; today the museum’s Native American collection represents nearly every tradition and style in North America, with works of art from prehistoric through contemporary.
Maryhill’s Outdoor Sculpture Garden features work by Tom Herrera, Mel Katz, Heath Krieger, Alisa Looney, Jill Torberson, Julian Voss-Andreae, Jeff Weitzel and Leon White. The Maryhill Overlook is a site-specific sculpture by noted Portland architect Brad Cloepfil; nearby are Lewis and Clark interpretive panels. Four miles east of Maryhill is a life-sized replica of Stonehenge, Stonehenge Memorial, which Sam Hill built to memorialize local men who perished in World War I. Nearby, the Klickitat County War Memorial honors those who have died in the service of their country since World War I.
The museum was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. In 2001 the museum was listed as an official site of the National Historic Lewis and Clark Trail and in 2002 was accredited by the American Association of Museums.
VISITOR INFORMATION:
Maryhill Museum of Art is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 15 to November 15. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and $2 for children age 6-16. Admission to the Stonehenge Memorial is free; it is open from 7:00 a.m. to dusk daily.
Sandwiches, salads, espresso drinks, cold beverages, and freshly baked desserts and pastries are available at Café Maryhill; the Museum Store features art and history books, jewelry, Native American crafts and other mementos.
Maryhill is located off Highway 97, 12 miles south of Goldendale, Washington. Drive times to the museum are 2 hours from Portland/Vancouver, 3.5 hours from Bend, 4 hours from Seattle, and 1.5 hours from Yakima. For further information, visit www.maryhillmuseum.org.
To request a hi-res image festival image from a prior year, email click here.
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Museum of Art | 35 Maryhill Museum Drive | Goldendale,
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