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Colleen Schafroth, Executive Director

(509) 773-3733, colleen@maryhillmuseum.org

 

Maryhill Arts Festival Features Fine Art, Music,
Food & Children's Activities August 15 & 16, 2009


(GOLDENDALE, Wash., July 21, 2009) -  Maryhill Museum of Art's annual outdoor Arts Festival will take place August 15 & 16, 2009. The event will be held on Maryhill's beautiful park-like grounds high above the Columbia Gorge and feature over 50 artists displaying and selling art in a variety of media, including painting, jewelry, woodworking, ceramics, glass, and more. There will also be live music performances, food vendors, and hands-on art activities for families. Admission to the festival is free. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, August 15; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, August 16.

"The Maryhill Arts Festival is a summertime tradition in the Gorge," says Colleen Schafroth, Maryhill's executive director. "There is quality artwork, an opportunity to meet and talk to artists, along with music and food, all under the 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 include a raffle, with prizes of artwork donated by participating artists. Tickets can be purchased for $1 each or 15 for $10, on-site at the Arts Festival. Raffle proceeds will go to support the museum's 2009 season of programs and exhibits.

In addition to the 50 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:  Fun with Photos, 1 to 4 p.m. daily
Kids will have fun creating art in the sun with photo sensitive paper and a quirky collection of fun shaped objects. The Goldendale Astronomy Club will also be on hand to provide visitors of all ages an opportunity to view the sun and sun spots through specially-filtered telescopes.

Special Outdoor Photography Exhibit, daily
Two diverse exhibits featuring work by talented members of the Portland Photographic Society and the Cascade Stereoscopic Club. These state-of-the-art groups will present captivating images of everything from colorful flowers glowing in the sun to vignettes on a moon-lit beach. Inside the museum, the featured exhibit will be Ansel Adams: Masterworks.


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 Ansel Adams: Masterworks, featuring 47 breathtaking black and white photos of pristine landscapes and natural vignettes that Adams personally selected to serve as a succinct representation of his life's work, and the museum's annual Outdoor Sculpture Invitational with large-scale works by noted sculptors from throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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ABOUT MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART:

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.  Founded by Northwest entrepreneur and visionary Sam Hill, Maryhill opened to the public in 1940; today the museum 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.

 

The museum's collection includes 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 Sam 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 from the permanent collection by Tom Herrera, Mel Katz, Heath Krieger, Alisa Looney, Jill Torberson, Julian Voss-Andreae, Jeff Weitzel and Leon White.  Each year the museum also hosts an Outdoor Sculpture Invitational showcasing artists of the Northwest. 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 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.

 

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Maryhill Museum of Art | 35 Maryhill Museum Drive | Goldendale, WA 98620 | 509-773-3733
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