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Maryhill Invites Educators to Take Part in Summer Art Institute
July 19-23 Workshop Offers Strategies for Bringing Art Experiences Into the Classroom
 

Goldendale, WA (June 28, 2010) –
Educators in all subject areas and grade levels are invited to take part in Maryhill Museum of Art’s annual “Summer Art Institute,” a week-long workshop filled with art making and new teaching strategies for bringing enriching art experiences into the classroom. The workshop will take place Monday, July 19 – Friday, July 23, 2010.

Now in its 17th year, the Summer Art Institute features award-winning presenters and a full menu of extraordinary learning experiences. The theme of this year’s workshop is “Telling Our Stories.” Participants will explore the idea of collective and personal stories under the guidance of Maryhill’s Executive Director Colleen Schafroth, an award-winning educator and author who helped establish the Institute in 1993. Guest artists Jason Greene and Karen Saró Troeger, watercolorist Richard Quigley, painter Cathleen Rehfeld and glass artist Linda Steider will also lead art sessions.  John  Laursen, co-author of the book Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1967-1957, will lecture and sign books on Thursday, July 22 at 7:00 p.m. The event is free for Art Institute participants. Extracurricular artist studio visits and a director’s dinner make this an unforgettable week.
 
Participating teachers can earn credit or clock hours through the Graduate School of Education/Continuing Education at Portland State University and clock hours through Washington ESD 105.


The cost of the workshop is $200 for non-credit participation, $375 with clock hours through Portland State University, and $260 for clock hours through Washington ESD 105. Pre-registration is required, with a $75 registration deposit due by July 8, 2010. Fees include all materials, project supplies, as well as refreshments. For information and to register, call 509-773-3733.
 

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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.
 
Image Above: Jackets by Jason Greene, a presenter at Maryhill Museum of Art's 17th annual Summer Art Institute.

To request a hi-res version of the image above, email rachel@maryhillmuseum.org
Maryhill Museum of Art | 35 Maryhill Museum Drive | Goldendale, WA 98620 | 509-773-3733
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