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NEWS RELEASE Media contact:
Colleen Schafroth, Executive Director
Maryhill Museum of Art and Fort Vancouver
Regional Library District Partner to Present Free Teen Comic Workshops
(Goldendale, Washington, July 14, 2010) – Maryhill Museum of Art and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, with support from Humanities Washington, will present four, free two-day teen comic book workshops featuring artists Terri Nelson and Randi Emberlin. Workshops led by Nelson will take place August 6-7 at the White Salmon Valley Community Library, August 20-21 at the Stevenson Community Library and on August 27-28 at the Goldendale Community Library. A workshop on August 27-28 at the Washougal Community Library will be led by artist Randy Emberlin. For registration information, contact the individual libraries or go to www.fvrl.org.
The workshops are presented in advance of the museum’s exhibition Comics at the Crossroads: Art of the Graphic Novel, which will be on view at Maryhill Museum of Art September 18 – November 15, 2010. Work by both Randy Emberlin and Terri Nelson is included in the exhibition.
Under the instruction of Nelson and Emberlin, participants will make a comic book cover and explore the concept of character development. The teens will also be invited to display their art at Maryhill Museum of Art’s EyeSEE Activity Room during the run of the exhibit Comics at the Crossroads. Participants will get free tickets to the opening of the exhibition.
About the Artists
Terri Nelson of Periscope Studio is a freelance illustrator, inker, and background artist. She is also a fully credentialed teacher who regularly takes part in artist-in-residency programs and conducts workshops. Randy Emberlin best known for his work as an inker in comics, with a resume that includes long runs on Amazing Spider-man, GI Joe, Doctor Strange, Alien Legion, Ghost and recently the Left Behind series for Wildstorm.
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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.
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Museum of Art | 35 Maryhill Museum Drive | Goldendale,
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