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NEWS RELEASE Media contact:
Colleen Schafroth, Executive Director
Maryhill Displays Artwork by Area Teens Who Participated
In Comic Art Workshops
(Goldendale, Washington, September 9, 2010) – Teens who participated in recent comic art workshops in regional libraries will get their day in the sun when their work is displayed this fall at Maryhill Museum of Art.
In August, teens from communities throughout the Gorge took part in two-day workshops led by Spider-man inker Randy Emberlin and freelance illustrator, inker and background artist Terri Nelson, from the Portland-based arts collective Periscope Studio. The students explored character development and how to create a comic book cover. The fruits of their labor will be on view in Maryhill’s EyeSEE Activity Room from September 18, 2010 to November 15, 2010.
The teens will talk about their art at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 18 as part of the opening day festivities for the museum’s exhibition
Comics at the Crossroads: Art of the Graphic Novel. A reception for the students will be held on the same day at 4 p.m.
The free workshops were presented jointly by Maryhill Museum of Art and Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, and offered at the White Salmon Valley Community Library, Stevenson Community Library, Goldendale Community Library, and the Washougal Community Library.
Sean McGill, branch manager at Washougal Community Library, says that the workshops were perfectly matched to the interests of teens who frequent his branch, where comic books and graphic novels have exploded in popularity among young readers.
“We have a large collection of graphic novels and we have a lot of readers. They are super popular,” says McGill, who was especially excited to learn that the teens’ work would be on view at Maryhill: “It’s an incredible opportunity.”
Another benefit of the workshop, says McGill, is that it was targeted to an underserved age group.
“About seven years ago the [Fort Vancouver Regional Library District] hired a Young Adult coordinator. We’ve been making an effort to draw in teens with book discussions and we have a program to bring in teens every Friday night for two hours of role-playing games. We are really focusing on that,” he says.
For Maryhill, the workshops presented yet another opportunity to work with local libraries.
“We partner with local libraries to offer patrons
free Museum passes to check out just like a book,” says Maryhill’s curator of education, Carrie Clark. “This was a chance to build on that by offering workshops to youth in our community.”
The workshops were presented in connection with 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.
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.
Above: Moon Bear by Ian Sams, age 17. Ian participated in the workshop conducted by Randy Emberlin at Washougal Branch Library on August 27 & 28.
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