News From the OKC Museum of Art

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on August 28, 2008M at 6:04 am
Roman Art Family Day …
The place for families to be!
September 7, noon – 4 p.m.
In celebration of Roman Art from the Louvre, the OKCMOA and the Ronald J.Lil Romans 4 Norick Downtown Library are teaming up to present Roman Art Family Day. Families can visit the Museum to view the exhibition and enjoy fun-filled activities for all ages, including hands-on art, face painting, a dress up area, mini-tours, and scavenger hunts in the galleries, door prizes, and free Little Caesars® Pizza from noon to 1:00 p.m. Then, beginning at 1:00 p.m., the Romans will invade the Downtown Library with more family fun! Both the Museum and Library will host a gladiator parade and Roman play, presented by are fabulous friends at the Oklahoma Children’s Theater, as well as puppet shows and storytelling.Event sponsors include the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library; Oklahoma Children’s Theatre; Little Caesars® Pizza/Magnum Foods, Inc.; Remington Park; and others. All activities at the Museum of Art are included in the price of Museum admission: $12 adults, $10 students/seniors, and free to members and children ages 5 and under. There is no charge to participate in activities at the Downtown Library.

For a schedule of activities at both the Museum and the Library, click here.    

LIL ROMANS

2008 Sundance Short Films
Thursday, August 28, 7:30pm; Friday and Saturday, August 29 – 30, 5:30pm & 8p
In partnership with the Sundance Institute Art House Project, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art is proud to present some of the outstanding short films from this year’s festival. 102 min. HDdigitalSikumi (On the Ice), USA
My Olympic Summer, USA
Spider, Australia
Yours Truly, Great Britain
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit, USA
W., Germany
I Love Sarah Jane, Australia
Dennis, Denmark
Man, USA

For dinner & a movie, click here. NEXT WEEK: Man on A Wire

Return Engagement from La Scala!Aida verticle

Sunday, August 31, 2pm
Aida
Aida, which Giuseppe Verdi himself premiered at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in 1872, is one of the most popular operas still performed today. One hundred and thirty-five years later Aida is directed by cinema and opera auteur Franco Zeffirelli. His spectacular production opened the 2006-07 season at La Scala receiving a 12 minute ovation. The opera tells the story of Aida, an Ethiopian princess, who is captured and brought into slavery in Egypt. A military commander, Radames, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. Director: Franco Zeffirelli 2007 157min. with an intermission

SPECIAL PRICE: $20 Adults/ $18 Members, Students, Seniors. Advance tickets go on sale Tuesday, August 19, 2008. Call 405-278-8237, Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm.

Friend/Fundraiser News: Renaissance Ball sold out!
Art on Tap seeking fun sponsors

The Museum’s 33rd Annual Renaissance Ball — When in Rome … (black tie/formal) at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club on Friday, September 5 is now officially sold out! We are thrilled. Thanks to our fabulous chairs Leslie and Clifford Hudson for their hard work.The Museum’s fifth annual Art on Tap, A Beer Tasting Event, is Friday,Art on Tap October 3. This beer-tasting event features more than 70 import and domestic beers. Spend the evening sampling beverages from across the globe along with heavy hors d’oeuvres from area restaurants, including Adobe Grill, Old Germany Restaurant, Cafe Nova, McNellie’s Public House, the Museum Cafe and more. Enjoy tastings throughout the Museum’s main lobby and theater lobby, listen to the group Who’s Joe Fazzio?, and visit the special exhibition, Roman Art from the Louvre. Seating and live music also will be provided on the Museum’s roof terrace at the Bud Light Lime Rooftop Beer Garden, sponsored by Premium Beers of Oklahoma.  To become a sponsor of this exciting annual event, contact Whitney Cross, event and tour coordinator, at 236-3100, ext. 207, or wcross@okcmoa.com. 

Museum School Fall Book now out in mailboxes!Museum School cover
The Museum School Fall Book 2008 should be hitting mailboxes any day now. It is also posted online at MUSEUM SCHOOL FALL.HIGHLIGHT COURSE
HOME SCHOOL ART:
MIXED MEDIA FOR AGES 6-9
Fridays, Sept. 5-Oct. 10, 1-2:30pm (6 classes)
$45 members/$55 nonmembers
(materials provided)
Designed for homeschoolers, ages 6 to 9, this class will encompass many art forms and experiences with a structured, written curriculum and hands-on art activities.  Each week we’ll explore various media and create our own works of art, as we learn from paintings and sculptures in the galleries. 

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Arts District

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