City of Stillwater NEWS

For Immediate Release • August 6, 2008

For more information, contact the City of Stillwater Multi Arts Center, contact us by phone at (405) 533-8539 or visit the web site at stillwater.org/multiarts.

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The "Roman Art from the Louve" was organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Musée du Louvre.

Plan to join the Friends of Multi Arts Center and OSU Emeriti on a visit to the OKC Museum of Art to see the 'Roman Art from the Louvre' exhibit Tuesday, Sept. 9

(STILLWATER, OKLA)-- Art lovers are invited to join the Friends of the Multi Arts Center and the OSU Emeriti on a field trip to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art to see the "Roman Art from the Louvre."

The field trip is Tuesday, Sept. 9 and the cost is $35 per person, which includes coach transportation on OSU’s Big Orange Bus (BOB) and the museum admission fee. BOB will leave Stillwater at 9 a.m. from the OSU Library Annex (1210 N Boomer Road) and return by 5 p.m. Lunch is on your own.

Trip participants will also visit the larger-than-life bronze sculptures along the Bricktown canal and a mural painted by Stillwater artist Lee Shortridge and his students. Lou Hale, a member of the Friends of Multi Arts, will narrate the side trips.

The Roman art exhibit features 184 masterworks that highlight the diversity of artistic production that characterizes Roman Art. These exceptional pieces date from the early first century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. Included are a variety of sculptures, sarcophage, marble busts and reliefs, bronze and terracotta statuettes and implements, jewelry, glass and metal cups and vessels, mosaics, fresco paintings and a cache of more than one hundred silver pieces from Pompeii.

Reservations are due by Friday, Aug. 22. Space is limited to 36 participants. For more information contact Jack Stout at (405) 372-6966, or call the Multi Arts Center at (405) 533-8539.

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About the Multi Arts Center: The MAC is open daily for classes, gallery shopping and visitors. Hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from to 2 to 5 p.m.

The Multi Arts Center, which is part of the City of Stillwater Parks, Events and Recreation Department, is located at 1001 S. Duck St., just north of the Stillwater Public Library. Artwork can be submitted to Multi Arts Center, 1001 S. Duck, Stillwater, OK  74074. For more information or an entry form, call Connie Geresi at (405) 533-8539 or visit the web site at stillwater.org.