AREA ARTISTS INVITED TO SUBMIT PAINTINGS FOR WHITE RIVER PAINTING CELEBRATION, DEADLINE NOV. 12

The White River Centennial Painting Celebration Exhibit and Sale will take place in conjunction with the culmination of the College's 100-year anniversary and will be displayed in Edwards Art Gallery Nov. 13 - Dec. 12, 2007.   The Museum proudly hosts this annual exhibit as a way to honor and to preserve a unique heritage and as a way of expressing the Museum's continued mission of providing rich learning experiences about Ozarks culture and people through the arts.     Artists throughout the Ozarks region are invited to submit paintings that reflect their personal views of what is important to them about the Ozarks.  Paintings might reflect an artist's feelings about the environment, the beauty of the region, lakes, landscape, history, fishing, agriculture, tourism, community, education, architecture, transportation or entertainment.    A limit of three paintings may be submitted at the Ralph Foster Museum Nov. 1 thru Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The entry fee is $5 for one painting, $7.50 for two and $10 for three.  Artists are asked to bring their paintings (acrylic, oil, watercolor, mixed media) ready to hang, with the information for the labels attached to the back of the painting. Museum hours are 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday thru Saturday.   There will be an artist's directory handout available to museum visitors throughout the exhibit that will include the price of the painting or a NFS and will include the artist's contact information.   For further information, please contact Jeanelle Ash at the Ralph Foster Museum 417-334-6411 ext. 3570. -- http://www.bransonedge.com http://www.bransonmissouri.blogspot.com -- http://www.bransonedge.com http://www.bransonmissouri.blogspot.com