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Logan museum will host four-day painting course

Posted on February 26, 2014

LOGAN — Wheatland, Wyo., artist Barbara Schaffner will make her return to Dane G. Hansen Museum for a four-day painting workshop.

The classes will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 9, 10, 11 and 12, with a one-hour break for lunch. The learning opportunity is sponsored by the Hansen Museum Continued Education Program and offered at reduced rates to the public.

Cost of the workshop is $140 with discounts available for Hansen Museum members. Intermediate and advanced artists can call (785) 689-4846 for more information or to register. The class is limited to 20 students.

Schaffner was an honors student at West Texas State University, majoring in fine art and art education and returns to Logan for her 10th year. She will be instructing her 2nd Oil painting workshop for Hansen Museum. Schaffner’s western scenes and wildlife paintings have hung in galleries in six western states and Canada and success has come to her through numerous shows and top awards.

Schaffner was honored with the Wyoming Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year 2003 award and won the purchase award in December 2005 at the 2-Shot Goose Hunt Art Show in Torrington, Wyo. Schaffner enjoys living close to the mountains where she can view and photograph the elk and other wildlife she depicts in much of her work. Her studio, Wyoming Trails Gallery, is in Wheatland.

For more information, visit www.hansenmuseum.org.

Wichita museum plans events to celebrate MLK Day

Posted on December 31, 2013

WICHITA (AP) — The Kansas African American Museum in Wichita is planning a series of events on the Saturday before the Jan. 20 observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The Wichita Eagle reported memorial events honoring the slain civil rights leader have been held in Wichita for more than 30 years, drawing more than 700 people annually.

Activities scheduled for Jan. 18 include a pancake breakfast, a community-wide parade and a celebration that will include a gospel concert.

Museum executive director Mark McCormick says the program was designed to make the holiday more of an American holiday than an African-American holiday. He says the museum is trying to be “more purposeful and intentional about being inclusive.”

New year to bring new programs at Sternberg (VIDEO)

Posted on December 16, 2013December 16, 2013

The new Education Director at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays is offering new activity programs next year to appeal to all ages.

Dave Levering says even the tried-and-true after school program will get a makeover.

“We’ll still have “Adventures and Activities” from 3:30 to 5p.m. Tuesdays,” says Levering. “Beginning in January, that program will be geared to kindergarten through third-graders. We’re adding “Junior Science Explorers” for the fourth and fifth-graders Thursdays at the same time.”

Also starting in January, monthly Museum Movie Nights, with films and information the entire family can enjoy:

“Conflict Tiger” will be presented Friday, January 17, starting at 6:30p.m.

Other new programs include photography classes taught by Levering and “Food for Thought,” a community discussion of current science research in cooperation with Gella’s restaurant.