2010 Calendar

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Nights at the Museums
Fridays nights in February      5:30-9:30 pm

February 5
Don Harrington Discover Center
RSVP to (806) 355-9547 x 108

February 12
Amarillo Museum of Art
RSVP to (806) 371-5050

February 19
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
RSVP to (806) 651-2258
Kids will hang their art with professionals!

February 26
American Quarter Horse Museum and Hall of Fame
RSVP to (806) 376-5181

PAINTINGS, FLICKS, NOVELS AND SOUVENIRS: HISTORY IN POP CULTURE
Hazlewood Lecture Hall
February 6           2:00-4:00 pm
West Texas A&M University professors and PPHM curators discuss how history is portrayed, taught and interpreted through art, literature, film and culture.
Free with museum admission

Participants include:
WTAMU History Department head, Dr. Byron Pearson, moderator
Radio/television/film professor Dr. Leigh Browning
English professors Dr. Alex Hunt and Dr. Bonney MacDonald
History professors Dr. Jean Stuntz, Dr. Maritza De La Trinidad,
Dr. Steve Bogener and Dr. Bryan Vizzini
Kiowa Artist James Coverdale
PPHM Curator of Art Michael Grauer
and Curator Emeritus Dr. Bill Green.

FROM HELL WEEK TO HOMECOMING: CAMPUS LIFE AT WT, 1953-1971
Alexander Gallery
Opening February 6
WT’s staff photographers provide a detailed visual record of the campus, including administrative and student activities, special events, athletics and the changing physical environment.

REGIONAL HISTORY DAY
Museum-wide
February 27
Students in grades 6-12 are challenged to improve their research, analytical, and communication skills with this fun competition.  Participation in History Day supports teachers and students in meeting local, state and national educational standards. 

PANHANDLE-PLAINS INVITATIONAL WESTERN ART SHOW AND SALE
Harrington Changing Gallery
February 27     
Artists reception 5:30     6:00 Silent Auction begins      7:00 Silent Auction ends
New this year, PPI pieces will be available for purchase by silent auction. Items not purchased at the reception will be available for a fixed-price through March 27.

PANHANDLE-PLAINS INVITATIONAL
Harrington Changing Gallery
Opening February 27
Because of its quality, juried nature, the event’s growth in popularity among art aficionados has spread throughout the region.  The show encompasses a mix of professional artists from the region and across the United States who depict and interpret the American West.  Most are established artists who have earned their stripes while some “up-and-comers” are included to spice things up.

WET PAINT: ART ACQUISITIONS SINCE 2000
Foran Gallery
Opening February 27
The display includes the oldest known painting of the Texas Panhandle, an 1876 watercolor by E. H. Ruffner; pieces from PPHM’s Albert Schmidt Collection, (the largest in the world); W. Herbert Dunton’s 1910 painting General Custer and I Were Nearly the Same Age and the Best of Friends, found in an office building in downtown Wichita Falls; and one of the museum’s latest acquisitions, Thomas Moran’s major 1894 oil painting The City of Mexico.