Roman Art group tours keep rolling in
Roman Art from the Louvre school tours are at a sellout but adult tours can still be booked! For adult group tours, e-mail wcross@okcmoa.com or call (405) 278-8207.

The exhibition continues to draw unique groups to the Museum. This week we're welcoming  the JoAnne Schmidt Group, Eastern Oklahoma County Homeschoolers, OKC Junior League, Henderson Hills Baptist Church, Catholic Homeschoolers, University of Central Oklahoma, Hearthstone Assisted Living, Foxy Red Hat Society Ladies, First United Methodist Church of Muskogee, Golden Angels of St. Phillip Mary, Razzle Dazzle Dolls Red Hat Ladies, Cub Scouts Pack 424, just to name a few!

For more on Roman Art from the Louvre, visit the microsite.  

Bumper Crop: A showcase of the latest and greatest Oklahoma produced films!
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Film & Music Office, deadCENTER Film and the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, proudly present this showcase of the latest and greatest Oklahoma produced narrative and documentary feature films of 2008. Filmmakers will be present at each screening.
 
Thursday, August 21, 7:30pm
Unsolved
Friday, August 22, 5:30pm & 8pm
The Stanton Family Grave Robbery
Saturday, August 23, 2pm
Okie Noodling II
Saturday, August 23, 5:30pm & 8pm
Rainbow Around the Sun
Sunday, August 24, 2pm
Art 365 screening with Twelve

Next week:
Sundance 2008 Short Films, Thursday-Saturday.
Return Engagement from La Scala! AIDA, Sunday, 2p.

For dinner & a movie, click here.

September 7th Family Day schedule released!
Please join us on Sunday, September 7 for the Lil' Romans' Family Day.
Here are the activities for the Roman Art themed day:
12-1p Free slices of Little Caesars© pizza, with a special guest appearance by Little Caesar
12-4p Face Painting, Art Activities, Dress Up Area, Mini-Tours, Discovery Packs & Scavenger Hunts, Door Prizes
1-1:15p Oklahoma Children's Theatre Gladiator Parade
1:15-1:30p Roman Play with Oklahoma Children's Theatre
2-2:30p Mythology Storytelling by Michael Corley
3-3:30p Puppet Show by Balcum Rancum
 
Here are the Library's Activities:
1-4p Face Painting and Video Games
1-3p Sculpting with Bryan Dahlvang
1:30-2p Puppet Show by Balcum Rancum
2-4p Mosaics with Kiona Millirons
2:15-2:30p Roman Play with Oklahoma Children's Theatre
3-3:30p Mythology Storytelling by Michael Corley   
Visit www.metrolibrary.org for current details. Schedule subject to change. 

AFTER ROME ...
American Impressionism:
Paintings from The Phillips Collection
Nov. 6, 2008 -
January 18, 2009
Even though Rome is far from closing, we wanted to make you aware of the next special exhibition. Revisiting The Phillips Collection's artistic roots, this exhibition will highlight paintings that were among the museum's earliest acquisitions. Featured artists will be Childe Hassam, Ernest Lawson, Maurice Prendergast, Theodore Robinson, Robert Spencer, Augustus Vincent Tack, John Henry Twachtman, and Julian Alden Weir, among others. As members of the first generation of American painters to absorb the technique, brighter palette, and subject matter of impressionism from their French counterparts, these artists painted atmospheric landscapes, park and beach scenes, urban views, and charming interiors, with particular interest in optical effects, light, and different seasons. The exhibition will show how American painting around the turn of the twentieth century was enriched by the impressionist aesthetic. 

SAVE THE DATE: MEMBERS' PREVIEW-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 6-9P

Cocktails on the Skyline
Cocktails on the Skyline hours are 5-10:30pm. Music starts at 6:30pm. Galleries close at 9pm. Last call at 10pm. We are watching the rain, of course. Looks like it will clear up a bit on Thursday, might come later as we're closing. Friday looks pretty darn fabulous!

Bands for this week include Bruce Benson on Thursday, August 21 and Brian Gorrell and the Jazz Company on Friday, August 22. To sign up for the Thursday Roof Terrace Alert, e-mail lspears@okcmoa.com. To get an example of the alert, read last week's by clicking here.