Holiday Festivities for Young and Old at Reynolda House Muse

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Holiday Festivities for Young and Old at Reynolda House Museum of American Art

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Sharyn Turner
336.758.5580
sturner@reynoldahouse.org
or Sarah Mansell
336.758.5524
manselss@reynoldahouse.org

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (November 25, 2008) Reynolda House Museum of American Art will host several holiday activities for the community, including a Holiday Party for Older Adults and the Children's Festival of Giving and Light. The events are free and open to the public.

The Holiday Party for Older Adults will be held on Monday, December 8 at 10 a.m. and at
2 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by the vocal quartet Holiday Harmony, singing traditional holiday songs and carols dressed in Dickensian costume. The string ensemble Holiday Grove will also perform holiday favorites. Art created by participants in the museum's art program for older adults will be on display on the gallery level, and refreshments will follow the musical program. To make the required reservation, please call 336.758.5467.

On Friday, December 12 Reynolda House will host the Children's Festival of Giving and Light. Children who arrive by 3:30 p.m. may participate in an art activity, creating a special ornament in the art studio. At 4 p.m. the program will begin in the auditorium, featuring a performance by Crescendo, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Honors Chorus, and story-telling by Reynolda House's own Cynthia Leonard. Children must be accompanied by an adult, and the suggested ages are four through twelve.

For more information, please call 336.758.5150 or visit reynoldahouse.org

Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of the nation's premier American art museums, with masterpieces by Mary Cassatt, Frederic Church, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe and Gilbert Stuart among its permanent collection. Affiliated with Wake Forest University, Reynolda House features traveling and original exhibitions, concerts, lectures, classes, film screenings and other events. The museum is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the historic 1917 estate of Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband, Richard Joshua Reynolds, founder of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Reynolda House and adjacent Reynolda Gardens and Reynolda Village feature a spectacular public garden, dining, shopping and walking trails. For more information, please visit reynoldahouse.org or call 336.758.5150.

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