June 30, 2000
RELEASE ON RECEIPT

Oberlin College Museum Offers Kid's Art Camp, Special Day for All Ages

OBERLIN, OHIO--If your kids are stage struck, sign them up for the Allen Memorial Art Museum's KIDZHIBIT Camp. From July 25 through the 28, six to twelve-year-olds will be writing, producing, designing and acting in a play based on the Allen's current focus exhibition, Symbol and Meaning in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art. KIDZHIBIT kids will have the opportunity to perform their masterpiece for the public on Community Day, Saturday July 29.

To register you child for KIDZHIBIT Camp, call the museum's Education Office at 440-775-8671. The Camp runs from 12 to 2 P.M. Tuesday, July 25 through Friday, July 28. There is a $5 enrollment fee.

On Community Day, the public is invited to the museum to enjoy fun activities for all ages. In addition to the performance of the KIDZHIBIT camp play and a cast party, there will be tours of the exhibition Symbol and Meaning in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art and Dutch Renaissance music. Community Day is free and open to the public and will take place from 12 to 3 P.M. in the museum, which is across the street from Tappan Square at 87 N. Main Street in Oberlin.

Media Contact: Leslie Miller 6/30/00 lm