AKRON - The Akron Area Arts League is inviting people to join them Aug. 7 for a bus trip to the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
The League will view the exhibit "1934: A New Deal for Artists".
This show features the art and artists of the Public Works of Arts Program and is on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
The bus will leave Rochester at 9 a.m. from the back parking lot of the First Baptist Church, 1000 Main St., and will stop at 9:20 a.m. in Akron at the parking lot behind Day's Hardware. Then it will travel to North Manchester for a stop at the Post Office, 202 E. 2nd St., around 9:50 a.m.Thelma Rohrer, head of the art department, Manchester College, will speak to us about the PWAP mural located there. Others may join here. Lunch will be on your own at The Coney Island Restaurant, a 1950s-style restaurant three blocks from the museum.
The bus will leave Fort Wayne around 2:30 p.m. Cost for the trip is $20 and includes admission to the museum.
For more information and to preregister, contact Karen Drone at 574-598-2875 or e-mail karensc@rtcol.com Seating is limited.
