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PRESS RELEASE

Contact: Kerry Smith, External Relations
831.372.5477 ext 12
kerry@montereyart.org

APRIL’S THIRD THURSDAY AT MMA
559 Pacific Street, Monterey CA

MONTEREY, CA. The Monterey Museum of Art presents Third Thursday, April 20, 2006, from 5-7 pm. This popular open house offers free admission and a lively atmosphere where arts patrons, young professionals, students, and out town visitors enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. This month’s Third Thursday is sponsored by the City of Monterey and Tarpy’s and features wines provided by Blackstone Winery.

This Third Thursday will feature a jazz ensemble group consisting of City employees. For this special Third Thursday, Colton Hall, directly across from the Monterey Museum of Art, will also be open. Built to serve as a public school and town meeting hall, California's first Constitution was drafted in this historic site in October, 1849. Colton Hall is a landmark in the City of Monterey, once the Capital of Alta California.

Currently on display in the Work Gallery is In Celebration of Light: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye R. and James F. Pierce. This extraordinary collection of more than 125 works by world famous photographers is concluding its national tour in Monterey.

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The Monterey Museum of Art was established in 1959 as a chapter of the American Federation of the Arts. The Museum collects, preserves and interprets American art, in particular the work of artists active on the Monterey Peninsula and the West Coast, and Asian art. The permanent collection of 15,000 paintings, photographs, works on paper includes significant holdings of California paintings by artists such as Armin Hansen, William F. Ritschel, Gottardo Piazzoni, and world-renowned photographers including Edward Weston and Ansel Adams.

MMA Pacific Street, 559 Pacific Street and MMA La Mirada, 720 Via Mirada, Monterey, CA, 93940. 831.372.5477.
Open hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 11 to 5 and Sunday, 1 to 4.