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Lancaster Museum &<br />
Art Gallery<br />
44801 N. Sierra Highway<br />
Lancaster, CA 93534<br />
(661) 723-6250<br />
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.<br />
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.<br />
Closed Mondays, holidays and<br />
between exhibitions.<br />
Admission: Free (suggested $2 donation)<br />
Free school tours (please schedule in advance)<br />
The Lancaster Museum and Art Gallery features local, national, and<br />
international art and historical exhibitions from collections, private lenders,<br />
and other museums. This facility showcases seven to nine rotating exhibitions<br />
annually, as well as artwork and historical items including ancient Egyptian<br />
mummies, Mayan and Native American artifacts, antique automobiles, Civil<br />
War memorabilia, robotic dinosaurs, and artwork by Picasso, Renoir,<br />
Rembrandt, and Goya.<br />
UPCOMING EXHIBITS<br />
The Land of Treetch:<br />
The Art of Frank Robert Dixon<br />
September 12 - November 2, 2008<br />
(Closed on September 20)<br />
Twenty-one years ago Frank Dixon painted<br />
his first “Treetch” (a tree with a human-like<br />
face filled with character and emotion).<br />
Since then he has drawn and painted<br />
dozens of these Treetch characters and<br />
other imaginary creatures (including a kwuflyn<br />
– a kitten with wings, and a dragoon – a<br />
close relative of a dragon). Dixon’s paintings<br />
are self-portraits exploring his own emotions<br />
and feelings about life. This show will<br />
feature an array of Frank Dixon’s work<br />
accompanied with work from some of his<br />
former students from Antelope Valley<br />
College and Quartz Hill High School.<br />
The opening reception will be held on Friday, September 12 from 6:00 p.m.<br />
– 9:00 p.m. Visitors will be able to enjoy a video, and book signing with the<br />
featured artist, Frank Robert Dixon.<br />
ART AND MUSEUMS<br />
Antelope Valley<br />
Indian Museum<br />
Avenue M between 150th &<br />
170th Streets East<br />
Lancaster, CA 93535<br />
The Antelope Valley Indian Museum<br />
is currently closed because building<br />
stabilization is taking place to protect<br />
this landmark structure and its<br />
collections. It is expected to reopen<br />
sometime in 2009.<br />
The Antelope Valley Indian Museum<br />
is a unique and eclectic folk art<br />
structure which houses objects created<br />
by the American Indian cultures of<br />
the western Great Basin, California,<br />
and the Southwest. Built in the 1920s<br />
among towering rock formations in<br />
the Mojave Desert, the museum is<br />
operated by the California State<br />
Department of Parks and Recreation.<br />
Please visit www.avim.parks.ca.gov<br />
for more information including a<br />
comprehensive online catalog of the<br />
museum’s collection and research<br />
information.<br />
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