Upcoming Events
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Save the Date!
September 22, 2013
11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Docents tour for free. To sign-up email alamedahometour@aim.com
Kids and Queen Victoria
See the sixteenth annual display of art, crafts, sculpture, and writing produced by elementary students learning about the 19th century architecture, culture, and history. This "only in Alameda" event features work of from all four of our first grades and all four third grades. The opening reception is Saturday, April 13, 2013, 11:00 a.m.-noon in the Art Gallery of the Alameda Museum, 2324 Alameda Avenue off Park Street. Classes from Earhart, Edison, Lum, Maya Lin, and Otis Schools will take part.
City Manager John Russo will preside at the reception, welcome families and students, and introduce special guests, including Queen Victoria. Her Majesty will visit the Island for the day to review the exhibit and meet the fledgling artists and historians. Practice your bow or curtsy! Piano music by Lilian Cunningham and Otis School student Gemma Hansen. Keyboard courtesy of Starland Music Center, 1631 Park Street, Alameda. The free show is sponsored by the Historical Advisory Board and the Alameda Museum. For information, 510.748.0796.
Image: Queen Victoria, graciously played by Connie Turner, reviews the artwork with some of her loyal subjects in 2010. Credit: Judith Lynch