Artist Bill Megrail and the Peter Gray Art Museum to Team Up for a Fabulous Art Event
 Jerry Lafferty - PVNN
February 15, 2010
The Peter Gray Art Museum will feature the work of local artist Bill Megrail on Wednesday, February 24, from 5:30-7:30 pm. This exciting event is open to the public free of charge, with wine and other beverages along with light fare to be offered as you tour Bill Megrail's recent work along with the permanent collection of the Peter Gray Museum.
| | Bill Megrail with Peter Gray and Marta Gilbert | |
The Museum includes more than 70 works of art, paintings as well as sculptures, from Mexican and International artists including Joan Miro, Beatriz Castaneda, Carlos Merida, Jose Luis Cuevas, Pedro Coronel, and Pedro Friedeberg, among others.
By way of background, Peter Gray, whom many of you know as a strong advocate for many local charitable and cultural activities over the past 15 years, started the museum named in his honor in 2005. With his passing in 2008, responsibility for the future of the museum passed to a non-profit Board headed by his wife, Buri Gray, and Nacho Cadena of La Leche Restaurant and the City Cultural Commission.
The objective of the museum remains to provide students at Centro Universitario de la Costa (CUC), and Puerto Vallarta at large, with an exposure to art that they might otherwise not experience, particularly if enrolled in technical degree programs. A near-term objective is to open the museum to school group tours from all parts of the City.
Everyone is invited to venture out to CUC for this wonderful opportunity to see not only great art, but visit the beautiful CUC campus and its student body that's contributing so much to our growing city.
CUC is located just north of the airport. Head inland from the main highway connecting Puerto Vallarta and Nayarit, turning onto the road to Ixtapa that intersects with the main highway slightly north of Home Depot. Travel about 2 miles, where at a traffic signal you'll see the entrance road to CUC on the right. Parking is available on campus, near the main entrance. To find the Museum, walk towards the reptile research station, asking students along the way if you don't see the crowd gathering at the Museum.
For further information regarding this exciting event, contact Buri Gray at (322) 221-5285, Ann Lafferty at 221-6156, or Dorothy Piontkowski at 209-0064. |
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