FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame to Unveil First Phase of Renovation
Grand Rotunda and Art Gallery with Terri Kelly Moyers Exhibit Open May 29
FORT WORTH, TEXAS (May 4, 2015) – The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame – the only museum in the world dedicated to honoring women of the American West who have displayed extraordinary courage in their trailblazing efforts – is proud to unveil the first phase in its extensive remodel on May 29, 2015, with the opening of a new art gallery and the Grand Rotunda.
The Grand Rotunda will feature a new mobile comprised of 100 moving pieces, featuring many women in the Hall of Fame and will compliment the Honoree medallions on the Rotunda walls. The top elements of the mobile will be still photographs; video footage of the Honorees will be projected on the bottom elements. The Museum will be able to reprogram the bottom projected elements to create added value for those who book the Grand Rotunda for a special event.
The art gallery will open with a temporary exhibit from painter Terri Kelly Moyers, which will include cowgirls, western landscapes, and Hispanic women depicting the western lifestyle the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame preserves. This exhibit will run May 29 – Nov. 8, 2015.
“The unveiling of the mobile in the Grand Rotunda as well as the new art gallery mark an important day in our Museum’s past, present, and future. It is the beginning of our enhanced ability to tell the inspiring stories of the women of the West,” said Patricia Riley, Executive Director, National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. “Terri Kelly Moyers’ exhibit will be a highly anticipated show that shouldn’t be missed.”
Renovation of the first floor began late 2014 with three international firms. Projectiles, an architectural firm based in Paris, France; Goppion, museum display case designers based in Milan, Italy; and Electrosonic, an international audio-visual design and engineering company based in Burbank, Calif. Local contractors, Linbeck Group, Bennett Benner Partners, and The Projects Group are also on the project along with local artist, Janice Hart, who is creating a life-size statue of Annie Oakley that will display Oakley’s gun in the Wild West Gallery set to open mid-summer 2015.
To keep up with the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame renovation process, visit www.cowgirl.net, and follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NCMHOF, Twitter at www.twitter.com/cowgirlmuseum, Instagram www.instagram.com/cowgirlmuseum, Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/cowgirlmuseum, and YouTube at: www.youtube.com/user/cowgirlmuseum.
About the Projectiles
Projectiles is a young architecture firm located in Paris France, made up of two architects and an interior designer. They emphasize practices that stand alongside fields of art and architecture. They interplay between these disciplines, allowing them to probe the codes underlying their profession and to achieve the ultimate goals of their activity.
The firm has worked on projects at The Center of The Arts and Culture of Lebanon in Beirut, Lebanon, and The National Museum of Nancy, France. Most notably, they were principles on The Gallery of History of “Chateau de Versailles,” in France in 2013, and the “Jean-Paul Gaultier” exhibition seen worldwide including Dallas, Madrid, and London.
The firm’s accolades include the 2006 New Album of Young Architects from the Ministry of Culture; 2nd place in the International Design & Communication Awards of New York for the Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibition; and special mention for design of the French Pavilion in 2014.
About Goppion
Goppion S.p.A. designs, develops and builds display cases and museum installations. Goppion’s adventure began in 1952 in Milan after World War II as a small glass-making workshop. Founder Nino Goppion, an engineer, had various clients, including Ferrero for whom he made thousands of display cases for bars and shops. Business was booming and the company went from creating single display cases to manufacturing entire installations for shops and then making a name for itself as a pioneer in exhibition design.
Today, the company is a partner that works alongside curators and exhibit designers to resolve all museum exhibition issues with dedicated engineering solutions that have come about thanks to our experience collaborating with some of the most famous architects and museums throughout the world. New and prestigious projects keep the company busy on all continents while collaborations with some of the most important museums in the world – the Louvre, the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston – have led to more continuous relationships. The display case created for the Mona Lisa in 2005 garnered the company worldwide fame.
About Electrosonic
Electrosonic is a worldwide audio-visual company with extensive experience in designing, project managing, engineering and supporting AV systems and products. Founded in 1964, the company has always been among the first to apply new technology to create tailored, state-of-the-art solutions that meet the challenges of the professional AV market. With 50 years of experience working on complex projects, both large and small and in multiple geographic territories, Electrosonic has developed a reputation that is unsurpassed in the industry. Many of Electrosonic’s projects have been recognized with key industry and sector awards. Electrosonic aims to develop lasting relationships by working in partnership with their customers and suppliers and all others involved in the project.
About Linbeck
Linbeck is a Texas-based, construction management company offering Construction Management at-Risk, Design/Build, Integrated Project Delivery and related construction services. Since the firm’s inception in 1938, the company culture is based on integrity and trust. Using its integrated, collaborative TeamBuild® approach and Lean Construction, Linbeck helps clients minimize risk and waste with construction practices that achieve optimal business outcomes.
Two industry-leading publications, Engineering News Record (ENR) and Building Design & Construction, rank Linbeck among the top construction managers and building contractors in the US. Linbeck operates offices in Houston, Fort Worth, and San Antonio, Texas with projects throughout the US. Since 1989, Linbeck has won 14 AGC Build America Awards and was awarded the Grand Award for the 2010 top construction project, Dallas’s Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House. (www.linbeck.com)
About Bennett Benner Partners
Bennett Benner Partners is an architecture and planning firm focused on thoughtful, meaningful design solutions through collaboration and personal service. The firm provides sustainable architecture, urban design and planning, interior design and landscape architecture services. Bennett Benner Partners has been based in Fort Worth for nearly 60 years.
About The Projects Group
Established in 2002 by a group of seasoned design and construction professionals, The Projects Group offers comprehensive program and project management services to companies, non-profit organizations and institutional entities needing to augment their Client/Design Team. Our hallmark is the proven ability to manage unique, architecturally significant and highly technical projects such as museums, performance halls, higher education facilities, LEED construction, and other culturally significant projects.
About the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame
The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame honors and celebrates women, past and present, whose lives exemplify the courage, resilience, and independence that helped shape the American West, and fosters an appreciation of the ideals and spirit of self-reliance they inspire. The Hall of Fame’s purpose is twofold: to preserve the history and impact of western women living from the mid-1800s to present day, and to foster an appreciation for their ideals and spirit of self-reliance. These women are the legacy of legends — artists and writers, champions and competitive performers, entertainers, ranchers (stewards of land and livestock), trailblazers and pioneers. The Museum is considered an invaluable national educational resource for its exhibits, research library, rare photograph collection, and award-winning distance-learning programs for grades K-12 and adults.
Located at 1720 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, the Cowgirl is open Monday (Memorial Day to Labor Day) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $8 for children ages 3 to 12 and senior citizens (60+) and $10 for adults (ages 13+). For more information, please visit www.cowgirl.net or call 817-476-FAME (3263).
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