12 • Thursday, August 9, 2012
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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
art on the rocks | season eight
Neill Crook and Anne Conway
From left: Tiffany Courtney, Abby Baker and Audra Ernest
Photo special to the Journal
Leslie Treece and Michael Hanson
Rocking the Arts
Warhol Exhibit Sets Theme for Art on the Rocks New Season
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ore than 1,000 guests were at the Birmingham Museum of Art July 20 for the second installment of Art on the Rocks, now in its eighth season. “Warhol and Cars: American Icons,” the museum’s current traveling exhibition, provided the evening’s theme. Guests explored the galleries with an interactive scavenger hunt, where one lucky winner scored a set of fine jewelry from Bromberg’s. photos at A Social Affair provided hors d’oeuvres, including build-your-own tacos, stirfried Asian vegetables with Pacific Rim sauces and fried rice, bite-size chimichangas, Dale’s fiery smoked chicken wings, Southern fried okra, chorizo and caramelized onion pizza with pepper jack and churrasco sauce and popcorn with M&M’s. Museum staff members helped guests create their own Warhol-inspired T-shirts and posters with a screen-printing activity, while other guests struck poses in wigs, glasses, and hats in the photo booth. Scars on 45, a rock band from Great Britain, entertained a crowd on the museum’s Upper Plaza. Junior Patron members enjoyed the event from the VIP tent, which offered complimentary food, beverages and seating. ❖
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Tom and Elizabeth Miles, Hannah Pate, Charles Brammer, Melissa and Matt Taylor
Heather and Allan McClure