Educate. Enlighten. Edify. Enjoy! - Longview Museum of Fine Arts

NIKI’S NOTE
We have had an extraordinary summer this year!
With over 30 classes offered for our Summer Art Camp, we kept things lively for
almost 3 months. Due to the enthusiasm from our students, we will be offering
monthly workshops at LMFA. Please check our website www.LMFA.org for
more details! The 2008-2009 Student Board has already met and we are underway
for an incredible Spooky Art Show. Please mark your calendars for Saturday,
October 25 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The entire museum will be covered in art
from our local students as well as a few special guests. We will also have a Pumpkin
Patch for our smaller guests and our Haunted Hall titled “Area 51 1/2” for the
brave. Don't forget to visit the Gregg County Haunted Historical Museum the same
afternoon. Be ready for an eerie afternoon!
Until Next Time,
Niki Blaske
Guild President
Art Ed. Director
SPECIAL THANKS
Special Thanks to all the teachers from this year’s Summer Art Series: Jeff Hull, Jan Statman,
Adrienne Brabham, Erin Lambers, Debbie Cannatella, Gwen Springerly, CeCe Bode,
Lorrie Thomas, Tammie Dubose, Howard “Bud” Dunn, Carolyn Jagers and John Wrather
Thanks to the anonymous donor of commercial air time on cable channel 31. Please watch for
upcoming 15 second ads to promote our exhibits and events! Thank you for keeping the museum in
the forefront, and helping us out with advertising!
We want to thank Betty Golding for ten years of service as a volunteer.
Thanks to John Wrather for the shelves he added to our butler’s pantry closet.
SAVE THE DATE!
Join us for a
ROCKIN'
New Year's Eve party!
Wednesday,
December 31, 2008
8:00 P.M. – 1:00 A.M.
Tickets: $100
Greenlees
Note: Some of you may remember Kristina Greenlees. She volunteered and worked at the museum
Greenlees Children’s Fund
in 2000 with the children's clay classes, then later as Jena Crim's assistant. She was a delightfully
sweet person and a wonderful wife and mother. Her husband, Tom, found her in their Austin home,
where she apparently died of a brain aneurysm. Their new baby, Charlotte, was named by her
brother, Austin, after our own Charlotte Wrather. Two days later, Tom took his own life.
It is with great sadness that we let you know of the deaths of Kristina (Finley)
Greenlees on September 10, 2008 and her husband Tom Greenlees on September
12, 2008. They leave three children, Austin, age 7, Ginny, age 3, and Charlotte,
age 5 months. Kristina was the daughter of Rob and Sandy Finley of Urbana, IL,
and Tom was the son of Hub Greenlees of New Braunfels, TX and Susan Carter,
of Tyler, Texas. Kris and Tom were in the process of moving from Tyler to Austin,
Texas when these tragic events took place. In addition to her parents, Kristina is
survived by her sister, Jessica, and Jessica's husband Matthew Thompson and
daughters Graciella and Marisol, and her grandmother, Irene Finley.
Kristina was born on July 5, 1973, in Columbia, S.C. She graduated from Bowie
H.S. in Austin and attended the University of Texas, changing her major from
journalism to nursing, and finally to what she really loved-art. She married Tom
on December 20, 1996, in a beautiful ceremony on a very windy, rainy day. She
worked for a time at the Longview Museum of Art as an outreach educator,
working with 5th grade students to create clay masks. After Austin was born, she
became a stay-at-home mother. She will be remembered for the wonderful stories
she told about the children in her almost daily phone calls to her parents. She
truly brought joy to all of those who knew her and was caring beyond measure.
We are taking care of the kids in their Austin home with the help and love of
family and friends. A fund has been established for the support of the children.
Donations may be mailed to Greenlees Children's Fund, Bank of America, 911
W. 38th St., Austin, TX 78705. Checks should be payable to Robert Finley with
Greenlees Children's Fund 586011411144 in the memo line.
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Rob and Sandy Finley
finley@isgs.illinois.edu