PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 2004
HOPI KATSINAS at the SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MUSEUM

Installation of the San Bernardino County Museum’s newest exhibit, “Native American Traditions: Hopi Katsinas,” is scheduled to be nearly completed on Thursday morning, April 8. The Katsinas (“kachina dolls”) will be in place, but their protective plexi-glass covers will not be installed until that afternoon. Thus, Thursday morning between 9 a.m. and about 11:30 a.m. will be an ideal time for photographers to shoot unobstructed views of these remarkable and colorful objects.

Please contact Jennifer Reynolds, media specialist, at (909) 798-5048 or Kamelyta Plimley, marketing assistant, at (909) 798-9829, to let us know if you plan to send a photographer. Interviews with the exhibit curator, Adella Schroth, can also be arranged with advance notice.

“Native American Traditions: Hopi Katsinas” opens to the public on Saturday, April 17 and continues through September 12, 2004. The exhibit will be installed in the museum’s Fisk Gallery.

The San Bernardino County Museum is at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands. Parking is free.