<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The Commission on Cultural Affairs will meet on Monday, September 10, at 4:15 p.m. in the community room of the Walton Building, 300 S. Providence Road. The meeting agenda can be viewed at:</span>
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<font size="4"><b><span style="color:black"><font face="garamond, serif">Creative Kids Family Fun Fest</font></span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;color:black">Don’t miss this annual event on Wednesday, September 19, 6 to
8 p.m. in Flat Branch Park (Fourth and Cherry and Locust Streets). The event
will feature free </span><span style="font-size:13px">participatory art activities and kid-friendly performances of music, theatre
and dance</span><span style="font-size:13px;color:black">, all free. Local arts groups participating include
Access Arts – School of Service, the Columbia Art League, Mid-Missouri
Woodcarvers, Missouri Contemporary Ballet, and Missouri Symphony Conservatory
Junior Strings. The event is a collaboration of the city’s OCA and Parks and
Recreation Department with financial assistance provided by the Missouri Arts
Council. For more information, email </span><span style="font-size:13px"><a href="mailto:oca@GoColumbiaMo.com">oca@GoColumbiaMo.com</a><span style="color:black"> or call 573-874-6386.</span></span></font><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:blue"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Commemorative Poster Unveiled</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px">Congratulations go to Colette Brumbaugh
whose oil on canvas titled <i>Bike on the
Katy Trail</i></span><i style="font-size:13px"> </i><span style="font-size:13px">has been unveiled as the 2012 Columbia
Commemorative Poster. The work was selected from 147 images submitted by 22
Missouri artists through a jury process. </span><span style="font-size:13px">Brumbaugh, a native Missourian and Columbia
resident, graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute with a Bachelors of Fine
Art in painting and was awarded a full assistantship to the graduate program at
the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. Primarily a plein air painter and
watercolorist, Colette works from the natural beauty of the landscape and
travels frequently to paint and gain inspiration from nature for her work. The
image was inspired by an old homestead on the Missouri River near Easley she
often visits. </span></font><span style="font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The 2012 Columbia
Commemorative Poster can be purchased at Deck the Walls in the Columbia Mall
and at 1305 Grindstone Parkway, or at the city’s OCA, 300 S. Providence Road.</font><font face="Arial Narrow"></font></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify">
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">300 S. Providence Rd.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">PO Box 6015</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Columbia, MO 65205</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<a href="tel:573-874-6386" value="+15738746386" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">573-874-6386</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:oca@gocolumbiamo.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">oca@gocolumbiamo.com</a><div><br></div><br>
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