Artist Jim Rice
Institute of Texan Cultures presents exhibit on LaSalle in Texas
(Feb. 26, 2003)--An upcoming exhibit at UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) will take everyone back to the childhood game "Where's Waldo?"
Relive the fun with your children and view two different versions of a life-sized painting March 4-July 1 at the ITC in the exhibit "LaSalle Lands in Texas: What's Wrong With That Picture?" Visitors will be able to search for 33 historical errors in one painting and check their answers against the corrected painting.
The work of artist Jim Rice is featured in the exhibit about Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle, who led the first French explorations into what is now Texas.
Rice and special "historical guests" from LaSalle's expedition, such as tribunal minister Comte de Pontchartrain and voyage historian Henri Joutel, will appear in costumes of the era from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. March 16, at the ITC. Rice is author and illustrator of more than 29 children's books, which he will be available to sign at the March 16 event.
One of three University of Texas at San Antonio campuses, the ITC is an educational center focusing on Texas history and cultures. Admission fees are: $5, adults; $2, children (3-12 years); $3, seniors (65 years or older); $3, military personnel with ID; and free to members, UTSA students and employees, and children 2 years and under.
For more information, call (210) 458-2330 or visit the Institute
of Texan Cultures Web site.
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