lunch and learn: “What is art?”

Hallet Oak Gallery

March 12, 2016 12 PM – 1:00 PM

The Hallet Oak Gallery is pleased to sponsor Yvonne Mikulencak, M.A., M.F.A., as the guest speaker for its “Lunch and Learn” on Saturday, March 12, 2016. Mikulencak will address the importance of art in our lives in her presentation, “What Is Art?” The National Association of Professional Women honored Yvonne as Professional Woman of the Year in 2012. Recognized as a True Renaissance Woman, she is an established portrait artist and retired college art professor, a wildlife rancher, an active member of the Texas Wildlife Association, and a volunteer rescue diver with the Texas A&M Marine Biology Department. Yvonne aided in securing The Flower Gardens and Stetson Bank Coral Reef System as a national marine life preserve in the Texas Gulf. In 1978 she helped create the Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, and in 2007 she was the founding director of the Asperger Women’s Association. She resides in Houston but travels to Lavaca County frequently to spend time on her wildlife ranch.

Registration for the “Lunch and Learn” is 11:00-11:30 AM on Saturday, March 12. The fee of $20 includes a boxed lunch. Persons may preregister by March 10 for $15 for individual tickets or $12 each for two or more tickets. Persons registering after 11:30 are welcome but must bring their own lunch, and the fee is $20. For advanced registration, please leave a message at 361-217-7030 or email venue@halletoakgallery.com. If space allows, persons may register at the door on the day of the event.

About Hallet Oak Gallery

The Hallet Oak Gallery is a non-profit organization and is a Texas historical venue for art, business, education and entertainment, is located in the historic Kahn and Stanzel Building on the square in Hallettsville.  For more information on classes and other events at the Gallery, visit www.halletoakgallery.com or the Hallettsville Chamber of Commerce website at www.hallettsville.com. Cultural Arts events in 2016 are partly funded with help by the City of Hallettsville and supported by Dr. Betty Edwards, and Friends of the Gallery.

For more information visit www.halletoakgallery.com.

-Lois Weiss, contributing Writer for the Arts –