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SCHWENKFELDER LIBRARY & HERITAGE CENTER
105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA 18073
Phone 215-679-3103; Fax 215-679-8175
info@schwenkfelder.com
www.schwenkfelder.com

February 27, 2009

Contact: David W. Luz
215-679-3103, phone
215-679-8175, fax

Student Exhibit to Open March 15, 2009

PENNSBURG, Pa. - The Board of Directors of the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, 105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA, invites the public to the opening of "My Own Fairy Tale: An Exhibit of Student Art and Literature" Sunday, March 15, 2009, 1-5pm. Student readings will begin at 2pm. Refreshments provided.

Area K-12 students were invited to create their own works of art and literature based on fairy tales, folklore, mythology, and the Heritage Center's comparative exhibit "My Own Fairy Tale: Fanciful Art Dolls by Stacy Clark" on display through June 2009. Students from the Red Hill Christian School, Red Hill, Perkiomen School, Pennsburg, as well as homeschoolers and students from other educational institutions across the region are participateing in the exhibit. The exhibit ends May 17, 2009. Questions about the student exhibit can be directed to Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center.

This project was generously supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment of the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in the Montgomery County region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Additional support is provided by PECO. Montgomery County projects are also funded, in part, by an appropriation from Montgomery County.

The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center was founded in 1884 as an informal collection in a private home to assure the preservation of the Schwenkfelders' cultural identity. Today the Heritage Center, a not-for-profit organization, is still preserving, interpreting, and documenting the history of this German Protestant group, along with the history of the Upper Perkiomen Valley. The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; Thursdays 9:00 am to 8:00 pm; Saturdays 10:00 am to 3:00 pm; and Sundays 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The Heritage Center is closed to the public on Mondays. For additional information call 215-679-3103 or visit our website www.schwenkfelder.com. ######

David W. Luz
Executive Director
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
105 Seminary Street
Pennsburg, PA 18073
Tel. 215-679-3103
Fax 215-679-8175
email: info@schwenkfelder.com
www.schwenkfelder.com