Press Release

CITY HALL ART GALLERY
PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate release:
May 10, 2010

Contact: Annette Esterheld
               Arts Specialist
               301-575-5601

Featured Artist for May is Anne Kontoft

May’s City Hall Artist is Anne T. Kontoft She was born in 1918 and lived many years in New York City where she worked in Civil Service. It wasn’t until she and her husband retired to Florida that she started studying painting and she enjoyed this avocation until her recent death at age 91 Although she and her husband traveled, she preferred to paint in Florida. After her husband’s death, Kontoft relocated to Bowie, Maryland, and continued her painting while living with her niece and nephew, Tom and Jacqueline Zmurko.

The City Hall Gallery is located in the hallways of City Hall, 2614 Kenhill Drive, and is open to the public City Hall hours from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Saturdays. Besides the City Hall Gallery, the City of Bowie provides three other galleries at City Hall to showcase the work of local artists. For more information or to find out how to exhibit, call Annette Esterheld, Arts Specialist, at 301-575-5601 or email aesterheld@cityofbowie.org.