WILLIAM KING MUSEUM
CENTER FOR ART AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
P.O. Box 2256  Abingdon, VA 24212
276-628-5005 (phone)  276-628-3922 (fax)
CONTACT: Katie Carrico, Dir. of Public Relations
415 Academy Dr.  Abingdon, VA 24210  kcarrico@wkmuseum.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Upcoming Promotions in The Looking Glass Museum Store
inside William King Museum
Abingdon, Virginia (October 2, 2012) – The Looking Glass Museum Store inside of William King
Museum: Center for Art and Cultural Heritage is excited to announce upcoming promotions and sales.
The Featured Artist of the month for October will be Mary Sue Rumbaugh. Mary Sue has quickly
become one of our best selling artists in the Looking Glass with her one of a kind hair pieces. Creating
unique designs with polymer clay, Mary Sue creates works of art in bobby pins, hair clips, barrettes, and
elastic hair bands. At the price of $10 per item, you can economically own a work of art to display in your
favorite hair style.
For November, the Featured Artist will be Melissa & Doug. Our most popular selling children’s
items come from renowned toy creators and distributors Melissa & Doug. The company began over 24
years ago and produces a number of award-winning toys from their own warehouse. In the Looking Glass
Museum Store, we have a selection of classic and contemporary toys for children of all ages. We have
puzzles and puppets, trains and farm animals – something for every child in your life! Prices range from
$7.99-$24.99.
Carolyn Neal will be the Featured Artist for December. A new addition to the Looking Glass
Museum Store, Carolyn Neal of Tannersville, Virginia, makes beautiful baskets of all colors, shapes and
sizes. Whether you’re looking for a small basket for keys or knick-knacks, a fully-lined flower vase, or a
casserole carrier, Carolyn makes them all. Stained ones, small ones, green ones, tall ones! The
possibilities are endless. Prices range from $8-$32.
In addition to Carolyn, we have also welcomed Angela Rasnake and Veronica Salfi to our group of
consignment artists. Angela is from Piney Flats, TN and makes beautiful pendants out of stamps on a
stained glass background. Veronica is from Abingdon, VA and crafts beautiful jewelry from glass.
The Thursday Facebook Power Sales will continue throughout the fall. We have sales for
everything from Cultural Heritage Product merchandise to gallery guide specials and more! Be sure to
connect with William King Museum on Facebook at www.facebook.com/williamkingmuseum to keep up to
date on these weekly deals!
The seasonal sale for fall will be a Fall Dish Sale. We’ll be offering 40% off on all general
merchandise china, pottery, wine stoppers, and brass serving spoons. For the Winter, we’ll be offering a
last chance sale on all Cultural Heritage merchandise. Prices will be discounted as marked.
For more information about the studio artists at William King Museum, please visit us on the web at
www.WilliamKingMuseum.org or reach us by phone at 276-628-5005.
William King Museum is located at 415 Academy Drive, off West Main Street or Russell Road, in Abingdon. The
Museum features five exhibition galleries, artist studios, a museum store, library and research archive, and an outdoor sculpture
garden. Educational programs in the visual arts are offered year-round for both children and adults, and school audiences are
served by in-house and outreach programs. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the William King Museum is a
partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and a member of the Virginia Association of Museums and is funded in part by the
Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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