Press Releases
January 18, 2010
Ticket Sales Underway For PTAC Gala
BARTLESVILLE, OK – Reservations are still being accepted for the annual gala at Price Tower Arts Center. The theme for this year’s fundraiser is Starstruck… Lights! Camera! Gala! The event is set for Saturday, January 30th in the Bartlesville Community Center.
The evening will feature live music by the Full Flava Kings, live and silent auctions and a special menu prepared by Chef Tim Inman, owner of Tulsa’s Stonehorse Café.
The main event will begin at 7 p.m. But, there is a VIP reception beginning at 6 p.m. at Copper Bar inside Price Tower Arts Center. Guests will enjoy drinks, hors d'oeuvres and Susan Claassen’s portrayal of Edith Head.
There will also be a Gala VIP Brunch on Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. at Copper Bar inside Price Tower Arts Center. Guests will enjoy a special menu prepared by Leflore Catering. Reservations are required for the brunch. Tickets are $10 for PTAC members and $15 for others.
Honorary Chairpersons for the event are Rand and Patti Berney. Kimberly Doenges is the chair of the 2010 PTAC Gala Committee. Other members include Patti Berney, Tracy Boles, Jessica Butler, Dawnette Brady, Elizabeth 
Gallery, Tracy Harlow, Sheryl Kaufman, Jane Kirkpatrick, Beth Maddux, Theo Silas, Lynda Tippeconnic and Barbara Williams.
The Price Tower Arts Center 2010 Gala Fundraiser is made possible, in part, by C.J. ‘Pete’ and Theo Silas, Barnett Family Foundation, Boles Jewelry, ConocoPhillips, Doenges Toyota Ford Lincoln Mercury, Thomas and Robbie Morris, Joel and Patricia Romines, 66 Federal Credit Union, More Branding and Western Printing.
Gala tickets may be purchased online at wrightplacestore.com or by calling 336-4949. Brunch reservations are available by calling 336-4949.
About Price Tower
The landmark destination for art, architecture and design, Price Tower Arts Center, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit, provides local, regional and global audiences with the experience of great art, architecture and design in an arts complex whose centerpiece is Frank Lloyd Wright's only skyscraper, the Price Tower.
This National Historic Landmark building, completed in 1956, contains a museum with permanent and changing exhibition galleries; original and restored historic Wright interiors (available by tour); and The Wright Place museum store.
Visitors may also experience Wright's masterpiece as guests of Inn at Price Tower, a high-design hotel that the Arts Center has created within Wright's skyscraper, along with the Inn's eclectic Copper Bar.
Historic tours are available with advanced reservations. Admission is $10 adults, $8 seniors (65+), $5 students and children 16 and under and includes admission to the museum exhibitions (tax not included as may be applicable). For more information, the public may call 918.336.4949 or visit the web site at www.pricetower.org.
