Students to draw mounted Houston police at Rice Feb. 14

MEDIA ADVISORY

David Ruth
713-348-6327
david@rice.edu

Jeff Falk
713-348-6775
jfalk@rice.edu

Students to draw mounted Houston police at Rice Feb. 14

HOUSTON – (Feb. 12, 2013) – Rice University students in Visual and Dramatic Arts Professor Karin Broker’s Life Drawing class will have the unique opportunity to draw officers and horses of the Houston Police Department Mounted Patrol Feb. 14 in front of the university’s iconic Lovett Hall building.

Who: Fifteen Rice University students in Professor Karin Broker’s Life Drawing course.

What: Drawing two Houston Police Department Mounted Patrol officers and their horses.

When: Thursday, Feb. 14, 1-3 p.m.

Where: Rice University, in front of Lovett Hall, 6100 Main St.

The two horses and their partners are out every day keeping the streets of Houston safe. One of the horses, Ellie Mae Cabot, a Belgian Draft, is the tallest in Houston’s Mounted Patrol, standing 19 hands tall. The other horse, a beautiful gray quarter horse, is sponsored by Brock Wagner, the owner of the Saint Arnold Brewery Company and a Rice alumnus.

Members of the news media who want to cover the drawing session should RSVP to Jeff Falk, associate director of national media relations at Rice, at jfalk@rice.edu or 713-348-6775. For a Rice University map and parking information, visit rice.edu/parking. Media are recommended to enter through entrances 1 or 2 and park in the Founder’s Court Visitors Lot.

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