April Lunch & Learn – “The Impacts of Filming In Bartlesville” with Maria Swindell Gus.

The Bartlesville Area History Museum is excited to announce our April “Third Thursday Lunch and Learn” event will feature guest speaker, Maria Swindell Gus. Gus is a native of Bartlesville, and has served as executive director of Visit Bartlesville, Bartlesville’s destination marketing organization since November of 2008. Gus has served as the liaison to over 20 film and television shows in the last 15 years and has sat on the OKMPA PR committee (Oklahoma Motion Picture Alliance). She has worked with and partnered with Oklahoma Film partners like the Oklahoma Film and Music Office, Cherokee Nation Film Office, deadCenter Film Festival, and the Tulsa Office of Film, Music, Art and Culture.

Join us as Maria discusses the growing movie industry in Bartlesville, the impacts it has on our community and the filming of Killers of the Flower Moon. Guests are encouraged to bring their own lunch or enjoy light refreshments provided by BAHM.

This event will be held Thursday, April 18^th, from 12:00 p.m. – 1 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to enjoy the museum’s newest exhibit “Our Oily Past” on display from April 1^st through July 1^st. Tables and chairs will be set up for people who bring a lunch, and little ones may enjoy our history of oil coloring station.