JEFFERSON CITY -- Arrow Rock State Historic Site will host an art exhibit featuring work by Anna Mae Besgrove Hodge in September. Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the exhibit will officially open Sept. 5 in the site's visitor center and an open house and reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The reception is open to the public and refreshments will be served. The exhibit will be on display through Nov. 15, 2007.

Hodge, of Kansas City, has focused her interests in art, historic preservation and archaeology since graduating from Central Missouri University in 1944 with degrees in English and art. During all of her endeavors in life, she never stopped painting. This exhibit features her paintings. Hodge has a special interest in American Indian culture, which can be observed in her collection of Indian artifacts exhibited in three houses she restored in Arrow Rock. Her work with the Historic Arrow Rock Council and the Friends of Arrow Rock have helped make this historical community a vibrant center of the arts.

Arrow Rock State Historic Site's visitor center is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily and is located on Highway 41 in Saline County. For more information, contact Arrow Rock State Historic Site at (660) 837-3330 or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources toll free at 1-800-334-6946 (voice) or 1-800-379-2419 (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf). For more information about state parks and historic sites, visit the Web at www.mostateparks.com.

For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of upcoming meetings and events in the state park system, visit the online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/parkssearch.do.