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Show 8 ROCKY MOUNTAIN REVIEW, June 3, 1965 PIONEER CRAFT HOUSE Buildings Are Old, Thinking New Win .HU NOV PLAYING mrujn Rta NITS ON ONE PROGRAM WEEPING OVER THE GREAT AND CONFEDERATE A few years ago Granite High School threw away some chairs. 4 if, tossed them because schools in this day and age are modern, efficient and well They equipped The chairs will provoke memories in anyone over 35, because they used to be the standard seat for every school library. They were round and the backs had a peculiar curve somewhere between Victorian and mauve style of the 1920's They were old, but they were sturdy, and sittable. Mrs Arthur J. Beeley rescued the chairs, they are now put to good use in the jewelry and lapidary room of Pioneer Craft House, across the street from Granite High School. The chairs at Craft House are old, so are the buildings Nobody cares much because the thinking is new, and if started out the equipment at Craft old the students being House work on it and with it until it seems to grow a charm and sturdiness and utility, and yes even a newness of its own. DIRECTOR OF PIONEER CRAFT HOUSE is Mrs. Arthur J. Beeley, herself a consumate craftsman in weaving, pottery and rug making. Someday Mrs. Beeley, who runs Craft House, would like to have a shining new building filled with brand new tables, chairs, kilns, sewing machines and potters wheels. But the Ingenuity with which old ones are used helps to develop in Craft House students habits v of resourcefulness and ecoWhich is the real purpose of Craft House, Mrs. Beeley works with what she " L nomy. permanent institution, with its own headquarters has, and does better with it than most pedple would with vast budgets at their disposal It's The result is a remarkable a cooperative of instance effort between a number of organizations, community both public and private. The Salt Lake County Rec- -' reation department pays the bill for the headquarters, since Craft House is the year craft center for the round The Granite School county. District pays for the utilities and maintenance, plus cooperating in numerous other ways Classes for university credit are offered by Brigham Young University of University, Utah, Utah State University and Westnrnster College. Private individuals make contributions, which are deductible, as do businesses. not important what they make here, but what it does to them says Mrs who has directed Beeley, Craft House with a firm hand but gentle smile since its inception on the fourth floor Auerbachs of department store in 1947. And if the first purpose of the people involved with Craft House is to Instill habits of honesty, good manners and responsibility into the people who come there, the second goal Is developing the importance of craft and craftmanship in Utah. About 2000 people come every month to participate and learn about 27 fields. Most of them work with their hands and through their hands with thelt hearts ind minds, because of skilled professional direction But she relies on the skills of others to carry out most of the actual instruction, people like Roy Garrison, who teaches pottery, and couldn't without it teach potters wheels, which are expensive .. ...so he made 16 o) them from and last year the scratch, potters at Craft House, which came in all sizes and ages, made over 3000 pots. carried on center itself including a craft-mobi- le to nursing homes and therapy programs at the state prison and Holy Cross Hospital There is only one kind of segregation that of age Economic background is of no concern, not even physical potential, since handicapped people are in the same class but they with others are given special guidance and attention . Craft House started out as a centennial project at Auerbachs in 1947, under Mrs. Beeley's guidance. activities are away from the additional taught at Craft Subjects House include; Sculpture, Interior decoration, jewelry, gardening and flower arranging, sports equipment, wood needle carving. printing, Several people saw the potential good it could accomplish and urged Mrs. Beeley to make it a 0 craft, silk screen, leather, cemosaics, design, ramics, painting, lamp shades, pottery, metal work, weaving, enameling and glass, rug hooking, basketry, puppetry, photolapidary, drawing, graphy and plastics ''- . - r J r ,mnL- - '- . . - z L. v'.TTV .. MUTvMMT - . V,. craft gets i w - ' 4 DEVlS! ''CTUBtSP-'-- BajorDandee Is HIIs Honm Tour Sawing CiidlMJ. Comp&ny A glimpse into the world of sewing was the order of the day recently for the East Mill Club. Creek Zig-Za- g Members and their mothers toured the Singer Sewing Machine Company in the Cotton- D, 4-- H A wood Mall. - Pj SHIT ScriM, tl LOOK FINED X PMAV1SJ0N H4kSY ess Aii-Ptlsllff- i COLOR ........ JUUXN WU Hh b P'oOuced llSHt Cwim i Dm.I PtCf'iWrWM j w.. PLUS RidO'S PUT-M-O THEM ALL! '01 I r V I AMLR'CAN 'Vf KNAHONAt VINCENT PRICt w,h r The practical workout here, the attractive building and grounds were made that way by Craft House students. GARDENING as a a Dining Hoorn and Banquet Facilities Success Can Bt yours ot Any Ago h aPBX Switchboard RECEPTIONIST fine dining Dinner 1 Business Courses include SHORTHAND AND TYPE o Day or Evening Classes o Low Tuition Good Saluiles Placement Assistance Short Training Period No Age Barrier Student Loans Available Write for FREE BULLETIN HE SILT UKE - T ues. thru Sat 6-1- or Call Sunday Supper 4-9,p.- SWITCKEOkRD I PEX) KECEPTIOKISI 111412 Felt BiiUni SCHOOL p.m. 0 INSTRUCTOR Roy Garrison made the 16 potters wheels at Craft House, here he looks over the work of Scott Bowen, while Phillip Letson, right, and Drew Coates spin away. POTTERY ill it. Kii in. 7' ' . in, line food Ptcnt 355 7507 s.. 9 a.m. Phone 278-435- 1 Wasalch Illvd. at 39 111 Sou til A REAL LEGITIMATE with the BEST SALE BUYS IN TOWN ! ACRYLICS 815 11EI1ISB C30SS7 SPK1NS IS IH TDW H02E I tit TO ClUH-lIP- , FIX-U- P, AND YARD. 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Each student will be extensively trained in throwing and glazing techniques. Classes will be taught 2 nights a week for 4 weeks. Tuition will be $25. plus $5 clay fee. Eoch student will b provided with a potters wheel, glaze materials and firing facilities. For Information call Kenvin Meyers Lyman at i.f SIX n f J" fT V ' " " - SIDE LIKE S JE rfrttbLtS A jl-I- . 277-931- . SEST CAPTA'N - 1 p.m. |