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Show ARTISTS OF UTAH ARE NT FAIRLY TREATED They May Not Be Allowed to Enter Their Work at the Seattle Exposition. Utnh nrtists wishing to enter thoir work in tho fine arts exhibit at tho Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in Seattle Se-attle nro being discriminated against, along with tho artists of several other slates, it is alleged, and John K. Hardy, secretary lo Governor Spiy, has sent a wiro to the governor, who is at Seattle selecting a site for Utah's building at tho exposition, to look into tho matter. mat-ter. Tho exposition committee on fine arts, it appears, ha3 made its collection of contemporary artists entirely by invitation, invita-tion, thereby barring mitny other artists who wish to enter tho exhibit. This was first learned here by ,T. Loo Fairbanks, Fair-banks, art supervisor in tho city's public pub-lic schools, who mado inquiry of the exposition fine arts commitleo ns to the rules and regulations uudcr which work might be entered. T11 response to his inquiry ho received the following noto from Alfred Raymond, chairman of the fino arts committee: "Our collection of contemporary artists ar-tists has been mado up by invitation only. Tho collection is about complete, and I do not beliovo that wo will bo ablo lo accopt auy moro pictures, as we already havo as many pictures as wo can possibly hang." hu Fairbanks took the matter up with Secretary Hardy, arfd the telegram tele-gram to Governor Spry followed. Inasmuch Inas-much as Utah is spending several thousand thou-sand dollars to help mako the exposition exposi-tion a success, it is argued that her artisls ought to havo tho right to enter en-ter exhibits if the' so desire. If this concession is not gaincd.il. is possiblo ( that tho stato will establish an exhibit of its own in tho Utah building. |