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Show Art Gallery Closes Regular Schedule; Summer Visitors Represent 23 States With the approach of the fall season the summer schedule sched-ule of the art gallery is again nearing the close, the regular regu-lar schedule of 5 to 8 p.m. daily except Saturday being concluded September 1. According to Mrs. Mae Huntington Hunt-ington of the high school art committee, who has conducted the summer visits, a total ot 23 states and Hawaii are represented repre-sented on the summer registration registra-tion lists. The visitors also represent rep-resent 53 cities, 13 of which are in Utah and forty others in states from New England to the West Coast. Artists, curators, art critics, collectors, students and teachers teach-ers were included in the visitoi-s many of whom have been invited in-vited to see the art by the Springville motel managers. Mrs. Huntington specifically mentioned Ronald Thorpe, who she said has done a grand job of advertising the Springville art to his motel guests. Many of the visitors had planned their vacation trip to include a visit to the Springville art gallery, Mrs. Huntington said. Others had not heard of it until stopping here overnight. over-night. All have been especially interested in-terested in the origin of the project which they are told is unique in the fact that it is a school program, supported by the school and the community and maintained not for profit but for the cultural and educational educa-tional influence it may have on students and visitors. Many visiting artists praised the conservativeness of the Springville art collection and commented that it would still be of interest a hundred years from now, whereas some of the more modern types would have been forgotten. Another artist said the local collection is the best this side of Cleveland, Ohio, and another commented that the Springville gallery is "Utah's only real art gallery." One of the -gratifying aspects as-pects of conducting the various var-ious groups through the gallery, gal-lery, aside from the comments made, are the friendly letters and notes of appreciation received re-ceived by Mrs. Huntington after af-ter visitors return to their homes, she said. Although the regular summer sum-mer visiting time is over, Mrs. Huntington reported that she would be happy to take anyone or a group through the gallery if they would contact her. |
