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Show CALIFORNIA ARTIST IS DELIGHTED Cultural Experiment Has Great Value To State, Says Fernand Lungren ; Urges Public Support of Project. High praise of the Springville Spring-ville art exhibit comes from Fernand Lungren, founder of the famous school of art at Santa Barbara, Calif. Mr. Lungren recently visited the exhibit, and obtained firsthand first-hand information of the I method used to carry on this remarkable re-markable project. In an interview with a Herald reporter, the prominent Pacific Coast artist gave some interesting observations on art in general and the Springville exhibit in particular. particu-lar. - Two Paint trips On Display Mr. Lungren has two paintings on display at the Springville gallery, gal-lery, "The Prospector," and "Sand Dunes," two masterful desert scene.-; whicli have called forth much favorable comment during the exhibit. He 'as accompanied on his trip to Utah by E. F. Parker, Park-er, who was the original of "The Prospector." "It is often said with considerable consider-able truth that1 the onlooker sees more of the game than the player," said Mr. Lungren. "I drove from California for the express purpose of seeing the Springville art exhibit, ex-hibit, and I wonder if the people of this locality and of the state generally realize the tremendous value of this cultural experiment to the state at large. "The Springville art exhibit is doing more to draw people to the staie than almost any activity Utah possesses. "There is an altogether erroneous erron-eous impression that the arts are in the nature of accomplishments, and hav no practical value. As a natter of tact, art is an eminently practical undertaking. "It may come to some as an exaggeration, ex-aggeration, but investigation will iusi.ify the assertion that if there were no art there would be no business. A state of barter, 'instead 'in-stead of the present modern method, meth-od, would exist. The demands created by art and our progressive movement in living built up immense im-mense undertakings and an association asso-ciation of capital to supply these wants. The average man should realize that art, which he unthinkingly unthink-ingly characterizes as useless to him, is a vital part of his daily life. He is unconsciously using - of the community that have gone to make it what it i,3 today. To deny the needed support of this wonderful project would he unthinkable. un-thinkable. "The Springville art exhibit's wants are modest; its value it great!" r, art every day of his existence. "1 speak of the Springville art ! exhibit as an experiment, for no . endeavor can be regarded as estab-, lished unless it is supported in a material manner by those whom it benefits. "I have personally been in contact con-tact wkh civic development in artistic ar-tistic lines for ten years in Santa Barbara, and I know how necessary neces-sary real encouragement is to the life of a community movement of this type. "Not only is the exhibit of high educational value, but its quality stands far above the average, and should bi2 a source of pleasure and pride to every citizen of Utah. As a professional aitist, I frankly confess I would much prefer to exhibit a picture at Springville than at galleries in better known art centers. "There cannot be too much stress laid ' upon art appreciation. This does not infer that the poj sessor must be .engaged in the aits; appreciation rounds out the fullness "of life for the better 'enjoyment 'en-joyment of cultural things with j which one comes in contact. The daily life of the average man or j woman leaves a demand which can , only be supplied by ai t and the i arts which art has produced. Definition of Art "TL'.'M-e are a hundred definitions of j.rt, none of which thoroughly satisfy. My own definition is perhaps per-haps not complete, but is a workable work-able one : 'Any creative endeavor done to the best of one's ability, for the love of it, is art.' Think it over. Every man, woman and child is potentially an artist. "Again I cannot stress too strongly the conviction which my visit to the Springville art exhibit has formed, and I trust that real, substantial assistance will be given the association for the perpetuation perpetua-tion and improvement of the project. pro-ject. The exhibit offers the highest high-est opportunity of usefulness, an asset which can bo capitalized to the advantage of the whole state and is already drawing the attention atten-tion of numerous pfeople In all parts of the country. "Too great praise cannot be given giv-en to the creation of this valuable experiment,' nor to the sacrifices |