Show Prize Pictures Selected I ville Show Ends SPRINGVILLE Two E-Two Two paintings Trees by John E E. Costigan and Snowbound by Miss Marguerite Pearson were unveiled as as' prize pictures res of the fifteenth an annual ual n national ti Ial high school art exhibit at exercises in the art gallery Thursday afternoon The program program marked the the cI close se of the art s show ow which opened h here rc March 27 The he prize C canvases now become a part of i the c high schools school's permanent art collection composed of some paintings painting anti ana ana p pieces of sculpture work Is Unique Study Trees purchased by th the senior high school department is isa a a unique study In various ar ous shades of brown Upon close examination one one sees sees hillocks of paint rising and falling like some raised raised topographical map with channels and grooves darting here and there In apparent wild confusion At a distance however th the thc corrugations corrugations cor cor- ons blend Into smooth construction construction con con- n and these heaped pigments achieve a s' shimmering surface which I Is particularly effective The can canvas canvas can can- nn vas has been beena a R. favorite among mong art critics and patrons visiting the gal gal- lery Iery Mr Costigan Costigan's Wood Infer Interior In In- fer tenor exhibited d at the Hie high school last lut year was a purchased at nt the close of the 1935 exhibit by BrIg BrIg- h hani hant in Young university Pr Provo vo- vo and andis is hanging in the H Heber ber J. J Jj Grant li Ii- Ii 1 Snowbound the ju juni junior i r high school prize picture is so 80 filled with th that t mysterious something art critics call atmosphere that lime ne al almost almost almost al al- most feels the warmth fr from m the fireplace In contrast to the sense of cold and isolation displayed in Inthe the deep snow and the hanging Icicles Jcsse se seen seen n through the window In the soft folds of the dress worn by the figure In the Uie picture and in the sheer curtains at the window one recognizes Miss Pearsons Pearson's remarkable ble gift for tor pain painting ling textures In the subtle shades of color one feels her rare color s sense nse Miss Grace Holley Hoi Icy eleventh grade student and Miss Katherine Mendenhall Men- Men eighth grade winners of the senior and junior popularity contest conducted b by the school the past several months to raise funds forthe for tor forthe the theart art pr project unveiled the senior and junior prize selections Pr Professor fessor Harrison R R. Merrill of th the tho BrIgham Young university Provo Was vas as the principal speaker at att t tho G closing art exercises He emphasized emphasized emphasized em em- the value of art to the in individual individual in- in and community Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary J. J F. F Wingate of the Art association association asso asso- elation was in charge of ot the pro pro- gram Essay Essny Winner Miss Deon Caffall Cattail twelfth grade student took first place in the senior high school essay contest conducted during the art exhibit on My Favorite Picture She was awarded a a. small painting by Gustave Gustavo Gus Gus- tave tavo Wiegand Her subject was The rh Lace Maker of ot Bruges by Jane ane Freeman Miss Fern Simkins with her essay on Vincentia by Iby John Hubbard Rich was awarded first place in the junior high school department essay contest She was awarded a painting by Wayne Johnson Johnson John John- son high school art supervisor Presentations were made by Mrs M Mae e Huntingdon on and Miss Floss Harmer The winners were Selected selected se selected se- se from more than essays written by students in the school on various pictures shown in tho art exhibit Music during the afternoon was furnished d by Misses Genevieve and anc Virginia Bird Mapleton and Elden Mackley Mackiey Members of ot the Nebo school district district district dis dis- board Superintendent Ow Owen n L. L Barnett Utah county commissioners commis Ma A. A Anderson Ander Ander- Mayor or George Georg Anderson son an and members of oC the city council council coun court cil attended the exercises as special guests The program marked the close dose of oC one of ot the most successful art shows shows shows' in the history ot of of the school declare art committee members From a standpoint of ot quantity and ana qu quality the exhibit was o Ing ng Included In the he estimated 2 25 people who ho visited the art galery gallery gal gal- lery ery during the month of April were notable citizens ns artists art arl critics and patrons from all an parts of the coun country countr try |