Show S I A A 4 Left Letter to Midge i illge dge bear Dear Midge I 1 wrote that I t might meet some Interesting person etsOn to tell about this week I did It Il ha hato has hasto hasto to do with a room and the man who works there It happened one day last week A mo most moat t Interesting interesting interesting in In- spot It Il Is a room down in the basement under tinder the Ute assembly room of the Grand County High School As you ou go down the ramp you wonder at tl this s darkish place then bang there I Is a brilliant wall straight ahead Large panels of ot brilliant color I 1 heard later that some call this The Happy Fence As you enter the room and look took lookaround lookaround around you are arc sure that happy things go on on this side of the Happy Fence The room Itself Is dingy dull uninteresting ing but the walls the shelves the tables contain displays display's and exhibits that make the room come alive Varied colorful fascinating This is the art room of the Grand County High School It is under the supervision supervision supervision super super- vision of a quiet spoken but enthusiastic enthusiastic enthusiastic en en- teacher To so many of us art means sitting down and painting a picture but art to this Instructor tor Is 13 creating something lie He knows that the thrill of creating creating creat create ing Is even inore more Important than the result of the creation He tIc uses many mediums for the students students students stu stu- dents to work worl with paints cloth wire burlap clay toothpicks and paper of all kinds lIe He has compiled a n list of over a n hundred things which he has asked the people to save and send to the art room The room in which to has to work and the materials he has to work with are far from adequate adequate adequate ade ade- quate but he Improvises substitutes substitutes substitutes sub sub- and proves to the children children children chil chil- dren that one can do many things with a bit of ingenuity and thought lIe He often has a display in the Grand County Library because few ever venture down to the theart theart theart art room The masks the clay models the mosaics the crayon work did you ever know there are over 50 20 O ways you can use plain wax crayon In art artwork artwork artwork work and all aU the other pictures pictures pic plc- tures and objects are well worth worthan an evenings evening's time to inspect and enjoy Some pupils enjoy working with their hands over and above anything else This class might be the boost they need to find their niches in life life working g with Ith an 1 t aril and en hu I 1 f. f OJ l earth t tb be down In the Art ft r rt ont l very long without catching seme of ot othIs his for tor hi his wot work tk t and ami for tor th the work of ot his pupils pipits B Brides ides his high school hoot classes class class- es I 1 t learned that he devotes some of hi his spare time to helpIng helping help help- Ing the Ute elementary teachers learn how to do all these creative creative creative crea crea- tive things thing so 0 they in turn tum can help their pupils These teachers teach teach- ers em n attend Hent classes and t workshops work work- shops w weekly kly This is over and above his have to work It makes even me who hasn't hasn't has has- nt a spark park of creative ability or an ounce of ot artistic ability to want to try out some of his Ideas Idas So many of ot II us live half halt way Just enough to get by and rarely rarely rarely rare rare- ly go the extra mile to do any any- thing Bob fob Meter Meier is one who does his own duties to the fullest fullest full rull est and the then n looks around to see what else he ht can do to make others enjoy a brighter life lire By now I 1 am thoroughly convinced that creative art ort and creating some thing with our hands can cnn be the solution to many of our current problems Thanks to the Inspiration of this one art teacher PEPITA |