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Show a popular segment of the Fair." Crafts and photography photogra-phy entries will be received on the same times and dates as the Fine Arts exhibits. $3,500 in prizes for fine arts "The Utah State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit (Sept. 8-18) will be a juried show for the second sec-ond year in a row," Fair Director Hugh C. Bringhurst announced. "Because of the increasing number of fine arts exhibitors and the limited limit-ed space to display their work, the juried show is a must," he explained. The jurors will be qualified judges of the fine arts and will decide which entries will be entered in competition. competi-tion. Their decisions will be final. The Utah State Fair offers $3,500 in cash prizes this year to fine arts winners. Two thousand-three hundred is available to entries which win in the following categories: cate-gories: Oil and Acrylic, Wa-tercolor, Wa-tercolor, Graphic andSculp-ture. andSculp-ture. The remaining $1,200 in prize money will go to winning entries in the following fol-lowing categories: Fiber, Clay, Metal, Wood and Glass. In addition to the premium awards, this year's fair features fea-tures a Utah State Fair Purchase Pur-chase Award, with one painting paint-ing chosen as a winner. It will be selected by the judges and will become a part of the permanent State Art Collection. Collec-tion. The exhibitor wiU be given the value price stipulated stipu-lated on his entry blank (said price subject to approval of the Utah State Fair), but not to exceed $800. All fine arts entries must be delivered to the Arts Building at the State Fairgrounds, Fair-grounds, Sept. 2, between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., and Sept. 3, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Bringhurst said, "Crafts and photography exhibits have increased tremendously tremendous-ly in past years and are now |