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Show St-ndsy is Vclsntinas Dsy, a day to express cur fesHngs to those wo bvo. fJbry Sdiersrtz of SpringviHs has saved those expressions through tho veers, end she is shown looking over msny of the bssutifd, eid Vcisntinos in her colbctlcn. Teil sonoono you love then Sunday. XT 1 IS . 4 ,! t ... "-"l fx. M : - ' . fe n r - it II - t t 1 4 y .4 - t!, ,-'J - svs. s;:. - V; -:-A "'sA . - ' . :r Volume Ninety-three SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 84663 - February 10, 1988 Price 50T Number Six Attention citizens of Sprinqville 0) pi Tuesday night, February 2, 1988, the Springville City Council would come to council meeting and notified the Board of the Springville World Folkfest that they had decided not to fund $35,000 to the 1988 Folkfest. This decision was made without any vote by the council or was the Folk Festival Board allowed to meet in the meeting where the discussion had taken place, and the decision made not to support the festival. Unfortunately, the board had met several times developing answers requested by the mayor and council at the previous council meeting. One of these requests was that the folkfest folk-fest develop a plan to return the $35,000 to the city that had been requested for festival funding in 1988. The disappointing decision certainly cer-tainly was a blow to a cultural event which would appear to have great merit for the citizens of our community. com-munity. All but one person spoke positively at the council meeting held on January 18; also on February 4. Unsolicited testimony was also heard encouraging the council to make a positive decision. Yet, the council's decision was, "You have a good cause and a good festival, but we can do nothing for you." The ramification is that basically the festival will more than likely not die, but will find itself in some other city like Provo, Orem or Ogden, where city officials are willing to support this great cultural event. Twelve countries have already committed to come to the festival. George Frandsen, one of the festival coordinators, stated that he had a confirmation from the President of Mexico for his support of the Mexican group that is coming to the festival. Frandsen also received a telegram last week from Lev Tutikof, Deputy Minister of Culture in Moscow, Soviet Union, confirming the participation of The Soviet Folk Ensemble to the Springville Folkfest. Folk-fest. This remarkable exchanged started last year when the Rocky Mountain Folk Dancers attended a dance fest in the Soviet Union representing the Springville Folkfest. Folk-fest. This would be the first time that a soviet folkdance group has made an appearance anywhere in the United States. Three other countries are coming out of the Eastern block. All of these countries are certainly in jeopardy because of the uncertainty un-certainty of the festival. The Springville World Folkfest SPRINGVILLE WORLD FOLKFEST I support Springville City to sponsor the Springville World Folkfest. 15D Yes No Do you think Springville City should help fund the fesitval? Yes No Mail to: P.O. Box 306, Springville, Utah 84663 or drop off at the Springville Police Station. YOUR OPINION IS VALUED. Artists invited to exhibit in April Solon The Springville Museum of Art has issued a Call for Entries for their 64th National April Salon scheduled for March 27 - May 15, 1988. The exhibition of representational American art is open to all artists within the United States working in the following mediums: painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture. sculp-ture. Artists may submit up to two pieces of art to the Museum at 126 East 400 South Springville on or before March 12. There is an entry fee of $10 per piece. Artists outside of Utah who wish to have their work juried by slides may mail from one to five slides, along with a $20 fee to the Springville Museum by February 28. Purchases by the Springville Museum will be made curatorally for placement in the Permanent collection. Purchase award monies have generously been made available by the Blaine and Louise Clyde Memorial Fund. Jurors for the show will be J. Simon Taylor, Director of British Paintings and drawings after 1850 for Sotheby's auction house in London, and Sandy L. Havas, Director of the Eccles Community Art Center in Ogden. The April Salon will open with a gala semi-formal art ball on Saturday, March 26 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 per couple, $12.50 single, and may be purchased by calling the Museum at 489-9434. n n feflost? Board is committed to Springville for a number of reasons: 1. It is a small community with strong cultural ties. 2. The City has always been interested in-terested in promoting the arts. 3. Because of its promoting of the arts, the City of Springville is one of two cities in the nation that is being presented to Congress as an example of how a small city can support and be involved in the arts. The example that is being presented to Congress is specifically the World Folkfest (this appears now to be in jeopardy). 4. The high number of volunteers that are willing to give of themselves for the betterment of the citizens. It is hard for the Folkfest Board to feel that the citizens of Springville are not willing to support this festival. It is hard for the board to go out and raise funds to put a festival in Springville, which has received a no-vote of confidence from the city officials. The board has contracted large corporations who have indicated in-dicated a willingness to participate financially. Because of the dilemma we are facing, we are asking this questions : Should we consider the festival to be held in Springville? WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER THE CITIZENS OF SPRINGVILLE ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT THE WORLD FOLK FEST AND YOUR OPINION AS TO WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD SUPPORT IT FINANCIALLY. We have placed a coupon for your issuing your comments and vote and we ask that you mail it to: P.O. Box 306, Springville, Utah 84663 or drop your vote off at the Springville Police Station. We need you input. Please vote your opinion. Pioneer Photographer Elfie Huntington lorly photographs on display The Utah Women's History Association is proud to host the premiere showing of A WOMAN'S VIEW: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ELFIE HUNTINGTON (1868-1949). Sponsored by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities and the Utah Arts Council, this important exhibit will be on display at the Springville Museum of Fine Arts from February 12 - March 10. A public reception is scheduled for Friday, February 12th from 7 to 9 p.m. Lectures will be given at 8 p.m. by photographers Cary Stevens Jones and Rell G. Francis. The exhibit and lectures are free and open to the public. It may be seen during regular Museum hours which are Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., Wednesday evenings until 9 p.m. After the showing at the Springville Museum of Art, the exhibit will be seen at the Atrium Gallery, Salt Lake City Public Library from April 15 - May 17, 1988. For additional information about these showings contact Cary Stevens Jones at the Utah Arts Council, 533-5757. 533-5757. Elfie Huntington, is perhaps one of the most creative women photographers in the Western United States. Born in Springville, Utah in 1868, she recorded the community rituals, parades, pic nics, and sleighriding with her camera. She also recorded the darker sides to the town, drunks collapsed in the street, fights, and preachers warning of impending doom. Her work shows life in Utah, around the turn of the century in a fresh, unique and sometimes shocking way. Huntington lived with a severe hearing impairment throughout her life and found an avenue of communication com-munication through photography. This exhibit is the first time her work has been brought to the public's attention. The exhibit consists of fifty photographs from her original glass plate negatives, a catalogue is available. - . -.. .. ' ' ' f . I V ' I I "it ' V--- "V f fr -.o - ss r'.,M v a . S'?-- - .... S ' " ' 3 u. jl'"'!.'!..!!.'!! in in nii V intltiifrir ir tnu, rut ""iiimf a,iiiiTiif-i Hn 1 '.i. '''' ., '"fi- ' This fun photograph of two Springville residents dressed for Halloween Is early Springville photographer Elfie Huntington and her work. She one of those included in A WOMAN'S VIEW: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF recorded community events such as the one above that showed life in ELFIE HUNTINGTON. This exhibit will open Friday, February 12 at the Utah and Springville at the turn of the century. A lecture will be given Springville Museum of Art with a public reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Hosted Friday evening at 8 p.m. by Cary Stevens Jones and Rell Francis on the by the Utah Women's History Association, this important show focuses on exhibit. The works will hang until March 10. |