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Show UTAH STATE PELSj ... r. .-. ,-. r 4o J 31 Bet W E41U SLT Lni-.l lit, uT r n T' y,' fi Fnrlc and fhp T.nnHmark Hiph Sfhonl. Shnwn ahnvA with cnmp I1 J" . . i Volume Ninety-Seven For the first time, an exhibit of Soviet Socialist Realist art will be on exhibit for three days at the Springville Museum of Art, 125 East 400 South. The exhibit of 35 paintings, owned by Overland Trail Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona and Hadley Company, Minneapolis, Minneapo-lis, Minnesota, will be on display Wed., Jan. 15, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thurs., Jan. 16 and Fri.. Jan. 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Wednesday, there will bt a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. anc an informal panel discussion. The public is invited to attend. Then is no admission charge. The Socialist Realist style dictated by the Soviet government during the height of Soviet Communism, Com-munism, celebrates the achievements achieve-ments of the Communist system, the hard work and warmth of the Soviet people and the beauty of the country. The paintings on display show work done from the 1930's to the early 1980's - a representative cross-section surveying sur-veying the entire history of Socialist So-cialist Realist Art in the Soviet UVDITdd Bryson to speak at Chamber luncheon Kay Bryson, Deputy Attorney and Attorney for Utah County will be the speaker for the Springville Spr-ingville Chamber of Commerce's January luncheon meeting on Jan. 23. The luncheon is at noon at Mt. Springs Restaurant. Bryson was born in Salt Lake and was raised in Hayward, Ca. He is married to Kathy Bryson and they are the parents of six children. He spent four years in the Air Force as a linguist in Mandarin Chinese, and he graduated from Brigham Young University Law School and Western State Univer Nebo schools exhibit at Art Museum An exhibit by Nebo School District senior and junior high schools is now open at the Springville Spr-ingville Museum of Art and will remain until February 2. Art produced by students from Springville, Payson, Spanish Fork and Landmark is on display in the museum's main floor south gallery. gal-lery. There are about 140 pieces showing the progress and variety of work produced by many young artists in the district. "Old favorites from the permanent per-manent collection of American Art" are also on exhibit at the Students in the Nebo School District have their artwork on display at the Springville Museum of Art from now until February 2. Grouped by school, the 140 pieces show a variety of work produced by students in Springville, Payson, Spanish Fork and the Landmark High 1 1 of the work from Springville High are several of the students r 1 of the work from Springville High are several of the students .N I who rrpntpH it. hark from Ipft. Kpvin TnvW. Wira MirkmQnl If X. It? , V I t . who created it, back from left, Kevin Taylor, Jessica Hickman J and Melanie Hanna. Front, Dovie Eagar, Kori Lichfield, Becky ' "i i j!""'. I " - , Ul. mi. . :;S , ' ,""'.' .:!' V : St: ... :-:lS I onH ILfolonio Hanna Fmnt IViviii fanov Vnrl inkflnll Dlr.,. ? . I . ' J ' f i uesi ana iviarcia lonover. Union. "During this time penoa, the artists genuinely believed in Communism. That feeling of optimism is portrayed in these works," noted Vern Swanson, art director of the Springville Museum Muse-um and expert on European and American realist art. Museum quality paintings are from St. Petersburg and Moscow. "I believe," notes Swanson, "that this exhibition will abolish our preconceived notions of what Soviet art was all about. We shall see that it has quality, integrity and meaning to our own lives as well as to those for whom it was painted." The organization responsible for bringing this exhibit to Utah is The Easti Group, a two and one half year old company with offices in Salt Lake and Leningrad. Lenin-grad. The mission of The Easti Group is to bridge the gap between be-tween different cultures through business and cultural exchanges. Jim Debakis, long-time Utah resident as well as founder and president of The Easti Group, sity in San Diego, CA. His experience with four years as justice of the Peace in Payson and two years as a County Justice of Peace plus being employed in the Utah County Attorney's office since 1987 has given him a wealth of information to share. He will be speaking on what the employers rights are in regards re-gards to shoplifters, bad checks, discrimination and possible abuse in the workplace. Please make luncheon reservations reserva-tions by calling the Chamber Office at 489-4681 by January 21. Springville Museum. The main floor west gallery contains 21 works of art which were collected years ago, many from the National Spring Salons. Such favorites as Leon Kroll's "Girls at the Exhibition," "Foothills" "Foot-hills" by Maurice Braun, "Afternoon "After-noon Glow" by John F. Carlson and "Canyon de' Chilly" by Edgar Payne form part of this exhibit. Museum hours: 10-5, Wed.: 10-9, Closed Monday. Tues.-Sat.: Sun.: 2-5. v - ..' . 1 ..i.-att...-. ;-r- ii r t ir i i y - i . . . I . ',7 gr ' K'- i School. Shown ahnvp with cnmp SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 84663 - January 15, 1992 spent many months in Russia selecting the art along with native Russian Alex Dimitriv as translator transla-tor and Swanson. According to Swanson, one special masterpiece will be on display at the museum. The 7 foot by 15 foot canvas was created creat-ed by Rotniski, a 70-year-old artist recently recognized by his government as the "Artist of the Soviet Union." Now, because of recent events in Russia, he cannot claim this lifetime achievement. According to Swanson, in the Soviet Union there were no artists unless they were employed by the state. They received wages, a studio, supplies and summer vacations in the country with other artists. Only 20 percent of the artist's time had to be spent producing art, "unlike in the U.S. where artists most often spend the majority of their time producing art on demand," said Swanson. "This exhibit will be a treat for anyone who loves great painting paint-ing and we're hoping our Utah artists will paint with more gusto Music series time changed A change has been made in the time for the remaining music series Sunday concerts at the Springville Museum of Art. Previously the concerts have been held at 3 p.m. For the remainder of this season all concerts will be held at 5 p.m. to accommodate the various times of church in the area. January's concert will be held on Sunday, January 19, at 5 p.m. at the museum and the public in invited. There is no charge. The concert Sunday will feature fea-ture the Utah Tuba Quartet featuring fea-turing Steve Call, Dan Bachelder, Mike McCawley and Paul Evans. Miss Springville contestants The opening tea for the upcoming up-coming 1992 Miss Springville Pageant will be held Saturday, January 18 at the Art Museum. Special guests will be the reigning Miss Utah and Joy Montoya, Miss Springville. Fifteen young women from Springville and Mapleton will be jontestants this year. They are: Vlalisalee Bird, Jennifer Curtis, Annette Evans, Rebecca Horton, Gwendlyn Lambourne, Michele Miller, Sharee Munn, Sherilyn Olsen, Jenny Oman, Lori Palmer, Deborah Petersen, Christy Preston, Pres-ton, Natalie Stokes, Cheri Winget and Kristea Bailey. I ' t i Vigil f7' . '"5 Im after seeing these works," he added. "I wanted to bring this art to my home in order to share its culture and beauty," Debakis x J 4P v A i w P , ( " ' Jfk' i j L i ::; VP'S'' ' 41?- - '.V; Citizens will want to visit the Springville Musuem of Art today, Thursday and Friday to view the three-day exhibit of Soviet Socialist Realist art. Coming from St. Petersburg and Moscow, the paintings represent art done from the 1930's to the early 1980's in the Soviet Union. Shown above with one of the larger paintings are, from left, Jim Debakis, Alex Dimitriv and Vern Swanson, currator at the art museum. Debakis and Swanson spent some time in Russia selecting the artwork along with Dimitriv who acted as their translator. There will be a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight with a panel discussion by the three men. Museum hours Thursday and Friday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The following assignments were given to city council members mem-bers by the mayor as their main areas of responsibility for the coming year. They include electric department, depart-ment, Glade Creer; water-Sewer department, Grant Palfreyman; streets and roads, Grant Palfreyman; Palfrey-man; parks & cemetery, Gordon Smith; capital improvements, Chris Sorenson; police, fire department de-partment and ambulance, Leon Lee; golf course, Gordon Smith. Mayor pro-tem will be Gordon Smith. Other assignments include: library, Chris Sorensen, recreation, recrea-tion, Gordon Smith; Art City Days, Chris Sorensen; airport, Leon Lee. In their first actions since taking office the first day of the month, Springville's new council-men council-men voted to retain Leland Bowers, Bow-ers, chief of police, Brenda Wall, Price W if said. "It's only been recently that western art critics have realized the value of Soviet Socialist Realist art," he added. a panel of three people re- :ity treasurer, and Richard Manning, Man-ning, city recorder. The city's two holdover coun-cilmen coun-cilmen also voted to retain the above mention city officers. The oath of office was then administered adminis-tered by city judge Bill Duncan. The council also passed a resolution to allow Brenda Wall to continue to live outside the city and hold her office as city treasurer. treas-urer. The council also adopted a new city seal and declared a hand-crank pencil sharpener as surplus property. Ms. Mary Ann Clegg of Barney's Bar-ney's Grill appeared before the council to ask for a license to install billiard tables at her place of business at 196 South Main. After some discussion the council voted to allow her the license. The council then discussed the matter of payment to John Simon-sen Simon-sen for the over-size water lines Number Tli rec sponsible for collecting the art for Ray Johnson of Overland Trail Gallery, will answer questions about it at the reception Wednes- day evening. that he had installed in ordei iu get water to his new subdivision in the high school area. The total the city will pay is $23,346. The council agreed to pay this amount and will take the money for work that had been planned on the airport road. The council then passed a resolution to establish charges on the highline ditch. These charges will provide for the billing according accor-ding to usage and will take into consideration all costs. The motion mo-tion passed unanimously. Councilman Creer reported that Colorado River Storage (CRSP) power rates which had been increased to 22 mills had not been cut to 11 mills because of increased water flow in the Grand Canyon. Martin Conover, Springville Herald Publisher, asked the council coun-cil to consider a reduction in commercial power rates for small businesses. |