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Show Thursday, March 27, 2008 S P R I N G V I I I E HERALD 1 ' ir ; f v t' "Dark Candy Apples," a 1983, oil by American pop artist Wayne Thiebaud is part of the exhibit opening Friday at the Springville Museum of Art and running through July 27, Thiebaud Continued from page 1 Lake art collector Diane Stewart and Santa Fe art dealer Gerald Peters to bring the exhibit to Springville. Spring-ville. Thiebaud will be here on Saturday, Mar. 29, when he wiU meet with educators and participate in a Conversation Con-versation With the Artist" regarding the themes and inspiration of his works. The conversation begins at 1 p.m. Call the museum for tickets, 489-2727. An opening open-ing reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. to Which the public is invited. Thiebaud Thie-baud will sign books from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Thiebaud will be recognized recog-nized Saturday at the museum muse-um as one of Utah's "Most Honored Artists." In addition to the delights of the bakery window which made him famous in the 1960s, visitors of this exhibition will have an opportunity op-portunity to view some of Thiebaud's more recent work and some of his lesser-known subjects. , A selection of beach paintings on display for the first time, such as "Nine Beach Figures" (2003-05), allows Thiebaud to explore the playful coloring of sand, sun and water. There are also a number of cityscapes, such as "Ocean City" (2006-07). (2006-07). The bizarre composition composi-tion of this painting shows multiple perspectives and truly gives the impression of city energy. ' ; ." Several figure studies showcase Thiebaud's pro Mapleton is Tree City again! Orpha Dee Johnson For another year, Mapleton has qualified and been recognized from the Arbor Day Foundation as "Tree City USA". Since 1983 the City has fostered an Urban Forestry Program which emphasizes tree planting and care in the Community. Parkway and recreation parks have been improved with careful selection and tree plantings. Successful Arbor Day Programs have been held. A poster contest helped elementary school students learn about, and appreciate, the value of trees in Mapleton. Arbor Day will be celebrated in May. Watch for more information. ' ..6...l rrnr mn 9 am i m '-n-m.H 07 FOREST RIVER WILDW00D T19FDL 0 aim ttmyw exhibit cess as an artist. These works show the varied subject matter and broad development of the artist's career, which has spanned over 70 years. Raised in Long Beach and currently based in Sacramento, Sac-ramento, Thiebaud spent part of his childhood north of St. George, Utah. From 1929-1933 he lived at Thor-ley Thor-ley Ranch, and still speaks of that time with fondness. The happy influence of his childhood years is evident in his bright color palette, as well as in the light and calming tone of his art. With work that is both traditional and modern, Thiebaud fuses together different dif-ferent styles to create paintings paint-ings that are relaxed, yet playful His paintings reference refer-ence and respect other artists, art-ists, styles and media, while still creating a new and one-of-a-kind experience for the viewer. Through this unique style Thiebaud has achieved national artistic acclaim, but still sees himself as a very young 87-year-old and student stu-dent of art who is continually continu-ally learning. As he says, "Painting is a chance to educate yourself forever." The well-studied Thiebaud Thie-baud speaks of his artistic predecessors with light-hearted light-hearted reverence. "The history of art is the history of miracles," he says. Thiebaud cherishes the ability to work within the great tradition of painting, but he is quick to downplay his own contributioa When 1 "Wayne Thiebaud is such an important American painter, and part of Utah's cultural heritage as well. We are excited ex-cited to have his work here, as it will provide a valuable course of study for contemporary Utah painters." Vera Swanson Curator Springville Museum of Art speaking of his process in painting, he says with a laugh, "I am desperately trying to make it look not so bad." , Many of his works transcend tran-scend subject and become studies in texture, form, color col-or or lighting. He describes every painting as a kind of portrait, with all of the various vari-ous features merging together to-gether into a single body. Swanson is pleased to host this exhSbitioa "Wayne Thiebaud is such an important im-portant American painter, and part of Utah's cultural heritage as well We are excited ex-cited to have his work here, as it will provide a valuable course of study for contemporary contem-porary Utah painters," he said. The Springville Museum of Art, Utah's oldest museum muse-um for the visual fine arts, is a key promoter and contributor con-tributor to the arts in Utah. Built in 1937, the beautiful Spanish Moroccan style museum houses an impressive impres-sive collection of 150 years of Utah fine art, twentieth century Russian and Soviet So-viet Socialist Realism and American Realist art. "Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting" is made possible through generous sponsorship by Wasatch Advisors, Zions Bank, Nestle USA Food Division, Sam and Diane Stewart and the Thomas A. and Lucille B. Home Foundation. "See www.smofa.org for more informatioa 5 07 COACHMAN SOA 24TBQ Stove. DVD, Mlcrowave.Sink, fridge, SofaBed, Window Curtains, Cloth Seats, Mr Conditioning. 2 Council votes to Martin Conover SPRiNGVUIE HERALD . Springville City Council, on a vote of three to one, voted to help fund the land purchase for South Utah Valley Municipal Water Association's (SUVMWA) regional sewer plant in Lake Shore. Councilman Dean Olsen was the negative nega-tive vote on the measure. The project has been talked talk-ed about for several years and the plan provided for the purchase of a large tract of land, The council decided to help purchase the land now at today's values rather wait and try to purchase the land in the future. The reason the council gave for voting for the 30 share of the land was to "keep a foot in the door" in case future councils might need to fall back on the proposed pro-posed sewer plant project. However, in the same meeting, the council voted to allow the city to purchase $3.5 million more in water revenue bonds for the new sewer plant and needed upgrades up-grades to the present water system. The new sewer plant has Pacific Horizon CREDIT UNION $1,000-$5,000 $5,000-$50,000 2.00 APY 3.00 APY $50,000-$1 00,000 $1 00000-$250,000 4.75 APY 5.05 APY $250,000 Utah Valley Community Job 10:OOam McKay Center ) f ,Phone:(801)863-8253 help fond SIMM sewer project been designed for future needs that the EPA has designated. des-ignated. The new plant is also designed to do away with the present chlorine method of treating water exiting the plant, and do it with ultra violate radiation, a much better process. In other business Jerrald Hatfield was a approved as the "Plat A" water master mas-ter services person for this year. A public hearing was held to allow outdoor recreation facilities in the business park zone. After the hearing hear-ing the measure passed. The power department was allowed to "surplus" the three electro-motive engines in the south end of the Whitehead Utility Center. Cen-ter. This action will allow the sale of the engines. The engines are usable for power generation, but their heat rate is very high and makes them unsuitable unsuit-able for power generation in today's market. It is the intention of the power company to replace these engines with new or newer engines with lower heat rates, which are now on the market. 5.1 5 APY : mSTO4 7 - 4:00pm Events - l,:- 1 k I . its' 'V....- --jf ! I J . Building connections one job at a time. www.uvjobfair.com UVU 't Jfp . i IS5 PROVO'OREM I)aiHt E-mail: communityjobfairuvsc.edu designed by: "nuiHaxm - The other four larger engines en-gines have much lower heat rates. All of the engines are presently working on natural natu-ral gas for fuel The council also voted to replace the Grindstone Water Wa-ter System after working out an arrangement where in the users would help pay for the project with a water rate increase over the next 10 years. Earlier in the evening the council was shown some facts and figures from the Utah County Department of Substance Abuse in a slide show demonstration. The reports showed Springville High School in comparison with the rest of the county and the state as a whole. Several categories were given. In most of the categories the high school students seem to be getting better with the exception of prescription pre-scription drugs. It was interesting to note that Springville is not the capital of drug use in the county as many are prone to think. However, there is still too much drug use at the school, in the county and in the state. 96 E. Center' SpringviKe www.pacifichorizoncu.com aa Fair RESOURCE SEfiyiOES |