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Show Thursday, April 3. 2008 S P R I N G V I L L E HERALD 11 Popular American artist impressed with Springville Art Museum American artist Wayne Thiebaud (pronounced "TEE-bo") endeared audience audi-ence members as he talked about his art works on Saturday Sat-urday at the opening of his exhibition "Wayne Thiebaud: Thie-baud: 70 Years of Painting." Paint-ing." The exhibit will be at the Springville Museum of Art through Jury 27. , Dr. Campbell Gray, who was the moderator for Conversation Con-versation With the Artist event that drew' hundreds to the museum, said, "From Thiebaud's first one-person show in New York City in 1962, his still-life paintings of food rapidly established his reputation as an artist." Thiebaud is most famous for his paintings of bakery confections - cakes, pies and other edibles. Gray, who is the art director direc-tor at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art, emphasized the importance of the Thiebaud show coming com-ing to Utah. Thiebaud thanked everyone ev-eryone for coming and for making his show in Springville Spring-ville possible. He was espe ff-k 4 i . s v Sage Creek student's in Mr. Daybell's fifth grade class reviewed the sequencing process, which is part of the fifth grade literature core concepts, by creating an Easter egg hunt for their reading buddies in Mrs. Sleighf s second grade class. The clues were written by the fifth grade students in a sequential order for the their buddies. Second grade students found the eggs by following the clues in order to get to some fun treats at the end of the hunt Everyone involved had fun while learning. ...v..: ......j, cially impressed with the All-State High School Show at the museum, which he viewed. He is concerned about the arts being taken out of elementary schools and said, "Education is only half the person. The arts are the other half. From cave painters to today, the whole history of art is what we are - in all our differences." differ-ences." When asked what advice he would give art teachers, he said, "Deal with fundamentals funda-mentals and force students to put pressure on themselves them-selves to be better than they are. Make it possible for students to become self educated." He said that all children love to draw. It is when they begin to make judgements judge-ments about themselves, their drawings, that they then need help to go on. "They don't have to be an artist to enjoy drawing," he said. He indicated that all he is is a collection of all the influences he has had. "Being "Be-ing influenced is the way : r . - j I j 1 x we become original I was fortunate that I grew up in America. It is what I am and is responsible for what I have been able to do." The exhibit in Springville features 84 oil paintings and drawings including some of his pastry paintings, paint-ings, as well as some of his more recent work which includes cityscapes and beach scenes. Thiebaud is considered a pop-art painter paint-er as is Andy WarhoL Thiebaud said he progressed pro-gressed to various subjects in his work. "Some artists stick to one thing. I didn't want to get bored doing something I already knew how to do." When asked what he does when he can't think of anything to do, he said, "I will try to recreate a painting paint-ing by someone else. It is a way to become connected with others." Thiebaud's advice was to "Do something you love and know and feel strongly strong-ly about and then do your best." To quote Picasso, Thiebaud said, "I have nev- .'?T-. v Hit? s'MtiH t f iwini ui t er seen a painting I didn't like. Nicole Romney, curator of art for the show, said that, "Thiebaud is probably the biggest artist we have had here at the museum. We are very excited to have his exhibit." The Thiebaud exhibition exhibi-tion was made possible by major sponsors, Wasatch Advisors, Zion's Bank and Nestle USA-Food' Division. The museum also thanks Diane and Sam Stewart and the Thomas A. and Lucille Lu-cille B. Home Foundation for their generous donations, dona-tions, and the support of Springville City. ; Those who worked with the museum on the show include Colleen Casey, Aldo Valdez and Bink Gal-braith Gal-braith of LeBaron's Fine Art; Gerald Peters and Peter Pe-ter Riess of Gerald Peters Gallery and Dr. Campbell Gray of BYU. The museum also thanks Governor Jon Huntsman for his acknowledgment acknowl-edgment of Thiebaud's work, and Namifiers and Signs By Tomorrow for signage. 1 1 " j ' Y The new Miss SpiingvilleMapleton 2008, Hannah Wright, posed with her attendants at the conclusion of the pageant Saturday. They are, 1st Attendant Catherine Leavy, right, and 2nd Attendant Jessica Hudgins, left Photo by Mard Harris. ISP "t U f f if. if 3 Popular American artist Wayne Thiebaud was at the Springville Museum of Art Saturday for the opening of his exhibit "Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting." Organizers of the event Saturday and the exhibition exhi-bition included Traci A. Fieldsted, curator of operations; opera-tions; Jessica R. Weiss, curator cu-rator of education; Nicole G Romney, MA, curator of art; and the staff and volunteers vol-unteers at the museum: Dr. G. Vera Swanson, director; Natalie Petersen, MA, asso f f ! j w r , V . . : t '- I X ! V I . .. I : Xx?y 1 ( - X "" ' .. l X ' m-X:," ciate director; Dr. Virgil E. Jacobsen, assistant director; direc-tor; Dawn C. Jensen, office supervisor; Eva Cameau, financial manager; Doug Strong, facilities manager; Trevor Weight, audiovisual audiovi-sual manager; and all the many SMA assistants, interns, in-terns, docents and volunteers. mx I J J t,.S v |