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Show Page 10 Park City After Three Days, The Verdict Is After three intensive days and nights of judging, a seven-member seven-member committee selected 169 artists from a field of 420 to exhibit in the 10th Annual Park City Arts Festival August 4th and 5th. Among the artists and craftsmen crafts-men representing 15 states will be 12 Park City exhibitors, including: in-cluding: Dana Arenskov, displaying wood and glass, John Arenskov, clay; Lynn Dluhos, fiber; Dick Doty, jewelry; David Fernandez, clay; Clifford Funk, glass; Chris Geer, wood and glass; Edith Roberson, painting; Holly Rom, fiber; Patricia Smith, painting and printmaking; Judy Summer, metal and jewelry; and Patrick McDowell, photography. Festival director, Tina Lewis, commented Monday that this year represents the largest field of applicants and 169 actual exhibitors represents the smallest festival to date. "The juring was very tough," Mrs. Lewis commented. "There is, of course, no perfect way to judge the applicants, but we feel it was done the fairest way possible." The director noted that the seven-member jury, selected bv the Arts Festival Executive Committee, remained anonymous through the judging. Each applicant ap-plicant submitted five color slides of his work, which were separated into categories. Each category was viewed as a whole by the committee, with the artists remaining anonymous to the jury. "It's so difficult to judge because you can't hold a piece of pottery to feel its texture, or you can't look at the stitching on a piece of cloth," Mrs. Lewis commented. com-mented. "But it would be impossible im-possible to look at a physical sample of each person's work. And within the limitations of the slides, I feel the jurying was done as fairly as possible." The director said each member of the jury was hand-selected by the Arts Festival Executive Committee, and each juror is experienced ex-perienced in at least one category of acceptable art. "The overall quality of the work presented was excellent," Mrs. Lewis said. "There was no ouota The jurors looked at the slides and whatever came out the other end was the final answer." Mrs. Lewis said arts festivals are very important to many ar- Eight Is Not Enough The ceramist said he spent most of impersonal. We spend the rnL yfars .In California whole day talking to people, which preparing for arts festivals but you have to do if youare looking now is satisfied with exhibiting in at maybe selling $10,000 to $12,000 aLe forked that the Salt worth of art in one weekend '' Lake Festival is only three years Looking over the shelves lined old, and attracts mostly local par-with lighting fixtures tickine apsssr wsfncaebit fhe SSSS? ffSfc yea? SSSW$ 1 nTvrsarv iS? hl,nt6nth an" Da5e or T sit down at wheel SinS 7nH o?f b,ecom.et very and throw it, which is like sketch-popular sketch-popular and attracts artists and ing," John said "Then I keer sAdnshowinhe es changing it several economy is going to be a factor in PaTntfrlFnf??C?.meut0 An examPle is an art veau Z i ; ,f'0mouItotate John desk lamp that will be a new m Lh?,Ift!lfJrvard desig" w display this weekend. The SJfn3' k . The iginal lightshades were oraise ft?t Snfhi-ngobu.t revamP and redesigned into fffv PnmJES1 ff.st,vais ln Park slender globes with hardware that S talilSS?Vl,g thC yariety ao it to sit on a desk or be hung 'feta In affin the K from tne cei,in8 as a chandelier. 8 that ' in ?he , m rmTned ,,We're Iooking forward to doing S bSSrtiSn? fe1188 We ! With those desk ,amPs- a r!r 2 ! $ ,m - shP1,fters well as chandeliers since they go Or Crowds SPnrimo manac r u. .. . 5" smaCLin: z't'TT ' t . . . 1 we" wun me anque decor of a ot smashing into the street. Also he of ParJc City homes " hacrtuui iun.l.. i i i- V"-J' "Vines. iian,.tlirguuiujr iwu uca cnecKs. un aaiuraay, he and at least ti IVUJl three other people will man the wain aireei Dootn and begin the two-day marathon of incessant conversations with interested buyers. "Some people sit in their booths all day and don't have much to :.u ." John noted. "But that's kind With the likes of John Arenskov putting a lot of light on the subject, sub-ject, this year's Park City Arts Festival promises to be quite an event. There will be thousands oi art buyers anxious to pick the best of the litter, transforming the usually quiet Main Street into a kaleidascope of sounds, colors, andfragrawes tists, because they can represent the largest income producer each year. While sitting in her office, no less than five telephone calls were answered from anxious artists ar-tists all over the country not able to wait for the written notice of acceptance or rejection. The calls had been pouring in all day. Among the artists selected are 96 exhibitors from Utah. The rest hail from Oklahoma, New York, Texas, California. Idaho, Washingtion, D.C., Arizona, Colorado. Wyoming, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, Mississippi and New Mexico. They will be displaying objects d" art in thirteen thir-teen categories, including wood, fiber, glass, printmaking, painting, paint-ing, drawing, clay, metal, leather, photography, jewelry, collageassemblage, and "other", a catch all category for objects that don't fit under the other titles. "The largest category this year will be painting, with 44 artists," Mrs. Lewis said. "And we have a variety of new and different exhibitors like a bootmaker from Orem, Utah." The annual event also will feature a special children's festival in City Park and live performances per-formances at the top and base of Main Street. The Kimball Art Center, this year's festival sponsor, spon-sor, is planning a week of festival workshops and performances preceeding the traditional exhibitor days on Saturday and Sunday. "The festival, which has come to symbolize the uniqueness of Park City more than any other single event, is known for its special chemistry of sights and sounds against a background of restored storefronts and alpine peaks." Mrs. Lewis remarked. "This year we plan to create a special celebration for the festival's loth anniversary and want to recognize with ap preciation all ol the people in the arts festival's past who cared to deeply about its success and the future of Park Citv." Performance Schedule The Park City Arts Festival will present over 20 musicians, singers, dancers and mimists on three Main Street stages this year. The performances will be held between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on three stages located in the empty lot next to the Park Record office on Main Street, the plaza at the Kimball Art Center, and the deck of the Japanese Peasant restaurant at the corner of Main Street and Heber A venue. Saturda. ll:W)a.m. Art Center Univeristy of Utah Folkdancers Main St. Stage Horst Fiedell and the Bavarians Corner Deck Free 12:00 noon Art Center Don Gomes, folksinger-guitarist Main St. stage Sunday 11:00 a.m. Art Center Easy Winners Dixie-Land-Band Main St. Stage Mainstream : jazz quintet Corner Deck Free 12:00 noon Art Center Salt Lake Chamber Winds, classical Main St. Stage Kat & Mick James, country, folk, originals Jordan River Uptown Band.Country Corner Deck Free 1:00 p.m. Art Center Maggie Beers and Paul Peterson: folk- singers Main St. Stage B.B. Lee & Marty: flute, guitar, vocals Corner Deck Free 2:0(1 n.m. r ri tenter Corner Deck Free l:00p.m. Art Center Andrea : folk guitarist Main St. Stage Karen Gibbs, Julie Mark, Margie Rylatt and Friends: country, folk, rock Corner Deck Free 2:00 p.m. Art tenter m?LLIrHaUpefflYallah'Am' BeI,y and Aziz and Troupe Yallah-Am: Belly and mia-eastern dance mid-eastern dance Main St. Stage Alias Band, progressive country Corner Deck Free 1:00 p.m. Art Center Gregg Goldston-Mime Artist Main St. Stage Sweet Adelines Bountiful Cha nfpr Barbershop Corner Deck ' ' , , La Santaella Spanish Dance 4:00 p.m. Art Center Gregg Goldston & Dave Lopez, folksingers Main St. Stage John Paulson Quartette, jazz Corner Deck Free 5:00 p.m. Art Center Marsha Grey & Scott Garrfnpr fnik ountry, originals ' Main St. Stage Stan Smith Memorial Band, folk, country. orner Deck Free Main St. Stage Steve Bethers, Jim Sowards & Friends Corner Deck . Free 3:00p.m. Art Center Gregg Goldston : Mime Artist Main Stl Stage. . ' Stan Smith Memorial Band: folk, country, jazz, blues Corner Deck University of Utah Folkdancers 4:00 p.m. Ait Center Gr.g Goldston & Dave Lopez: folksingers Mail: St. Stage Kat & Mick James: country, folk, originals Corner Deck Free 5:00 p.m. Art Center TomDistad. folksinger. quitarist ' Main Street Siige Alias Band: pnressive country Corner Deck Free |