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Show MadeinUtah Seasonal show at Springville Museum of Art displays Beehive State's artistic excellence Cody Clark said that Hafen, while studying art in France, had been intrigued by the Salon (someannual Spring Salon times called the Paris Salon), which opened an annual exhibition of the best the public on Sunday work by French artists. at the Springville Museum of Haf en's idea was popular Art, is known for showcasing from the start. "It took off like work by Utah artists, and this gangbusters," Swanson said. year's show got more interest Visitors numbering in the tens than ever before: Artists from of thousands strolled through across the state submitted the Spring Salon at the peak of its national notoriety and the 1,102 works of art. Visitors to the museum can see the cream pieces purchased during that of that harvest 253 works era with funds raised by were selected for exhibition local students became the foundation of the museum's through July 5. The Beehive State, however, permanent collection. wasn't always a point of emEventually, the Spring Salon phasis for the show. Museum began to feel its age. In part director Vern Swanson said because the original organizers that the Spring Salon, after were no longer around to help having a local focus during its it continue to flourish, Swanfirst two years in existence, son said, and in part because of was a national event for sevchanging trends in American eral decades. "People from all art, the show gradually drew over the United States sent smaller and smaller crowds. paintings here," Swanson said. After a while, he said, "The faThe Spring Salon started mous artists in America were all Modernists." up in 1922 as the brainchild of artist Virgil 0. Hafen (son The show's focus narrowed, of Springville Museum of Art Swanson said, until, at the founder John Hafen). Swanson beginning of his tenure as DAILY HERALD The If you go Spring Salon When: Daily through July 5 except Mondays and holidays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 6 p.m. on Sunday 3-- Where: Springville Museum of Art, 126 E. 400 South, Springville Cost: Free Info: www.smofa.org, (801)489-272- 7 director in 1981, "it was basically Modernists talking to Modernists." Swanson opened the show up again, encouraging entries representing a range of styles, and the Spring Salon started to grow in popularity once more. It remained a national show for several years, he said, until the cost of transporting and insuring art, as well as the difficulty of attracting the nation's top artists, caused the museum so SHE can WOMEN building a better quality life FOCUS: HER FINANCIAL FITNESS i I 85th Annual Guest Speaker Dr. K. Fred Skousen Former Dean of the Marriott school of Management and the BYU School of Accountancy FREE Workshop for Women Saturday May 16 Session 1 9 AM to 11AM Session 2 1PM to 3PM n - I . '" l it Springville Museum of Art Aaron Brent Halter's "Shelter," which won a Director's Award at the Springville Museum of Art's 2009 Spring Salon. to revive the original Utah-onl- y format. The 2009 Spring Salon was juried by Tom Alder of Williams Fine Art Gallery and Jeff Lambson, a curator at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art. The Spring e Salon awards one prize, two second-plac- e prizes and three third-plac- e prizes, first-plac- with three additional director's prizes. First place this year was claimed by Salt Lake City painter Wendy Chidester for "Dalton on Red," a depiction of an old Dalton cash register on an antique table. "I try to bring new life to old objects and evoke memories of days past in each painting," she said. v Contact Quiatia loow Thanksgiving Point Amber Room iili9T GiAuwA6omGTC (above the dinosaur museum) to reserve your seat go to soshecan.com 4 Daily Herald, Thursday, April 30, 2009 JU TTQU Mftosnnt OKJIt! Grow ROCK), LIT V p MusvcScVkx |
