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Show The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, February 4-7, 2017 Beatlebrox says book was a labor of love Alice Merrill Horne biography available at library exhibit By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The “Early Utah Masterpieces” exhibit at the Park City Library has a Summit County connection. When members of the public visit the exhibit they will receive a free catalog, “Early Utah Masterpieces: Alice Art Collection,” while supplies last. Included in a pocket in back of the catalog is a children’s book titled “Alice Merrill Horne: 18681948,” written by Summit Country resident Lola Beatlebrox and illustrated by Park City resident Anita Crane. Both books were published in 2007, said Beatlebrox. “The Utah Arts Council received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to create a beautiful catalog, but they wanted me to put together lesson plans for elementary, middle and high school students,” said Beatlebrox, who is an instructional designer. “The lesson plan would cover the painters that were included in the ‘Early Utah Masterpieces’ traveling exhibit that was launching at that time.” As Beatlebrox researched for the lesson plan, she discovered how important Horne was to the Utah arts community. Horne established the Alice Art Collection, which is now known as the Utah Arts Council. “I thought a biography for children would be perfect as an interactive way to teach about her and about the paintings,” she said. So, Beatlebrox contacted painter Anita Crane to illustrate the book. “Anita and I would meet regularly to talk about what each panel or page would look like and how she would illustrate the text I had written,” Beatlebrox said. “The book took six months and was a real labor of love. We had a blast writing it.” When children and their parents read the book and look at the pictures, they will notice various representations of works from the Alice Art Collection. “We did that on purpose,” Beatlebrox said. “These illustrations would be references back to the catalog.” As Beatlebrox dug deeper in her research, she found more interesting tidbits about Horne. “One of the most amazing things was that Salt Lake and Park City, during the mining and coal-burning days, had terrible air, like today,” Beatlebrox said. “One day, Alice had enough and took a smokeless coal-burning stove to This Is the Place monument and took and baked bread as a protest and promotion to get people to use smokeless coal. “Now, I don’t know what smokeless coal was, but it must have been better for burning than what other people were using then,” she said. Horne was also the first woman legislator in Utah. “That was important, too, because she pioneered womanhood C-5 Puzzle answers P O T T E D T C B Y S A Y J A M I L E E W A Y A U R O R A Y V E S E R S T N O B H R E E O O L B R O E A M S T A F B A R R I X D E T E I T E S F A U A C K L F A R E M O W I N R E A R I M L O I B E E A L S T T A C G R A O Y T O O N O B L O E X T V S P O T O A K E N O M A R E P S P A R S N S E E W E N S E K S E E S N N T T E M I D O N E S E N E R T S L B A R O O S E B A N D S E R Y T R E O I W U N K G I V D A L F I T Y O N R I F F A C A S A Y L O G G F E N S E L I T A K S T E S A D A L V I E E S U E M Y T R O E L C E H I R I F S I T E I N A D N S E R I C F E R N I T S F I N E A C T E L A M A Z B E O F I A D O A N L T I M K I E N D S I G D R E A B U E D U C E S R E S E N T V E N T E R O S E N G D I O G H E R S Scott Iwasaki/park record The children’s book “Alice Merrill Horne 1868-1948,” which will be distributed for free during the Park City Library’s exhibit of “Early Utah Masterpieces: Alice Art Collection,” was written by Summit Country resident Lola Beatlebrox and illustrated by Park City resident Anita Crane. as being part of the government,” Beatlebrox said. While she was a legislator, Horne promoted her love for art. “She always said, ‘Let everyone have at least one beautiful painting in their house,’” Beatlebrox said. Horne came up with the idea to use some of Utah’s tax money to purchase beautiful paintings by Utah artists and display them in public places. So Horne drew up a bill and it was passed into law in 1899 and essentially created the Utah Art Institute, which is now the Utah Arts Council, Beatlebrox said. Beatlebrox was excited to see the “Early Utah Masterpieces” exhibit was being hung at the Park City Library. “I’m not saying this because I was involved with this exhibit, but it’s the [Utah Department of Arts & Museum’s] premiere traveling exhibit,” she said. “We are really lucky to have it showing in the Park City Library’s new environment.” Continued From C-1 Library welcomes exhibit “These pieces include landscapes and portraits.” The exhibit is made possible through a partnership the library has with the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. The partnership ensures an opportunity to promote, exhibit and experience the distinct and vital role visual artists played in Utah’s history. “The works are part of the Alice Art Collection,” Mapp said. The Alice Art Collection was named in honor of Alice Merrill Horne, the woman who helped create the United State’s first state arts agency, which is now known as the Utah Arts Council, in 1899. The exhibit is located throughout the Park City Library with paintings located on the first floor, the second floor and the reading room. “We installed some art rail to hang some of the works on the first floor to draw visitors to the art,” Mapp said. “While we didn’t have a lot of room to display the art there, we were able to put up three and a plaque that will let people know the other works are upstairs, where the main part of the exhibit is mounted.” In addition to the exhibit, the library will give away copies of the Utah Arts Council’s book, “Early Utah Masterpieces,” which is about the exhibit. Included in the book’s back pocket is a children’s book titled Tanzi Propst/park record The Park City Library magazine rack, located in the second floor reading room, is highlighted by giclees of paintings by Utah Artists. The works are part of the “Early Utah Masterpieces,” a traveling exhibit. “Alice Merrill Horne: 18681948,” written by Lola Beatlebrox and illustrated by Anita Crane, both Summit County residents (See accompanying story). “Patrons can come get the books while supplies last,” Mapp said. “Early Utah Masterpieces” is the second library exhibit within the past year made possible by the Park City Library’s partnership with the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. The other, “Utah Watercolor Society,” exhibited last fall. “We [also] had a similar exhibition I think six years ago,” Mapp said. “Then we took a hiatus with our remodel. So, it’s great to have the partnership back.” Exposing the public to art is easy for a library to do. “The exhibitions we present here are free to the public and this is great because we have people visit all the time, whether they are coming and going from meetings or checking out the new James Patterson book,” Mapp said. “The art gives them another experience to help them appreciate something different.” Mapp said these types of exhibits also give local artists a chance to show their works. “We also are happy to be another venue for them to do that,” she said. “In fact, in March, we will open a form, which is essentially a call for artists entries, for art that will be displayed in the library.” Mapp said she would like to encourage artists to fill out the form that will be up through April 1. “We will review the applications as a committee that will include [Community Engagement] Librarian Becca Lael, myself and a representative from the Park City Public Art Advisory Board,” Mapp said. “We’re excited to get that going because we have so much space upstairs that we are hoping that we can show more than one artist.” The application will be open to visual artists who work in the NEWLY EXPANDED SPUR OPEN SPUR NEW HOURS 10am-1am EVERYDAY Live Music Nightly Serving Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Drinks Come Check out the Two New Bars and Year Round Patio 435.615.1618 • 352 Main St. Park City two-dimensional realm. “Unfortunately, we don’t have facilities to exhibit three-dimensional art, yet,” Mapp said. 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