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Show &r 4ay. April 28, IW THE DAILY HERALD, Proo, I uh Page Dt John Hafen paintings to be displayed at BYU museum C) By CHARLENE WINTERS BYU Pubhc Cornmunications C) adds. The baby in the painting is Anna Larson. Hafen's grandJohn Hafen's early 20th century daughter. n artworks illustrating the a For the words, "Yet Mormon hymn "O My secret something whispered. Father" will be exhibited in the 1 Home Study Center at Brigham You're a stranger here, and felt I had wandered from a more that Young University's Museum of exalted sphere." Hafen painted an Art through May 25. Admission is free. Museum oil in 1908 that places a young woman (his daughter Lezetta) in hours are Monday through Saturan aspen grove. In this autumn day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a blanket of fallen leaves scene, extended hours Monday and the ground, and a covers Thursday until 9 p.m. beyond the borders of The works, two watercolors and the viewer from the painting-pu- lls six oils, show Hafen's visual interand into another into one sphere pretation of the eternal plan of salthat wooded landscape. vation for The Church of Jesus To the stanza. "I had learned to Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. The art call Thee Father, thro' Thy spirit w as based on the poetry of Elia R. from on high, but until the key of Snow. was restored. I knew The first illustration, an oil on knowledge not why." Hafen completed an oil paper painted in 1908. uses the in 1909 that shows the immortal lines "O My Father. Thou that Moroni who stands slightly dwellest in the high and glorious angel above the ground with his hand place. When shall regain Thy raised. presence, and again behold Thv To capture the idea of a heavenfacer Hafen provided a 1908 mother. Hafen depicts a young man this ly monochromatic watercolor of a son Virgil was the model) kneeling mother w ho encircles a daughter in in praver. His lone figure against a the comfort of her arms and rests cold, bleak landscape emphasizes her head on that of her daughter. It the man's desire to return to a the lines. "In the complemented heavenly realm of peace, safety heav'ns are parents single1 No. the and love. makes reason stare. Truth thought As someone who continually is reason: truth eternal tells me struggled to make a living. Hafen I've a mother there." knew what it meant to be alone in The poem continues with an impersonal world, according to "When I leave this frail existence. BYU curator Dawn Pheysey. When I lay this mortal by. Father. "Forced by economic circumMother, may I meet you in your stances to be away from his family royal courts on high?" Hafen for prolonged periods of time, he depicted waning hours in a 909 oil too felt an intense longing for on paper w here the w aning hours of home, to be reunited with his wife life are emphasized by a sunset. and children." Phevsey says. The final painting, a 1909 An oil on paper created in 1909 watercolor. supports the lines. relies on the lines "In Thy holy "Then, at length, when I've comhabitation, did my spirit once pleted all you sent me forth to do. reside; in my first primeval childwith your mutual approbation let hood, was I nurtured near Thv me come and dwell with you." side.1" Hafen used sienna tones to suggest Hafen chose an earthly father another realm into which this and his daughter to represent a weary traveler has journeyed. An celestial family relationship. The aged man is welcomed through an d girl, who must soon leave the open gate that leads to a lather's presence and his kind and mansion. gentle tutoring, holds his hand in Hafen died on the verge of both of hers as they pause along a financial success June 3. I910. path in a lush green setting. He within a year after completing the selected his daughter Rachel and illustrations. his friend George Anderson as "It has long been a common models. practice to promulgate religious Another oil on paper from 1908 beliefs through the visual arts." uses an angelic image of a young Pheysey says. "This means of repchild sitting on the grass with her resentation was revitalized by earSaint artists who finger in her mouth to illustrate ly Latter-da- y these words: "For a wise and glori-ou- s painted scenes from Church histopurpose Thou hast placed me ry and emphasized gospel tenets as here on earth, and withheld the testimonials of their faith. John recollection of my former friends Hafen combined art and illustra and birth." tion in a powerful fusion of vision "The painting speaks of a and spirit to fortify the gospel prinbaby's total inmvence." Pheysey ciples he espoused." well-know- oft-tim- es R G a 0 W V- A u .w - vj v.. ) ? n. . w X M .11 ki 9 path-exten- x 'I 4, O &3 1 Photo courtesy of Car Cantl con brio will perform it spring concert series during the first two weeks of May. The first will be at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square and the second in the BYU Museum of con b"0 Art. The name of the group means "sing with enthusiasm." Vocal group to perform concert series 1 Under the direction of Ron Staheli. Canti con brio performs its spring concert series. The concert on Wednesday. May 8 at the The spring concert features works of American composers setting classic American poetry. Randall Thompson's Frvstiuna features settings of seven Robert Frost poems; American Song by John Leavitt sets the poetry of Stephen Assembly Hall on Temple Square. Salt Lake City, begins at 7:30 p.m. On Friday. May 10. the concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the Brigham Young University Museum of An. Tickets for the Museum of Art performance are now available at the museum's membershipinformation desk. Ticket prices are $5 for the general public and $4 for seniors and students. Museum sealing is limited. For more information about the museum performance, No tickets are required for the call Assembly Hall. brio has been received enthusiastically by capacity audiences. This choir brings together friends who desire to uplift and inspire each other and audiences through the committed rehearsal and performance of the finest choral music. Canti con brio means and the choir does "sing with exuberance" just that. Canti con brio is comprised of alumni from BYU Singers and the former A Cappella and Oratorio Choirs as well as other talented choral musicians from the community. Totaling 66 members, singers come from Salt Lake and Utah valleys to meet once a week for and Rosemary Vincent Benet. Carl Sandburg, e.e. cummings and Walt Whitman; James Quitman Mulholland sets Sara Teasdale's Life Has Loveliness to Sell: and in Rene Clausen's Communion, text from George MacDonald's Diary of An Old Soul is featured. Also being performed is John Corigliano's Invitation to the and choral works of Felix Voyage Mendelssohn. From its first concert in 1994. Canti con 378-ART- S. rehearsals. Utah Arts Council is requesting project proposals A Utah Arts Council committee requesting proposals from qualified regional artists to produce specific art works for two Utah public building projects. A sculpture will be commissioned for the main plaa entrance to the Sevier Valley Applied Technology Center, currently under construction in Richfield. This is an opportunity for a large contemporary sculptural form that integrates the 2 st Century wish the traditional and dynamic purposes of this building. The integration of these two elements (satellite or mixed is 1 media material) should reflect the dignity of the technology and convention center atmosphere, lighting the main entrance at night. The budget for this project is$30.(XX) including design, footings, materials, fabrication, installation and lighting elements. The deadline for artist proposals is June 7. The committee has designated three site opportunities for the Scott M. Matheson Courthouse under construction in downtown Salt Lake City. The sites include: a plaa entrance sculpture; a series of 12 water color depicting the environment and life in Utah; and a large mural for the Supreme Court Chambers. Budgets for these sites range from SI 00.000 to $48,000. For specific information about these sites and their artistic requirements, contact I Percent for Art coordinator David Holz at (801)533-403the deadline for artist proposals is May 31. The I Percent for Art committee reserves the right to select an artist or artists to create a final solution to the spaces available, which also might include redirecting the sites available, relocating and scaling artists proposals to accommodate (he facility. Artists with the appropriate background for these projects are invited to request guidelines and submit proposals by the deadlines listed above to the Utah Arts Council. I Percent for Art Program. 617 E. South Temple. Salt Lake Citv. Utah 84102. Please note which project you are interested in. Inquiries regarding these opportunities can be directed to Percent for Art coordinator Hoi at 9. multi-spire- I (801)533-403- 9. 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