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Show niwini 3 r 4sJ0 v Kt ' , s , . v s -- ' ;?:- - - ys s - 4' i fe - ,'" p ,V;.J ' ; ..-- ' ' ? gx., 'vi s fcjf r Museum spotlights uuimuls " The Utah Museum of Fine Arts currently is presenting a new exhibit on animals in art, All Creatures Great and Small. The exhibit examines artistic representations of animals in works-frothe museums collection which span 5,000 years of history. The exhibit will remain up through Nov. 1 at the museum, located on the University of Utah campus. A special day of animal fantasy for people of all ages will be presented Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities will include performances by Childrens Dance Theatre, storytelling, magic, films, music, food, the making of origami t wSly-Sa,s.yyj- Doll series resumes in Provo An eight-inc- h high, brown clay Crying Baby from the Xochipala culture, Guerrero Reg ion, Mexico, is one of works of by art acquired Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Museum marks new decade Continued from Page E--l Salt Lake City is, without any question, THE cultural center. From the very beginning that fact was apparent to me as an outsider coming into the community, Mr. Sanguinetti recalls. Because of their states geographical isolation, Utahns from 1847 have recognized that what cultural resources they have they must create for themselves. It is impossible for most to travel regularly to outside cultural centers and partake of the arts. That fact, Mr. Sanguinetti reasoned, has been the impetus for the creation of the Utah Symphony and Ballet West, and so it should be for the museum. After consultation with people both on an off campus, the director decided that the museum should become a general art museum. Two additional factors contributed to that decision. In the existing collection, which included fine works of 17th and 18th century Europe as well as the Rambova collection of Egyptian antiquities and some Japanese prints, there was a nucleus for such a museum. The director also received assurances that there were individuals in the community with both the financial means and inclination to aid such a project. 1 knew it was going to a take a lot of money, Mr. Sanguinetti recalls. During his tenure about $2.5 million has been spent on acquisitions. The collection as a whole is now valued at more than $6 million. Significant Acquisitions When asked to name the most significant acquisitions of the past decade, Mr. Sanguinetti responded, The kinds of acquisitions that to me are the most meaningful as I look at the principal goal of the museum are in the development of areas in which we had nothing at all, because that has broadened the collection. But, he added, There is no area which existed before to which we have not added works. During the past year the museum has acquired a g selection of works. They were obtained as a commemoration of the first decade in the present building (the actual anniversary occurred in September, 1980) and as a symbol of the museums commitment to the philosophy of a general art museum. Recent Acquisitions Included are Portrait of a Young Man with a Crown of Roses, an oil on panel by Pier Francesco di Classical LandJacopo Foschi (Italian, scape with Figures, oil on canvas by Gaspard Dughet, called Gaspard Poussin (Italian, AUegory of Archeology and Allegory of Law, a pair of oils by Gabriel de St. Aubin (French, - wide-rangin- 1502-1567- ); 1613-1675- ): 1724-1780- ): Piete et Generosite Theater board member des Dames a smaller version of a large oil by Romaines, Nicola Brenet (French, and Anacreon, Sappho and Eros and a Female Dancer, oil on canvas by Etienne de Lavallee, called Lavallee-Poussi-n (French, Additions to the American collection include Lo, the Poor Indian, oil on canvas by William Holbrook Beard American Fork Canyon by John Fery (moved to America from Europe in 1886, died in 1934) and Elipse, 1980, acrylic on canvas by contemporary artist Ilya Bolotowsky. Two additions were made to the collection of art, including Polychrome Vase with Straight Walls, buff clay, painted, (Mayan culture, Guatemala, A.D.) and Crying Baby, brown clay (Xochipala culture, Mexico, ca. 1728-1792- ); 1733-1793- ). (1824-1900- ); 600-90- 0 1600-80- 0 B.C.). Primitive Art Acquisitions of primitive art include Hawk Mask, a wood and pigment work from the Kwakiutl tribe of Northwest Coast Indians ; a mask of wood, pigment, fiber, prickly fruit and lime from the Melanesia culture of the western Pacific and a mask of wood and pigment from the Ogowe River region of Gabon, Africa. A sculpture of Vishnu, the second member of the Hindu trilogy, has been added to the Asian collection. It was created in black chlorite by an artist in the Bihar region of east India during the 11th or 12th century. The past decade has seen not only a growth of the museums collection but an expansion of the building which houses it. The museum moved into its home in the Art and Architecture Center in September, 1970. In 1976 a new wing was added onto the east end of the original structure. The present museum now includes about 30,000 square.feet of floor space. Plans are under way for a second expansion which would add to the north and west. It would give the museum another 8,000 square feet of gallery, curatorial and office space, making it possible to display portions of the collection which must now remain in storage or in circulation away from the museum itself. The addition also would provide an entrance to the museum adjoining the parking area to the southwest. The existing entrance is oriented toward the campus to the north. Thus, the new addition would give the museum an orientation not only to the campus but to the parking area used by visitors. Mr. Sanguinetti hopes for completion of the addition, which has yet to be approved by the university, in about three years. All funding for both planning and construction is coming from private sources. Pappagallo Salt Lake City Special to The Tribune PROVO The lecture series focusing on famous Utah doll artists continues Thursday at the McCurdy Historical Doll Museum, 246 N. 1st East. Phyllis Juhlin Park, a porcelain doll artist from Salt Lake City, will give the lecture at 8 p.m. The public is invited free of charge. Mrs. Parks doll making career began when she was a child watching her father work as a commercial artist and engraver. Following his death when she was 15 years old, she began taking drawing classes and later did illustrations for The She lectured American Pen Women, which she was an active member. One lecture dealt with hobbies and it was through her research on that subject that she discovered doll collecting and doll mak-in- g of were popular hobbies. Her interest in dolls grew and she began making her own, first with appleheads and then with clay, which she later found to be her natural medium for creating the figures. Mrs. Park has been commissioned by various individuals and organizations to make dolls, including a recent commission to make over 500 porcelain figures of Alice in Wonderland to be given as favors at the regional United Federation of Doll Clubs convention to be held in Salt Lake City in May. The artist has also made a complete set of dolls featuring the wives of United States Presidents, which was commissioned by the Vernal Museum. The Thursday lecture is one in a continuing series to be sponsored by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities and the museum. For further Pappagallo Kim year. The UTA is a statewide organization of university, high school, and community theaters whose activities are designed to promote communication, continuity, and quality among the producing organizations in Utah. In addition to sponsoring state drama competitions, seminars and plays, the UTA caps each year with a major festival. The 1982 festival will be held at the University of Utah in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Theatre Association and will include participants from across the Intermountain region. Serving with Mr. Christison are Jarvis Anderson, Utah State University; Neil Johnson, American Fork High School; Karen Whiting, (9 O) (0 aa a And now at Pappagallo in Salt Lake City a simply smashing, chic, scoop pump. A pure classic for the most discriminate leather lover. (0 xw 0 Linda $68 1 BLACK BROWN NAVY 0 75 ore aa a ra (A ra 75 Q West Jordan High School ; Martin Kelly, Weber State; Aden Ross, USU; Marion Bentley, Brigham Young University; R. Scott Phillips, Southern Utah State College, and Tory Tuckness, College of Eastern Utah. t Pappagallo Los Angeles Pappagallo informa- tion concerning upcoming lectures, contact the museum. Special to The Tribune EPHRAIM for the National League of ! Christison, assistant pro-- , lessor of theatre at Snow College, has been named' to the board of directors of the Utah Theatre Association for the 1981-8- 2 Childrens Magazine. mobiles, animal masks, animal balloon tying and scavenger hunts Animal will be on sale, and one will be given away with each new family membership in the museum. Admission will bo free. Animals have been the subject of art from the time man began to draw, engrave and carve The 80 works in the animal exhibit will reveal the changing relationship of man and animal by theme animals hunted, domesticated, in thought and religion, as symbols and signs, in stories and fables, as ornamentation. Museum hours are 10 a m to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Salt Lake Tribune. Sunday, October 4, vitr v " 't"irr -- Paul t it 1981 iPPPJ ff f vrirTrri Nm rtt km lltinr and Jahn Sldnan DAYS OF SUMMER FESTIVAL FINAL SALE . . . 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