Show art A teacher's Arts and Qafts also offered him a I position Ibday he continues actively I at both institutions Teaching is a very important aspect of Williams' artistic career he said He eqjoys the challenge of helping young people develop their own umaie voice he continued Williams' piniing are most often based on the human figure NEH curator of education De Ann Lester said Often however it is buried so deeply under transparent layers of pattern that one must search for the figurative element she continued Often the paintings are lane in scale and sometimes they are sculptural Lester continued The paintings are so intense so “overloaded" with pattern movement and rhythm that one may find looking at a room foil of them a mental exertion Lester said In order to better understand his own work Williams began writing poetry that accompanies — ""— the ng kinetic energy of language enables the artist to mentally delve into deeper levels of the creative act he said These poems will be displayed at USU beside the art The museum is open Tuesday Thursday and Fridays 10:30 am to 4:30 pm Wednesdays 10:30 am to 8 pm and weekends 2--3 pjn The museum is closed Mondays and holidays All exhibits at the museum are fine and open to the 5 public For information call (435) By USU Metis natations Who Hear My VciccT The Ait of Ranklin Williams is the title for an exhibition of paintings and poetry by a Utah native on display at Utah State University's Non Bodes Harrison (NEH) Museum of Art Williams a California artist working in the San Francisco Bay area was born and raised in Ogden Williams' work will be on display at the museum 650 North 1 1 East Logan Nov 8 through Jan 11 1998 A gala opening is at 7 pm Saturday Nov 8 The event and the exhibit are both free and the public is invited Music for the evening will be provided by a jazz quartet In 1960 at the age of 20 Williams left Utah to study art at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1964 and a master’s in 1966 The explosive political and social scene in the 1960s especially in Berkeley where the artist lived was made visible in die art produced during that same era in California Bay area artists experimented with new materials methods and ideologies A myriad of new and often shocking styles developed leading critics to create new “isms” to describe pop art minimalism abstract id funk ait the artist said his 1966 graduation Williams wu offered a teaching position at the San Francisco Art Institute In 1969 the California College of L-- 797-016- Quilters dream but bring your Visa The nation’s hugest quilt show devoted entirely to charity the biannual Holiday Quill Show and Auction will be held Nov 14 at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City More than 70 handcrafted quilts produced by over 1000 volunteer quilters over a two-yeperiod will be auctioned Quins usually sell for several thousand dollars with an all-tirecord of $20000 The quilts will be on display Nov 8-“Once again this year the quilts to be auctioned are works of art in every sense of the term” said Cheryl Doty chair of the Holiday Quilt Show and Auction Board Doty noted that among dm quilts included in this year’s event are several of a sesquicentennial theme An example is a quilt titled “Come Come ar 14 v Cache : Vriley Bank is qwnsoriag "A Sesqufcen- - v tennlal Celebration” art exhibition featuring works of art from dm Winbotg family Including : Larry Winbotg Meady Lou Winbotg and Jeremy Winborg An opening reception with a special reading of pioneer stories by noted author and historian Susan Arrington Madsen is from 7-pm Wednesday Nov 12 at dm newly renovated bankY 101 N Main in Logan "V The reception will also offer guests a chance to ' visit with the artists eqjoy pioneer music and delicious foods ' : Father Larry's images are striking views of many in the valley's pioneer heritage Expect to ' see wagons bonnets and vast prairie plains But not to be left out others in this talented fondly will view their works Daughter Meady Lou will highlight her work with flower gardens classic fables and landscapes while son Jeremy will exhibit seascapes sports and landscapes 10 '-' Yr: ' YeSunts” a Victorian Log Cabin is the name of antique quilt pieced from pro- - 1900s fobne From a local view the Chimney Sweep Album Quilts a glorious quilt donated by Cache Valley's Needles ft Friends lne pattern for the Album Block yvas copied from a photograph in an antique quilt book and adapted by Isobpll Roskelley lb enhance the quift's authenticity fabrics were care-foll- y researched Tim Album Blocks were machine pieced for members of Needles ft Friends in Smithsonian 1850s reproduction fobrics The top wu masierfolly hand quilted by Diucy DamstedL Quilts like theu wB be auctioned at the annual Hottday Quft 8how LDS HoapitaL Three ohhem were made here In Cache Valley Grandmother’s Flower Garden is a traditional pattern masterfully hand pieced in muslin and assarted 1930 to 1940 vintage fabrics Originally purchased by Beckie Olsen an unfinished object while on a trip beck east this quilt had 2 12 rows of blocks set together with numerous other blocks pieced but not finished Beckie donated it to the Festival of the American West where it was auctioned and subsequently purchased by Millie Olm-stea project for the South Cache Quilt Guild After the quilt had been pieced Rena Murray hand quilted this work of heart It wu bound then entered in the Home and Garden Show in Salt Lake City where it won Tint u ad u fund-rais- er division Millie an award-winnluihei dreamed of the perfect projec hr this year's auction Her wall hang ing Stardust wu the result of her tuest Composed of four sashed feathered stars Stardust wu adapted from a Marsha McOoskey pattern published in a Quillen Newsletter Magazine Millie hand pieced her leathered stars in a variety of dreamy muted pastels then added a cheerful tarder print with apples and cherries The auction includes a 7 pm dinne rickets are $60 The quills will be or tisplay at Little America from Nover November 14 ter 8 through mid-da- y Admission u $2 in |