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Show 7 Now accepting time and talent TEXT Celeste Tholen Rosenlof PHOTOGRAPHY Andrew Peterson Celebrating community arts and acting as a fundraiser, the Springville Art Museum has held the Art Ball annually for 45 years. The Art Ball, May 14, is pertinent to keeping the museum free to the public. Though the event is ticketed, and the museum is closed to the public, it brings together the community in a different way than the museum typically does. Local artists, restaurants, and other talents volunteer time and products toward the silent auction, catering food for the event, or as live entertainment. This is supposed to be the one evening the community gives back to the museum, but the event committee takes few shortcuts to ensure it is a beautiful and interesting evening. The entertainment included a magician, several artists with their easels strategically placed throughout the museum sketching, live music, and dancing. Eating in a museum is typically a cardinal sin, but at the Art Ball, you can sit next to your favorite painting and eat your mixed green salad from the Chef's Table. Some of their budget goes toward decorations, but the in-house decor is impressive itself. Part of the richness at the Springville Art Museum is its accessibility to the community. Yes, it is free to visit the museum, but they hold many events that are community-based, like the College Night happening June 22. Community education classes for students and families frequently occur. Additionally, the museum develops with the community. Though its showcases have always been strong in Utah and Russian art, curators are trying to bring other kinds of art to its walls, and expose more people to quality and diverse pieces of art. The Springville Art Museum prides itself on exhibiting local works, classic and contemporary. On temporary exhibition in the Utah Galleries Portrait of Donald Sean Diediker College night Springville Art Museum June 22, 7-9 p.m. Art, entertainment and refreshments. theVmagazine 17 |