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Show George Dibble Slated to Give First Lecture on Art Exhibit Program George Dibble, of the University Univer-sity of Utah art department, and Roscoe Grover, former Cedar City art leader, will be the guest speakers at the opening program of the 13th annual Spring Art Exhibit in Cedar City on Sunday Sun-day afternoon, April 12. Mr. Grover will give a discussion discus-sion of paintings exhibited at the annual show and introduce Mr. Dibble as the principal speaker, it is understood.. The University art leader, who has been a popular exhibitor at the annual show for several years, will give a discussion of "how to choose a painting for your home", Mrs. Virginia Larson, program pro-gram chairman, announces. Mrs. Larson, who is being assisted as-sisted in arranging the Sunday afternoon programs by Miss Mary L. Bastow, Hazen Cooley and Dr. Reed VV. Farnsworth, announces an-nounces that on the second Sunday Sun-day of the exhibit, April 19, a panel discussion on community art will be conducted, with Prof. Twain Tippetts as moderator and with Miss Mary L. Bastow, Cal Bates, Gaell Lindstrom and Mrs. Forrest Hunter, participating. Definite commitment has not yet been received, M.-s. Larson reports, but it is the plan of the committee to have Dean Fausctt outstanding Utah artist, appear on the final program, Sundav, Sept. 26. The exhibit will open Sunday, April 12, in the ladies gymnasium gymnas-ium at the Branch Agricultural college, and will continue through April 26. Preliminary showings for local residents will be held on Friday and Saturday nights, April 10 and 11, according accord-ing to Dr. Reed W. Farnsworth, chairman. These showings have been arranged as a means of giving local patrons an opportunity opportu-nity to select paintings for purchase, pur-chase, before the exhibit is opened for institution selections. The emphasis this year, ac-(Continued ac-(Continued on Back Page) ART EXHIBIT (Continued from Page One) cording to Dr. Farnsworth, will be on paintings suitable for the home, and a hearty response to the plan has been given by prominent prom-inent artists from all parts of the United States. Over 200 paintings, all adaptable to home use, and all reasonably priced, will be exhibited, ex-hibited, Dr. Farnsworth states. Paintings have been arriving for some time, and a display committee com-mittee composed of Jordan L. Larsen, chairman; Reed Cox, Dee Wilcken, Elmer Cox, Dale Tin-gey, Tin-gey, and Richard Gillies, has been busy the past two weeks making arrangements for hanging hang-ing the many paintings. Mrs. D. C. Dlx and A. VV. Stephenson, in charge of the art programs and brochure, are busy cataloguing the paintings as they are received. re-ceived. In addition to the regular Sunday Sun-day afternoon programs, and the opening of the exhibit each evening, eve-ning, special lectures and visits to the exhibit during the day time by various club and school groups will also be arranged. The committee in charge of this activity is composed of Mrs. Forrest For-rest Hunter, chairman, Mrs. D. C. Dix, Mrs. G. O. Larson, Gaell Lindstrom, Cal Bates and Miss Mary L. Bastow. Financing and sales will be in charge of Ianthus Wright, Hazen Cooley, Dr. Reed VV. Farnsworth, Mrs. Forrest Hunter, Howard Dal-ley, Dal-ley, Loren VVhetten and Mrs. A. VV. Stephenson. |