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Show Local Art Show Praised By US AC Speaker The 16th annual Spring Art Exhibit, which opened Sunday at the College of Southern Utah fieldhouse, is again attracting many art lovers not only from Cedar City but from surrounding communities as well. The exhibit was officially opened with a lecture on "Mod-i ern Art Trends" given by Prof. Floyd Cornaby of the Utah State: Agricultural College art department. depart-ment. Prof. Cornaby praised the local committee for Its selection of artists and paintings for the exhibit, explaining that few such exhibits contain as wide a range: of acceptable art. Nearly 150 paintings are hungj in the art exhibit, representing the works of more than 70 artists ar-tists from all parts of the country. coun-try. This wide range of artists with their varying techniques provides an unusual cross section or art in America today, the speaker said. Sunday. April 29. Prof. Glenn Turner of the Brigham Young University art department will address patrons of the local exhibit. exhi-bit. " speaking on the subject of "What Viewing Pictures Does to Me." The lecture will be given at the fieldhouse at 4 p. m. Everyone Interested Is- Invited to attend. Dr. Reed W. Farnsworth, art committee chairman, says. The exhibit will continue through Sundav, Mav 6, and will he open from 2 to 10 p. m. each day. In addition arrangements may be made for special visits bv clubs or other groups. Indications are that a number of -paintings wiV again .be pur chased -from - the exhibit -this - . . vcar. muiviuuais auu nutiiuiui have already begun considers-'on considers-'on of selections for purchase. T local exhibit holds an en-vliblo en-vliblo record from the standpoint of purchases as compared to oth-er oth-er exhibits of the West, and It annears that the ' percentage of mirchases will be high this year. |