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Show Crates of Paintings Make Arrival For Cedar City's Annual Art Show The planning for the sixteenth annual Cedar City art exhibit is beginning to unfold as crates of paintings from all over the United States have begun to arrive. This year the 14th annual community spring art show is scheduled to begin Sunday, April 22 and continue through Sunday, May 6, according to chairman of the rnmmittee. Dr. Reed W. Farnsworth. An opening program with Dr. Floyd Cornaby, professor of art at Utah State Agricultural College Col-lege as guest speaker, will tea-ure tea-ure the exhibition's kickiff to the public Work already uncrated includes new names to this show as Rene Weaver of Oakland; Noel Qulnn, Los Angeles; Francis de-Erdely, de-Erdely, Los Angeles, and Maurice Logan, address unknown. Prominent artists from Utah will be represented besides the entries from New York to California. Cal-ifornia. According to Dr. Farns-1 worth each artist is limited to two entries this year. Many who have shown before will again be featured, and some who were not eniertru la at j'iil tut llSV previously pre-viously sent paintings to Cedar City are again sending work to be shown. The exhibit will be held in the College of Southern Utah Mem-orlal Mem-orlal Fleldhouse beginning at 2 p.m. Dr. Cornaby, recently returned re-turned from a prolonged tour of Mexico where he studied Mexican Mexi-can art, will relate many of his observations. The College of Southern Utah, Chamber of Commerce, Iron County school district, Cedar City, and Iron County groups are co-sponsors. co-sponsors. It has become a fact this is an occasion that schools and communities in central and southern Utah await and enthusiastically enthus-iastically support for esthetic betterment bet-terment and enjoyment "This project of the Community Commun-ity Art committee is growing more each year. It is becoming better known throughout the western states," Dr. Farnsworth said. Officers of the 15 member group are lanthus Wright, vice-chairman; Erma Stephenson secretary; secre-tary; Janet Rollo, treasurer, and Gaell Llndstrom, Mary L. Bas-tow, Bas-tow, Hazen Cooley, Morgan Rollo. Rol-lo. Alice Wright. Glen Anderson, Ander-son, and Mary McDonald. |