Show Park City's Fine Arts Center Has Wonderful Future Plans By KATHERINE S. S HART UART UARTA A fine Arts Centre for Park City is in the remodeling and planning stages now The old ward building on Park Street a curious white and blue edifice that looks like a across across cross between a church a hospital and a Ladies Ladles Auxiliary meeting meetinghouse meetinghouse I house is Is' being remodeled now to toI provide space for art exhibits as aswell aswell I well weIl as music and dance festivals The building has been used some In ill the past for dance programs and art shows but n never never ver on a constant really extensive basis TEAM EXCELS Charles Woodbury the principal of Park City High School is' is the ia-the the owner of the building and In charge charge charge char char- ge ge of ot renovation He is presently tearing out a a large old stage Inthe Inthe in inthe the upper floor of the building to create additional useable space space His wife Joanne who teaches dance at the University o of Utah was responsible for the dance program pro gram held In the building last summer Under auspices es of the University y lon s1 she e has has also arranged rr ng d for tor a ft gra grand grand- d lose dance program m to be beheld held hel this summer which will feature as guest dance artists Nicholal and Murray Lewis o of New York City Many other exciting prospects are in the whisper and planning stages For example a Jazz music festival to be sponsored by the Extension Division Is In the realm of ot Imminent possibilities The University has o organized several of these in the past all aU of which have been held on the University University Uni Uni- campus Mr Woodbury ex explained explained ex ex- that attempts are afe now e now beIng being being be be- ing made to organize such such I a jazz I festival which would last a a. a month and would feature the top jazz I musicians from all allover over the coun country count count- ry and which would give concerts concerts as well as private and g group lessons lessons les les- lea sons- sons all aU In P Park rk City Mr Woodbury also explained n d th that t the Fine Pine Arts Centre hopes to attract many new new exhibits from artists The highly talked about Labor Day exhibit held there which featured paintings of ot Park City by a a number of ot well known artists art art- was by a fine exhibit It t of Joe art Mr M Pumphrey Pumphrey Pum Pum- who has lias received such unabashed praise for fol and enthus enthusiastic reviews of at of his paintings now now maintains a studio In the Fine Arts Centre MURAL IN THE MAKING I Mr Woodbury said that Mr Pumphrey umphrey Is pres presently working on ona ona a a ten foot by thirty foot mural for tor the Treasure Mountain Inn i for or which he h has s Just completed h b Q working model The draft of the mural reveals a street scene cir clr Cn On ll 1870 1870 in which Q Quo Quo- e. e n decked in all he her finery stands next tIt to toR a lofty tree olde olds style styli Cranes ranes glaciated mountains and bearded miners provide th the al mining camp background Mr Woodbury added that Joe Pumphrey Pumphrey Pum I may of ot course alter slightly sligh- sligh the this first conception In the final rendering of the mural Mr Finally-Mr Woodbury is optimIstic optimistic but with reservations about the future of this Art Centre He said that he he and his wife have many ambitious a pl plans ns tor for future music and and dance program but that the detailing and realizing of these plans Is tre tremendously Jn- Jn In Undoubtedly it will probably bd several years before the Centre can achieve the kind kind of of fame and nationwide recognition that the skiing facilities have re re received but an an art art c ut- ut ut utmost most Importance In Park City s soo so- so that the town the town may be thought be-thought of ofas as ag an artistic as well as-well well as a re recreational re center |