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Show Mr Kimball Art Center Names New Executive Director Kimball founder of the art center. Kimball's meeting was apparently part of the overall selection process but Pepper said she found it extremely "important." "It gave me a chance to learn more about the art center and Bill's dreams for it. That dream had to do with focusing on the west," responde d Pepper. Pepper is one of the first to admit, however, that the art center has grown beyond a local focal point but she said broadening that focus should promote education. "The wider your vision, the more educational it can be," noted Pepper. . . . !; s : ' ; : V ' i i - riirirtliW'iniiMrnr-- - jt-"--(th rrn rir r- -"J. ... New KAC director Corke Pepper. The new director of the Kimball Art Center is Choral "corke" Pepper. The announcement was made last week by acting director Raye Ringholz. Pepper is slated to take over the art center's top post in December when she moves from Palm Springs to Park City and she said she can "hardly wait" to tackle her new job. Pepper has been a real estate broker for the past two years in California but prior to that she spent 12 years as an internationally syndicated travel columnist. From 1963 to 1969 she was the editor and owner of Desert Magazine, Maga-zine, a publication concentrating concen-trating on the southwest, its history, art and nature. The new director is aware of the art center's problems and possible criticisms from local artists but she told the Record the center is only five years old. "There aren't many resorts like this that have anything comparable to the Kimball Art Center. I think we have a long way to go but I think we're off to a marvelous start," said Pepper. Pepper said she hopes to launch a number of programs pro-grams based upon ideas from the entire community. She said she also hopes to involve more young people. Pepper explained, "I see the arts as a means of contributing contribut-ing to the excitement of life which really makes life better for all of us.'-' fit the model best," commented com-mented Prince. Pepper flew to San Francisco Francis-co to meet with William stack but it just kept popping back up again. We made every effort to be fair and we tried not to be overly critical in Pepper's case but she was simply the best qualified for the job," said Rick Prince. things it makes a better life for everybody," said Pepper. According to the art center, Pepper is no stranger to Utah. She's a graduate of Salt Lake's East High School and her parents and son live in Salt Lake City. The selection process involved invol-ved over one-third of the art center's smembership. Prince said they were looking for a good administrator with an arts background show as not necessarily Prince said they were looking for a good administrator with an arts background who was not necessarily an artist. They also wanted someone who was comfortable with fund-raising and who could "get in the door of major contributers". This person would have to personify the center and of all the people applying for the job, Corke She also happens to be Raye Ringholz's sister but apparently that had nothing to do with Pepper's selection other than actually learning of the opening. KAC Search Committee chairman Rick and Anne Prince selected Pepper from about twelve applicants. Rick Prince said Ringholz bent over backwards to exclude herself from the selection process as soon as she found out her sister was one of the applicants. "I kept putting Pepper's letter at the bottom of the Pepper said she has a lot of ideas and wants to solicit others from the community. Participation is the key word noted Pepper who said the center should be a hub of activity involving different projects. "What we need to do is get the entire community participating. partici-pating. It's our town, it's our art center and I want to make everybody want to participate. partici-pate. It isn't a case of you should or ought to it's that you want to and if we've got enough excitement going and enough interesting |