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Show Local Artists Prepared For Old Library Move the first time artists will be ' selling their own and their fellow artists work. The gallery will be operated on a completely cooperative basis, according to Fuller. Each artist will pay one eleventh of the expenses of running the gallery, and the selling time will be apportioned appor-tioned among the members. There will be no commissions commi-ssions on sales, continued Fuller; all profits will go to the artists. The artists still have a way to go before they are in business, however, since the old library needs about $2000 in repairs before it will be habitable. The group is turning its many talents to the work and is being aided by the Park City Ecumenical Council, which will be holding a coffee house in the gallery two nights a week. So, instead of brushes or work benches, the group is starting out with saws and nails, and then on to the new frontiers of selling. They're calling themselves the Old Library Artists' Cooperative. Which stands to reason. Their shop will be in the old library, and, to the best of their knowledge, they're the first artists' . cooperative in the state. But that's only a working name and may bear no resemblance whatsoever to their actual name when they open their doors to the public. When will that be? They don't know yet. And what will they sell? Why, art, of course. The group does want to open as soon as possible, though. Before Christmas, if at all possible. Then they'll have a grand opening in January. The group consists of all Park City or close thereto artists. They make, between them, stained glass, sculpture, sculp-ture, leather work, drawings, ceramics, jewelry and photographs. photo-graphs. And, they're excited with the concept of their own galary. Spokesman, Roger Fuller, says they know of no other cooperative effort by artists in the state. It will be |