The record-union., 1899-04-22
IA MERITORIOUS ENDEAVOR.
EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRIAL
ARTS oF CALIFORNIA.
Something That Should Do Much
to Develop Artistic Industries
of the State.

| leadlng society and professional women
| of that city, has taken in hand an ell
terprise in which it desires to interest
the whole State.
| This is the holding of an exhibition OF
! the industrial arts of California, 10
open on Saturday evening, May 10th,
| continuing through the ensuing week
| and closing Saturday night, May 9th.
| The exhibition will be held in the art
gallery of the Mechanics Pavilion and
will be open day and evening.
| The purpose of the club in this pro-
| ject is to gather together in a classified
! exhibit the best work of the craftsmen
and craftswomen of the State in applied
| art. All objects where art is united
with utility will be eligible, and it is
| esq ecially hoped to make the depart
ment of original design full interesting
and instructive.
Included in the classified exhibit will
| be handiWork i'm the metals-gold, sill
yer, brass, iron and bronze; carving and
etching in woods and in leather; work
| in clays-pottery, porcelain and the
| carving and surface decoration thereof;
| textiles, including weaving, embroidery
| of every description, lace making,
| drawn work., needle work and all wo-
| mems handiwork in materials; scuip-
| ture, as applied to building or other
| useful structure, mural decorations in
| any material; basket work and any
| unique or rare process.
| In original design the field will be un-
| limited and viii range from the simple
| but artistic menu card to architectural
designs for noble public structures. it
| is particularly hoped that originality
! and good taste in the designing and
| ornamentation of town and country
| homes-exterior and interior-and sug
| gestions for the beautifying of parks
and public grounds will form an impor-
| taHt part of the display
| The design of the California Club in
| their enterprise is two fold and relates
! to the artisan on the one hand, and
! to the public on the other To bring
| the meritorious work of the craftsmen
| of the State to a closer knowledge of
| the people and thereby to increase a
| profitable patronage of their products,
| to reveal and to develop the wealth OF
| talent, as well as the wealth of ma
| terial for artistic handiwork existing in
| the State, to assist in encouraging the
| people to beautify their everyday liv-
| ing, their homes, their public and pri-
va,e grounds, their towns and cities
! these are some of the purposes toward
the accomplishment of which the club
| is working.
| All this is in modest way; the mem
| bers do not assume to establish an art
standard in California; they merely
hope to bring together for study, com
parison and appreciation, collection
of work so meritorious that the inspec-
| ton and study of it shall go far toward
creating a standard and crystanizing
conditions throughout the State under
which it shall be possible and profitable
| for artists and artisans to work to-
gether for arts sake, and under which
every craftsman and craftswoman shall
/ be stimulated to the highest and best
epdeavor
| To this end the club has determined
to make the cost to exhibitors as well as
| to visitors as low as possible No en-
/ trance fee will be charged for exhibits,
and there will be no charge for space
! Conslgnors must bear the cost of trans
portatfon and of cases where necessary
| but negotiations are now in progress
| by which it is hoped that a material
reduction of express rates will be Sc
| cured.
A small admission fee will be charged
visitors, but season ticket will be is
sued which will diminish even this.
| The Exhibition Committee has reason
to be much gratified with the response
already ELECTED from art workers, and
some rare and interesting exhibits are
definitely promised at this early day.
Mrs. Nordhoff of Southern California
will send a choice collection of the
| unique and artistic work of her daugh-
ter, the late Miss Nordhoff, in book
| binding and leather ornamentation
1t is expected that the artist, Mrs
Grace Hudson, who has had such
eminent success in painting the Califor-
nian Indian, from infancy to old age,
will bring down a family of her copper
| colored friends, who will be present
during the week and engaged in basket
weaving, making fish nets, etc.
A San Francisco firm will show the
making of book-the manuscript, the
electro plates. the drawings and finished
Illustrations, the cover design, the COM
pleted book-everything except the au-
thor in the act of originating.
| A small but choice exhibit Of book
plates and heraldic designs for books
/ H'A VIC hiduc. II Is HOpeu There may
be other work of this sort in the State
not yet heard from which will be sent
! The processes in the making of half
tone pictures will be fully illustrated,
and numerous other processes used in
applying art to utility are promised or
under consideration.
| 1t will be understood that no prizes
! are offered-the exhibition being in no
sense competitive and the humblest
| and most obscure artist or artisan who
does meritorious work will have the
same opportunity as those better
known.
Some of the rules under which the
exhibition will be conducted are given
herewith:
| Every article must bear the name of
the conslgnor, the designer and the
artisan or artist-in many cases, of
course, these will be synonymous.
All articles presented should have
been made in California within five
years.
All exhibits are at owners risk, but
the club will take special precautions
against loss or damage, and competent
watchmen will be present night and
day
| All communications to the Exhibition
Committee should be accompanied by
postage
Exhibits should arrive at the Art
Gallery by Thursday, May 18th.
The classification of exhibits and the
rules governing space have been formu-
lated IN a prospectus to which is at