Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-30
ADDRESS TO
UTAH ARTISTS.
Institute Sends Greeting to All Art
Students and Friends,
GOVERNING BOARD HOPEFUL


The Utah Art Institute was recently
| organized In Salt Lake city IN CONF
pllance with the law passed by the last
Legislature u is the State Institution
for the encouragement of the finc arts
and looks also 60 the refinement u home
manufacture To these ends an appro-
priatlon Of one thousand dollars annu-
ally ~ available. Pursuing the pro-
! visions Of the law, members Of the guv-
Crninr board were appointed by Guvor-
nor Wells -Four ~ them must BE- art
lists. and the governor appointed Messra.
u. L. \, Culmer.I u. tiarwooi John 70.
Fairbanks and Miss Louise richards.
one Or To De- Identified with oduCauuu
and Tor this Professor J. H. Paul was
appointed one had 20 be- an architect,
and Mr W. D.. Ware was chosen. and
one was 10 be directly interested In the
manufacture Of silk or other art fabrics.
and Tor this Mrs. Elizabeth McCune
was the governors choice.
The governing board l. now orEanlscd.
/ with ~ l.. 4. Culmer. president, y. -.
Fairbanks. vicc-preaident; J. ~. Paul,
secretary. ana Mrs. 4. W. McCune.
Meetings arr held every Thursday
evening az 4 Cuimer block. and many
uf the leading aims Of the institute are
already under good Roadway. The cN.
I WNNNAANW NMiNiNNNNNN mas NNNN MlIfMNNNl
with Mr.. J. r. Iiarwood. chairman and
preparations are being made Tor
! splendid arr exhibition 20 b. given In
/ this city IN December The art lecture
| ship committee has Mrs Alice NJ. Horne
% H. head and IL engaged In prepar-
Ink papers on art and lectures TO be-
/ given throughout the State In the vaH-
/ Gus schools and colleges. The chairman
/ of tho Alice art collection committee H.
W y Ware Esq. and In thcir charge
| viii como the pictures and other works
| Of art that the institute will acquire.
An ADDRESS.
| In behalf Of the interests Of art IN
/ Utah, BY the governing board OF the
/ Utah Art Institute. TO the artists the
students. the patrons and the lovers of
| art throughout the state.
In accordance with the provisions Of
the State law organizing the Utah Art
! Institute, the governing board thereof
sends 10 all who are Interested In art Ia
our midst this greeting.
| The art development In Utah ~ al
| ready, Tor n young community, cNCcp-
uonal; and public Interest In art as
| evlncod by the passage o. the law Great
| INK the Art institute. In continually cx-
tending. The outcome of these move
menta must be an understanding among
the people ~ what N good IN ART and a
tfuer conception and appreciation VI It's
higher forms.
/ ANAl NNN pursuit OF NNN anu It's fls
courngcment among the people gcner-
| ally will repay L. cost. 4 undoubted.
The refining educational influence upon
the household Of having In the home
! pie lures or other products OF devoted.
artistic labor, II so we'll known a. to
require no comment. The worth Of
products which nrv really works uf art.
cannot be estimated In mere sums OF
money.
The peculiar influences under which
this State has been pcoplcd. which have
brought 20 II families u all nhtionaM-
ties. and Of the most varied methods OF
thought and previous experience. to-
gcther with the fact that most Of those
who come 90 Utah. do 20 In order TO
make Il their permanent abode, comhins
to make the supposition not improbable,
that talent for art viii BE- developed Ia
various places. and under circumstance ~
whore u might be least expected Win
Us, each community IL attached to the
soil uH permanent abiding place, "a
that whatever growth ~ experienced IN
the lines ~ art education. IN likely "a
be permanent our environment IL cal.
Culatod TO produce noble and beautiful
! types % art work,
ours D. not an lndOlcnt atmosphere
We have the desire 10 perform, the I'm.
pulse 20 act, the inclination 20 work
H. a. marked degree uH have any PEG,
pie IN the world, our development lr
music n already 80 marked uH 10 com
mand the admiration " masters Ia thai
line The record which our STUDENT
make In Institutions N higher
learning Ia other States and
countries has also become ar
acknowledged fact. Art cduca,
, ton In the public schools and In IN,
, homes Of Utah, may therefore, and
. with good reason, be expected to MAX,
, such advancement that no one car
e safely eay what the outcome Of that de
/. yclopment may be, when II has once
% been thoroughly undertaken and eo
e afoot
, The economic aspects Of art doserv,
{ some mention. The Golfers Of mani
D Italian and French communities ar
nllcd by the prices paid by foreigner
? for paintings and statuary The pur
. suit of art must always be Tor its owl
sake yet II finally pays when public
Interest IN art products becomes sum
+, olcntly developed.
Art education In the United state
. has been recognized as q necessity. be
, cause of the manifold applications o
art To material products. The work o.
the mechanic. the manufacturer and %
- the artisan VI an kinds, 10 made NOR
i acceptable when the product " artistic
k ne well ace useful,
3 The rugged grandeur OF our mountali
4 scenery, the clear atmosphere and th
1 intense oun-llght NJ this country, iucylt
% ably develop artistic impulses, white M
4 energy OF tie people udds tn their In
ID tcTost and enthusiasm in whatever tho
% esteem ~ true worth. The churactC
ID OF the people OF this state us well al
j, their environment may De expected q
- produce % school OF artists not vNcelia
r hy any other community ~ like diEe
n under like conditions,
70 What has already been accomplished
Il By students of art from Utah who hav
10 gained distinction abroad, IL % hint q
q what may be done ns soon as publ
p attention and "a community u lnterel
p are conferred upon education IN art.
u The influences OF art upon tbs mora
=, habits ~ a community ls not to b
81 overlooked, There cannot be- an
u doubt that refinement OF thought wi
r 20 hand In hand with stcadiuofa q
4. moral purpose In the study Of what
:, good, true and beautiful In the Nm
" arts
The Utah Art Institute haH been ere
lted by law 90 foster the influences
n that tend 10 the dcvel0pmut OF artist
- creations lu our midst Its meIlhef
Il desire the cooperation. primarily, OF "a
the artistic ln the State, and secondarl
ly OF an others whoever and whercve
they may boz. who are interested In IN
development ~ this phase u life In ou
> midst To this end the active particl