Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20
ART COLLECTION
FOR SPR|NGv|LLE
Public Exercises Mark Unwilling
of Works by Noted Ma
tive Sons.
START ON STATE MOVEMENTS.
Governor Cutler Declares This Begin.
ming Marks Dawn OF Better nny
Fnr State Artists.

ming Marks Dawn OF Better nuy
Fnr State Artists.
The iltte central Utah town. which
claims the honor Of being the BIRTH
| place III c. E pallin. sculptor OF
world renOwn and OF John Hafen, Well
| known as the most temperameutal aud
| poetic painter In Utah. Is branching
out as an art center for the state. tAil-
ing advantage OF the increasing liz
terest IN art subjects, which has hard
| ly yet found practical expression, even
in the states capital at SAT- lake
Time was when Utah could only
send her sons out into the biz world
and then applaud what they did there
when II WAS genius touched. and won
| approval over seas, or across the COLI
tlneniv IL the artist loved his native
1 land So much he came back 10 fight
OUT his right TO live there, he usually
waged a losing battle and either
turned 10 other fields. 10 make a liv-
ing, or finally went his way to "a larger
city, where they were not so busy
burning the s0gsbrush, ana getting
bread FOR the pantry bius,
During such "a time Dalin was born.
and went forth, to cheer the hearts Of
his toW1smen who We're given the OPP
portunlty TO learn OF his success, and
IN a little later time Hafen began
a hight here at home 10 see II the
time is not yet come when the artists
OF the west need not be starved away
from N Now that interest IL begin
ming 70 be born in art creations, II i$
particularly fitting that these two
men should have combined 10 assist
their native city In being the first 10
obtain a public art collection, and 10
place some OF their favorlte hanginss
In the LITTLE town that means more 10
them than all others.
At Sprlngville yesterday was cele-
brated the opening of public art COLI
lection, following an opening six years
ago. Of ihe first state high schools OUT
side OF Salt Lake. The entire day was
given over to festivity. and ia the
evening a formal program was rem
dered In the Sprlngvlle Westinghouse
j. B. Fairbanks Utah county artist
of Tempwp, who today left for New
York to make copies oe famous paint
tngs to be hung in the schools OF Le-
hi. American Fork, Pleasant Grove.
Spanish Fork, springvile, Provo, ard
Payson. declared at the services last
night, that this gathering marked n
distinct era In the history of Utah.
In that 1t would come TO mean the be-
ginning of a changed attitude towards
art, and its power to uplift civic COM
nunities-
GOV. CUTLER SPEAKS
The exercises yesterday were con-
Quoted by state officials. school Of
ficiais. and public sch DOL students. II
was am ong these students. under the
direction Of Dr. g. l.. Smart, that the
movement towards creating the art
collection began,
Gov Cutler, who made the prin-
cipal address, congratulated SPRING
VILE on being the first to start a
movement for an increased apprecla-
tlon of art within the state. especially |
that art through which native sons
have sought to express the life lived
here, as they see IT.
"a brighter day Is dawning for our
Utah artists" he declared Men and
women OF wealth are rapidly increas-
ing IN number In the state; and II |
should be said 10 their credit that
they are turning their attention more |
and more 10 the selection and puT-
chase OF works OF art While it may |
be objected that some of them seem |
to prefer foreign 10 domestic art. yer |
than the rule, ] think that. other
things being equal. the Utah purchase
or almost invariably prefers the work |
of the Utah artist ! may say for
myself that I always give Utah the
preference In my purchases.
TO ENCOURAGE ART.
I'm addition 10 the private pur-
chases of Utah art, there are the varI-
GUS public means OF encouraging local
artists. i take no great credit for
this myself, but / wish 10 say that
when during the recent session of the
legislature a proposition was made to
abolish the Utah art institute. feli
that II the matter came 10 me i
should strongly oppose IT, This in
stitute has as it's object the building
up OF the art OF the state by the APP
propristion OF 81 900 per year for
an exhibit and the purchase OF works
OF art IL would certainly have re-
oulred two-thlrts of the members or
both houses OF the Legislature TO enact
a measure abotsh.ng this institution
and now | am pleased TO sec thAt
an 0rgu nised local movement Is be-
Ing commenced IN Springville with the
same purpOso. II Is most fitting that
Utah county In general and Spring
Vile In particular should be the nome
OF such a movement For " such tal-
ent as have referred to has arisen IN
these places with the scant encourage
nent of the past. 1 see no reason NhY
great things may not be expected as
n result OF the promised encourage
ment OF the future
INFLUENCE FOR GOOD,
JAS To the advIsablity OF encouTag-
ing art, | maintain that the people can
scsrcely afford 10 do otherwise. Foe
The sake OF It's refining influence ON
Your children and on the community
Id large. you should encourage the de-
seIopment OF the iiue arts. and the
bubble gallery can be throw open on
occasion, and beautiful and uplifting