The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-29
Meeting of Local Art Associa-
ton Last Night Gave Evil
denCe of Enthusiasm Over
This Years Event.
MUNCIE AND RICHMOND
70 JOIN HAND IN HAND.
Expenses of Exhibit There and
The One in This City Will Be
Shared Jointly Will Have
Many Bright Features.

The Richmond Art Association, at
its regular meeting in the Garfield
building Friday night. decided to hold
its annual exhibit June . to 23. and to
cooperate with the Muncie Art associ-
alton as it did in last years exhibit,
There was a good attendance and after
the meeting the members expressed
themselves as enthusiastic over the
prospects. Mrs. NJ. f. Johnston, pres
ident of the association, said:
We never had brighter prospect
tnan this year. Everybody seems in
terested and all indications point to a
good display in every department of
the exhibit
One of the principal questions before
the meeting was cooperation with the
Muncie association. Last year the two
associations worked together and sue
ceeded in getting better pictures than
formerly and at the same time reduced
the expenses about one-half. This
year the association received a letter
from Miss Anna Goddard. chairman OF
the Muncie organization. offering to
cooperate on the same terms and it
was promptly accepted. Each asso-
citation bears a. part of the loca! eX-
penses and the cost of obtaining the
pictures, express charges, rents and in
surance is shared by the organizations.
The Muncie exhibit occurs in May and
the pictures will be shipped from there
directly to Richmond
Mrs. NJ F. Johnston has entire
charge of the arrangements OF the two
exhibits and she has already complet-
ed the outlines of her plans. Paint
ings will be secured from New York.
Chicago. Boston. Columbus, Cincinnati
and other large cities.
The Indiana exhibit will include
work in oils and water color by the
most famous and promising artists Of
the home state. Richmond is regard
ed as an art center of HoosierdOm, and
Indiana artists are proud to have
place in the local exhibit.
A large collection Of color prints
have been secured and these will be ar
ranged by Mrs, James MORRISON.
A special feature of the exhibit will
be a display of Richmond hand work.
China, stenciling woodwork, leather
work artistic needlewOrk, etc, of real
merit. will be given place. The
management desires as many entries i'll
this department as possible, but the
work must be really good and show
promise, to be admitted.
One room will be given over to the
Daughters Of the American Revolution.
who will arrange a special exhibit Of
colonial things. The choice and ar
rangement of this exhibit will be i'll
charge of Mrs. William Gaar. In ad
dition to this there will be Il general
collection of old things of interest.
These will be in the nature of heir
looms and furniture of former days,
. loaned to the association by the resi-
dents of Richmond.
In the sculpture department there
will be a small collection of casts and
bronzes brought from other cities. The
cost OF shipment and danger of break
age, prevents this department from be-
ing as large as desired however
The Photographic exhibit will again
be in charge of Messrs. Paul Ross and
Herbert McDivitt. These men made
this a record exhibit last year. but
they will endeavor to excel it in June
The sketchers' room will again be a
feature. In this room will be hung
the best work of Richmond artists 1t
promises to be very complete.
The drawing department of the pub
Tic schools will again be given a place
and in addition TO this, there will be
a display from the manual training de-
partment.
Mrs NJ. r Johnston goes east Mon
day To collect the paintings and sculp-
ture for the exhibit. She will visit
New York. Boston and Philadelphia.