The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-22
Meeting Held Last Evening by
Art Association Shows that
Much Progress Has Already
Been Made.
FINE cANvASSES TO
BE ON EXHIBITION
In Some of the Departments,
Especially Photography, the
Number of Exhibits Is to Be
Decreased.

Reports made at the meeting OF all
the committees of the Richmond Art
association, last evening, indicated
that the exhibit this year. commenc.
ing June 8, will be the best in the his
tory of the local organization. The
exhibit will excel in both diversity and
quality of the work displayed. The
meeting was we'll attended and the
most important of any held SO far this
year.
Mrs. NJ. F. Johnston, president of the
association, who has seen the Muncia
exhibit, which includes many pictures
which will be exhibited here. reporte1
that the quality was Of the very best
and sure to please the Richmond citi
ZenS.
Chairmen Report.
The chairman of each of the com.
mittees reported the progress OF the
work being done by their committees
In no instance was report made
which indicated that the success Of the
exhibit would not excel those of pre-.
vious years.
In some of the departments, espec.
tally in the photography department,
an effort will be made to decrease the
number of exhibits. More attention
to merit will be paid than heretofore,
The sculpture exhibit, in charge ci
Prof. Chase OF Earlham college, will be
particularly pleasing. Miss Scudder
of New York will exhibit an electric
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on the first floor in q most conspic;.-
Gus place.
List Of Committees.
Wayne county artists will have a
better chance to display their canvass
es this year than ever before. The
middle room on the first floor Of the
Garfield building will be used entirely
for this purpose. The exhibit by To-
cal artists promises to be very large.
The committees announced last even
ing are as follows:
Hanging pictures-Frank J. Girar-
din. chairman: Miss Anna Newman.
Mrs. Elmer Eggemeyer, Mrs. James
Morrison. Miss Carrie Lesh, Miss Al
ice G. Locke. Miss Whitridge and Her
bert McDivitt.
Arts and crafts-Mrs. James Morris
son, chairman: Mrs. Elmer Eggemey-
er. Muss Susan Kelsey, Mrs. Fred
Dougan, Miss Anna Newman, Miss
Caroline B. Price, Mrs. Geo. R. Potter,
Miss Katherine Rettig. Miss Bessie
Whitridge and Mrs. Jennie M. Yaryan.
Manual training-Prof. w. Scott His
er. chairman: Miss Emma Bond, Prof.
D. D. Ramsey. Miss Alice Winder. Miss
A. Swain, Miss Grace Simpson, Miss
Julia Test. Miss Emma Newman. Miss
Alvina Steen and Miss Emma Lesson.
Local paintings-Miss Hettie Elliott,
chairman: Miss A. Parsons, Miss Ade-
laide Huntington. Miss Martha Boyd
and Miss Naomi Huber.
Decoration department-Miss Carrie
Lesh, chairman: Miss Sarah Sanderson.
Miss Harriet Thompson, Miss Eliza
beth Sands. Miss Clara Newman. Miss
Elizabeth Smelser and Miss Anna
Schultz.
Sale of pictures-Ellwood Morris,
chairman: NJ. T. tNordyke, Herbert Nc
Divitt. Miss Hettie Elliott, Miss Alice
G. Locke, Miss Carrie c. Lesh and Mrs.
Elmer Eggemeyer.
Finance committee-Prof. T. A. Mott.
chairman: Herbert McDivitt. Elwood
Morris, Miss Eleanor Likens and Rae
Robinson.
School displays-Miss Alice Locke.
art supervisor in the schools, chair
man: Miss Beulah Locke, Miss Martha
Whitacre. Miss Mary Lemon. Miss AL
sic French. Miss Ruth Wicket, Frank
Schalk, and Blair Converse.