Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
Art Notes
BL ELIzBETH wAGGoNER

At this season when the different
~ schools of the city are beginning
"A their years work 1t Is a matter
Of interest to note the attention given
to art education in the various private
schools aside from those known as art
schools proper.
The Girls Collegiate school will con-
tinue the art work carried on with
such excellent results last year by Miss
Leta Horlocker and will add classes
in craft work for the coming year
The Westlake School for Girls also
continues it's classes in drawing and
painting and is to have classes in the
various crafts. At the opening recep-
ton early in October special exhibi-
ton of craft work will be held.
Miss Wings School for Girls is one
of the most progressive in introducing
drawing into the regular school cur
riculum, in addition to special courses
in the handicrafts.
In the attractive new quarters which
Huntington Hall school is to occupy
in Pasadena after the first of the year
provision Is to be made for detached
studio for the art department of the
school. The new buildings are to fol-
low the style of lie Petit Trianon at
Versailles and will be of interest from
an artistic standpoint.
Announcements have been issued
this week from the Pasadena craft
shop and school of design and handl-
craft which Mr. Ernest Batchelder Is
to open early in November Mr.. Batch
elder is no stranger to Southern Cali
fornia, having been a resident of Pas
adena for nine or ten years, with oc-
casional absences spent in teaching or
travelling in Europe, known as he Is
throughout the country as one or the
authorities of the day on the subject
OF design and handicraft, the distinc-
tive merit of his school is assured from
its beginning. Mr.. Batchelder Will
have as his assistants a number or
highly qualified craft workers who are
we'll known in their respective spe-
cialties. Miss Nelbert Murphy, who
has made such a notable success in
tho craft work under her direction at
Throop Polytechnic institute, is to
have charge of the work in leather,
both teaching and producing. A num-
ber of examples of Miss Murphy's work
are shown with the series of articles
written by her for Palette and Bench,
and all evidence a thoughtful appre-
citation of the possibilities of her craft.
The pottery department is in charge
of Miss Olive Newcomb, who has re-
Handicraft guild of Minneapolis and
has already made a name for herself
in the production of pottery which Is
marked for it's individuality and true
artistic merit. Miss Emma Waldvogei
will conduct classes in needlework, OF
fering still another medium for the ap-
plication of designs worked out under
the direction of Mr.. Batchelder. The
metal work and jewelry will be IN the
hands of Mr.. Douglas Donaldson and
Mr.. Jay Buxton. Mr.. Donaldson mas
lust come on from the east, where he
is we'll known as a metal worker, ana
will devote his time largely to teaching'
while the productive work will be car
ried on by Mr.. Buxton. The entire
work Of the school and shop Is oased
upon the fundamental principles of de-
sign and composition, which are IN
separable from true handicraft, ana
the aim is to produce only articles eX-
elusive in design and perfect in work.
manship. Mr.. Batchelder has chosen
a most desirable site for his school, on
the edge of the picturesque Arroyo
Seco, and the building now being hur-
ried to completion is admirably adapt
ed to its purpose and to the environ
ment.
A new element very closely allied to
the world of art and letters mas de-
veloped in the past few months in the
historical pageants being held through
out the country. The old world has
given us our inspiration in its English
pageants and such scenes Of splendor
as the Cortege Allegorique and the
Tournoi de Chevalerie, reviving the
glories of the Belgium of the fifteenth
century, and we are beginning to real
ize that we, too, have an historic past
worthy of commemoration. These pa
geants which have attracted wide at