Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-10
INVENT Y-FIFTH AllNUAL ART EXHIBIT
Large Attendance Opening in Converse Art Gallery
 M Scholarship to Boston Museum of Fine Arts Awarded @ Rose Kronig Senior Class Prize Goes to Ruth Barber Dancing Followed the Reception.

The 18th annual exhibition of the Norwich Art School and the Free Aca- demy opened Friday evening at 8 os- clock with the usual large attendauce of friends of the students at the Con- verse Art Gallery Receiving were Principal and Mrs. Henry A Tfrreil, Mrs Guy Warmer sEas tmai1,s Miss Aida Watrous and ,AEi Eiss Edith $. Briggs.
 The building was sattractive1y decoA rated with evergreen branches, oak boughs and QuAriti ties sof garden How CTS. Lloyd Hall and aAFass Faith Ca 1utherH, the cOfimitteeson decorations, were assisted by Gale Moves Rosa- mond Raphael andg Arthur Adams.
 TheS Te9reshment commfttee were Mrs. Ham H.sAllen and Miss Mar garetta Johnson. After the reception hours dancing was arranged for by Gale Moves and Inez Horton, the mu- sic for the evening being furnished by the orchestra under Mrs. Elizabeth Danihyss leadership. Shea & Burke provided the piano.
 The Art Display.
 The work of the art school is dis- played in the picture gallery and the first screen on the left as one enters shows some attractive craft work. There is a handsome fooled leather mat by Elizabeth Weller. a tray by Margaretta Johnson, stenciled runners by Camilla Healey and Grace Taft, a dne beaded runner by Della St. John and embroidery designs by Mrs. w. H. Allen. also fooled and painted wallets, coin purses and card cases by Eliza beth Weller. Mildred Fillmore, Isabel Bacheler and Grace Taft
 Design Class Work.
 The work of the design class fills the north end and shows a large amount of black and white design, cards, coats of arms and book decoration for re- production, much of it having been done on order by Edith Briggs Mar garetta Johnson. Inez Horton and Isa- bel Bacheler. A house book and taiu piece designed by Isabel Bacheler and bound by Nellie A. Loring is an ex- cellent piece of work, as are the de- signs for woven stuff by Florence Backus. There are also designs for printed fabrics by M. Johnson, ele- mentary work showing black and white problems in line and spot by M. Johnson and G. Taft, historic orna- ment by the same two students, and in connection with the work in house decoration are shown several doorWays designed by ID. Briggs, and I. Horton. The headings for the various sections are design in line and color showing imagination, charm and professional rendering. The design work contin- ues on the east side of the gallery. A design for a table mat in fooled lea ther by Mrs. w. H. Allen Is strong in motive and plan. There are silhouette and brush work flower studies, rich in color, by G. Taft, M. Johnson, E.. Weller, B. Briggs and F. Backus.
 Next comes two screens of drill work in flower and plant form and work from the block head done by the evening class of Academy students, The best ones are by Abby Gallup, Lawrence Croker, Sterrill Chase, Grace Mitchell. Laura Fields and AL
 The Preparatory Class.
 The preparatory class of the Art school has a good showing of anatom- ical drawings and block forms done by Faith B. Caruthers, Edith s, Briggs, Margaret Johnson, Graces Taft and H. Haley.
 Tn the sketch class work Rose Kro- | nig has some strong work, full Of vii gor and personality; M. Johnson, a strong head: E. Briggs, heads in cou- ti full of life: and others, heads in pencil, coutf and colored crayon. Even moro interesting is the second screen ] showing animals as well as people adchesan Park animals and children by D. Briggs are attractive. I. Bache- Ter has some charming chalk studies Eof dogs and there are charcoal studies | by M. Johnson and G. Taft. A grouY of posters are by M. Johnson, T. Bach sier. F. Baclus and E. Briggs.
 ] Tho children's class shows some good work this year and as the clas: was large one they have a grea- many nice flower studies in whicl