The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
TO PUT ART IN REACH OF
 EVERYBODY

New York, Aug. 1s-To bring the
 enjoyment of art within the reach of the great mass of the American people
 IS one of the objects of the Art Cen making organization recently formed in New York. William l.. Harris
 managing director. in explaining it's purposes, said 'it is designed to
 utility, that has existed for the past
 200 years, in the objects and sur
 round1ngs of everyday Hfe."
 Seven societies are included in the
 new Center. to coordinate art in
 trade, to provide clearing house for
 the crafts, and to advance the decora- t1Ve crafts and industrial and graphic arts of America It will aim to fos-
 ter all arts adapted to common needs. 1 promote good taste, assist all indus
 ana quicken the manufacture of fur 1 nlture, draperies, carpets, wal1-paper. 1 emma, sliver-ware and linen to meet
 the artistic competition of Europe. Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock, president of i the new venture, also was Organizer 1 or the Art Alliance of America of which the Art Center, Inc is the di- | rect outcome.
 Our country she said, "is a great 1 industrial nation without any indus- trial art and not until we apply art to our industries will we be able to
 bring the enjoyment of art to the a
 directors of our publishing and adyer-
 using concerns spend every year
 more money for American art than all our art patrons in America. We small endeavor to make Art Center. Inc, place where creators of Amer. lcan art can exhibit their work and "nere the real patrons of American art, the publishers, advertisers and manufacturers, can Sc them"
 MT. Harris, who is 8 graduate of r&cs h. made church decoration his particu- lar held, said that ''the tendency in | Ehe world at large of separating art rom rom trade has been greatly eccen- tuated since the advent of machin- l cry" At the present time, the lack | or tralned workers and skilled de- slsners is a real menace" he de- clared. Many of our most valued industries are today absolutely de- pendent on skillful craftsmen trained | in European countries
 Ihe Germans are mobi1izfng their | Ihoustr1al art forces right now to cap | ture the markets of the world and are | devoting special attention to the weak spots in our industrial system intend Ing to profit by our impractical meth- | ods of education
 Our studnts and artists need a i thorough understanding of the many | sAac.ns requirements of modern r hanu1acturers. Year after year our nanufacturers have gone to Paris for oeslsns because foreign designs could @ @aI"ays be worked out on mahinerv l TO 10 nave the foundation of some of the nations greatest industries placed 1 In foreign lands is politically unsoIind ana lndustrially dangerous.
 , AS good or better drawings than those purchased abroad could he Dro 1uceo ~ ee, al home by our native artists chance to acquire the absolutely , necessary technical knowledge and ex- Perience. Art Center, Inc, will en- l., aeavor to disseminate this technical $ fin among the rising genera $ non of our artists and designers. americans have been prone to nep ect the values of those profitable ( 'orms of technical education so i thoroughly appreciated abroad" g
 The seven societies of which tho T Center is composed are the Art Ali lnce or America, Art Directors Club | NeW ork Society of Craftsmen. Pic orlaI Photographers of America. society Of illustrators, Institute of F. Iraph1c ,. Arts and the Stowaways. | The Art Center, Inc. will have ! leadquarters at 65-67 East Fiftv- ixth street. The seven societies will ave rooms there and there will be \ 'allerles Tor the exhibition of every c orm of American industrial art \
 The board of directors jnc1I,dos drs. Ripley Hitchcock, president: ,haries Dana Gibson, vice-president: 1oloneI Wade H. Hayes, treasurer; teyworth Campbell, secretary: and a nd Walter L. Enrich, Ray GreenIeaf u ITS: John Henry Hammond, Charles fc ;. Pellew, W. Frank Purdy. Henry el :. Sparks. Charles B. Upjohn. Clar- n nee Il. White, Richard l.. Marwede. 99 Lenry L. Sparks and Dr. Charles H VI aeger. ' Ah'
 Among those on the advisory com e llttee are Mrs. Harry Payne Whit ey. pr: John H. Finley. Mrs. E. H. Larr1man, Louis Comfort Tiffanv tf harIes Scribner. Jr., Mrs. Willard s tra1ght, Frank A. vander1ip. Mrs SS- ohn I. Pratt and Henry White. 9T
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