The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-03

students. and that the State university
art department will show some fine
examples of home decorating, in addi-
ton to its fine arts exhibit.
The State Fair art department will
conduct a poster contest again this
year. The subject for the poster will
be, Best Advertising for the Kansas
Free Fair The contest is open to all
amateurs Prizes of SIS, SIS, and $40
will be offered. Some of the prize
posters of last year were reproduced
in small form and are being used on
telling effect. Rules governing the
poster contest will be found in section
~" of the premium list, or may be
obtained by addressing the secretary
of the fair. There was some trouble
last year in getting contestants 10 ao-
here to the rules.
There will be exhibitions. both pro-
fessional and amateur, in oil paint
ing, water color painting, pastel, pen
and ink drawing, decorative design.
china painting. photography ana
architectural drawing and design.
AS stated in a previous article. one
of the most interesting and valuable
features of the Kansas Free Fair art
exhibition this year will be American
Federation of Arts exhibit of moder-
ate priced prints of the worlds great
paintings which exhibition is being
used by the federation for the purpose
of instructing the general public OF
America in the proper kind or pic
lures for home decoration, and also to
stimulate the production OF good, low
priced prints in the United States by
creating a demand for the same.
Several months ago the members OF
the Topeka Art Guild and other To-
pekans interested in art, strongly
urged the Topeka papers to publish
AnA IN
start such a column in The State Jour-
nal, but at the same time. endeavored
to impress upon those who wished the
column that its success would largely
depend upon the assistance OF the ad-
vocates of the project. thru their fire.
Quent and more or less regular con-
tribution of art news.
The writer is not a reporter. He Is
willing to hustle for news when he
has time But he has many duties
that require him to stay close by the
office during working hours. He has
undertaken to write these art notes
solely because he is interested in art,
and desires to please and encourage
others who are interested. 1t Is an
additional burden on an already busy
man, performed without additional
compensation.
help from the other members of the
local art fraternity. In order to fill
his space 1t has been necessary to
spend much time at the public libra
ry, reviewing art publications, in maxi
ing repeated calls over telephones in
other departments, and in taking long
journeys to remote parts of town. The
only time he hears from the other
members of the fraternity-most of
them-is when a paid admission art
exhibition is in town. At that time he
is constantly reminded 1t is his duty
to secure free advertising from his pa
per, in the interest of public uplift.
During the last three weeks news
has been especially hard to get. con-
sequently "Gleanings From the Field
of Art have been exceedingly meager.
The writer has been driven almost to
despair in obtaining items.
The success or failure of "Giean-
ings From the Field of Art depends
| largely upon the art loving people of
Topeka. II items come in. the column
will continue; if they do not, the col
umn will stop.