Evening star., 1922-05-12
AUTHORIZATIONS
SESSION MAY 1870
Chief Justice Taft and AM.
bassador Jusserand to Be
Among Speakers.

The thirteenth annual convention Of
held here May Ii to 20. th more than
200 delegates expected TO attend from
all parts of the country. A special ses-
sion will be held at $50 Tuesday night
at Memorial Continental Hall, Chief
Justice Taft. Ambassador Jusserand and
i Thomas Nelson Page are to speak.
The opening address OF the president,
! Robert w. de Forest, will be given at
$3.50 am. May II. at the Corcoran Gal
| lery of Art, when organized art will be
discussed. There will be session at 2
pm. and a reception by Mrs. Harding
at the White House at o'clock.
Industrial Art Discussion.
Industrial art will be further discussed
at morning and afternoon sessions May
| 1S at the National Museum. At spe-
cial session at $50 pm. at the Pan
American building "Pan- American Art"
| will be the subject. Morning and after
! noon sessions will be held May 19 at
the Coreoran Gallery of Art, devoted
| to the subject of art teaching. dinner
will be held at 1880 pm al Rausch"r's $.
The American Federation of Arts
was formed at convention held In
Washington in 1909. Among It's organ
iZers were Elihu Root. Robert Bacon.
| the late Francis f. Millet. the late
! Charles NJ. Ffoulke. Glenn Brown and
! other men of public affairs. 1t has its
headquarters here in the Octagon
building. 1741 New York avenue. Atiii-
lated with it as chapters are 81" art
organizations and associations, including
practically all of the art museums. II
has also an individual rrc:nbc-ahip aD-
proximately over 4,t!o.
In 1909 it sent out it's first travelling
exhibition: this year II has had fifty
two exhibitions on the road. These con-
sst OF oil paintings. examples OF indus
trial art, prints, and are valued at from
100000 to $50. During the past season
these exhibitions have been shown In
thirty-eight different states.
Distinguished Roster.
Its president is Robert w. de Forest
of New York, president of the Metro
politan Museum and vice president OF
the Red Cross. Among its vice p"esi-
dents are Charles l.. Hutchinson. presi-
dent of the Chicago Art Institute and
vice president of the Corn Exchange
National Bank of Chicago; w. X. Blk
by of st. Louis, president of the st.
Louis Art Museum; Il. II. Bashfield OF
New York. president OF the National
Academy ef Design; Morris Gray Of
Boston, president of the Boston Museum
Of Art; Edgar l.. Hewett. director OF
the American School of Research. Santa
Fe. n. NJ. and of the Santa Fe
and San Diego Art Museums; f. p.
| Libbey. president of the Toledo Art
Museum: A. w. Mellon. Secretary of the
Treasury Judge John Barton Payne,
director of the Red Cross: Charles d.
Walcott. secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution; Henry White. former am
bassador to Italy: +. A. Delano and
| others. The treasurer is Charles D. Nor
ton. former secretary to President Taft
and assistant secretary of the Treasury.
now vice president of the First National
Bank of New York.
Among its directors are Miss Helen
c. Frick of New York. Cass Gilbert.
past president of the American Institute
of Architects: Col r. =. Lamont of
Chicago, Duncan Phillips of Washing
ton. Edward Robinson, director OF the
Metropolitan Museum: Otto II. Kahn
of New York, Charles Allen Mum.
publisher of the Scientific American
Ge,1ge G. Booth of Detroit. Robert
Woods Bliss. third assistant secretary
of state; Eiihu Root. formerly Secretary
of War and Secretary of State, and
Charles Moore, chairman of the Ma
tional Commission of Fine Arts. The
secretary is Miss Leila Mechiin. editor
of the American Magazine of Art.