Evening star., 1932-05-09
SOCIETY GATHERS
At TCONVENT|ON0 OF
ARTS FEDERATION
Treasurer DeIano Reports
Balanced Budget for
Association.
REPORTS SUBMITTED
AT BUSINESS SESSION
Distinguished Members Hear Dis
cussions of Varied Artistic
Subjects.

Distinguished artists, patrons of the
arts, officers of leading art institutions
and members of Washington society
assembled at the Mayflower today for
the twenty-third annual meeting OF
the American Federation of Arts. The
tone Of the reports of federation Of
ficers was said to indicate remarkable
progress in the last year and confidence
that programs for the future can be
carried out. The federation was found
ed by Elihu Root and others to CO.
ordinate the efforts Of artists and art
institutions throughout the country
and serves as a national clearing house
Of information In this field.
The treasurer of the federation,
Frederick A. Delano of this city, re-
ported a balanced budget. The secre-
tary. Miss Leila Mechlin, also OF Wash
ington, outlined a successful season OF
field work, including special work with
bows preparatory schools, a travelling
exhibition of Mexican arts in charge OF
Count d'Harnoncourt, the art center at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and extensive
program Of exhibits and lectures car
ried out under her personal supervision
at Savannah, Ga, the regional confer
ence of the federation held at Omaha,
Nebr., in March of this year and at
tended by 45o delegates representing
the Western States, her special work
as general director of art Of the Olym-
pic exhibition, and numerous projects
for the promotion OF art institutions IN
different parts OF the country.
Federation Work Outlined.
nr Paul II Csrumann. Western rep
resentative; Edward B. Rowan, direc-
tor of the Cedar Rapids Art Center,
and Count Rene d'Harnoncourt sup
plemented the report of the secretary
with further details. The president
of the federation, F. A. Whiting; the
director of education. z. o. Christen-
sen, and the director Of membership,
G. H. Code, outlined the general work
of the federation The federation has
carried out its program for the year
and has shown an increase in member
ship
c. c. Dantzinger, architect, viii pre-
side over the afternoon session today,
the general topic of which is "Art and
Community Planning" The principal
speakers will be Earle s. Draper of the
American Society of Landscape Archi-
tects; Frederic A. Delano, president Of
the American Civic Association and
chairman of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission; Horace w.
Peaslee of the American Institute OF
Architects; Henry Wright, architect,
and John Irwin Bright, architect. Mrs.
McCook Knox will address an evening
meeting at the Corcoran Gallery, which
will be open to members of the Fedora
ton and their guests at pm. and to
the general public at $50. The subject
of discussion viii be THE Bicentennial
Exhibition of Portraits of Washington
and His Associates"
Tomorrow's Subjects.
The subjects of discussion at the
meetings tomorrow will be Art and
Leisure" and pArt and Nature" The
speakers win be Morse A. Cartwright,
director, American Association for Adult
Education; William Sloane Cof1n, presi-
dent, Metropolitan Museum of Art;
Royal Bailey Farnum. principal, Rhode
Island School of Design; Joseph l..
Wheeler, librarian, Enoch Pratt Free
Library, Baltimore; Thomas Munro,
curator of education. Cleveland Mu-
scum of Art; John c. Merriam, presi-
dent, Carnegie Institution, Pittsburgh,
and George H. Updike, author of Art
and Nature Appreciation"