Evening star., 1934-10-07

Cadnus. Taylor and Eoper, great
masters of the past and prominent
artists still living. This exhibition will
continue Throughout the month.
THE Art League of Washington.
1903 Twenty-f1rst street, opens
the season under auSpicious condi-
tions, sponsored by a group Of local
art lovers, redecorated and arranged
for more effective use, with Mr.. Val
Clear relieved of financial RESPONSE
bility, but still acting as managing
director. and Miss Elizabeth Ray
Lewis of the art department of the
Public Library, formerly of the Amer
ican Federation of Arts, serving as
curator of prints and supervising
print exhibitions. Again the Art
League will sponsor four exhibitions
of the work of local artists, the first
of which opened yesterday. to con-
tinue until October %. Members Of
the league are allowed three entries,
non-members are privileged to make
three entries on the payment Of fee
Of 81, but none of these entries are
exempt from jury. Works submitted
are judged, not by group or COM
mittee. but by single juror-a prom
inent artist or art educator. This Is
an innovation and 1t will be interest
ing to observe how it works out. The
only prizes offered are certificates of
merit for the best three works shown.
Among the Art Leagues other activi-
ties announced for the coming season
are free life class for members, Busi-
ness Mems Art Club, amateur paint
ing class, art teachers seminar and
Models Service Bureau. The first
print exhibition will, it is understood,
be Of caricatures and other prints by
Peggy Bacon.
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A GROUP of Greek Island embroid7
cries was placed on exhibition
in the Textile Museum of the Dis
trict of Columbia, 1880 S street
northwest, when it reopened on Sep
tember II. This museum, containing
rugs, tapestries and other textiles of
the Near and Far East, is open to
the public on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday afternoons from 2 to 5
o'clock But cards of admission must
be obtained in advance from the Office
Of the owner, George Hewitt Myers,
730 Fifteenth street.
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MISS MARGUERITE C. MUM,
A'A who spent last Winter in Char
lottesville, Va, has returned to WASH
ington and opened a studio at 1858
Pennsylvania avenue. Miss Mum was
associated with Miss Crither for the
past two Summers in conducting an
art camp at Red Rock Cove, near
Saltville, Va. She now announces a
Saturday afternoon landscape class,
to meet at her studio at 1870 O'Clock
and paint out-of-d doors as long as the
weather will permit.
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THE faculty of the Hill School Of
Art has been strengthened this
season by the addition Of Jon c.
Claghorn as instructor in painting.
Mr.. Claghorn is well known in this
city both as teacher and painter, also
as craftsman and etcher. He is a
former student Of the Pennsylvania
Academy and a member of its fellow
ship. His ancestors were whalers Of
New England and, in later days, art
patrons and connOiseurs of Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Claghorn spent the greater
part Of last Winter in Orlando. Fla,
where he painted large mural for
the local Chamber of Commerce.
Miss Hill will continue TO teach sculp-
ture, Benson Moore etching.
nURING the month of September
there were on exhibition at the
Public Library a group of Is hand
bound books from George E. Scheirers
Rabbit Hutch Bindery," at lS41 Co
lumbia road. together with a set Of
tools used in the process of binding.
Book binding is without question one
OF the most fascinating of the crafts
and offers an interesting field for
those seeking craft work as employ
ment for leisure. Like all the arts,
however, it requires more than dill
hgence and patience to insure success.
THE October exhibition at the Public
Library will, it is announced, con-
sist of drawings, prints and printed
screens by Olin Dows of this city,
who by his stylized and very in
dividualistic interpretations of Mex
ican subjects has attracted very con-
siderable and favorable attention.