Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-16
| lust Between
Yourselves
BY Philip Fl. Love

Boys and girls of Washington and
vicinity have many opportunities to
learn to appreciate art and music.
Right now, for example, the Cor
coran Gallery of Art Is showing one
of the finest collections of contem-
porary American art ever assem-
bled. 1t consists Of 1875 paintings,
representing every school OF pres
ent-day art The exhibition will con-
tinue through October IA, and you
should make every effort to see it:
If you have talent for drawing
you should take in as many art
exhibitions as you possibly can. Next
to drawing from life, studying the
work of accomplished artists Is the
best training you can get. And no
matter how much practicing you
do, you can still learn great deal
from others.
But even If you can't draw, you
can enjoy good paintings, and
there's no better way to learn to do
that than by attending exhibitions
now, while your cultural pattern is
still in the formative stage. II you
acquire love for art and music in
youth, it will remain with you as
long as you live, and will add
warmth and color to your whole
life. But if you don't become in
terested in such things now, you
can't expect to understand and ap-
preciate them in your adult years.
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After you've visited the Corcoran
exhibition, you should go through
the National Gallery of Art. There
you will find some of the most
famous works of the old masters,
and it will be interesting to COM
pare them with the present-day art.
But don't let your interest in art
end with the current show at the
Corcoran, or even with the price
less masterpieces at the National.
Visit other exhibitions, too-at the
National Museum, Smithsonian
Building, Freer Gallery, Library of
Congress, Phillips Memorial Gal
lery. Arts Club. Whyte Gallery,
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If you're too young to 60 alone, ask
your mother or perhaps one of
your teachers to take you; or, better
still, organize group of playmates
or schoolmates to explore the va
rious displays in the company of
some interested adult.
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In the field of music you can be
equally active. BY watching the
newspapers for announcements of
concerts and recitals, you can work
out a program that will serve as a
course in music appreciation. self
administered. A 15-year-old girl of
my acquaintance was taken to a
National Symphony Orchestra con-
cert at the Water Gate this sum-
mer. 1t happened to be an excep-
tionally good concert, and the girl
came away determined to go to the
Water Gate as often as possible
thereafter. She made it a surprising
number of times, too, and now she's
saving from her allowance to be
able to go to at least a few OF the
concerts scheduled for this winter.
Jim Lemon, Is, Anacostia High
School, who won a J. S. prize with
recent contribution on a day at
Hyde Field, has been promoted to
technical sergeant in the Civil Air
Patrol and placed in charge of
public relations. He has a uniform.
too Talented young artists
among j. S. readers include Harry
Lynn Casterlin, II, Woodrow Wilson
High School; Shirley E. Barry, is,
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School:
Irene Preveden, IL, Langley Junior
High School, and Nancy Mengels-
dorf. IL, of Hyattsville Harry
wants to be cartoonist; Shirley is
good at sketching pretty girls; Irene
does colored crayon drawings of
fairies, elves and such, and Nancy
can draw as pretty dog as you've
ever seen.