Evening star., 1949-05-01

Workshop faculty members. Q
show of student work and sam
pie Of gallery conversation.
conducted by Amy Briggs.
Thrift Shop Benefit
An exhibition Of paintings by
Mrs. Philip CONN. Mrs. Spencer
Cosby. Mrs. Dwight r. Davis.
Eugene Carusi, DR.. Harry Karr
and Admiral Russell Train. will be
shown next Wednesday afternoon
only at the Women's Democratic
Club for the benefit Of the Thrift
Shop. which will receive all pro-
ceeds from sales Of the paintings.
Marines will predominate in Ad-
miral Trains group; Mrs. Cosby
will show mostly New England
landscapes and interiors. The
public is cordially invited.
St. Albans Students
The Headmaster and Mrs. Lucas
and Dean Stambaugh, head of the
art department of st. Adams
School, opened Friday an exhibi-
ton Of student paintings in the
activities building. which will re-
main through next Sunday. and is
open daily from 4 to 6.
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Sculpture Demonstration
The Washington Sculptor's &
Group has q wood" show in the
B. O. A. c. window at 1924 Con-
necticut avenue. where next Fri
day and Saturday, Shirley LIGHT
man will give q wood carving
demonstration as an educational
feature.
Montgomery Annual
Montgomery County artists have
been experiencing Jury trouble, as
did the artists of Washington and
vicinity last autumn. OF los pic
lures submitted for the annual art
exhibition now on view at Ginn's
Art Center, 1914 Georgia avenue
Through May Ia. only ~ were
accepted. Considering the caliber
of the jury. however. one is con-
1ident that It's members con-
scientiously strove for quality. They
we're Prof. George Cuneo Of Mary
land University. Richard Collins
Of Catholic University and Gustav
Trois. artist and instructor at Sill
yer Spring Art Gallery studio. The
exhibition comprises oil and water
color paintings and pastels.
Convention in CHICAGO
Representatives Of Washington
art museums and professional
artists organizations will attend
the 40th anniversary convention
Of the American Federation of
Arts to be held at the Art Institute
Of Chicago. May II and 10. Some
400 member museums and organi-
cations in the United States and
Canada. for which the federation
acts as spokesman and liaison In
national and international affairs
dealing with art, are expected to
send representatives.
Two subjects Of major impor-
tance to be discussed are "Relig-
ious Art in the Modern World"
and "Television and the Visual
Arts" Philip Adams. director Of
the Cincinnati Art Museum. will
chair the panel for the first men
toned. Maurice Lavanoux. editor
of Liturgical Arts. and Jacques
Lipchitz. modern sculptor, recent
ly commissioned to do religious
sculpture for Father Couturier's
church in France. will discuss the
commercialized aspect Of religious
art with its cheap and spiritless
plaster figures, manufactured for
huge profits, and long Q matter Of
concern among intelligent church.
men and laity. and the sensitive
and worshipful quality Of relig-
ious art created by living sculp-
tors and painters.
How can television do for art
what radio did for music?" Is the
question the symposium on May
II win attempt to answer. Hud-
son d. Walker. director OF Artists
Equity. will head the discussion.
Others to participate include an
artist, Richard Florsheim: tele-
vision experts, Vernon Brooks and
Norman FELTON,: museum dele
gates, an advertising man. Earle
Ludgins, and q radio dramatist,
Skee Wolff.
Daniel Cation Rich, director Of
the Art Institute Of Chicago, will
be principal speaker at the con-
vention banquet Wednesday eve
ming, May 18, at the Palmer
House. Since Washington has
been the federation's headquar-
ters since its founding In 1909 it