Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-05-16

Are you interested in good I
modern dance, bowling. gardenin,
politics, local politics, sports cars
No matter what your interest
ably find a group of like-minded
to be organizel.
The latect of these is the Rock
vile Art League for all the PEG.
pie who are seeking to "stimu-
late interest and the furthering
Of Fine Arts in Rockville by
means of exhibits, lectures and
demonstrations and to promote
all creative arts"
The Art League held its third
organizational meeting last night
at the Glenview Civic Center and
chose a nominating committee to
select its candidates for perma.
nent officers.
In the meantime, Norman Du-
lin, an artist antirnator with five
years of experience at Walt Dis.
ney'S studio, is the temporary
chairman, and a constitution and
bylaws are in the works.
The idea for the League began
with Mrs. Albert Dalton, 1907
Paul Drive, and was stimulated
about four years ago when Glen
View first came on the market
before the Historical Society pur-
chased it.
At that time, Mrs. Dalton, who
was member of the Richard
Montgomery High PTA, toured
the building and was struck by
its possibilities as a permanent
home for an association of people
seriously interested in creating In
the fields of drawing, painting
and sculpturing.
AS soon as Mrs. Dalton heard
that Glenview had been purchased
by Rockville for a civic center,
she brought her idea out of hid
ing, busted it off and went to
work.
On April II, she appeared be-
fore the Recreation Advisory Com
mittee to ask that a part of the
mansion be set aside permanently
for the development of the fine
arts including composition, draw
ing, water colors, oils, and sculp-
turing.
Committee Chairman c. D. Gull
requested a definite plan based
on capital expenditures and oper.
ating expenses.
The Art League was launched
on April 80 and, following its sec
ond meeting on May 8, budget
of $3.50 was submitted and APP
proved by the advisory commit.
tee. This will finance lighting, Is
permanent easels, tip-top tables
and stools.
The room directly over the din.
ing room was chosen as the most
suitable for studio with the best
natural lighting from three expo.
SureS.
Membership in the League has
already reached 81 with another
so people expressing active inter
est. The size of the facilities pro.
vided by the city will of course
limit the size of the membership.
Another limitation is imposed
by the detectives of the associa-
ton to encourage serious work
by responsible adults in the Gre
ative arts. The emphasis is on
work and not social get-togethers.
Therefore the constitution re-
quires minimum age of 81 years
and two completed works of art
submitted for exhibition purposes
per year of each member.
Believing in first things first, 4"
the League wants to get it's own
feet on the ground before start
ing the second phase of organic.
ing Junior Art League for the
teen-agers seriously interested in
the fine arts. But this is definite
ly an objective that the League
means to pursue as soon as pos
sible.
The ban on social activity does
not mean that there won't be a
CAB session following every work
session. In fact at present the CAB
session for the purpose of criti-
cism and evaluation of each mem.
ber's creations, plays an import
ant part as the League works on
the Educational principle of
learning by doing" that is, anna
tours learn to paint by painting,
and its purpose is to furnish the
opportunity
Actual Instructions will be up to
the Individual members and out
side the Leagues activities.
There is no doubt that the CAB
sessions will be valuable as the
membership already includes a
number of experienced and pro-
fessional artists who have indi-
Gated their willingness to help
and advise the less experienced.
Besides Mr.. Dulin, the roster in.
cludes Bernard Loiselle, a portrait
painter with many exhibitions
and prizes to his credit who is