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[[newspaper clipping]] Music, And The Arts Notes And News In The World Of The Arts By CATHERINE BURNS PLAVCAN [[circled]] Now showing at the Des Moines Art Center is an exhibition assembled on the theme of “The Farm in Art.” It opened on Aug. 16 and will continue through Sept. 20. It is an invitational show, arranged, for the most part, through various art dealers and collectors. The introduction to the catalog was written by Kirk Fox, editor of Successful Farming. “A rural art show in the heart of the corn belt at State Fair time needs no extensive buildup as to purpose. It is then that the rural artist, who works with sun, soil and rain as media, presents his finest creations,” he wrote, and continued, “Not everyone had ready access to the sources of rural art… Within everyone there lies latent artist. As few train to express that ability as train for athletic events, yet they can be lifted and inspired by the artist’s performance.” Farm Planters The show is unified only by the choice of the subject matter. There is a vast variety of style represented, and in time it spans a century and a half of artistic effort, going as far back as John Constable, the English artist who contributed so much to the development of the landscape painting. Fine American painters of a bygone day are there too, among them Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, and William Sidney Mount. Most of the show is contemporary and the largest group of exhibits is in the medium of paint. There are a number of drawings and prints, and a few sculpture pieces. Among the Artists of outstanding reputation in the show are Charles Burchfield of Buffalo, Robert Gwathmey, who has served as a judge of an Erie show, and Wray Manning, a regular exhibitor in the Cleveland area. Other nationally known artists in the show include Louis Bouche, John Rogers Cox, Adolph Dehn, Georgia O'Keefe, Waldo Pierce, Henry Varnum Poor, Robson Pittman, Margit Varga and Karl Zerbe. Erie To Des Moines Also in the exhibition are three paintings that have been exhibited in Erie. Edward Everett Wheeler III of Waterford first exhibited "Allegory of the Corn and the Morning Glory" in a group show with three other painters last winter, and later had the picture accepted for Exhibition IV of the Federation of Erie Artists. "God's Poultry" and "Great Wide Wonderful World" by Gertrude Rogers were both exhibited in Erie during the time Mrs. Rogers lived her. It is interesting to know what Wheeler's work was submitted through the Seligmann Gallery of New York, and that it was at his suggestion that Mrs. Rogers submitted photographs and was invited to send in her paintings. [[/circled]] Medical Illustration A young man who at one time had little hope of seeing anything very satisfactorily is now on the way to prepare for one of the most exacting fields of art work. The story has been told before of Gerald Cooper who, several years ago, was having such difficulty with his vision that drastic measures were taken. The stronger eye was shielded, and the weaker one put to work in an art class. The result was a most amazing increase in visual strength, so Gerry stayed on at Tech and graduated with his mind made up that medical illustration was to be his field. It is a long and demanding course of study, requiring general academic work, art training, and then considerable medical study. He has been enrolled at Gannon College for the last two years and has continued his art study at the Erie Veterans' School. Also he has been working and saving. Now he is enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where he will concentrate on cast and life drawing. After a year of this he will transfer to the University of Rochester for the final medical phase of his study. Medical illustrations are scarce and are very much needed. Also, the pay is excellent. The training is long and arduous, and the work is open only to those with patience, skill and intelligence. Student Round Up Congratulations have been duly offered to Joseph Sierota who will soon enroll at the Cleveland Institute of Art as the winner of a scholarship through the National Scholastic competition. With him will go Gary Andrews who graduated from Tech a year ago. Gary couldn't get away to school last fall when his classmates entered various art schools, so he worked and saved during the year. Now he too is on the way to further art study. It was good to see Leroy Smith during a recent brief leave from Camp Lee, N. J. He was also a scholarship winner, but the call to service came, and he is cheerfully doing his duty as a good citizen should. A couple of years from now he intends to go on with his studies. Ester Kissell, who kept busy at the Boston Shore during the summer months , is eager to begin her studies at Mercyhurst. Her excellent work in Miss Margaret Lord's class in Academy High School brought her a scholarship to the college. Roxanna Downing, Mercyhurst June graduate, returns to the college as an instructor. She will be an assistant to Sister Angelica, head of the art department. Local Exhibitions Tomorrow will be the day to see the exhibition of Richard Anuszkiewicz, Pulitzer prize winner, in the Art Gallery of the Public Library. Portraits by Professor Zoltan Hey of Gannon College will be on display at the Erie Public Museum throughout the month of September.
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