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from
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, ?hiladelphia 2
January 1963
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The Miro Woodwind Quintet, with Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist, will give the next
concert at ' The
vania Academy of - the Fine Arts on Friday evening, January
25th, at 8:30.
The group includes: Dean Miller, flute; Fred Gruenebaum, oboe;
Loren Ki tt, clarinet; Willia.l11 Winsted, bassooni and William Capps , Fren<:J:~ horI!!.
Penns:}h
These young mUSlC1ans came to Philadelphia to pursue their advanced music stUdy
at The Curtis Institute of Music some time ago and have been playing together,
wit~ many appearances in this area, for the past three years.
A fea ture of ti1is program will be Suite for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn,
and piano by Paul Nordoff, commissioned by the late Judge Curtis Bok in 1947.
This, its first Philadelphia performance, is presented in his memory.
Other
. works prggrammed include:
Quartet, for woodwinds - Francaix
Quintet for woodwinds, in B major, Opus 56 - Danzi
Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet - Barber
Quintet, Kochel 452, for winds and piano - Mozart
Mr. Miller, a native of Green Springs, Ohio, has been participa ting artist for 3
years -at Tanglewood fvlusi c Center ••• IVlr. Gruenebaum, from Los Angeles, has
appeared at the Aspen Music Festival; Tanglewood; and the Marlboro !wlusic Festival ••
Mr. Kitt has also been at Aspen, and Tanglewood; played first clarinet in New York
City Ballet Orchestra, and in t he San Francisco Symphony, t his summer at the World's
Fair in Sea ttle, his native city ••• Mr. Winsted! a native Kentuckian, is not
only a bassoonist but a t alented composer and pianist, too • • • Mr. C~p~
was a member of the Festival Quintet at Spoleto (Italy) Music Festival last SQmmer.
He comes from Auburn, Alabama.
Current at the time will be the Academy's l58th Annual Exhibition,_
Amer i cB:.~ _ya ~~:r:. _Co~o..rs '-._~:r..:h~~~ aJ'.!<! Drawings.
Co~t~~orary
The concerts are made available, without cost, t hr ough the joint collaboration
of the Academy, the Recording Industries' Trust Funds; the Fredric R. Mann Foundati on;
and the Women's Cormnittee of the Academy.
Doors open at 7:30.
MUSIC
NEWS
from
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
January 1963
Mary Minott Burgess to be featured in Art Academy Recital
Mary Minott Burgess, mezzo soprano, will be presented ,in recital by The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Friday evening, February 15th, at
8:30. She will be assisted by Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist, and a string
quartet composed of Hidetaro Suzuki and Miwako Ninomiya, violins; Clyn Barrus,
viola; and Russell Smith, cello.
.
The program will include:
Aria: "Ah Spietato ll from "Amadigi" - Handel
Chanson Perpetuelle, for VOice, piano and string quartet - Chausson
II Tramonto, for voice and quartet ' - Respighi
Proses Lyriques - Debussy
A native of Anderson, South Carolina, young Miss Burgess received her academic
and early music training in the South. She began as a piano major but later
turned to the voice; studied four summers, in both subjects, at Brevard Music
Center in North Carolina, before coming to The Curtis Institute of Music in
1958, from where she expects to gain a Bachelor of Music degree this spring.
On the ex
rience side, Miss Burgess has had three seasons with the Santa Fe
(New Mexico Opera Company which included performances with that company in
Berlin, Germany and Belgrade, Jugoslavia in the fall of 1961; a solo appearance
with the Philadelphia Orchestra youth Concerts the same year; soloist with
Brevard Symphony Orchestra during three summers; and has given several recitals
in the Philadelphia area and her native state.
The 158th Annual Exhibition - Contemporary American Water Colors, Prints and
Drawings will be current in the Academy's galleries at this time.
The concert is made available , without cost, through the jOint collaboration
of the Academy; the Recording Industries' Trust Funds, the Fredric R. Mann
Foundation; and the Women's Committee of the Academy.
Doors open at 7:30,
EXCLGSIVE; TO Kl~TH ERINE DUNLAP , I N,~UIRER SOCIbTY 2D ITOR .
Note: Names una ,rlinea are women from the Wo en 's Committee
who were photograph d t the Acad y on Jan. 7.
PENNSYLV NIA
C DE
OF THE FINE ARTS
Bro d and Cherry treats
Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania
(Throu h The Beacon Agency, Inc. - KI 6-1830)
I , JANUARY
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A members' subs cri ption dinner sponsored by the Women's Commi ttee
of the P nnsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will be given at the
art 1n titution on Wednesday evening , January 16th. preceding the
Private View of the Aoademy 's 15gth Annual Exh ibition.
About 250 members and thei r guests will attend the dinner,
starting with cocktails at 6 :30 P. M., in the traditionally gay
atmo pher e of an Academy uopening night .. tI
This year's Annual,
in cooperation with the Philad lphia Water Co lor Club, features
American
~ ate r
Colors, Prints and Drawings .
About 500 pie ces
are included in the shm'l .
The Private View will take place from 9 until 11 o'clock
"Jednesday evening .
s . John G. B, rtol, Jr . of Berwyn is oh irman of the Academy
Women's Committee \fhich. st , ges the dinner each year launching th
big Annual Exhibition.
Chairman of the arrangemen t
committee for this year 's dinner
is lith-s . Bertram De Goleman, Bryn lawr, ass1 ted by Mrs ., George Reath.,
Philadel ph ia , and Mr s . Herbert F. Schiffr , of
(It is interesting to note that
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Chester .
s . Col eman is a dir ct
descendent of portrait painter uatthew Pratt (1734-1805) who was
a pu pil ot Ben j amin \Vest .
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Sever al works by Matthew Pratt ar
by the Penn-ylvania Acad my of the Fine Ap~s.)
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Mrs . Franklin C. Watkins, also a member of the Women's
Committee, is wife of the well known Philadelphia arti t.
serves on the school Faculty and the
Mr. Watkins
cademyts Board of Directors.
Mrs . T. F .. Dixon Wainwright of Villanova, and her sister,
Mrs. J. H.. Ward Hinkson , Wallingford, are in cha.rge of decorations
for the opening Wednesday evening.
Re oeiving at the Private View , with !fa-. Frank T. Howard ,
President of the Academy , and ?t.r.Joseph T .. Fraser, Jr .. , Academy
Director, will be the following hostesses:
Mrs. La"/ranee A. Brown, Jr. ,
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Coleman , Mrs . Henry S. McNeil, Mrs. Wainwright and Mrs. William
Coxa
~'lright.
Those who will preside at the refreshments table during the
Private View include
Fraser , Jr.,
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s. Bartol; Mrs.
Bro\~,
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Joseph T.
Evan Randolph , Jr., Mrs. George B. Roberts,
Mrs . Wainwright, Mrs . Watkins,
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El ias Wolf and Mrs . Alfred
Zantz1nger.
Among the guests expected to attend the dinner are:
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEln[ OF THE FINE ARTS
Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania
(Through The Beacon Agency, Inc. - KI 6-1830 Phi1a.)
FOR RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1963
Opening to the general public on Friday, January 18, is the
l58th Annual Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Acade.my of the Fine Arts,
oldest art institution in the United States , located at Broad and
Cherry streets, Philadelphia.
This year's Annual features American water colors, prints and
drawings.
The show includes
Works by
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being exhibited.
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works and will run through March 3.
living American artists from across the Nation are
The current Annual Exhibition is staged in
cooperation with the Philadelphia Water Color Club.
The following prizes have been awarded:
Ph~l8.delEhia
Water Color Club Prize of $200, to the artist showing
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the strongest water color or group of water colors in the exhibition,
was awarded by the Jury of Selection to Jacob Landau, Roosevelt, N.J.
Honorable Mention to George A. Nama, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dana Water ,Color Medal, awarded by the Jury of Selection for the best
work in water color, went to Bogomir Bogdanovic of Warwick, N.Y.
Eyre
Me~al,
to the best print entered by an artist, was awarded by
the Jury of Selection to Klindt Houlberg, State College, Pa. Honorable
Mentions to Wanda Miller Matthews, Boulder, Colo . , and John Solem,
Santa Monica,
Calif~
Penl?-ell Memorial Medal given by the Direct ors of the Philadelphia
Water Color Club, for achievement in illustration or in the graphic
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arts, was won by Rico Lebrun, Los Angeles, Calif.
Dawson Memorial Medal, also awarded by the Directors of the Water
Color Club, for distinction in a painting or drawing of either
flowers or gardens, was awarded to W. Emerton Heitland , Philadelphia.
Honorable Mention to Robert Laessig,W. Ri chfield, O.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has made available
at least $2,000 for purchase for the Academy's permanent collection
and, in addition, will use this year for the first time monies from
the Leo Asbell Memorial Fund for the purchase of original drawings.
A purchase fund also has been made available by the Philade lphia
Water Color Club to purchase from the exhibition for its permanent
collection.
Organization of the show was on a partly-invited and partlyjuried basis.
Works on show came from artists living in at least
31 states, including Hawaii.
Among the 292 pieces of invited work are three water colors
by nationally-known artist Andrew wyeth, of Chadds Ford, Pa., who
has been chosen recipient of the 1963 Philadelphia Water Color Club
Medal of Award for his contribution toward the advancement of
water color art.
The remaining
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works in the exhibition were chosen by the
Jury of Sele ction from better than 2,600 pieces submitted for jury
consideration.
Members of the Jury of Selection were Adolf Dehn, of New York
City, and Sidney Goodman and Romas Viesulas, of Philadelphia.
Nearly everything in the exhibition will be for sale.
range in price from $10 to $4,000.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Since 1957 the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has yearly
alternated its big Annual Exhibition between two catagories:
one
year oil paintings and sculpture, and water colors, prints and
drawings the next year,
Oils and sculpture will be featured in
1964.
The Academy has scheduled concerts and gallery talks during
the seven-week show.
Admission is free to the galleries, concerts and lectures.
Hours are 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. weekdays (except Mondays), and 1 to 5 P.M.
on Sundays.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD, AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA 2, PENNSYLVANIA
lD 4-0219
(Through
~e
Beacon Agency, Inc.)
FOR RELEASE 1IONDAY" JANUARY 28, ,1963
Roughly 400 miles from Philadelphia is The North Cerolina
Museum of Art in Raleigh where, beginning on January 2, a visual
tribute to the career of painter Hobson Pittman will be staged.
The retrospective exhibition is the third in the museum's
"Great North Carolina Artists" series.
It has been announced that
the presentation will include over 150 oils, pastels, watercolors
and drawings "for a complete sampling of Pittman's work from 1920
to the present."
Nationally-known painter ahd teacher Hobson Pittman lives on
New Gulph Rd., Bryn Mawr.
Pittman has been on the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts in Philadelphia for many years.
Currently he is an
Instructor and Critic in Painting in the Academy's day school and
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a lecturer and instructor at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
He also teaches at the Pennsylvania State University in its summer
sessions.
He continues to lecture, criticize student works, and
still paints at least five days a week.
Pittman was born on a plantation near Tarboro, North Carolina,
and attended Rouse Art School in Tarboro from 1912 through 1916.
Later he attended Pennsylvania State University (192l-22), Carnegie
Institute of Technology (1924) and Columbia University (1925-26).
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
The artist was awarded a
during which
t~e
Guggenhe~
Traveling Fellowship in 1956,
Pittman traveled and studied in Spain, Sicily,
Italy, Greece, Turkey and France.
The prizes and honors Pittman has won to date are many, and
his work is represented in over 40 museums.
In addition to American
museums and galleries; works by Pittman have been exhibited in Paris,
London, Cairo, Venice, South America, etc.
Most of the paintings and drawings in the North Carolina Museum
of Art exhibition honoring Pittman were borrowed from museums and
private art collections across the country.
Two of his paintings
are already included in the Raleigh institution's permanent
collection.
Although Pittman has lived in the Philadelphia area about
40 years, close ties with his native North Carolina have continued.
The retrospective exhibition honoring his work (held as part of
the 300th Anniversary marking North C8.rolina's ·early settlement)
will be shown from February 2 through March
3~
A group of the artist's friends in the Philadelphia area will
travel to Raleigh for the show's opening celebration which will be
held on Friday, February 1st.
For those who can't make the trip, the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts points out that Hobson Pittman is among the 273
American artists represented in its l58th Annual Exhibition which
opened January 18 and will continue through March 3, 1963, at the
Broad and Cherry Streets institution.
Pittman, who was an invited
exhibitor, has five works in the Academy show.
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BROAD AND CHztH?Y STR ·F..Tf;
PHILADELPH I A 2,
p~NNSY LV~N IA
Fgr Reloase, \\ §ldneed' y , February 6 , 1963,
The
nia
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wi l l present a film pro y,ram for F$110 slip
emb rs
F el1owshlp ~
of the Pine 1t.rt
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alumni organizat ion of th
Penneyl
.and t.h idr gue ts at g o ' clock thls evening (Wednesda y , February 6) .
Ulllrt and the Artist At.
~orkn
1s the them
of the program which
'00'1 11 incl.ud e tour fil ms -- h. Vi§i.!( to Piea§sq;
Fri!ekl1n tt\ @tki ns; and The Li!naiQ§oose .
Adm1ss ion 1s free to
and their friends .
udi t oriwu,
m~mb
rs of the Aca d my'>
The f ilm program will be
nd retl'"e hr:nent
hown in the sehoal
wi l l be aerY dafter th
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PENllSYLVAliIA ACADElt1Y OF THE FI NE ARTS
aRC D lD CHERRY 3TREETS
PHI W DELPHIA 2
(Through
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Th~g ney. Inc. ~ KI 6- 1g30)
FOR
Art critic Dorothy Or fly w111 g1v
(February 7) at 2:30 P. M. on the 158th
P
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n n ~ylvania
a gallery talk Thursday
nnual Exhibition
t
th
Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets.
Gr fly is art critic tor The Bulletin and editor and
Mis
publi h r of "Art in Focus."
The lectur
in
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of
to be given by Miss Gr fly on Thur d y 1s second
t
lks about the kcade y'
which will be on view until
COlOTS,
prints and
Ad is ion i
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cur rent Annu 1 Exhi bition,
turing
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free to
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BRO 1) Hi"iD :HERRY STHh:ETS
PHILti. ELI}HIA 2) PE.t\l]4 a .
(Through The Beacon Agency . Inc . - KI 6-1630)
Fehryan: 1]
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81 ckburn, Philadelphia painter and printmakcr , will
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locture Thur day (Febru ry 14) at the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Arts , Eroad and Cherry Street
Fin
current Annual Exhibition which th1
prints
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f
on works in the
ye r fe ture
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water colors ,
drawings.
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to th
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Ao d 'I1.y .faculty since 1952 . ,'( His lectur
public , will be g1 ven in tb
galleries
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b en
on 1'hursday ,
t rting
at 2:30 P. M.
TIlursday after noon gall ry talks about the 158th Annual
Exhibition , on view until
of th
Pennsylvania
AC
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), . Jle sponaored by the Fellow
demy of the Fine Art •
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I,..d ud Cherry S~e".
Philadelphia 2, P.... aylyan1a
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entered 1n a aculpture
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will .an Work tOday (Monday, February 18) on cla1 t1 gurea
Whl~
.... be compl.ted by Wedn.sday.
Cemp.t1ftc in the event thi8 year are about. 10 Academy etudent,
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Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2. Pennsylvania
(Through The Beacon Agency , Inc. - KI 6-1t1JO )
fOR RELEASE !.:UNDAY , FEBR Ul,RY 17 . 196J
Philadelphi
students are visiting the P0nn sylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts in growing numbers because of a project in
collaboration with the Art i::dueation Division of the public school
sy ... tem..
ii'or some time the Academy has been endeavoring to attract
more of the oi ty' s "younger generation fl to its ,e:alleries at Broad
and. Cherry Streets .
'rh e Academy .
oldest art institution in the
Un ited States , is both a museum and fine arts
chool and has a
permanent collection of American art unsurpas ad in l ny categories .
Adults mi ght be inclined to accept the ide
that a boy or girl
in th e lower grades is not able to grasp tho meaning of such
terminology as "impressionistic" or
~f abtrQct,,"
However, the
groups of students who visited the Aoademy during the past month
ran ged in a ge from 2nd
aders to art college
in varying degr ees, about American
eroativ
rt and th
t udents--learning ,
work of contemporary
artists .
ccording to Joseph T. Fraser , Jr .. , Director of the institution ,
s. new program ..las set up reoently through the cooperation of Jack
Bookbind r , Director of the public school 5yst
Educ tlon .
ts
Division of Art
The pro gram of tours has succeeded in bringing more
young people to the Acad my for
"close- up look lt at pictures ,
drawings and graphi cs, an opportunity some of the younger visitors
s el dom have .
(n Academy
id l earned that children in one group
( MORE )
pgNNSYLVANIA
CADE.\iY OF 'raE F . ' ,
seldom re exposed
van to
or
Re cently, a group
'l'S
gazine
children
visited the Ae demy during
-2-
thorne . }
pro .enting the 5th grad
I'
tour of cultur 1 1n<titutions.
had ben brought to the
e
level
They
158th nnual Exhibition.
it
.-
including mere than 500 vlater
print
colo:r.~6,
an
drawings by 273
Am· rican artist .
A the group en . d thai
tour of the exhibition , th
persuaded one of their number to produc
SCI' p~ paper.
To th
gu1d'
childr n
a drawing he h d done on
surprise , th
ketch looked
pencil
very much like the boy who h d drawn it .
ttHel ping to
people in the fin
ti mulate and cuI ti v te the in·t er
rts h s long b n
t of young
goal of the P nn.s ylva.ni
Academy," lJir . Fr ser stat d.
"In our own school , we c n influenc and at! ulate a limit d
number of young people who
We are tr
re end avor1ng to study
endou 1y gr tifi d . howe
given through th
bringing larg
ion
r , by the coop ration bing
Division of ' rt Education wbic
number
prof
h s result d in
of city school childr n to s
our nnual
Exhibition . "
l~ .
~ras
the progr '
r
dd d t
t the
b cau e it tr ditionally provide
morican
e pee1ally pIe
c of thi
could be set
important living
y "1
cro ss
$
e that
major exhibitiQn .
ction of work by
rtist . fl
He said the young people vi lt1ng; the inst1tut1onn th
current program "are beln
v n an o · portunlty,
t
impre
ge , to beco e more familiar with a p eta of eontempor ry
art . It
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rican
s.
PE.NNt YLVAN I
ACADEl'iY OF TEFl lE ARTS
The Division of Art Lducation h
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arran ged f or a m moer of
ts staff to gui de school children during their tours at the Academy.
A s taff member at the art institution al s o a siste with the tours ,
which have been soheduled through th e Annual Exhibition end i ng on
March 3.
I'
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
March 1963
Three Young Musicians in Final Concert of
Pennsylvania Academy's Current Series
Three young musicians, all fifteen years of age, whose parents are distinguished
members of the faculty of The Curtis Institute of Music, will present the final
concert in this season's series at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on
Friday evening, April 5th, at 8:30. They are David Cole, celloj Laurie Sokoloff,
flute; and Peter Serkin, piano.
Their program:
Sonata in B minor, for flute, cello and piano - Loelliet
Sonata in E minor, Opus 38, for cello and piano - Brahms
Sonata, for flute and piano - Hindemith
Assobio a Jato, for flute and p±ano - Villa-Lobos
Trio, No. 31, in G - Haydn
~
David Cole is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Cole. His father, among his many
connections, is cellist of the Curtis Quartet. David is a student of his father
and Leonard Rose at the Curtis Institute, and winner of the Junior Youth Concerts
Competition for the Philadelphia Orchestra and was a soloist in that series in 1962.
Laurie Sokoloff, daughter of Vladimir and Eleanor Sokoloff, is a first-year student
at the Curtis Institute studying with William Kincaid, whose private pupil she was
before entering the school. This is her first Philadelphia concert appearance,
although she has played elsewhere, including a performance with a woodwind quartet
at the MUsic Educators' National Convention ill Chicago, spring of 1962.
Peter Serkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Serkin, and pupil of his father and
M. Horszowski, has had much more playing experience than the others. He has
recorded for Columbia Records; played with the Philadelphia Orchestra under
Eugene OrmandYj with the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell; and the Marlboro
(Vermont) Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared with Alexander Schneider in
sonata recitals in New York City.
Current at the time will be the Fellowship (Academy's almnni) Annual Exhibition of
Painting, Sculpture, Water Colors, and Graphics.
The public is invited.
Admission is free.
Doors open at 7:30.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry streets
Philadelphia 2
M3.rch 1963
Vlad~ir
and Eleanor Sokoloff, and Quartet of
Singers to Give Next Pennsylvania Academy
Concert
The annual request appearance of Vladimir and Eleanor Sokoloff, in a
program of original works for four hands at one piano, will be given at
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Friday evening, March 22nd,
at 8:30.
They will be assisted by:
Judith Blegen, soprano
Mary Minott Burgess, mezzo-soprano
Vahan Khanzad1an, tenor
John Wiseman, baritone
The first half of the program will feature Grand Duo in C major,
Opus 140, by Franz Schubert, played by Mr. and Mrs. Sokoloff.
The second half will be devoted to the rarely-heard Book Two of
the Liebeslieder Walzer of Johannes Brabms, written for mixed vocal
quartet and four hands at one piano.
(Book One was programmed here
in the 1958-59 series.)
Current at the time will be the Fellowship (Academy's alumni)
Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Sculpture, Water Colors, and Graphics.
The public is invited.
Admission is free.
Doors v1il1 open at 7:30.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA 2, PENNSYLVANIA
(Through The Beacon Agency, Inc. - KI 6-1830)
For Release Friday, March 15, 1963
Beginning on Satqrday (March 16) an exhibition sponsored
by the alumni organization of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, will feature paintings,
sculpture and graphics by 152 artists.
The annual Fellowship Exhibition, which opens to the general
public at 10 A.M. tomorrow, will be on view in the Academy galleries
until April 14. More than 200 items are included in the show.
Works in this annual exhibition are by Fellowship Members
from the young art student to the established professional.
in 1897, the
Founded
Fellowship is an organization of artists who have
studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Present
students also may become members.
A portion of the artists represented in the current Fellowship Exhibition were invited to exhibit works.
The balance of the
works are those which passed the juries. A total of 202 items -- oils,
water colors, graphics and sculpture -- are included in the show.
Over 500 works were submitted by Fellowship members.
Cash prizes amounting to $500 have been awarded for works in
the Fellowship Exhibition.
(SEE LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS ATTACHED)
The Percy M. Owens Memorial award llfor
a distinguished
Pennsylvania artistft was given to Raphael Sabatini, of Philadelphia.
This prize of $250 is not awarded on the basis of work in the
exhibi tion.
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2.
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Eight artists judged work submitted for inclusion in the
Fellowship Exhibition and chose winners of the various prizes.
Jury members for
and Raymond Saunders.
oil were Lois Eaton Dollin, Lucius Crowell
In the category of water color and graphics,
jury members were Christine McGinnis, A. P. Hankins and Oliver
Grimley.
Margaret Wasserman Levy and Dexter Jones served on the
sculpture jury.
Most of the items being exhibited in the show are for sale,
ranging in price from $10 to about $4000.
Galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts are
open from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Tuesdays through Saturdays, and from
1 to 5 P.M. on Sundays.
Admission is free.
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NEWS BULLETIN
of the
PENNSYL VANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Broad & Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2, Penna.
LISTING OF EVENTS & EXHIBITION
DATA IN YOUR CALENDAR OF
EVENTS OR SIMILAR MEDIUM WILL
BE APPRECIATED.
April .. 1963
IN OUR GALLERIES •••
••• Through April 14. the annual Fellowship exhibition of Painting, Sculpture
Graphics.
This show features 203 works by our Fellowship members -
an~
alumni and
present students of the Academy -- selected on a partly-invited and partly-juried
basis.
More than $00 works were submitted by members of the Fellowship organization.
(Opened with Private View on March 1$.)
.... April 16 thru 30 .. gallery space devoted to selections from our vast Permanent
Collection of American art •
••• May 1 thru
26, is the traditional Exhibition of Student Work for Travel Scholar-
ship Competitions and other prizes open to P.A.F.A. students.
Awards will be
announced at Annual Cresson Day Exercises on May 1 marking end of the school term..
SPECIAL EVENTS
April $ at 8s30 P.M.. -- Chamber Music Concert with Piano, Cello
&:
Flute.
This will
be the last program in the 1962-63 series of free chamber music concerts given in
the galleries.
Doors open at 7:30 P.M.
WOMENtS COMMITTEE REPORTS •••
***
The March 1st theater benefit staged by the Women's Committee realized a more
than satisfactor.y profit which will be earmarked for emergency aid to P.A.F.A.
:;jtudents and other projects. Mrs. John G. Bartol" Jr." of Berwyn, is chairman of
the Women's Committee. Over 3$0 subscribers attended the March 1 performance of
Helen Hayes and Maurice Evans in itA Program For Two Players" (at Philadelphia's
Walnut Street Theatre). This was followed by a champagne supper-dance in the
Academy galleries where the veter8n performers were guests of honor.
Gallery Hours: 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Weekdays (except Mondays)
1 P.M. to 5 P.M. Sundays and some Holidays
ADMISSION FREE
TELEPHONE: LO 4-0219
NEWS BULLETIN
of the
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Broad & Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2, Penna.
LISTING OF EVENTS & EXHIBITION
DATA IN YOUR CALENDAR OF
EVENTS OR SIMILAR MEDIUM WILL
BE APPRECIATED.
INotR GALLEftIES •••
•• • June 1 thru July 3l-All gallery space 'Will be devoted to works selected from.
the Aoademy's vast Permanent Collection of American art. Visitors to our galleries
during the s\.IIIlI1er ..,aii see .American paintings, sculptUre and graphics, spanning a
period of nearly 200 years up to current acquisitions.
GALLERIES CF THE P.A.F.A. VULt BE CLOSED May .)0, July 4 and Month of August.
***
CareSSOD
Day
Wednesday, May 1st is "Cresson Day" at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Ch that day, the winners of William Emlen Cresson, Lewis S. Ware and J. Henry
Schiedt Memorial European Traveling Scholarships are announced .. in addition to
other schQol prizes.,
Memorial traveline scholarships and other school prizes-
with a total value of aver t28,()()O-..;V'ere awarded last year on "Cresson Day."
Jacques Lipchitz .. well. known s.culptor, will speak at the 4 P.M. exercises May 1st
in Gallery F.
SCHOOL NEWS •••
~ Wistar Wood.. administrator of our schools, announces that applications are
being accepted for the aummer term which starts June 17 and ocnt1nues until July 26.
Members of the 1963 Summer School Faculty are John G. Hanlen, Jim C. Lueders,
Jack MasseyI Francia Speicht and Roswell Weidner.
Information about cost and registration may be obtained fran the School
Office between 9 A.M. and S P.M. Monday through Friday.
***
Gallery Hours: 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Weekdays (except Mondays)
1 P.M. to 5 P.M. Sundays and some Holidays
ADMISSION FREE
TELEPHONE: LO 4-0219
PENNSYLVANIA ACADElU OF THE FINE ARTS
Broad & Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2.. Pennsylvania
(Through The Beacon Agency, Inc. - KI 6-18JO)
FCR RELEASE AFTER 4 P.M., Wedne$d.&, ¥all
Students of the oldest art institution in the United States received awards.
for creative a.chievement on Wednesday (May 1) at exercises held. in Gallery F of
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry sts .. , Philadelphia..
where winner5 of m.emorial European traveling scholarships and other school prizes valued at nearly $30,000 ..- \vere announced.
Headini the long list of awards
110n
oy
Academy at udents were 10 William.
EmJ.cn CressQI'l Memorial TraveUnG Scholarships .. at $1,800 each .. for which 38 .students
competed.
Winners for painting
were~
Alan F. Berger, 1414 Spruce St., Phila_;
Margaret A. Goodall, 32$ S. 12th st., Phila .. ; Arthur W. Jones, 1$1 N. lSth st.,
Pbila.i. (Mrs.) Betty Jane Lea, Ravine
Rd..,
Trentc:n, N.J.; Bruno Melone, 181.3 Wolf
St., Phila..j Peter D. Schnore (Syracuse, N.Y.), 1229 Wood st., Phi,laa; Robert T.
Shepard (Bangor, Me.), 1229 Wood St • ._ Phila'i Harriett Sosson, 2lJ9 Disston St ...
Pilla.; Thomas M. Toner, 1119 Wilde Ave., Drexel Hill; and winner of a C.resson
Tr.::.v eling Scholarship for sculpture was Joanne Fertik, 808 Rugby St., Phila.
Honorable Mentions (providing tuition for the 196.3-64 w:i.nter term) were
~ven
to Jerry Fleishman (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 209 Green St.,. Phila.; and JaJUes Gadson,
z:ll N. Camac
st.,
Phila.
Fir$t awarded in 1902, the Cresscns are
~ven
Academy faculty after the judging of student works
on recommendation of the
~ubmitted in
a competition
exhibition, whl.ch will be on view in the Academy galleries until May 26th.
They
cover 90 days of swnmer European travel and pay the student's tuition for the
(more)
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PENNA. ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
following school yeat"
on17 after three
ye~$'
Students may cora.pete for Cresson Traveling Scholarships
atudy at the Academy.
Four J. Henry Schiedt I_arial. Traveling Scholarships, each valued. at
$1,.)00, were aw2,fded at Wednesday's exercises toa Douglaas Branch, 2018
Sprin~
Garden St., Phila.; John J. FOrmicola, 705 Federal St., Ph1la.; Nina Klymowska#
909 N. 7th St., Phila.; and Nura Petrov (New Hope), 1209 Green
st.,
Phila.
Winner of a tJ,.,.)OO Lewis S. Ware Memorial Traveling Scholarship (plus tree
tuition) waa Cyntbia Bayer, 6.35 Tennis Ave.# Ardsley.
-OTHER FRIZES-
Und.er
t~
Cllarles Toppan Prizes, five awa.rd.a a.t $2.00 each were given for
portfolios ot drawings.
They went to: Jerry FleishnI.an, Ga11 Goodman" 110 Harvest
Circle, Bala Cynwyd; James Ha.vard (CrQsby~ Tp.) 9.34 Pine
St." Phila_ .. Peter D. _
Scbnore, and Marlene Sellers, 1201 sterling St... Pbil&..
Thouron Prizes went to:
Auseklis Ozols (Trentan, N.J.), 1220 Spruce St., Phi1a., $100.
Franklin Shores, 117 N. 21st St., Pbila." $100.
William Adler, S:n MLUbank Rd., Upper Darby $$0.
Barbara Reisman, 26.34 Parma. Rd., Phila., $$0,
Packard Prizes, for the best and second best groups of Original studies
made trom llving animals in the Philedelpl'.ia Zoological Garden. Siegfried M.
Hal-us, 2S9 Huvey St•• Phila., $$0, first prize. l\W"jorie Gibbon. Providence Rd.,
Mdia, $25, second prize.
Wanamaker Prize i$O credit in Art Supply Department) went to Jmnes Stegall
(Winfield, !Can.), 117 N. 21st
St.,
Pbila.
Lux Prize in Graphics, a memorial to John R. Conner, $$0, to Thomas J.
FerreU, Rosemary La. &: Emlen St., Phila.
Ca.therine Grant Memorial Prize, $200 (plus $$0 store credit), for seven
land.icapes went to James Stegall.
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PENNA, ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Mindel Caplan Kleinbard Award ($2S in art supplie.s) to (Mrs.) Joan K.
Case,nova, 7491 Tulpehocken
St~,
PhUa.
Gimbel Pri~e ($,0 credit in Art Supply Department) was awarded to Murray
Dessner, 2$41 S. Darien
st.,
Phila.
At. Herbert Syme Prize of $2$
Levittown,
'W'a:J
won by David Meade .. .3l Silverbell Rd..,
Penn~
The Ramborger Prize, $.)S. for tbe best line drawing of a head from. life. to
Franklin Shores.
Perspective Prize, $20, fran the L'1.structor of the Perspective Class, was
received by Peter D. Schnore.
The Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize of $100 for the best portrait painted during
the school year went to James Gadaon.
The Tholnas Eakins Memorial Prize of $100 for the best figure canvas wa.s
awarded to Alan F. Berger.
Philadelpr.ia Print Club Prize, -ro'.hich anti tles the winner to a year's membership in the Club and free u.se of its 'I'."orY.shop $.l1.d library, was awarded to Judy L.
Hyman, 62S Burnham Rd., Phila.
The Marian Higgins (Purchase) Prize for still life:
First Prize $200, to John J. Fonnicola
Second Prizes, each $2S. to Moe Brooker, 620 Dudley St., Phila. and Margaret A.
Goodall.
Lambert and Fm:na W. Cadwalader Prize, $100, for Landscape to James Stegall.
Batbara Heisman won a free tuition summer scholarship granted by the
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Additional prizes, which had been awarded during the school year, also were
recogn:i.zed at the exercises Wednesday.
Hours during which the current student exhibition may be viewed are 10 A.M.to
S
P.M. weekdays" and 1 to
S P.M..
on Sunda;ys.
Most of the work is for sale.
NEWS BULLETIN
of the
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Broad & Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2, Penna.
LISTING OF EVENTS & EXHIBITION
DATA IN YOUR CALENDAR OF
EVENTS OR SIMILAR MEDIUM WILL
BE APPRECIATED.
Summer, 1963
DATES SET FeR lS9TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Our 1$9th .Annual &chibition, featurin~ .American Qil Painting and Sculpture~ will be
held trem January 17 through March lJ 1964.
l$~h
Here are sane facts concerning the
Annual Exhibition a
--~en
to living .American artists.
-----No entry fee.
--Juries.
----Prizes.
---MediaJ
Oil~
oil tempera, encaustic> sculpture.
-----slides due between September 1 and October 1, 196;.
-WRITE,
IN
om
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., Director, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2, Penna.
(Prospectus to be issued on or about August 1.)
GALLERIES •••
Durin& the months of June, July and September, the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts will d.i:splay a wide variety of 'Vlorks from its vast Permanent Collection
which is devoted to American art.
Oldest art institution in the united States,the
Academy traditionally exhibits. many of i ts falU.o~ and historical American works of special interest to tourists from other parts of the nation and foreign
countries -- during the summer months.
Notes
Galleries will be closed for the month of August while routine repairs
and IlUl1ntenance operations are being accomplished.
***
School Year Climaxed By Awards And Sales,
Fifteen memorial European traveling scholarships an~ other school prizes
valu.ed at nearly $.)0,000 were awarded to P.. A.F.A. stucients on May 1. The Student
Exhibition# including work by Academy stUdents canpeting for the travel scholarships
and prizes, was em view May l-26, and 67 items were sold fran the show.
***
Gallery Hours: 10 A.M . to 5 P.M. Weekdays (except Mondays)
1 P.M. to 5 P.M. Sundays and some Holidays
ADMISSION FREE
TELEPHONE: LO 4·0219
D R AFT
1
,
PENNSYLV NIA ACADE OF THE FI E ARTS
Broad & Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr. , Director - LO 4-0219
(Through The Beacon Agency, Inc . - II 6. 1830)
FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER __ t 1963
The Ford Foundation. under its Program 1n Humanities and the Arts ,
will purchase an undetermined number of works from the l59th Annual
Exhibition to be staged by the Pennsylvania
e d my of the Fine Arts ,
Philadelphia , early in 1964.
Oil paintings and sculpture by living
orican artist will be
featured in the exhibition which will open to the public in mid ... January.
The Foundation's interest , announced today by Jo eph T. Fr ser, Jr.,
Academy Director. "will be an add d incentive to encoura
participation
by art! ts in every part of the United. States."
In 1962 the Ford Foundation .~.purcha
ad four oil paintings and two
t
,
pieces of sQulpture fro
the Ae demy' s l57th Annual Exhibition.
total of $20 , 000 was paid to the
works .
The Foundation made
A
rti ts by the Foundation for th s
Its of two paintings and a piece of
culpture to the Ae demy's permanent collection , and the remaining
three works were donated to in titut10n
Fraser
aid the show
p rtly-invited basis.
~dll
designated by the artiste .
be made up on
partly-juried and
Any artist who is a citiz n of the United Stat s
may present his work--through the medium of color slides--on or before
October 1 , 1963 for preliminary screening.
"The institution. will review slide
ub itted . and thea
whose entries pass the slide test will then
paintin s or pieces of sculptur
fro
"ae
whioh'~
eked to submit actual
heir slides were
( ..OR )
artists
. de.
PENNA. AC DE
OF THE FINE ARTS
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The juries for. Painting and Soulpture, made up o£ profes lonal artist •
will a.et upon these prelimin ry
elections and will not be limited as
to the number of works they may accept for inolusion in the
Fra er saids restricted
how."
rcentage of paintings and pieces of
sculpture will be included through invitation from the jury chairmen.
In 1959 and 1960, the Ford Found tiOD Program in Humanitie
the Arts awarded grants t ,o
more than
and
merican painter and sculptors totaling
450.000 in a v r1ety of programs.
These included fellowship
to 20 American painters and sculptors, retrospective exhibitions for
19 painters and sculptors, and purchase of individual work
and sculptors which, in turn,
~ere
by 21 p inters
don ted to mueum , colleges and
other institutions of the artists' choice.
In October of 1961 the Foundation announced an appropriation of
$JOO,OOO for a. new thr e-year program under which it would purchase
further works of painting ,
eulpture and the related graphic arts by
contemporary American arti t .
It was under this program that the
Academy enjoyed the Ford F'oundation t s support and neouragement to it
1962 annual exhibition .
The Academy prospectus covoring the 159th Annual Exhibition ot
American Oil Painting and Sculpture , to be held Jnuary 15 to
reh 1,
1964, states:
tlIn accordance with th
Foundation's pollcy, a special ,jury
jointly appointed by the Academy and the Foundation will
recommendations for purehe.
Purchases mad
be at the artist's stated price (Ie s
ny nor
aka
by the Found tion will
.1 11 established disoount
on works destined tor tax-exempt rnuaeums or similar collections), but
sculptures priced at
ore than
6,000, p inting
( OR )
priced at
ore than
PENN • ACADE.MY OF THE FINE ARTS
-.3-
. 4.500 and pl"int~ priced at more than
the Foundation.
Painting
500 will not be considered by
and sculpture repres nting approximately
half of the total purcbase value may be r tined by the
c de y.
Other
works purchased by the If'oundat1on will be offered to other museum
tax-exempt institutions upon the raco
The
or
endation of the art! t concerned."
pecla! jury which will make purcha e recommendation
Ford Foundation is comprised of Henry Varnum Poor, painter,
to the
ill1am
Zorach, sculptor, and Fraser.
Over 7000 cople
of the exhibition prospectus tere mailed early
in August to artists , gallerie
and art center
acr08 ' the country.
Complete rules and regulations aro contained in this prospectu •
Additional cople , together with special envelopes for submission
of slides, may be obtained
by
writing to the Pennsylvania cad :y of
the Fine Arts , Ero d and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2, Penn ylvania .
In addition to the Ford Foundation purcha es , the
c demy a
in
the past will make available the many prize awards and pureha e funds
a s set f orth in the exhibition pro pectus .,
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Phi lade lphia 2, Penna.
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For Re lease Monday,. September 2 )q ~
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry
streets, will reopen its
gal~ries
to the public Tuesday, September
3rd, with works of art from its Permanent Collection on display.
Galleries of the Academy have been closed since August 3rd.
Maintenance work and repirs were done during the one-month period.
A special exhibit -. four large mural canvases, painted by
Philadelphia artist Benton Spruance .. - will occupy Gallery I of the
Academy from September 3rd through September 8th.
The murals were
commissioned by the City of Philadelphia and are to be installed
in the chapel of the new Philadelphia Prisons
Datention Center.
Starting tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 3) and continuing through
most of September, more than 200 works chosen from the tnstitution's collection of American art will be exhibited.
On view will
be examples of early American art, works created around the turn
of the century, as well as contemporary works which have come
into the Academy's Permanent Collection within recent years.
The galleries are open 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Tuesdays through
Saturdays, and 1 to 5 P.M. Sundays.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Broad & Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., Director .. 10 4-0219
(Through 'rhe Bea.con Agency, Inc ... KI 6-1830)
FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1963
The Ford Foundation, under its Program in Humanities and the
Arts, will consider the purchase of an undetermined number of works
from the l59th Annual Exhibition to be staged by the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, early in 1964.
Oil paintings and sculpture by living American artists will be
featured in the exhibition which will open to the public in midJanuary.
The Foundation's interest,announced today by Joseph T.
Fraser, Jr., Academy Director, "will be an added incentive to encourage participation by artists in every part of the United States.1f
In 1962 the Ford Foundation purchased four oil paintings and two
pieces of sculpture from the Academy's l57th Annual Exhibition.
A
total of $20,000 was paid to the artists by the Foundation for these
works.
Under the terms of the Foundation program, the Academy re-
tainedtwo paintings and a piece of sculpture for its permanent
collection, and the remaining three works were presented to institutions designated by the artists.
Fraser said the show !twill be made up on a partly-juried and
partly-invited basis.
Any artist who is a citizen of the United
states may present his work--through the medium of color slides--on
or before October 1, 1963 for preliminary screening.
"The institution will review s.lides submitted, and those artists
whose entries pass the slide test will then be asked to submit actual
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paintings or pieces of sculpture from which their slides were made.
The juries for Painting and Sculpture, made up of professional artists,
will act upon these preliminary selections and will not be Ibnited as
to the number of works they may accept for inclusion in the show. 1t
Fraser said a restricted percentage of paintings and pieces of
sculpture will be included through invitation fram the jury chairmen.
In 1959 and 1960, the Ford Foundation Program in Humanities and
the Arts awarded grants to American painters and sculptors totaling
more than $450,000 in a variety of programs.
These included fellow·
ships to 20 American painters and sculptors, retrospective exhibitions
for 19 painters and sculptors, and purchase of individual works by 21
painters and sculptors which, in turn, were presented to museums,
colleges and other institutions of the artists' choice.
In October of 1961 the Foundation announced an appropriation of
$300,000 for a new three-year program under which it would purchase
further works of painting, sculpture and the related graphic arts by
contemporary' American artists.
To date, 147 works totalling
$203,354 have been purchased by the Foundation from eleven regional
and national exhibitions.
It was under this program that the Academy
enjoyed the Ford Foundation's encouragement to its 1962 annual
exhibition.
The Academy prospectus covering the 159th Annual Exhibition of
American Oil Painting and Sculpture, to be held January 15 to March 1,
1964, states:
\tIn accordance with the-, Foundat,ion' s policy, a special jury
jointly appointed by the Academy and the Foundation will make recommendations for purchase.
Purchases made by the Foundation will be
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at the artist's stated price (less any normally established discount
on works destined for
tax~exempt
museums or similar collections), but
sculptures priced at more than $6,000, paintings priced at more than
$4,500 and prints priced at more than $500 will not be considered by
the Foundation.
Paintings and sculpture representing approximately
half of the total purchase value may be retained by the Academy.
Other
works purchased by the Foundation will be offered to other museums or
tax-exempt institutions upon the recommendation of the artist concerned. It
The special jury which will make purchase recommendations to the
Ford Foundation is comprised of Henry Varnum Poor, painter, William
Zorach, sculptor, and Fraser.
Over 7000 copies of the exhibition prospectus were mailed early
in August to artists, galleries and art centers across the country.
Complete rules and regUlations are contained in this prospectus.
Additional copies, together with special envelopes for SUbmission
of slides, may be obtained by writing to the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts,Broad and Cherry streets, Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania.
In addition to the Ford Foundation purchases, the Academy as in
the past will make available the many prize awards and purchase funds
as set forth in the exhibition prospectus.
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For Release !iedn!sday, OctOD r 23 11'&3
The Pennsylvania Aoademy of the Fine Art , Broad and Cherry Streets,
:reception~
will be the scene Friday (October 25) ot a large
of the Philadel phia Committee of the
under auspices
erican Nseum in Britain, and
paola! exhibition which the Acade y is staging as part of
preview o.f a
Exposition Britannia.
British Consul General Thomas S.. Tnll a.nd
s. Tull will be guests
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at the 5 to 7 P. I1'. reception Friday at the Academy.
Over 200 subscribers
will attend the party, proee d . from which will be for the benefit of
chool program of t he American Museum in Britain.
the
About 50 works of art
re included in the Academy's special
exhlbition--"Benjamin 'est and His FamQus American Proteges in London"-opening to the public Saturday morning (October 26).
James Biddle, Our tor of the Amorican Wing of the Metropolitan
~~ceum ,
ow York, \dll
peak informally on the exhibition at Fridayts
preY! wand reeept1on.
The American Museum in Britain, located at Bath 1
first . u eum of the
Dl
riean deearative arts ever to be establihed
po - nently outside of the United States.
and h
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so e thirty room ---moved panel by p nol
sum was opened in 1961
cross the Atlantic--
set up and turn! bed with the productions of e rly American cr ft
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galleries of textiles, gla s,
and New !I: exioan art , as well as Folk art.
llver, pewter, Indian
Thousands of Engli h
school children who are studying American history visit the
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Proceeds from the reception Friday will go toward furthering the
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BI'i.OAD &. CHERRY STRE&TS
FH IL DUPH IA 2, PEmiA . - LO 4-0219
(Through The Be eon Agency , Inc. - Kl 6-1830)
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr • • !Jir-ector of 't he Pennsylvania Ae demy of
the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Stre ta , today announced that galleries
of the art institution \dll be closed for a 16.. day period starting
Monday (Decemer 30) .
Fraser sttid the galleries wi l l be closed to the pu.blic during
th
t
interval while the Acad
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for its 159th Annual
Exhibition, which opens in mid-January ..
The Aoademy ' s l59th Annual Exhibition will feature 011 tainting
ff.
and Sculpture by living American artiste.
devoted to the nationally i mportant show ..
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