Art in the public schools, years 1-12

1949

              52 Art in the Public Schooxs
tion and in the recognition of the value of art in the lives of
people. There is an increase in the number of students of art
and the number of public schools and colleges offering art
courses.
A revievi^ of late and contemporary artists contributing in
North Carolina arts, who have been included in one-man shows
or group exhibitions, would include Elliot Daingerfield, Charles
Baskerville, Jr., Mary de B. Groves Reese, Ellis Arrington
Credle, Jacque Busbee, Gregory D. Ivey, Claude Howell, Ben F.
Williams, Mary Leath Thomas, John Rembert, Primrose Mc-
Pherson, Harriett Bozart, Jenny Rembert, Elizabeth Hamrick
Mack, Earl Mueller, Kenneth Evett, Kenneth Harris, Mabel
Pugh, Clare Leighton (Eng.), Wm. C. Fields, Josef Albers
(Black Mountain College), Joseph Hutchinson, Kenneth Ness
and James McLean. Two native North Carolinians Harrison
Pittman and Frances Speight have won high distinction in the
arts.
The North Carolina State Art Society was organized in 1926
for the purpose of promoting art in the State and to aid in
securing a Museum of Art. In 1929 the State General Assembly
placed the Society under the control and patronage of the State.
The Board of Directors consists of 16 members, of whom the
Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Attor-ney
General, and the chairman of the Art Committee of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs are ex-officio members, with
four others appointed by the Governor and eight chosen by
members of the Society. In March 1939, the Society opened its
Gallery in the State Library Building, corner of Fayetteville
and Morgan Streets on the second floor in the east wing. It is
open daily, 9-5 on week days, 9-1 on Saturday and 2-5 on Sun-day.
The Robert F. Phifer collection of oils, watercolors, etchings
and Chinese and Japanese prints was presented to the Society
in 1928. Three famous originals. The Artists Daughter, by Wm.
M. Chase; Evening On The Seine by Birge Harrison; and A
Marquis de LaFayette, portrait by Samuel F. B. Morse, are hung
in the second floor corridor. State Library Building, which is
the entrance to the State Art Gallery.
The North Carolina State Art Society has an annual competi-tive
exhibition each December of the works of North Carolina
artists, and from this the Gallery has acquired the following
paintings through 1948:

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Title	Art in the public schools, years 1-12
Creator	Wetherington, Julia.
Contributor	North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction.
Date	1949
Subjects	Arts--Study and teaching--North Carolina
Place	North Carolina
Time Period	(1945-1989) Post War/Cold War period
Publisher	Raleigh, N.C.: State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1949.
Agency-Current	N.C. Department of Public Instruction
Rights	State Document see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63754
Physical Characteristics	137 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
Collection	State Library of North Carolina
Type	text
Language	English
Format	Bulletins
Digital Characteristics-A	9909 KB; 182 p.
Series	Publication (North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction); no. 238.
Digital Collection	Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access, a North Carolina LSTA-funded grant project North Carolina Digital State Documents Collection
Digital Format	application/pdf
Audience	All
Pres File Name-M	pubs_edp_artinpublicschools1949.pdf
Pres Local File Path-M	\Preservation_content\StatePubs\pubs_edp\images_master\
OCLC Number-Original	06318469
OCLC number	06318469

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