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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 19(50
Art Association Has Had
Long Pull In Klamath,
But Is Now Well On
Way
By CATHERINE BRUMBAUGH
When goals are coals, Hie fire
- of achievement seldom dies.
This is certainly true of the
Klamath Art Association, as mem
bers struggled through 10 or more
years, yet never forgetting the
main objectives of the organiza
tion: to raise art and cultural
standards in the community; to
teach art and art appreciation,
These objectives may have
seemed dim at times, but were
never lost, although those early
years were so beset by problems
of self-preservation, there seemed
little time for art.
However, each president in turn
expressed a personal touch in
programing. Each endeavored to
develop some facet of art expe
rience. One year a series of mo
lion pictures on art, loaned from
the University of Oregon were
shown. Another year, the group
sponsored well known West Coast
artists in a series of demonstra
tions on painting methods. One
president organized the first eve
ning and Saturday classes for fall
and spring sessions. Another of
ficer stressed the finances of the
club, which we so desperately
Deeded.
With each passing year, the fee
ble flame was kept alive, and as
new members were added to the
roster, new ideas, new inspiration
Save a stronger hope.
One of the most serious prob
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lems in those early years was the
lack of an adequate meeting place
How could this club function with
out an exhibit room, a workshop
and classrooms, a stove and a
coffee pot?
There was never a lack of
places for business meetings. How
ever they changed so often an
occasional member might miss at
tendance, only because he couldn't
find the gathering ...
These monthly sessions were
often held in The Little Theater;
or in Brumbaugh Studio, Pine
Grove. The group used lodge
halls for exhibits, church base
ments for dinners, private homes
for teas or board meetings.
The first exhibits were held in
the summer months when they
could be .shown out of doors
each member hoping against hope
that there would be no wind. One
year, the late Elmer Balsiger
cleared out all new cars and
trucks so that the Ford "Ameri
cana exhibit could be displayed
in his show room. The owners
of the Art Center generously
loaned exhibit space in their art
and gift shop. Many persons who
were not members gave the as
sociation moral and financial sup
port during those formative years.
With the help of the General
Extension Division, the University
of Oregon, Oregon State College,
Southern Oregon College of Edu
cation and Oregon Technical In
stilute, the objective of the club's
art education program has never
missed a season. Since 1949, the
club has brought some eminent
artist to Klamath Falls for a
summer session, with classes held
at OTI. This workshop was the
first off-campus art summer school
in the state. Because of its con
linued success, several more are
now held in other cities through
out Oregon.
The first Klamath Ait Associa
tion fall and spring classes de
signed for children and beginners
were held at the YMCA. These
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were so successful it seemed im
perative that they continue. Be
cause the program conflicted with
other activities at the "Y," the
group rented a slllfc building on
fiadcliffe Avenue for club use, tin
lil, through the combined efforts
of the school board and OTI, the
Mountain View building was pre
sented to the organization. Here,
for the first time, the club mem
bers had a home they could call
their own. Here, for the first time,
they had interesting wall space
lor shows.
Surely the old "mouse-trap" ad
age proved right. Exhibits held in
this inaccessable hard-to-find lo
cation were always well attend
ed, often tunes crowded to ca
pacity. Klamathiles seemed eager
and hungry for good art shows.
This gratifying response was a
just reward to the hard working
members.
Now, in 1960, with this beauti
ful new center made possible by
the state, the city and countless
individuals, the members of Klam
ath Art Association are at long
CATHERINE BRUMBAUGH
last watching their dream become
a reality. Out of the fire of steady
determination, there is a basic
and enduring foundation which
will enrich the lives of everyone
in the Klamath area.
The members are proud of their
efforts; yet humble, too, as they
see wider horizons ahead for the
possibilities of art development in
the community. May the club con
tinue to expand every facet of the
visual arts, and may the new cen
ter always be a guide and an in
spiration to everyone whether
young or old in art. '
Weave Workshops Given
Here Through Extension
By EVA BURKHALTER,
Under the direction and spon
sorship of the Klamath Art As
sociation, there have been con
ducted two summer workshops in
weaving, both carrying college
credit through the Exlension Divi
sion of the Oregon State System
of Higher Education.
A class was held in the fall of
1057 under the sponsorship of
the Klamath Art Association with
Mrs. Oscar Anderson as instruc
lor, and a gratifying enrollment
of interested beginners. After tne
completion of this work a Weav
ers Guild was formed in 1958 and
has been active since that time,
participating in Members' Shows
and Christmas Art Fairs of the
Klamath Art Association, and vis
iting showings of other Weavers'
Guilds in Roseburg and Eugene.
This organization provides mem
bers with the stimulation of shared
interest in one another's work,
makes available sources of ma
terials arfd supplies, for quantity
buying, and maintains a sort of
"round robin" of information on
source books and periodical ma
terial on patterns and techniques
in weaving. New members are
welcome. Meetings are the fourth
Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; call Mrs.
Oscar Anderson TU 4-7287 for de
tails. Small table looms were made
available for rental from the Uni
versity of Oregon and work was
done on these two harness 16-inch
looms or on larger looms owned
by members of the Klamath Art
Association and lent for the purpose.
There are at present five looms
which have been made available
for use at the Klamath Art Cen-
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CERAMIC CLASSES have been popular with many artists
who have jtudied under a professional instructor, Ruth
Curtis of Eugene. Students have learned to handle clay,
the potter's wheel, firing, and operation of the kiln. Class
es will be organized at the Art Center in the spring with
Martha McLaughlin, elementary teacher and Alice How
ard, left, above, as assistant instructors. With Mrs. How
ard, Klamath Union High School teacher, is Mrs. Paul
Herron.
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.ructor, nd B.ll Burk. Cl.y for summer workshop, held h.r. i, imported.
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