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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1960)
PAGE TWELVE HERALD AND NEWS; KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1969 Centennial Funds Offered Impetus To New Art Unit The Klamath Art Gallery is built although the city of Klam ath Falls is considered in many localities to be a young, wild west town and not particularly redo lent with culture. . Now, the town has surpassed others of comparable size and many larger cities in the state in the interest of progress and aes thetic development. This has been demonstrated concretely in the last six months by the wonderful re sponse made by business and in dustrial men and individuals who answered requests with help for ouuaing me gaucry. GORDON KENSLER Work Left To Be Done At Art Unit By GORDON KENSLER Art Instructor Klamath Falls Grade Schools Many Klamath area residents may be surprised to learn that all work on the Klamath Art Gallery is not yet completed. Building, however, has pro gressed to the point that the Art Association members deemed it time to open the building to per mit enjoying exhibits planned for the spring. Members have set summer for a completed building but much work remains unfinished, and com pletion depends on the donation of labor, materials and funds. The following is a list of work tq be completed: installation of rest room plumbing and fixtures kitchen fixtures, some interior and exterior painting to be complet ed by members in the spring, in stallation of wall covering mate rials to serve as background for exhibits and building cleanup. Two patios are planned, one ad joining the side door of the art gallery, the other adjoining the large sliding door of the ceramic studio or "Pot Shop. The art gal lery patio will be large enough to accommodate benches, outdoor ex hibit space, a pool and perhaps a fountain. The second will provide an outdoor working area for cer amists, painters and other crafts men. ' Some new walkways will be needed. Old ones need repairing and the driveway and parking areas need working over. Plans call for a complete landscaping project with shrubs, trees and flowers. A large garden area on the hillside at the rear of the buildings, utilizing many native plants, is to be accomplished. Remodeling of the Moore House (Art Center) is under way but Completion of this area of the cen ter also depends on donations of labor, material! and fund. In April 1959, the State Centen nial Commission offered through Ben Swartz, curator of the Klam ath County Museum, the sum of $3750 to the Klamath Art Associ ution to build a gallery. There were two stipulations, the association must submit historical information, -articles of incorpora tion, plans for the proposed gal lery and the sum which the state offered was to be matched by the association. Only a small sum had accured from donations made at exhibits and from percentages from sales. The association had little money and the deadline, was two weeks hence. - The members took into consider ation that requests for community enterprises in the form of cash and materials had been exceeding ly heavy in recent months. In come taxes had just been paid, $5,000 had been donated for a cen-1 tennial building on the state line, the drive for $50,000 for a new OTI site was just under way, a survey was to be made for a new hospital. The financial coordinators of the association conferred with several businessmen on seeking public sup port to build an art gallery. All signs pointed to a successful ven ture. Each businessman present at that conference contributed $100 each and the drive was on. Two members started down Main Street. Not one person con tacted refused help with either cash or materials for building. Contri butions of cash were from $5 to $1,000. In 14 hours the match mon ey was pledged. The gallery is to be opened late in February, just eight months after the fund drive opened. The people of Klamath Falls should be proud . of the part, they have played in this community effort.! No other town in Southern Ore gon has accomplished such a task. Klamath has started the ball roll ing and others are expected to follow. Interest is increasing in art in all of Oregon, Northern California and western Nevada and members' look forward to making this area the greatest cultural and recreational area in the West., Many letters of inquiry on or ganization of the association, on financing', supporting members and lime required to complete the building have been received. 1 Answers have given credit to those who have made the gallery possible. People have been asked to dig ditches, haul gravel, wash windows, furnish bricks and pum ice blocks, wax floors, paint, to furnish windows, doors, electric wiring, and other materials. Those who could not contribute labor or materials gave cash. : :The building now stands as a tribute to the public spirited peo ple of the Klamath Community. The Art Association sponsored the work, but the gallery, the work shops and the park which sur round it belong to Klamath Falls and those who wish to enjoy it. flwn a'tann ? Authorized parts, to lot and service for all - 'Jeep' vehicles BASIN MOTORS 424 So. 6th TU 4-7771 A Symbol Of Service1. A Sign Of Quality! NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER SEED CUTTER; The Brown Seed Cutter ill Slice Your Cutting Costs In Half! 1 W f mnm)i&mt'mtH-r - . 1 i f i Come In And Check With Us On EARLY ORDER DISCOUNTS on Harvesters - Vin.ebeaters - Bin-Loaders Willord Morris Phont Tulelake 7-2471 Garvin Kirby
