CHARLES G. WASHBURN, Chairman Art Committee Organized 1890. Administrates the Lucius J. Knowles Art Fund for the promotion of art in Worcester. WORCESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL ART LEAGUE EDWARD H. THORNHILL.... President Treasurer CARRIE A. HILDRETH........Secretary 769 Main St., Worcester MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CHAPTER AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS WILLIAM B. STRATTON... .President J. H. G. STEFFENS... ...Secretary MARCUS R. BURROWES.. Vice-Pres. 3729 Cass Ave., Detroit F. ORLA Varney.. .... .Treasurer DETROIT SOCIETY OF WOMEN PAINTERS MRS. T. A. MCGRAW, JR....President 2d Vice-Pres. Organized 1903. Exhibitions held. MARIAM CANDLER. DETROIT ..Treasurer . Secretary 2247 Jefferson Ave., East, Detroit Permanent exhibition and salesroom open to the public, daily 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., except Saturdays, when it closes at 1:30 P.M. Organized 1906; incorporated 1915; building erected 1916. The object of the Society is to stimulate the craftsmen to do better work; affiliated with the Detroit Institute of Art, the Public Library, and the Public Schools. GRAND RAPIDS GRAND RAPIDS ART ASSOCIATION MRS. CLARENCE S. DEXTER.. President LOIS HIMES..... MRS. MAUD COLLINS...1st Vice-Pres. MRS. W. B. WILLARD...2d Vice-Pres. Rec.-Secretary MRS. CLARENCE J. VAN ETTEN, Cor.-Sec. 260 Paris Ave., S. E., Grand Rapids Organized 1910. Monthly exhibitions, lectures, studio teas, informal talks, work with children. GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY Ryerson Public Library Building SAMUEL H. RANCK, Librarian Open week days 8:30 A.M. to 9 P.M.; Sundays and holidays 2 to 6 P.M. Collection of over 5,000 books on art, and many prints. Exhibitions held. JACKSON JACKSON ART ASSOCIATION MRS. C. E. MARKHAM...... President MARTHA C. WALCOTT. LEONARD H. FIELD, JR.. ....Vice-Pres. RALF P. EMERSON. .Treasurer Organized 1909. Lectures and exhibitions are held at the Public Library. JACKSON PUBLIC LIBRARY EARL W. BROWNING, Librarian Gallery open 9 A.M. to 9 P. M. Contains the nucleus of a permanent art collection. About 2,000 books on fine and applied arts. The exhibitions of the Jackson Art Society are held in the Library. (No report 1923.) LANSING MICHIGAN STATE LIBRARY MRS. MARY C. SPENCER, Librarian Open 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Founded 1828. The Library has published "Biographical Sketches of American Artists," now in fourth edition, "Preferred List of Pictures for Children and Young People," now in second edition, and a finding list of pictures in its Loan Collecton. This collection consists of approximately 2,500 pictures, of which 480 are framed ; there are also 3,000 small prints, which circulate for use in club work, and 2,000 miscellaneous subjects clipped from magazines and art publications which are mounted and filed. MUSKEGON FRIENDS OF ART MRS. FRANK D. SMITH.... President LAURA B. HALL.... Vice-Pres. Treasurer MRS. FRANCIS J. QUINN...Secretary Organized 1922. The organization supports a study class and sponsors all social activities of the Hackley Art Gallery. MINNESOTA MINNESOTA CHAPTER AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS 1200 Second Avenue, South, Minneapolis EDWIN H. BROWN....... President GEORGE A. CHAPMAN, Sec.-Treasurer WILLIAM CHALMERS AGNEW Organized 1892. Vice-President MINNESOTA CHAPTER AMERICAN CHARLES H. RAMSDELL..... President Organized 1914. GEORGE L. NASON..... Sec.-Treasurer 107 East Third St., St. Paul Created by State in 1903; reorganized 1921. Lectures and small print collections throughout State. MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY Corner Hennepin Avenue and 10th Street, Minneapolis MARIE A. TODD, Art Reference Librarian Open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Founded 1889. There are about 7,500 books on the fine arts, 5,500 bound articles, 1,500 large photographs and color prints for reference use, 30,000 prints mounted for circulation, with a reserve collection of 90,000 clippings ready for mounting, 6,500 post cards for use with radiopticon, 2,500 stereographs and 14,500 lantern slides. ART GALLERY ISABELLE MCMULLIN, Attendant Open, free, daily, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., and Sundays, 2 to 6 P.M. All but 5 paintings belong to the T. B. Walker Collection which has been given to the Minneapolis Public Library. Eighty-five artists are represented by about 100 characteristic paintings. There are also photographs, art glass, oriental porcelain, etc. Attendance averages about 50,000. MINNESOTA COLLEGE ART SOCIETY Organized 1909. Frequent lectures given. Treasurer MINNEAPOLIS SCANDINAVIAN ART SOCIETY OF AMERICA LAURITZ S. SWENSON...... President EDGAR L. MATTSON. SOREN P. REES. .Treasurer · Secretary Organized 1914. The Society acquires works by Scandinavian artists to be placed in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in rooms set apart for this purpose. Lectures given. WOMAN'S CLUB OF MINNEAPOLIS MRS. WILSON MCGILL..... Chairman MRS. EDGAR F. ZELLE.... ..Director This work of the Art Department includes exhibitions of work by local artists; an exhibit and sale of industrial art; co-operation with the State Art Society; co-operation with the Fine Arts Society; two art scholarships for students in local schools; a course of lectures on art. ST. PAUL ARTISTS' SOCIETY OF SAINT PAUL S. LYDIA TREADWELL.. .Treasurer ALICE E. HUGY...... Cor.-Secretary 612 Cherokee Ave., St. Paul Organized 1908. Exhibitions are held. (No report 1923.) PUBLIC LIBRARY Fourth Street, St. Paul WEBSTER WHEELOCK, Librarian EDAH BURNETT, Assistant in charge of Fine Arts Room Gallery open 10 A.M. to 8 P.M. This collection includes 12,000 pictures and 9,000 lantern slides. Exhibitions held. ST. PAUL ARTISTS' LEAGUE CLARA MAIRS.. Auditorium Bldg., St. Paul Secretary 612 Cherokee Ave., St. Paul Organized 1919. Week-end life and portrait classes are conducted. ST. PAUL INSTITUTE Fourth Street Front, Auditorium Building, St. Paul ARTHUR SWEENEY..... President W. C. KOCH... BENJAMIN SOMMERS..Vice-President LOUIS BETZ.... Secretary MRS. M. M. RASMESSEN.. Educational For foundation and details see Vol. XI, pp. 179, 180 and Vol. XVII, p. 163, 164. The art gallery is open free, daily, 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Sundays 2 to 5 P.M. Incorporated 1908. Promotes work of local artists. Exhibitions and lectures MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI ART ASSOCIATION 1st. Vice-Pres. JACKSON Treasurer ...Secretary MRS. W. B. NIXON, Chairman Junior Art League Committee Organized 1911. Holds annual exhibition at State Fair and offers three distinctions: gold medal, silver and bronze ribbons. Work admitted is original work in fine arts and crafts. MISSOURI JEFFERSON CITY CAPITOL DECORATION COMMISSION STATE OF MISSOURI DR. JOHN PICKARD... W. K. BIXBY, St. Louis Jefferson City President ARTHUR A. KOCIAN... Commissioners Secretary ARTHUR A. KOCIAN, St. Louis MRS. WILLIAM R. PAINTER, Jefferson City J. F. DOWNING, Kansas City ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY SAMUEL GREENBAUM... . President GALEN V. R. GLOYD. ALFRED E. BARNES.. KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE President JOHN F. DOWNING. J. C. NICHOLS. .Treasurer .Treasurer Museum open, week days 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Sundays, 3 P.M. to 5 P.M.; Wednesday and Friday 7 to 9:30 P.M. Incorporated 1907. Annual dues, $10; membership, 1,572. Art School maintained (see school section). Frequent lectures and exhibitions. Total attendance, 1922-1923, 50,000. Exhibitions October, 1922-Paintings by Hayley Lever and Henry Ossawa Tanner. Two collections of work by students of Pratt Institute and the Rhode Island School of Design, circulated by the American Federation of Arts. November-Second International Water Color Exhibition; Oil sketches by Clarence E. Shepard; Wood Block prints, circulated by the American |