ART INSTITUTE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. LOUIS BETTS, . Vice-President. W. S. LAUDERBACK, Cor.-Secretary. Organized 1912. Annual meeting last Tuesday in January; stated monthly meeting. Four hundred members. ARTISTS' GUILD. Fine Arts Shop, 410 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. EDWARD M. ERICSON, Managing Director. A permanent exhibition and salesroom for members whose work has been approved by the Committee. Organized 1885. Annual meeting first Monday in May; regular meetings, alternate Mondays. Two hundred and twenty-nine members. Lecture courses, competitions and criticisms. Twenty-fifth annual exhibition held at Art Institute April 9 to 28, 1912. Annual Traveling Scholarship of $500. CHICAGO CERAMIC ART ASSOCIATION. President. M. ELLEN IGlehart, Corresponding Secretary, 5658 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Organized 1893. Annual meeting first Tuesday in May; stated meeting first Tuesday of each month. Thirty-three members. Exhibitions at Art Institute of Chicago; Denver, Colo.; Springfield, Ill.; and Lincoln, Neb. Fifteen pieces sold, three prizes awarded. CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY. HENRY E. LEGLER, Librarian. The Art Room contains books on art, portfolios of engravings and rare or unusually beautiful books. Forty-eight thousand volumes on fine and applied arts. CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL ART SOCIETY. MRS. JOHN BUCKINGHAM, President. MRS. FREDERICK A. DELANO, First Vice-President. MRS. CHARLES P. MILLER, Treasurer. MRS. ALFRED M. WALTER, Corresponding Secretary, 2729 Prairie Avenue. (For history see Vol. VI, p. 150.) Organized 1894; incorporated 1901. Annual meeting in April. Chapter, American Federation of Arts. Decorations given to schools; traveling exhibitions of paintings maintained in co-operation with Chicago Society of Artists and Board of Education; art libraries and photographs lent to schools. CHICAGO SCHOOL ARTS ASSOCIATION. LUCY L. SILKE, . . . . President. OSCAR L. MCMURRAY, Secretary. Normal School, Chicago, Ill. Annual meeting, first Monday in April; Executive Board meetings, first Monday each month, November to June. One hundred members. Chapter, American Federation of Arts. Exhibitions in February at the Art Institute. Silver medal 1912 awarded to Frank C. Peyraud. CHICAGO SOCIETY OF ETCHERS. 4316 Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Ill. THOMAS WOOD STEVENS, President. RALPH M. PEARSON, Vice-President. MRS. BERTHA E. JAQUES, Secretary-Treasurer. Organized 1910. Two hundred and sixty members, of whom seventythree are active. Annual exhibition, March, 1912, at the Art Institute, and later at St. Louis, Rochester, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Toledo, Pittsburgh, Dubuque, Madison, Worcester and Providence. Two exhibitions traveled through Illinois and the West under auspices of General Federation of Women's Clubs. During the year 680 etchings were exhibited; 209 sold for $1,810.50. Gift of 1912 to associate members was a book on "The Etching of Cities," by Thomas Wood Stevens. Chapter, American Federation of Arts. FRIENDS OF AMERICAN ART. Art Institute, Chicago, Ill. WILLIAM O. GOODMAN, President. WILLIAM T. FENTON, FRANK G. LOGAN, GEORGE F. PORTER, ARTHUR T. ALDIS, Treasurer. H. C. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, Vice-Presidents. (For foundation see Vol. IX, p. 131.) Assistant Secretary. Organized and incorporated 1910. Annual meeting third Wednesday in April; Board of Directors meets one week later. One hundred and sixtythree members who subscribe $200 a year each to purchase works by American artists for the Art Institute. Acquired 1912: Paintings by William Ritchell, Charles W. Hawthorne, Gifford Beal, Ralph Clarkson, F. J. Waugh, Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones, F. C. Peyraud, Oliver Dennett Grover and Ben Foster. WILLIAM KOLACEK, MUNICIPAL ART COMMISSION OF CHICAGO. JOHN BARTON PAYNE, President West Park Commission. President Lincoln Park Commission. (For foundation see Vol. III, p. 102.) Annual meeting last Tuesday in April; meetings third Thursdays October to March open to the public. Maintains a municipal art gallery_through yearly purchase; the 1912 purchase was "Afternoon" by Frank C. Peyraud. EXHIBITION MRS. WILLIAM F. GROWER, Chairman. Vice-Chairman. COMMITTEE. MRS. WILLIAM FOSTER YOUNG, Corresponding Secretary-Treasurer, 5506 Rice St., Austin Station, Chicago. A standing committee composed of representatives of sixty-three organizations federated to encourage art in Chicago. Meetings in Club Rooms, Art Institute, second Saturday of each month from October to April. Aids exhibitions of Chicago artists. Awards, 1912: Grower prize of $100 to Charles Francis Browne; Shaffer prize of $50 to Nellie V. Walker. AFFILIATED CLUBS AND DELEGATES. Altrui Club-Mrs. Albert W. Holmes, 5241 West Carmen Avenue. Arché Club-Mrs. Frederick A. Dow, 6438 Lexington Avenue. Art Students' League of Chicago-Walter S. Lauderback, Valparaiso, Ind. Aurora Woman's Club-Mrs. T. N. Holden, 4 South Root Street, Aurora, Ill. Austin Woman's Club-Mrs. Rena S. Tuthill, 733 North Central Avenue, Austin Station, Chicago. Bryn Mawr Woman's Club-Mrs. Frank A. Morgan, 7216 Jeffery Avenue. Catholic Woman's League-Rose McComsky, 5821 Indiana Avenue. Chicago Association of Collegiate Alumnæ-Mrs. I. D. Sperling, 5329 Kimbark Avenue. Chicago Ceramic Art Association-Mrs. Victor J. Kissinger, 5658 Michigan Chicago Culture Club-Lena Clarke, 2908 Washington Boulevard. Avenue. Chicago Society of Artists-Wilson Irvine, 2657 West Fifteenth Street. Chicago South Side Club-Mrs. Ira A. Newman, 5476 East End Avenue. Chicago Woman's Aid-Mrs. Edward Stransky, 4947 Washington Park Place. Chicago Woman's Club-Mrs. John C. Shaffer, 1704 Judson Avenue, Evanston, Ill. Chrysolite Club-Mrs. Frank I. Bennett, 5807 Washington Avenue. Current Topic Club of Blue Island-Emily Roche, 362 Maple Avenue, Blue Island, Ill. Downer's Grove Woman's Club-Mrs. George L. Knox, 46 Franklin Street, Downer's Grove, Ill. Englewood Woman's Club-Mrs. J. W. Parker, 6731 Union Avenue. Evanston Woman's Club-Mrs. Frank Whittier Smith, 1834 Wesley Avenue, Evanston, Ill. (Municipal Art League Affiliated Clubs-Continued) Humboldt Woman's Club-Mrs. Elsa Mohr Andersen, 2454 N. Kedzie Boulevard. Hinsdale Woman's Club-Mrs. A. E. Walker, Seventh Street, Hinsdale, Ill. Irving Park Sorosis-Mrs. Elma Wilcox, 4011 Warwick Avenue. Klio Association-Mrs. Frank R. Chandler, 744 Rush Street. La Grange Woman's Club-Julia Knapp, 114 S. Kensington Avenue, La Lake Bluff Woman's Club-Mrs. James M. Cleaver, Lake Bluff, Ill. Nike Club-Mrs. Stephen M. B. Hunt, La Grange, Ill. North End Club-Mrs. Edward C. Portman, 4945 Kenmore Avenue. North Shore Country Club-Mrs. Clarence C. Dunkle, 1256 Glenlake Avenue. Norwood Park Club-Mrs. Duane T. McNab, 5791 Circle Avenue, Norwood Park, Ill. Park Ridge Woman's Club-Mrs. James Wm. Pattison, Park Ridge, Ill. Public School Art Society of Evanston-Julia E. Fergueson, 1610 Oak Avenue, Evanston, Ill. Ravenswood Woman's Club-Mrs. William C. Richards, 4614 North Ashland Avenue. River Forest Woman's Club-Mrs. J. M. Hoffman, 113 Keystone Avenue, Rogers Park Woman's Club-Mrs. Walter S. Shaw, 1509 Farwell Avenue. The Nineteenth Century Club-Mrs. F. M. Pebbles, Jr., 248 Clinton Avenue, The Park Ridge Improvement Association-Mrs. Elsie Millard, Park The Playgoers Club of Chicago-Mrs. Louis H. Manson, 4537 Sheridan Road. Union League Club-James S. Dickerson, 700 East Fortieth Street. University Guild of Evanston-Mrs. C. B. Congdon, 1876 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Ill. University of Chicago Settlement League-Mrs. Harry A. Bigelow, 5533 Washington Avenue. West End Woman's Club-Mrs. W. H. Hawes, 112 Home Avenue, Oak Park, Ill. Western Springs Woman's Club-Mrs. H. L. Cornell, Western Springs, Ill. Wicker Park Culture Club-Mrs. George J. Farley, 3041 Jackson Boulevard. Woman's Auxilliary K. A. M. Temple-Mrs. L. Heller, 4508 Ellis Avenue. Woman's Club of Brookfield-Mrs. W. S. Wallace, Brookfield, Ill. Woman's Club of Chicago Heights-Mrs. Martin Strand, 1639 Oak Street, Chicago Heights, Ill. Woman's Club of Wilmette-Mrs. D. V. Webster, 619 Forest Avenue, Wilmette, Ill. Woman's Library Club of Glencoe-Mrs. E. J. Sherwin, Glencoe, Ill. Woodlawn Woman's Club-Mrs. Samuel L. Scott, 6254 Jackson Park Avenue. WATER COLOR CLUB OF CHICAGO. Art Institute, Chicago, Ill. President. CAROLYN D. TYLER, Treasurer. MRS. BERTHA MENZLER DRESSLER, DUDLEY CRAFTS WATSON, Secretary. 843 East 53d Street. GEORGE F. SCHULTZ,. Vice-President. Club year ends March 1. Annual exhibitions at Art Institute. NATIONAL LEAGUE OF MINERAL PAINTERS. MARY A. FARRINGTON, President. JOHN ZETTEL, 1027 Fine Arts Building, Secretary. Chicago, Ill. FRED. S. BERTSCH, . FRED. T. LARSON, Treasurer. President. ERNEST BURGRAFF, Vice-President. GORDON ST. CLAIR, Secretary. Organized 1905. Annual meeting first Thursday in January; stated meetings first Thursday of each month. One hundred members. Chapter, American Federation of Arts. Three or four exhibitions annually. SWEDISH CLUB OF CHICAGO. C. S. PETERSON, President. 757 Buena Avenue, Chicago, Ill. The second annual exhibition of painting by Swedish-American artists was held March 1 to 15, 1912; an exhibition of Industrial Art in November, 1912. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. HENRY PRATT JUDSON, President. Museums open free 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily, except Saturday afternoons and Sundays. The Haskell Oriental Museum contains collections of Egyptian, Babylonian and Japanese art and archæology. (For educational work along art lines see reports of art schools.) CINCINNATI ART CLUB. THEODORE C. DORL, ENNO MEYER, Harrison Building, 31 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Treasurer. Organized 1890. Annual meeting in May; business meeting, second Saturday; social, fourth Saturday evening. Annual exhibition in November. Two hundred members. Organized 1870. Annual meeting, third Tuesday in October; stated meetings third Tuesday of each month except June, July and August. Eightynine members, of whom twenty-two are Institute members. |