Festival included: an address by Gibson A. Danes; "From galleries, museums and private homes ... this exhibition is composed of irreplaceable art objects of great aesthetic quality and intrinsic value. It affords indisputable evidence of great…
"The summer exhibition of contemporary art at the State University of Iowa [is] a major feature of the Annual Fine Arts Festival. This year there are 160 paintings, drawings and prints, drawn from private collections, artists' studios, and…
"The third annual exhibition of contemporary art (The Iowa Summer Show) is presented by the School of Fine Arts at the State University of Iowa as one of the major events of the Ninth Annual Fine Arts Festival. The exhibition this year presents 128…
Festival included: eighteen paintings and sculptures from the permanent collection of the State University of Iowa ; an exhibition of fine prints; anthropological and other exhibitions in the Museum of Natural History; lectures by Dr. Zelma George,…
"The Fine Arts Festival at the University of Iowa was established in the Summer Session of 1939. Concerts, plays, art exhibitions, lectures , and radio programs are presented each year. This summer, for the first time, a major exhibition of…
Festival included: panel featuring Grant Wood, Paul Green, Lawrence Tibbett, Frank Lloyd Wright; exhibition of paintings by Grant Wood and Marvin Cone; graduate student art exhibition; plays and musical performances.
Contents: Acceptance letter to State University of Iowa graduate college, Mar. 28, 1949; C.E. Cousins' letter (State University of Iowa), Aug. 2, 1949; S. Joe Brown's invitation to Founder's Day dinner, Nov. 12, 1949
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