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• iMri fallSan Dimas Press: LaVarne Leader; The Bulletin; Upland News: Cucamonga Times; Montclair TribuneCLAREMONT — Construction of a new exhibit gallery facility will become the main exhibit area in the centerand minor revisions to existing gallery space have beguntotal exhibition space. It will featureat the Gladys K. Montgomery Art Center, Pomonahung movable display panels and a humidityCollege.system. Steadman said the addition will allow theAccording to David W. Steadman, director of theClaremont Colleges galleries, the new 2,500-square-footdepartment to present more student and facultythan has been possible in the pastBerry farm featuresLocated In what has been an open courtyard, thegallery’s north corner will contain an Information andconcrete cylinder designed to beartist ofcompatible with the existing buildings. A new walkpaintingCarolyn Bartel Lyon Garden to Collegewill also be made for easy access to thegallery for handicapped persons. The remodelling pro*Eggs. They’re scrambled, ancj resjst dyeing methodsject will include converting an existing small gallery intofried, boiled and deviled, before settling on her preprint and study roomOnce a year they re even sen^ medium pen and inkCost of the new construction has been funded by a giftdecorated, using pre- ancj watercolor.from Mrs. Gladys K. Montgomery, donor of the originalpackaged dyes andtransfers. To Karen Lynch, berHer“canvas’*built in 1958 and of an addition completed in 1968has given Mrs. Montgomery, an honorary trustee of Pomona\however, eggs are a canvas possibilities to explore, shea whole range of College and recipient of an honorary doctorate infor her art.Her ostrich, turkey andsays.arts in 1970, was founder and first presidentWomen’s Campus Club. She has long beengeese eggs are painted with js a wb0ie different thing to“The roundness of the egg affairs of Pomona and her many gifts have includedintricate scenes, animals, work with,” she says.Thatcher Music Building library in memorymythological beings and ^instead of just a flat pieceband.non-objective designs.of paper, the egg hasAngeles insurance executiveVictor Montgomery, a prominent LosShe will be demonstrating surface, texture andaArchitects for the $357,000 project are Powellher art at Knott’s Berry cjrcuiar shape. I can thinkMorgridge, Richards it Coghlan, Los Angeles, whoFarm s upcoming Country jn terms 0f a thing going indesigned the original art center and later additions. TheFair April 1-10. Knotts a cjrcielt; a scene with abuilding contractor is Noyes, Roach Co., LosCountry Fair will present beginning and an end.” HerMontgomery will remain closed until mid-Septemberartisans, country games eggs tell storiesWhenreopens, a special showin gof 20th centuryand entertainment allduring the event which will fancjfuihumorous, mythical ordrawings and watercoiors from private Loscollections will be presented. The exhibit is beingculminate with an old-organized by Steadman and Frederick S. Wightfashioned Easter parade ^nown at the RenaissanceLynch who is well emeritus of the University of California, Los AngelesSunday, April 10. Special pleasure Faires heldinGallery, and will be shown in SanFranciscocelebrity entertainment ^goura and NovatoMontgomery’s permanent collection has been movedwlii include Dr. Hook andAlan: “A Tribute to Elvis.11annually, feels fairs are “ato the Lang Gallery, Scripps College, for thenatural wav to work.”the construction period
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