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DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND URBAN PLANNING

DIRECTOR   Bernie Byrne

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The great awakening of the people to the value of taste as an element of manufactures and to a knowledge of the many possible applications of art to industrial products, which came from a sight of the displays made of foreign wares and tissues at the Centennial Exposition, has led to gen eral interest in all forms of art training which promise practical results in similar productions in our own country; while a knowledge of the variety and amount of the raw material fitted for artistic manufactures which exists in this country, and which was first made known to the general public by the display of clays, kaolin, marbles, pigments, and other products shown at Philadelphia; has already led to the develop ment of new, and the increased excellence of established, industries. The interest of the multitude in the works of pure art, wholly re moved from utility, was evinced by the thronging thousands that, at the Centennial Exposition, crowded the galleries devoted to the fine arts; this popular interest was a surprise to many, who had fancied a love for beauty, and an appreciation of the works of the artists, to be a result of education alone and confined to a class. This general interest shown in the paintings and statues, and the consequent increase which may be anticipated in the demand for the works of the artists, may be regarded as one of the causes which have led to a great increase in the number of art students who desire to fit themselves by means of the best technical training to become artists. This wide spread interest and activity gives promise of an important development in the art pro ductions of the United States.