SCHOOL OF ART.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. SIR, —Does it not strike you as being, to say the least of it, strange that nothing has been done towards the establishment of a School of Art in Christchurch. Surely the time has now arrived when such a thing, judiciously managed, might safely be taken iv hand with a very fair prospect of success.'
It is well known how much real good has arisen from institutions of this kind in the mother country, not only in the fact of its having opened a wider field to students, but also in the improved tone given to tbe public mind. How deserving of the greatest encouragement is the slightest, taste displayed in our young people, for music or paintiug ! And can we fail to see that so far as the latter is concerned, absolutely nothing has been done. To be sure drawing is taught in some few of the schools, public and private, but this source must necessarily be restricted to a very small portion of our community. What we want is a properly conducted establishment, where, at a moderate expense, all classes may study that branch of art, towards which their inclination tends. Yours. __c, Education. !
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Press, Volume XVIII, Issue 2492, 26 April 1871, Page 3
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