ARTS FESTIVAL OPENED

Press, Volume C, Issue 29555, 3 July 1961, Page 17

ARTS FESTIVAL OPENED

Junior Council's Work Praised Praising the OiristrtKurch Junior Cautfe&'e contribution to trie etritone of the city, the Deputy-Mayw (Cr. H. P &mth) opened the 16-day C&rasnhwrch Arts Festival on Saturday evening. Thirty-five pemaons atteotod at the Durham street Art Gallery to hear Cr. Smith and the pireeideevt of the Canterbury Society of Arts (Mr G. C. C. Sandrton) who opened the society's ftsuv.il mow. "We hwve hewn our cities out of the bush, so to speak," O. Smith said. “Now we MiMid be starting to build Up a cultural background. The ObrieSchurch City Council is anxioMe to see tots done.” This pointed to a need Dor a new town haM in Christchurch, Cr. Smith laid. “At present when we want to get a crowd of 1500 people we have to go to toe King Edward Barrwckß, and the roof leeks rain down our nectas " ftoening the exhibition, Mr Sanctaton cotrq>Mmun.te<i the Junior Council on the "enormous amount” of work it had done to arrange toe feattval. "I wish the fertivel a big success: and let’s hope it become* an annual event,” he said, The exhibition, be raid, feelured interwtin< and exciting paintings from wetltaniowin New Zeekand artists. He drew attention to the black, white and grey pointing, "Landsaape,” by Golan MCCahon, who was a joint winner of a recent national Pompeii Mon