ART PICTURES FOR SCHOOLS.
"*"■ " ' ~— 1 AN INNOVATION. At the meeting of the Wellington Education: Board on Tuesday nest, the chairman (Mr. Robert Lee) will move in the direction of procuring a supply of art picture?, to be exhibited in the various schools of the district. Mr. Lee su""ests that a frame be fixed on the "walls fronting the classes, in which shall bo exhibited art pictures in colours or in monochrome, and that engravings or photographs bo supplied by the Education Board and changed once a year. An Art Association of London has offered to send , .£IOO worth on approval, if the board will undertake to 'spend .£jO. Mr. Leo suggests that, framing might be fixed this year in the senior class-room of all schools with two or more class-rooms and next year in all schools above Grade I, ■,and that Mr. Tennant (inspector), who is about to visit' England, make arrangements for a supply of suitable pictures.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1137, 26 May 1911, Page 5
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158ART PICTURES FOR SCHOOLS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1137, 26 May 1911, Page 5
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