A Birthday Celebration in the Making
November 2011 will mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Cyrus E. Dallin. I haven’t seen any activity yet ramping up in anticipation at either the CEDAM (Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum) or the SMA (Springville Museum of Art), but you can be sure there are events planned. This is too important an anniversary to miss. I’ve even jumped on the bandwagon so to speak, by turning up the speed of the catalog raisonne and biography.
I’ll meet with the Chairman of the Board of CEDAM, also a friend of mine, mid-September. I can’t wait to see her and find out all the happenings I’m missing at CEDAM in celebration of this birthday year. Like I tell my kids, as soon as I know, you’ll know. I have decided to try to bring a little Dallin mainstream and created a Facebook Page. I’m sorting through copyright issues so I’m having trouble finding photographs I can post, but I hope to have that rectified soon. If nothing else, this will be a celebration of his life and works. He was a cool guy as well as a great artist. You’ll see.
