The Growth Of Art In Ann Arbor

From time to time notices have been elven in our columns of the projrressofth Ann Arbor Art Club, whlch tirt came nto existence some three years slnce, and whlch has ncreased from a membershlp of a dozen or so until now the roll has 46 lames, over 20 of wliom are every-day workers. The meetings of the club were held for iome timo In Mr. Randall s art gallery, but of late a vacant room in the Tappan building has been used by the club, and in this room a reporter of the Courier happened to stroll last Monday p. m., and found a busy hive of workers. There were sketches in oil, !n water colors and in charcoal, and uiany odd things were being used as subjects. There were old kettles, and teapots, and vasef, and flutc?, and Büdlea, nd candle-rtieki, and old books, and onionsand dishes.and - well, time is too short to enumérate all. Theso were gathered into harmonious little grnups cwlled "studies' and transferred by deft hands to canvas. The older and more antkjuated the "atudy" the prettier the picture produced. For Instance, two old earthen jars, one con8iderably larger than the other, an ear of coru partially husked, an old stick with a string tied in the end and an old basket cover, made a fine picture; likewise bottle (with cork undrawn) a lemon with end cut off, a couple of oyster shells and a vinegar cruet niHde another one. Miss Harriman liad a hantlsomo "study" of a violin, bow, a sheet of torn music anda couple of ancient books; another of an Old vase, iu front of whicu was an open bible on whlch had beeti carelessly thrown n red and a white rose: Miss Whitman had jut completed a picturfi havlng a large earthen dish lilli-d with vegetable?, beslde which was a brass candle-stick with candle half burned, a knife and a large earthen jar. She also had a "study" of a niouse trap with two victims caught thereln, and anotber creeping np to the top (it i well to note tliat the mice were all dead when the sketch was made from them). And we mlght till a whole column with these pretty pictures that are being made. Miss Hunt, the director of this club, had a study of roses on an easel that had had the honor of being exhibited at the N. Y. Academy of Design, two years since. No copying is allowed, the studies are all from stlll life, and the improvement beinu made by the etudents is very great. About the Ust of May the club proposes to give an exhibition in the Ladies' Library building, and from what we saw, can assure the public that it will be a rare treat to the lovers of the beautiful.