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EXHIBITION OF THE GILD OF ARTS
AND CRAFTS OF NEW YORIK
it exhibition of the Gild of Arts
s of New York was an example
;ults which can be obtained by
perseverance, even though the
be very small. This gild, the
nization of its kind in New York
uty, was toundeci in January, ,UYOO, with tour young
  women as members; two of these filling the offices of
  secretary and treasurer. At that time, the society had
  no constitution and there was no money in the treasury;
  the four members being personally responsible for all ex-
  penses incurred.
                         During the first year, which was
 an experimental one, more than one thousand dollars passed
 throu h the hands of the treasurer; this coming from
 actuaf sales and commissions, or being returns from classes
 In various departments of designing and crafts-work.
 Since then, the gild has outgrown its humble beginning,
 and now occupies a number of studios in the buildin at
 No. 132 East Twenty-third street. Its members include
 'workers in sculpture, etching, water-colors, miniature
 painting, photography, book-binding, stenciling, fire etch-
 ing, chalk drawing, designing, book plates, wood carving,
 leather and metal work, needle work, basketry and bead
 work,
 iThe aim of the gild, as set forth
 in its constitution, is to advance the union of the Arts of
 Design with the Arts of Production; with the ideal that
 the artist and artisan should be one and the same person.
 It is also purposed to establish shops which shall take the
 form of permanent exhibition, and sales rooms, where the
 work of the gild members and pupils, after passing a jury,
 shall be placed, also to co-operate actively with any or-
 lanization interested in the progress of education and
iIndustry.
                         Practical and theoretical in-
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