Central Washington University - Hyakem / Kooltuo Yearbook (Ellensburg, WA)

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Mim J»purg«an busy ll WOfk. where she taught art. Before that, she was on the art faculty of the State University of Iowa. She did public school teaching previous to that. Miss Spurgeon received both her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the State University of Iowa and did graduate work in art at Harvard University and at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City. She has traveled extensively in Mexico and in Europe and spent two summers studying art of the old masters in Italy. Born in Iowa, she was a Midwesterner most of her life before coming to Central. During World War II. she joined the Boeing Company of Seattle and did design drawings. After the war, she returned to art teaching at Central. An exhibiting artist, herself, Miss Spurgeon understands the problems of her students who hope someday to paint the pictures of which they can only dream today. Each year, Miss Spurgeon presents an exhibit of her own paintings in Seattle and many times she is called upon to display her pictures in galleries of the Northwest and in other parts of the country. Her real pride, however, comes when she is called upon to send an exhibit of her students work to an art gallery for display. Then she quickfy busies herself, assisting with framing, pounding out shipping crates and carefully boxing the pictures tc be sent off for showing. To this artist and art educator, we dedicate this, our 1959 Hyakem. 9