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Show Dolores Dore Eccles & E. Frank Sanguinetti ExhibitionWing "D olores D ore 'Lobe' Eccles," noted a fnend 111 reflect111g on her life, "was one of those rare 111dividuals who had both the capacity and 111chnation to improve the quahty ofhfe 111 Utah. She knew how to make a difference and she did 1t." It 1s fitt111g, therefore, that her nam e, along with that of her fnend and longtime Utah Museum of Fine Arts D irector E . Frank Sangu111etti, be associated with the 10,000 square foot exhibition wing added to the new museum_build111g. The wing's eight exhibition gallen es will host thousands of students and 111.useum patrons each year, and the facility will also 111clude a research library and study center for detailed exanunation of the museum s collection by scholars and students. The gallen es will house the museum s collection of decorative arts, as well as Its Asian collection, both areas of particular 111terest to M rs. Eccles. The nam111g of the new w111g pays tribute not only to M rs. Eccles' last111g contnbutions to the fine arts 111 Utah , but also to the endunng fnendsh1p between Mrs. Eccles and Mr. Sangu111ett1. They were confidants for more than 20 years until Mrs. Eccles' pass111g 111 1994 shanng a common love of the visual arts. Upon heanng the news of a $2 million grant from the George S. and D olores D ore Eccles Foundation for the exhibition w111g, Mr. Sangu111etti remarked that he was "deeply touched and honored that our fnendship will be recogruzed 111 this very special way 'Lobe' Eccles was one of Utah s great ladies. She will forever be rem embered as a passionate supporter of the arts." 10 UT A H M USEU M O F Fl i\'E AR TS D olo res D ore Eccles & E . Fra 11/i Sr111g11i11 etti Exhibition vVi11,(! |
