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Show Emma Eccles Jones Education Center T he Emma Eccles Jones Education Center at the new Utah Museum of Fine Arts reflects both the hfelong passion Mrs. Jones held for early childhood education and her commitment to carry on the philanthropic philosophy of her parents, David and Ellen Stoddard Eccles. Mrs. Jones was born in her father's lumber camp in Baker City, Oregon, on March 6, 1898 and moved with her family to Logan, Utah, when she was eight years old. As a young woman, Emma Eccles pursued her higher educat10n at Utah State Education College and Radchffe College at Harvard Umvers1ty, completing her bachelor of arts degree in Enghsh from the Umvers1ty of Cahforrua at Berkeley Later, she became a certified teacher and earned her master of arts degree at Columbia Umvers1ty Teachers College in progressive education for kindergarten. After marrying Le Grande Jones in 1927 and setthng in Logan, she helped estabhsh the first kindergarten program there. Mrs. Jones directed that program for 10 years, donating her salary for supphes. After her husband died in 1937, Mrs. Jones moved to Cahforrua where she directed innovative programs in children's educat10n at Mills College. The trustees of the Emma Eccles Jones Foundation chose to continue Mrs. Jones' v1s10n of quahty education through generous support toward program endowments at the new museum. This extraordinary generosity will make possible a dramatic increase in the museum's already extensive educational programmmg. The Emma Eccles Jones Education Center will include the following components. An educat10n gallery featunng instructive exhib1t1ons and family-based interactive act1v1t1es that relate to the permanent collection. ~ ~ Expansion of the fourth grade Partners program to include more studio art opportumt1es. ~ ~ Part1C1pat1on of a larger number ofh1gh school students in the Images and Words wnting program. Augmented docent programs that include visits to classrooms throughout Salt Lake County and instruction for students who v1s1t the museum to study both studio art and art history ~ Increased offenngs of acadermc outreach studio art classes for rmddle school students that will utilize the permanent collection ~ Continuation of the hugely popular Third Saturdays and Ariful Afternoons that offer theme-based educational act1v1ties to all museum patrons. ~ More opportumt1es for instructors to utihze the Teacher Resource Center where they may borrow art objects for use in the classroom. The Emma Eccles Jones Foundation has long supported educational programs and acqms1t1on efforts at the museum, and this latest gift demonstrates the Foundation's continued commitment to making the visual arts a key component of the education of Utah's students. In add1t1on to th_e Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Emma Eccles Jones Foundation has been a maJor supporter of many areas at the Umvers1ty ofUtah, including the David Eccles School ofBusiness, the Utah Museum of Natural History, Red Butte Garden and Arboretum Children's Center, and the Health SCiences Center. In every area, Mrs. Jones' comrmtment to educating young people continues to benefit Utah and its C1t1zens. 12 UT A H M USEU M OF FI N E AR TS To understand a successful work of arta genuine product of the human imagination -is also to discover something about who we are and what our place is on this earth. DAVID T M c LAUGHLIN |
