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- February 10,1995
- Coalition for Utah Families
- In a letter from Kitty Dukakis Dated July 12, 1988 February 10,1995
- January 31,1985
2005
Florence P. Hansen was a headliner on a cruise to Alaska for Meridian Trips where she delighted audiences with her sculpting and stories. Still going strong at 85!
A special thanks goes to our friends Blaine and Kathy Yorgason and the "Tattered Angel Foundation" for making this trip possible.
"Art is a powerful medium of expression and communication. It has through the ages influenced civilizations. Because it can motivate people, it has an impact on the course of history. Art is a great teaching instrument. It is therapeutic value as an outlet for emotions, and such should sometimes remain a private thing. Taking frustrations out on paper, canvas or clay can relieve tensions, and has then served its purpose. Because we communicate thoughts and feelings, concepts and values through our art, we should feel a commitment to society to leave it a little better than we found it. It is a challenge and a thrill to express through art, varied human experience."
February 10,1995
"A picture is worth a thousand words,...And we gratefully extend our thanks for your gifts of 'In Her Footsteps' for our Mother of the year, and the Mother/Daughter with violin statue for our lovely Mother of Young Children."
Claudene B. Gordon, President
American Mothers, Inc.
Utah Association Florence Hansen sculpts of the late Kimberly Bergalis, who picked up HIV from her dentist. Though they never met, "We relate," the Sandy sculptor says. "I believe in her cause." Ms. Bergalis lobbied for AIDS tests for all health-care workers.
Coalition for Utah Families
"The Florence Hansen statues made the Governor's Award an outstanding event. All remarked how much more meaningful it was to have an award depicting the family as opposed to a plaque."
Darlene C. Hutchison, Chair
Coalition For Utah Families
In a letter from Kitty Dukakis Dated July 12, 1988:
"I am writing to thank you for the beautiful sculpture you recently sent to Michael and me. This work is simply exquisite. I should add, that in this particularly frantic time in our lives, we are able to find great pleasure in being reminded that our family has always been the greatest source of our strength. The loving depiction of family reinforces our belief that what we value is of real substance and worth. Thank you so much again for thinking of us in the generous and special way."
“In The Family Circle” presented to Walter Mondale during presidential candidate's visit to Salt Lake City.
January 31,1985
Actor Jimmy Stewart and his wife, Gloria, and was presented with a porcelain statuette of a seagull made by Utah artist Florence P. Hansen especially for the occasion.
