The Stickley Museum At Craftsman Farms

“For Gustav Stickley and other American Arts & Crafts designers the word ‘Mission’ contained a variety of meanings. Initially Stickley embraced the word and published articles promoting it along with calling his furniture ‘Mission Style.’ However in time he abandoned it, perhaps to distinguish himself from other furniture makers.”  So states, Dr. Richard Guy Wilson, [...]

This is the exhibit from Mr. Stickley’s Restaurant, on display at the Arts & Crafts Conference and Antique Show.

If you have any photos from the Arts & Crafts Conference and Antiques Show at Grove Park Inn, please share them with the Craftsman Farms friends and family in our Flickr group!

Last night’s banquet at the Grove Park Inn was a great success, with nearly 100 attendees. This year’s entertainment was our first Stickler Quiz,  thirty questions of detailed Stickley family trivia, which led to some cutthoat competition among our Stickley devotees! Thanks so much to Mark Weaver, Peter Copeland, Dorothy Beattie, and Dave Rudd for [...]

“Infinite Variety: Women of the Arts and Crafts Movement” by Pat Bartinique
In celebration of Women’s History month Pat Bartinique will present a lecture exploring the role of women in the Arts and Crafts Movement. The lecture will be on Saturday, March 7 at 4:00 p.m. and will include a reception [...]

We thought our readers would be interested to know that Elaine Hirschl Ellis of Arts & Crafts Tours has just reduced the prices of three 2009  English Arts & Crafts Tours:
Far From the Crowd: Retreats of Royalty, Writers and Artists in Kent, Sussex and the Isle of Wight is scheduled for May 9 – [...]

Textile artist Dianne Ayres is just one of the artists whose works will be featured in our upcoming trunk show.

The workshop of Dianne Ayres began in 1988 to create textiles in the Arts & Crafts style for the home, including draperies, window curtains, bedspreads, pillows & table runners. Dianne’s workshop uses traditional techniques to [...]

Our friend David Rago recently wrote about American Arts & Crafts and five places to see Arts & Crafts collections. He says:
The Arts and Crafts movement had a short lifespan, but its impact on American life has endured — remember that lumpy bowl you made in summer camp? Lasting only from about 1900 until changing [...]