The Stickley Museum At Craftsman Farms

Saturday and Sunday, December 5-6  & December 12-13 from 11-4 p.m.

Visitors are invited to stroll through the house and enjoy the candlelight and Christmas decorations at their own pace. The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms will be all decked out for the holidays as Stickley and his family would have decorated it in 1915.  [...]

“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, [...]

Travel Everywhere! discusses the Must-See Museums in Morris County, NJ, including the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms:
Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms is the only house Gustav Stickley, the foremost spokesman for the American Arts and Crafts Movement, designed and built for himself. Stickley, known for his Mission furniture, revolutionized American decorative arts.
The log house, built [...]

Join us for this fascinating lecture by Mary Greensted at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 10 at the Grolier Club. Mary Greensted’s talk will examine the influence of William Morris, father-figure of the Arts and Crafts movement, on the ideas and work of one of the most important British designers of the turn-of-the-century, Ernest [...]

The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms is hosting a Fall Members’ Reception and Book Launch for the new edition of Gustav Stickley’s Craftsman Farms: A Pictorial History, on Saturday, October 24, 4:00 p.m.
This edition was funded by a special project grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission. The book was edited by the noted Stickley [...]

On Friday, the Stickley Museum Summer Camp wrapped up lively week filled with nature activities, crafts, games, stories, outdoor fun, and new friendships.

Campers went on a Nature Scavenger Hunt gathering leaves, pine cones, wildflowers, stones, and twigs. They used these natural materials in craft projects including leaf printing on fabric and creating handmade Nature Sketchbooks. [...]

Lecture by Cleota Reed
We thought our readers would be very interested in this upcoming presentation with the Arts and Crafts Society of Central New York. The lecture by Cleota Reed will explore Irene Sargent’s unique partnership with Gustav Stickley and examine The Craftsman magazine’s critical Syracuse years. Irene Sargent, writer, critic, teacher, and [...]

Traveling to the Seattle area? You won’t want to miss a major new exhibition, The Arts & Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest, which opens on May 30, 2009 at the Museum of History & Industry in Seattle. The exhibition brings to light the exceptional work from the Arts and Crafts Movement in [...]

We are pleased to share this wonderful opportunity with our readers. The RSVP deadline is April 1, so you will need to act quickly. You are invited to join Ted Bosley, Director of The Gamble House in Pasadena, California, for an architectural study tour exploring the Arts and Crafts movement in upstate New York [...]

This year’s Annual Spring Members’ Reception will feature a lecture by Jonathan Clancy on “Pottery of the Arts and Crafts Movement.” In his lecture, arranged especially for this event by the American Art Pottery Association, Clancy will offer an overview of the movement and discuss the distinction between Art Pottery and Arts and Crafts [...]