PRESENTING . . .
A Once-In-A-Hundred-Years
Stickley Weekend!
The Stickley Museum at Craftsman farms will kick off a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Stickley’s Log House with a very special weekend in October. See below for details, and check back often for updates and the latest news.
Friday, October 15
Tour Craftsman Farms:
Full tours depart hourly from 11:15 am to 3:15 pm. Special Tours of
recent restoration projects and new acquisitions at depart at 5 and 6 pm.
Members free;
Non-members $7;
Pre-registration is required for Special Tours. Call 973-540-0311.
Pre-Symposium Lecture:
Leslie M. Freudenheim will explore Joseph Worcester and the San
Francisco Swedenborgian Church and their fascinating connections to
Gustav Stickley.
At the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms;
7 to 8:30 pm;
Members $10;
Non-members $15;
Pre-registration required, call 973-540-0311;
on-line registration at stickleymuseum.org
Admission includes reception and booksigning of Leslie Freudenheim’s
book, Building with Nature: Inspiration for the Arts and Crafts Home.
Saturday, October 16
Symposium:
Honest & Beautiful: The Arts & Crafts Home in America presented in the Newark Museum auditorium and cosponsored by the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. Join three leading experts as they explore the impact of
the Arts and Crafts movement and Stickley’s work on the idea of home in America. A panel discussion will conclude the program.
Topic: The Victorian Roots of the Arts & Crafts Movement
Speaker and host Ulysses Grant Dietz, Senior Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts, Newark Museum
Topic: Gustav Stickley and the Arts & Crafts Home in America
Speaker: Kevin Tucker, the Margot B. Perot Curator of Decorative Art and
Design, Dallas Museum of Art. Tucker is the curator of the nationally touring exhibition, Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement which will be on exhibit at the Newark Museum. This is his only east coast appearance.
Topic: The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
Speaker: Joseph Cunningham, Curator, American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 19, 2010.
At the Newark Museum
From 10 am to 2:30 pm;
Members of the Stickley Museum or the Newark Museum $15;
Non-members $25;
Optional box lunch $15 (must be ordered by October 13);
Pre-registration required, call 973-596-6613;
Or on-line at symposium registration
Craftsman Homecoming Gala
The festivities continue through Saturday evening with the Craftsman Homecoming Gala at the Mountain Lakes Club. Join John H. Bryan, Honorary Chair, and event co-chairs Ann Reynolds and Robert C. Burchell as they kick off the yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of Gustav Stickley’s iconic Log House. The evening will include cocktails, gourmet dinner, a live and a silent auction, and dancing to the music of the Andy Sherwood Trio. The gala’s auctioneer is David Rago, well known for his frequent appearances on Antiques Roadshow, and best known to Stickley Museum members as the recipient of the Foundation’s Als Ik Kan Award in 2000. The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the 2010 Als Ik Kan Award to John H. Bryan.
Celebrating the
100th ANNIVERSARY of
GUSTAV STICKLEY’S LOG HOUSE
Saturday October 16, 2010
HONORARY CHAIR
John H. Bryan
Event Co-Chairs
Ann F. Reynolds
Robert C. Burchell
Platinum Sponsor
Crab Tree Farm
Goldman Sachs
Perry and Martin J. Granoff
GOLD SPONSOR
L. & J.G. Stickley, Inc.
McGraw-Hill Companies
Silver SPONSOR
The Provident Bank
Bronze SPONSOR
BOGRAD'S FINE FURNITURE
BENEFACTOR TABLE
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Calderwood
Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Glesmann, III
Drs. Cynthia and Timothy McGinn
Catherine J. Mathis and Robert C. Burchell
BENEFACTOR COMMITTEE
(in formation)
Dorothy Beattie
Joan Albin and Tom Bird
Nicholas and Catherine Carlozzi
Christopher Forbes
Barbara N. Fuldner
Stephen Gray
Gregg G. Seibert
Leigh Ann and Bruce Johnson
Cara Corbo and Ted Lytwyn
Suzanne Perrault and David Rago
Barbara Weiskittel
Nancy and Davey L. Willans
JoAnn and Paul Young
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
Julie Young Bensley
Laura and Richard Reilly
Donald C. Stahl, M.D.
Lisa and Steve Santini
Angela and Paul Zapka
Tickets to the Craftsman Homecoming Gala range from $1,000 for benefactors, $500 for sponsors, to
$175 for patrons. Event sponsorships are available from $2,500 to $50,000
All funds raised directly support the Stickley Museum’s educational programs and the maintenance and care of the site.
Make this the year you “come home” to Craftsman Farms and join us in a year of centennial events honoring Stickley’s groundbreaking achievement and celebrating his family’s joyous homecoming. Programming information will be featured in the future at stickleymuseum.org, stickleymuseum.org/blog/, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.
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