Members' Opening
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
6–8 pm
Honest and Beautiful: Gustav Stickley and The Arts & Crafts Home in America
Saturday, October 16, 2010
10 am–2:30 pm
Co-sponsored by the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms
Join three leading experts as they explore the impact of the Arts & Crafts movement and Stickley’s work on the idea of home in America.
Fee: Members of the Newark Museum and Stickley Museum $15
Non-members $25
Optional box lunch $15 (must be ordered by October 13)
Pre-registration required, call 973-596-6613 or
to purchase tickets online, click here.
Topic: The Victorian Roots of the Arts & Crafts Movement
Speaker: Ulysses Grant Dietz, Senior Curator, 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
Topic: The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
Speaker: Joseph Cunningham, Curator, American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation
Special Exhibition Tours
Gallery Talks: “The Stickley Style”
Wednesdays–Sundays, 1:30 pm
FREE with Suggested Admission
The Art of Looking at Furniture:
A Conversation with Ulysses Grant Dietz
Sunday, November 14, 2010
3 pm
Guided Viewing for Groups of ten or more must be arranged in advance.
Call 973-596-6613 or e-mail groupsales@newarkmuseum.org.
Arts Workshop
Arts & Crafts–Style Woodblock Printmaking with Michael Dal Cerro
Saturday and Sunday, November 20–21, 2010, 10 am–4 pm
Following the principles of the Arts & Craft Movement, develop the basics of woodblock print—design and cutting—then proceed to the inking and pulling of impressions on both paper and textile fabric.
Tour Historic Craftsman Farms
Join us for a guided tour of Gustav Stickley’s 30-acre country estate home, just 25 miles from Newark. Call Members’ Travel at 973-596-6643 for dates and other details.
Banner images (left to right):
Side Chair (detail), Designed c. 1903, Oak, pewter, copper, various woods, rush (replaced), 47 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., The Estate of Dr. Edgar G. McKee. Rose Motif Screen (detail), Designed c. 1905, Oak, linen, burlap, silk, Crab Tree Farm. Electric Lantern No. 777, Designed c. 1908, Copper, glass. 15 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in., Crab Tree Farm. Images © Dallas Museum of Art.
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