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Roycroft Campus Corporation announces grants and major property acquisition at Open House at the Copper Shop on Thursday
The Roycroft Campus Corporation invites you to an Open House on Thursday October 27 from 4pm to 7pm at the Copper Shop Gallery located at 31 South Grove Street on the Historic Landmark Roycroft Campus.
The purpose of this event is to update the public and supporters of the Roycroft Campus Corporation on the efforts to restore the Copper Shop, the first of many buildings to be restored on the Roycroft Campus. The group will also thank the many people and organizations that have come forward to jumpstart the first part of the many restoration phases.
Programming and announcements will be from 5- 5:30pm. At this time there will be a major announcement about the acquisition of another significant Roycroft structure.
Special thanks will be given to the John R. Oishei Foundation for a grant of $220,000 that will be used to develop a strategic business plan, develop and promote educational programming and fund other start up operational expenses. The John R. Oishei Foundation’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for Buffalo area residents by supporting education, healthcare, scientific research and the cultural, social, civic and other charitable needs of the community.
This event will also recognize the Preservation League of New York State for a $5000 grant issued to prepare a historic structure report for the Copper Shop. This grant is funded by Preserve New York, a grant program of the Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Council of the Arts.
Light refreshments will be served while guests stroll through the new Copper Shop Gallery that features work by Roycroft Renaissance Artisans and other local artists. The public is welcome to attend.
For more information call Christine Peters at 716-655-0261 |
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Complex in Buffalo
, New York is currently under restoration, but still
open for guided tours. For opening times and details www.darwinmartinhouse.org |
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News from London:
The National Trust has just acquired William Morris's
famous Red House in
Bexley, built in 1859 to the designs of architect Philip
Webb. The
property has been in private hands for over 50 years and
will open to the
public sometime this summer. Until now, the house has
been visited only
by small groups of Morris enthusiasts, but it is known
throughout the
world as Morris's personal statement in his campaign to
raise the crafts
to the level of fine art by creating, with Webb, wall
hangings, furniture,
and stained blase, with wall paintings by Edward Burne-Jones
and Dante
Gabriel Rossetit. The London Times quoted Tim Knox, the
trust's head
curator, as saying that the house still has a substantial
amount of
built-in furniture as well as a wealth of painted decoration,
which has
been carefully conserved with advice from the Victoria
and Albert Museum.
He also said that the key to the house's success will
be to make the
four-acre garden into the pre-eminent Pre-Raphaelite garden,
filled with
the plants Morris used for his textile design.
The Victoria and Albert Museums show "Art Deco" opens soon in Boston.
Two big Arts and Crafts exhibitions are in the works.
One, from the Los
Angeles County Museum, curated by Wendy Kaplan, will open
on December 19, 2004, and the other from the Victoria
and Albert Museum, curated by Karen Livingstone, will
open in March of 2005. Both will travel but venues are
not published yet. Watch this site for news as they develop.
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THE WARD HOUSE
WARD WELLINGTON WARD, ARCHITECT:
LIST OF WORKS, THIRD EDITION
Compiled by Cleota Reed
October 2003
Ward Wellington Ward (1875-1932) practiced architecture in
Syracuse, New York from 1908 to 1932. Most of the two hundred
buildings he designed are extant. The drawings for them are
in the Onondaga Historical
Association’s collections. Twenty-eight houses are listed
on the National Register of Historic Places.
This publication contains the most current comprehensive list
of Ward’s
buildings. It contains only works that can be documented by
primary
evidence, ie., original drawings, building permits, statements
by original owners, correspondence files, and other verifiable
evidence. This list locates the works by original owner, gives
addresses, and status of the buildings, as well as where primary
evidence is located.
The booklet is available from the Arts and Crafts Society of
Central New
York for fifteen dollars plus two dollars for postage. It can
be ordered by mail from ACSCNY, Post Office Box 35082, Syracuse,
New York 13235 or by calling Dalton’s 315-463-1568 |
2004
Looking for New Board Members
Looking for a way to share your interest and enthusiasm
in the Arts and Crafts movement with others? We are currently looking
for interested individuals to join our board and/or participate in
our committees. Board members attend meetings scheduled on the second
Wednesday of each month. New board members will be elected at our
membership meeting in September 2002 and serve a three year term.
If you are interested e-mail us using the link above for more information.
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