20 |ARTS & CRAFTS HOMES Winter 2017
UP FRONT&EVENTS + EXHIBITS
NOV. 5, 2016
BungalowFest
Just west of downtown St. Petersburg,
Florida, the Historic Kenwood neigh-
borhood is distinguished by many Arts
& Crafts homes. It’s also home to many
artists, which has earned it a city designa-
tion as an artist’s enclave. Now in its 18th
year, BungalowFest combines both archi-
tecture and art in its annual home tour.
A dozen homes will be open, along with
two artists’ dwellings and four multi-pur-
pose garage conversions. Tickets are
available online at historickenwood.orgTHROUGH OCT. 2017
FLW 150
Museums all over the country are cele-
brating the 150th birthday of Frank Lloyd
Wright (1867–1959), the larger-than-life
architect whose body of work ranges
from early Prairie School houses to New
York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
leads the way with “Frank Lloyd Wright
at 150: Unpacking the Archive.” The ex-
hibition presents about 450 works from
the 1890s through the 1950s, including
architectural drawings, models, building
fragments, fi lms, television broadcasts,
print media, furniture, tableware, tex-
tiles, paintings, photographs, and scrap-
books, with some rarely seen works.
“Frank Lloyd Wright: Buildings for
the Prairie” is on view at the Milwaukee
Museum of Art in the architect’s home
state. Featuring lithographic plates from
the Wasmuth Portfolio, an important
compendium of Wright’s early work pub-
lished in Berlin in 1910, the show offers a
selection of designs presented alongside
examples of his furniture, stained glass,
and textiles. The portfolio introduced the
architect’s work in Europe and is largely
credited with profoundly infl uencing the
direction of 20th century architecture.
(414) 224-3200, mam.orgJAN. 19–29, 2017
Winter Antiques
Held at the historic Park Avenue Armory
in New York City, the Winter Antiques
Show offers “the best of the best” antiques
from all periods. The event showcases
exceptional offerings from more than 70
dealers. Every object exhibited is vetted
for authenticity, date, and condition. This
year’s offerings include an opening-night
party (Jan. 19), a young collectors’ night
(Jan. 26), and an “Expert Eye” event (Jan.
27) with talks and wine tastings. The show
benefi ts East Side House Settlement, a
community resource in the South Bronx.
Winter Antiques Show, (718) 292-7392,
winterantiquesshow.comFEB. 17–19, 2017
The Big 3-0
The Arts & Crafts Conference in Asheville,
N.C., will celebrate its 30th anniversary at
the Omni Grove Park Inn this winter. Al-
ways a pleasure, this weekend is packed
with opportunities to meet the makers
and purveyors of the best contemporary
Arts & Crafts design, examine and buy
fi ne antiques, take part in group discus-
sions or a hands-on workshop, and tour
historic Asheville neighborhoods and
homes. Be sure to catch the Thursday
night kick-off party that benefi ts Crafts-
man Farms. Make plans early: rooms in
the historic part of the 1913 stone inn
usually sell out fast. Registration: (828)
628-1915, arts-craftsconference.comTHROUGH JULY 2018
On the Cusp
In the 40-year period before 1910, Brit-
ish designers dominated decorative
art and design in the English-speaking
world, setting the stage for two import-
ant 20th-century movements: Modern-
ism and Arts & Crafts.
Christopher Dresser, considered
the fi rst modern industrial designer,
worked with British manufacturers of
furniture, metalwork, wallpaper, ceram-
ics, and glass to create well-designed
objects for mass production. About the
same time, Charles R. Ashbee formed
the Guild of Handicraft, a worker’s coop-
erative that specialized in sometimes ex-
pensive and rare handmade metalwork.
“The Beginnings of Modernism:
British Design 1870–1910” presents
samples of work from these parallel
and sometimes confl icting schools of
th ought. The exhibition, at the Wells Far-
go Center of the Minneapolis Institute
of Art, will be on view through July 29,- (612) 870-3000, atsmia.org
An illustration for
a 1926 cover of
Liberty magazine,
drawn by Wright
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