MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS
Purcell-Cutts House
Visit one of the most significant examples of Prairie School architecture in the country.
The house is open to the public the second weekend of each month and special Holiday Traditions tours are given throughout the holiday season.
Admission is $5 for adults; $4 for students and seniors; and free to MIA members and children 12 and under. become a member »
For reservations and more information call 612-870-3131, or 888-642-2787 (ext.3131), or stop by the Information Desk at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
April 13, 2008 to April 13, 2008
The Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis
A special two-part presentation
Sunday, April 13, 2008
A Populist Spider Web: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Art Objects: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Bungalow Club members free;
nonmembers $3 per session; $5 for both
No reservation necessary.
Hillcrest Community Recreation Center
1978 Ford Pkwy., St. Paul
Light refreshments served between presentations
Any Minnesotan familiar with the Arts & Crafts movement is surely aware of the Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis. The teaching and training group, which existed from about 1905 to 1918, was headquartered in a building still standing in downtown Minneapolis. The Handicraft Guild produced some exquisite examples of craft and artwork and promoted a values system that still resonates here today. We’ve assembled a program featuring two fascinating presentations on the Guild.
• A Populist Spider Web of Intimate Relations:
The Minnesota Arts & Crafts Movement
A talk and slide show by Marcia G. Anderson
The Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis emerged in the early 20th century as the heart of Minnesota’s Arts & Crafts Movement, but its origins are rooted much earlier in the cultural life of Minnesota’s Twin Cities. Supporters of the arts in Minnesota at the turn of the century believed that art schools were more important initially than the development of art museums and collections. Schools, it was thought, would establish the community’s commitment to art and bring a growing, ever changing pool of artists and ideas to the area.
The Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis profited from this philosophy, evolving from a number of small artistic associations to be formally incorporated in 1905. Through its success in furthering the “intimate relation between the Theory and Practice of Art,” the Guild attracted distinguished instructors, studio artists, lecturers, and students, including painter Grant Wood and tilemaker Ernest A. Batchelder.
Marcia G. Anderson’s presentation will explore the guild’s ideology and curriculum, the influence of Japonisme on the origins of Minnesota’s Arts & Crafts movement, and its role as a vital center of ideas, instruction, and support for those committed to the arts.
Anderson is senior curator at the Minnesota Historical Society, and is in high demand as an author, lecturer and consultant.
• Art Objects of the Handicraft Guild
A show-and-tell by Steve Schoneck
Steve Schoneck is a local antiques dealer and longtime member of the Minnesota Art Pottery Association who has a wide-ranging and eclectic interest in American and European art pottery. Through the years, he has acquired a stellar collection of items produced by the Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis, including pottery, metalwork and ephemera.
Steve will show us a selection of choice items—many of them seldom seen in public—and will provide fascinating details about each. Don’t miss a rare opportunity to see these beautiful and important pieces!
May 17, 2008 to May 18, 2008
River Forest,Il. The 3rd Annual Arts & Crafts Chicago Show and Sale The only Show in the Chicago area dedicated to the Arts & Crafts Period. Over 50 exhibitors from across the country. www.artsandcraftschicago.com (651)-695-1902
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Arts & Crafts Chicago *** May 17 & 18 River Forest , Il.
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Wanted: Great Bungalows!
(And other bungalow-era houses)
Twin Cities Bungalow Club
Spring 2008 home tour
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Do you have a great bungalow or other early 20th century house that you’re
especially proud of?
Do you appreciate other homeowners who put their houses on tours so that you
can benefit from their ideas and enthusiasm?
Then you just may be the perfect candidate for the 2008 Twin Cities Bungalow
Club’s house tour.
This year’s tour will be held on Saturday, May 10, 2008. If you’re willing to open
your house for one day to a group of deeply appreciative guests, let us know. For
more information, contact us by email (mail@bungalowclub.net), by telephone
(612-724-5816) or mail:
Twin Cities Bungalow Club
3547 24th Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55406
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 We are conveniently located on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, in
the heart of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul, MN. If
you are looking to sell any Stickley era antiques or accessories or
need an antique appraisal, please give us a call or email us
some photos.For those situations where reproduction or
contemporary options are desired, we offer only the highest
quality pieces by current makers designed and created in the
Arts and Crafts tradition. We offer mission furniture by Hile
Studios, and accessories by, Motawi Tile, The Arts & Crafts Press,
Door Pottery, Arts & Crafts Period textiles, and more. Our goal is
to be a comprehensive resource for the Bungalow homeowner,
and or Arts & Crafts contemporary and antique collector, and to
provide the highest value to our customers in the Stickley
furniture and other merchandise and services we offer.
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