New Scholars Follow The Footsteps of "The Craftsman"

Transcending the role of furniture maker, Gustav Stickley used his publication, "The Craftsman," to position himself as a spokesman for the Arts and Crafts movement. Throughout its fifteen-year history, "The Craftsman" magazine documented and debated the movement's practical and theoretical application through its editorials, articles, guest columns, illustrations and advertisements.

In celebration of the centennial of Stickley’s iconic home, the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms will host a day-long conference on April 15 to honor emerging Arts & Crafts scholars. Recently, current graduate students and recently graduated scholars submitted proposals that critically addressed the thought, intention and production of objects in the Arts and Crafts movement. Papers that used "The Craftsman" magazine as a starting point for critical inquiry were particularly encouraged.

Please join us in congratulating the following up-and-coming scholars whose papers were selected.

Helen Burnam, PhD Candidate, The Graduate Center, City University of New York: “Interpreting the Arts and Crafts in Seattle Public Schools, 1907-1917”

Tim Andreadis, Lois F. McNeil Fellow, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture:
“Meaning in Materials: The Importance of Oak in Arts and Crafts Furniture”

Sally Anne Huxtable, PhD, Senior Research Assistant, Department of Arts, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Northumbria University: “To These Belong the World and the Future: Harvey Ellis, Illustration and the Craftsman Magazine”

Adrienne Spinozzi, Research Associate, Department of American Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: “Decorating Art Pottery and More: The Work of Newcomb College’s Sadie Irvine”

Jessica Dandona, Director, Dishman Art Museum, Assistant Professor of Art History Lamar University: “Extraordinary Atrocities: The Fate of French Art Nouveau in the Craftsman”

Erin Leary, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Rochester: “Not Just a Walk in the Garden: Nativist Works in the American Arts and Crafts Movement”

Mary Urban, M.A., Sotheby’s Institute of Art: “No Touch of the Feminine or Trivial: the Work of Elizabeth Eaton Burton”

Veronica Conkling, Assistant Researcher, Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Smithsonian Institution: “The Unmistakable Signs of the Arts and Crafts in Grant Wood's Art Colonies: Insights in The Craftsman"

Make plans now to attend this symposium and to help us encourage and support the exciting new work of these emerging scholars.

Symposium for Emerging Scholars

Friday, April 15

1:00 – 5:00 p.m., with reception immediately following

Free to Students (Student ID required)

$10 Members; $12 Non Members

Seating is limited. Advance reservations are required.