Our good friends at the Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York are offering a two-day trip to Toronto and Buffalo on June 6 and 7.
Saturday, June 6 will include a tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House Complex in Buffalo, NY. The house is a prime example of Prairie House style, a revolutionary design developed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the first decade of the 20th century.
Sunday, June 7 will include a visit to the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada, to see the exhibition, George Ohr Rising: The Emergence of an American Master. George Ohr, the ‘Mad Potter of Biloxi’ (1857–1918) is noted for the drama and fluidity of his forms enhanced by colorful glazes. This traveling exhibition, organized by the George Ohr Museum in Biloxi, Mississippi, is a rare opportunity to see a collection of his works. Forgotten and rediscovered, Ohr is acknowledged today as one of the great modern innovators in ceramic history.
Cost is only $215 (based on double occupancy; single room at $265) and includes transportation, tolls, hotel, guides, & museum entrance fees. Departure via bus from Syracuse on Saturday approx. 10:00am and return on Sunday approx. 9:00pm. Trip reservation form with $50 deposit per person must be received by April 15, 2009. Final payment will be due in May. The trip reservation form is here: http://www.acscny.org/pdf/Toronto_Trip_Reservation_Form.pdf
Other museums of interest nearby include:
• Bata Shoe Museum
• Royal Ontario Museum
• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Textile Museum of Canada
