We are pleased to announce a special opportunity for Stickley Museum members. Show your current Stickley Museum membership card for a $10 discount on  A Centennial Conversation: Art Pottery Discovery Day, a special educational program featuring David Rago, Suzanne Perrault and Decorative Arts Curator Ulysses Grant Dietz.  The event will take place at The Newark Museum on Saturday, November 21, 1 – 4:30 p.m.  Participants are invited to bring a piece of pottery to The Newark Museum for this Centennial Conversation, to share with the experts their stories of what their pots mean to them and to learn more about the pottery.  The program is being held in conjunction with the Newark Museum’s current exhibition, 100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery 1880-1930, which will be on view through January 10.  Pre-registration is required.  For more details call 973.596.6613.

Members of the Stickley Museum or The Newark Museum $25

Non-members $35

A Conversation on Art Pottery is a post from The Stickley Museum At Craftsman Farms

NorthJersey.com talks about our recent gala!

The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms marked its 20th anniversary with a black-tie fundraising gala, the Celebration Ball, at the Mountain Lakes Club on Saturday, Oct. 3. The Honorary Co-Chairs included U.S. Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen; N.J. Senator Richard Codey; and California philanthropist, Max Palevsky. The eventincluded a live auction led by David Rago, of Rago Arts, who is well-known for his frequent appearances on Antiques Road Show.

The museum is a 30-acre National Historic Landmark and former country estate of noted turn-of-the-century designer Gustav Stickley, a major proponent of the “Arts and Crafts” style in home building and furnishing. The Celebration Ball raised over $80,000 to support the educational programming of the museum and the care of the site.

Guests traveled from many states across the nation including Texas and California. Gustav Stickley’s great granddaughter, Barbara Fuldner was among four attendees who traveled from Wisconsin. Notable New Jersey attendees included U.S. Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, Assemblyman Alex DeCroce, former Senator Leanna Brown, and Parsippany Mayor Michael Luther.

Via NorthJersey.com: The Stickley Museum celebrates its 20th anniversary in style

Our Celebration Ball is a post from The Stickley Museum At Craftsman Farms

As many of you know, The Craftsman Farms Foundation will be celebrating its 20^th anniversary with a black tie fundraising gala, entitled the Celebration Ball,  at the Mountain Lakes Club on Saturday, October 3.  The Honorary Co-Chairs include CFF founding member and US Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen; NJ Senator Richard Codey; and California philanthropist, Max Palevsky.  The event will include a live auction led by David Rago, and dancing to the music of Elite Syncopation.

The Museum will produce a commemorative souvenir program in conjunction with the celebration which will contain historic photographic and essays of the past two decades of restoration and preservation of this National Historic Landmark.  The program will be distributed to all attendees, mailed to supporters, and will be included in the Museum’s archives.  A proclamation from the NJ legislature, plus letters of congratulations from Governor Corzine and other dignitaries will also appear in the program.

Would you like to be included in this historic document?  If so, you can submit a booster ad (Click for details on sizes and costs, and an order form) with your congratulations on this occasion of the 20^th anniversary, or with a tribute to an individual who had an impact on saving or revitalizing Craftsman Farms or the Museum, or with a reminiscence, or a special thought you have about this historic occasion.  We would be happy to lay out and design your text, or you may submit a finished design in digital format.  Please let us know if you’d like sample wording or if we can answer any questions for you.

Hope you will be a part of this joyous celebration!

Be Part of the History! is a post from The Stickley Museum At Craftsman Farms

Our friend David Rago recently wrote about American Arts & Crafts and five places to see Arts & Crafts collections. He says:

The Arts and Crafts movement had a short lifespan, but its impact on American life has endured — remember that lumpy bowl you made in summer camp? Lasting only from about 1900 until changing tastes and World War I put an end to it, Arts and Crafts rebelled against the machinery of the Industrial Revolution by championing originality and simplicity in handcrafted art and design objects.

Because the movement was so brief, relatively little material was made during that time, and much of that was lost or destroyed in the ensuing decades. Fortunately, a handful of institutions across the United States understood both the social and aesthetic importance of the best work of that era and amassed meaningful collections.

Read on ARTINFO.com!

David Rago on American Arts&Crafts is a post from The Stickley Museum At Craftsman Farms