Off Site Lecture: Special Offer for our Members

From Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

"American Furniture: Regional Characteristics and the Rise of Collections" by Jonathan Clancy

 Sunday, May 19 at 4:30 p.m.

On Sunday May 19th Macculloch Hall Historical Museum (MHHM) welcomes Jonathan Clancy, Director of the American Fine and Decorative Arts program at Sotheby's Institute of Art in New York. Mr. Clancy will discuss "American Furniture: Regional Characteristics and the Rise of Collections". The lecture will provide an overview of American Furniture from the 17th century to the mid 18th century, focusing on the regional characteristics that collectors sought as the field emerged in the early 20th century.  In addition, highlights from MHHM's collection, which incorporates American and English furniture at its best from the late 1600's through 1850, will be discussed and analyzed.  Museum founder W. Parsons Todd spent more than forty years acquiring a representative decorative arts collection from the most important private collections in America: Hearst, Vanderbilt, Guggenheim, Islin, Twombly, and so on. 

Tickets for the lecture will go on sale at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 19 at MHHM.  There are no advance sales. The presentation begins at 4:30pm. Macculloch Hall will be open from 1- 4 p.m, with the last tour leaving at 3pm. The upstairs galleries will remain open until 4:30pm.  Arrive early for a house tour, and Jonathan Clancy's lecture is included with your admission.  

General admission to programs at MHHM is Adults $8; Seniors & Students $6; Children 6 – 12 $4. MHHM is offering Stickley Museum members the special rate of 50% off an adult ticket at $4 per person.

For more information visit www.maccullochhall.org

Off Site:

Farms Afield marking Armory Show Centennial

 Friday, May 31, beginning at 10:15 a.m.

Stickley enthusiasts will recall 1913 as the year The Craftsman Building, his multi-story department store and restaurant in New York City, opened to the public. This significant event was contemporaneous with another momentous New York City event, the opening of The International Exhibition of Modern Art, better known today as The Armory Show. Join us to mark the 100th anniversary of this groundbreaking and controversial show with a tour, scheduled for Friday, May 31 at 10:15 a.m., of the Montclair Art Museum's exciting new exhibition The New Spirit: American Art in the Armory Show, 1913. This exhibition, which attempts to replicate various aspects of the original installation, is the first to spotlight the contributions of American artists. Our exclusive tour, which will be limited to only 25 participants, will be led by exhibition curator Gail Stavitsky.

Space is limited. Please register early. Participants will meet at the Montclair Art Museum at 10:15. Transportation is not provided. The fee includes the tour only. Participants will be provided with a list of nearby destinations for lunch.

$25 Members

$30 Non Member

Farms Afield to Montclair Art Museum, May 31

Member $25.00 USD Non - Member $30.00 USD

Off Site:

Special Offer for our Members

 From the the Appraisers Association of America (AAA)

A special program on Thursday, June 20, hosted by the AAA and Dr. Thomas Folk. This full-day program, entitled The Arts & Crafts Movement in New Jersey: Furniture, Ceramics, and Metalwork, is an investigation of the Arts and Crafts Movement with a special focus on New Jersey makers. The day begins with a private viewing, led by Curator Ulysses Dietz, of the Newark Museum's extraordinary collection of American Art Pottery. Lunch at the Tabor Road Tavern in Morris Plains will be followed by a visit to the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms for a tour with Pete Mars, Vice President of the Craftsman Farms Foundation. The final stop in Short Hills will feature a viewing of the private Corbo-Lytwyn Collection of Arts and Crafts furnishings, pottery, and metalwork.

The General Admission fee is $185 for this comprehensive program; however Stickley Museum Members have been invited to enjoy the $125 Member price.

For more information or to register for this program, call 212.889.5404, ext. 11 or email programs@appraisersassoc.org.

Off Site Event - Summer Retreat:

Farms Afield: Great Camp Sagamore Summer Weekend Retreat

 July 19 - 21

 Great Camp Sagamore, Raquette Lake, New York

SOLD OUT.  Please call the administrative office at 973.540.0311 if you would like to be added to the waiting list.

The Stickley Museum's next Farms Afield will be the biggest yet! Meet us for a summer weekend retreat, July 19-21, at Great Camp Sagamore in Raquette Lake, New York. Built in 1897, Great Camp Sagamore was the wilderness retreat of the Alfred G. Vanderbilt family from 1901-1954. A 27-building complex, the site is now a National Historic Landmark. Our Friday-Sunday Farms Afield will feature programs planned exclusively for our group by the Sagamore staff. Highlights include:

Friday: A visit to the extraordinary Adirondack Museum with a private program for our group and a welcome reception at Great Camp Sagamore.

Saturday: A lecture from honored guest and distinguished architectural historian Dr. Richard Guy Wilson; the award-winning Sagamore site tour, and free time to explore Sagamore and its grounds. More Information.

Sunday: A luncheon lake cruise and tour of Camp Pine Knot, W.W. Durant's first Adirondack Great Camp.

Please note: The retreat begins with a "meetup" on Friday, July 19 at the Adirondack Museum. Transportation will not be provided.  Registration is limited and ALL guest rooms and bathrooms at Great Camp Sagamore are shared.

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$450 Members

$495 Non Member

SOLD OUT.  Call the Administrative Office at 973.540.0311 or email education@stickleymuseum.org if you would like to be added to the waiting list.