Collections News: Additional Clews to Stickley’s Taste by Jonathan Clancy, Director of Collections and Preservation As it turns out, there are a few things I have trouble resisting. Near the top of the list is almost any pun about ceramics followed closely by the thrill of tracking down Staffordshire transferware that Stickley owned and displayed …
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Collections News: Some Clews to Stickley’s Taste by Jonathan Clancy, Director of Collections and Preservation Amongst the holes we’ve been eager to fill at the Museum since the opening of last fall’s exhibition Circa 1917: Rediscovering Craftsman Farms are the historical pieces that Stickley owned which greatly expand our understanding of the Log House interior …
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Surprise Craftsman by Vonda K. Givens, Executive Director November 20, 2021 was the day it had to happen. We had to find a house to purchase. Two previous offers had fallen through, and meanwhile the sale of our house was moving at lightning speed (its closing date was less than a month away). On November …
New Jersey Historic Trust recommends Annex and Log House Kitchen Project for Preservation Grant! Following a destructive tropical storm in August 2020, the museum has been intensively working on a plan to rebuild the Annex. Adjacent to the Log House, the Annex was built by Gustav Stickley as an open-air dining pavilion and later enclosed. …
The Most Craftsman Holiday by Vonda K. Givens, Executive Director Thanksgiving, of all annual holidays, strikes me as the most Craftsman. Its customary colors—brown, red, orange, yellow—complement the Craftsman aesthetic (in fact, during a post-Thanksgiving clearance-sale buying spree, I once scored a vast supply of paper cocktail napkins that lasted through years of museum receptions). …
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From the Director’s Chair: Fall For Stickley, Part 2 by Vonda K. Givens, Executive Director (Part 1: https://www.stickleymuseum.org/from-the-directors-chair/). Tropical Storm Isiais swept through Craftsman Farms in the early afternoon on August 4 and brought irreparable destruction to the Annex. Connected by a corridor to the Log House (the Stickley family home), the Annex (at left, …
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From the Director’s Chair: Fall For Stickley, Part 1 by Vonda K. Givens, Executive Director Aside from being a seasonal play on words, I see the museum’s “Fall for Stickley” program series as an invitation to become acquainted, and possibly even enamored, with this property and the vision of its founder, Gustav Stickley. Authentic, peaceful …
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