Arts and Crafts Movement in Central New York: Aspirations, Innovation, and Inspiration

Join Arts and Crafts Society of Central New York (ACSCNY) for a half day symposium on the  many aspects of the architecture, ceramics and furnishings of the local Arts and Crafts movement in different media, highlighting specific CNY sites and collections to develop our collective resources and history as a visitor destination.

Participants will include Bob Searing of Onondaga Historical Association; Garth Johnson of the Everson Museum; Beth Crawford of Crawford & Stearns; David Rudd of Dalton’s; Amanda Clifford of the Stickley Museum; Tom Guiler of the Oneida Mansion; Barbara Opar, Architecture Librarian at Syracuse University Libraries; Professor Jeffrey Mayer, Curator of the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection in the School of Design; and others.

For information contact:

Dr. Samuel Gruber, President, Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York at artscraftscny@gmail.com

Register at https://www.artscraftscny.org under Events

PROGRAM
10:00 Registration & Refreshments
10:30 Welcome to Bird Library, Barbara Opar
10:40 Welcome from the ACSCNY
Preservation and Presentation of the Arts & Crafts Movement in Central New York
Samuel D. Gruber
11:15 Adelaide Alsop Robineau: Syracuse’s Most Influential Arts & Crafts Figure?”
Garth Johnson
11:50 A Close Look at Stickley Furniture
David Rudd & Amanda Clifford
12:40 – 1:30 LUNCH
1:30 Arts and Crafts Influence on American Textiles and Fashion
Jeffrey Mayer
2:00 From Gustav Stickley to Ward Wellington Ward: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Syracuse’s Eastwood
Beth Crawford
2:40 CLOSING PANEL / CNY as a A&C Destination and Q & A
(With all speakers)
3:30 END

This program is made possible in part with funds from the statewide community regrants program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CNY Arts and from support from our members. The ACSCNY gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Bird Library, Syracuse University.