Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement

February 13–May 8, 2011
Chilton II Gallery

DIY Stickley Project

Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement will offer the first comprehensive examination of the life and work of the recognized patriarch of the American Arts & Crafts movement, Gustav Stickley. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue will explore Stickley as a business leader and design proselytizer, whose body of work included furnishings, architectural and interior designs, and related imagery that became synonymous with the movement that was at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910. This exhibition will include over 100 works produced by Stickley’s designers and workshops, including furniture, metalwork, lighting, and textiles, along with drawings and related designs. Also featured in the exhibition is a re-creation of Stickley’s seminal model dining room from his 1903 Syracuse Arts & Crafts exhibition.
 
The exhibition is organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and curated by Kevin W. Tucker, The Margot B. Perot Curator of Decorative Arts and Design. The exhibition will premiere at the Newark Museum in fall of 2010 and continue its tour at the Dallas Museum of Art in spring of 2011 before concluding at the San Diego Museum of Art in summer of that year.

The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue published by the Dallas Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press.
 
The exhibition is supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Henry Luce Foundation. Additional support is provided by DMA patrons and supporters with funds raised through Silver Supper 2010 and from the Donor Circle membership program through leadership gifts by the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas. Publication of the exhibition catalogue is underwritten by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Windgate Charitable Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Air transportation in Dallas is provided by American Airlines.

Promotional support provided by Stacy Furniture.

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Press:

Antiques and the Arts Weekly, 8/31/10

Art & Antiques, September 2010

Associated Press, 9/17/10

NJN Public Television, 9/21/10

The Wall Street Journal, 11/3/10

Image:

Linen press, Gustav Stickley, attributed to John Seidemann, maker, United Crafts or Craftsman Workshops, manufacturer, Eastwood, New York, 1903, oak and iron, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., facilitated by American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, 2008.22.McD