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May 18, 2013

Design for Living: Gustav Stickley and The Craftsman Magazine

2 – 3 p.m.
Friends Community Room

Lecturer: Debra Hegstrom, PhD Gustav Stickley disseminated ideas about domesticity and the role of the American homemaker through his magazine, The Craftsman (published 1901-1916). The influence of The Craftsman continues today in magazi...

Title:"Pacific" from the Tzedakah Box series
Artist:Tony Berlant
Date:1998
Creation Place:North America, United States
Credit Line:The John R. Van Derlip Fund, by exchange
Accession Number:98.138
Tony Berlant is probably most famous for his sculptural "paintings", in which he nails found pieces of colored metals to a plywood base to form images. One of these works, called "Mountain Journey," is on view in the outer lobby of the museum. Later, Berlant became well known for using this technique to make small, house-shaped boxes. With a small slit for a coin hole, he transforms some of these sculptures into tzedakah boxes.