| December 3, 2009 |
Noted British scholar Mary Greensted is one of three experts who will lecture as part of the exhibition “Apostles of Beauty: Arts & Crafts from Britain to Chicago” at the Art Institute of Chicago in December and January. Greensted, who speaks Dec. 3, will explore why influential English Arts & Crafts designers including William Morris, Ernest Gimson, and C. R. Ashbee left the city for the rural Cotswolds to pursue their artistic visions. On Dec. 17, Donald Hallmark, former site superintendent of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Dana-Thomas House, will examine the architect’s influence on the redesign of the 1902 landmark in Springfield, Illinois. Jackson Lears, professor of history at Rutgers University, traces the changing attitudes toward craftsmanship in 20th-century America on Jan. 17. Lears will look specifically at work produced at Cranbrook, Black Mountain, and Penland. All lectures are free. “Apostles of Beauty” runs through Jan. 31. Art Institute of Chicago, (312) 443-3600, artic.edu
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