Upcoming Events

Ongoing

Charles F. Lummis Home (El Alisal) and Garden
Highland Park, CA
Built between 1898 and 1910 the Lummis Home was built by Charles Fletcher Lummis which he said he built "to last a thousand years." In many respects the Lummis Home represents the beginning of the Arts & Crafts aesthetic that was to soon take the architectural world by storm--only to peak with Greene and Greene homes such as the Gamble House. Tours are free.

Ongoing

Claremont Heritage Walking Tour (self guided)
Claremont, CA
Claremont is a very walkable city and most of the destinations in this tour can easily be reached on foot. Use these web pages to preview the sites you would like to visit. Then download and print the two Tour Maps, which are available from the website as PDFs.

Ongoing

Darwin D. Martin House
Buffalo, NY
The Martin House Complex - Frank Lloyd Wright's 1904 masterwork is currently under restoration. All tours of the Complex are docent-led. Call (716)856-3858 for reservations.

Ongoing

Hollyhock House - 1921
Los Angeles, CA
Hollyhock House is Wright's first Los Angeles project. Built between 1919 and 1921, it represents his earliest efforts to develop a regionally appropriate style of architecture for Southern California. Wright himself referred to it as California Romanza, using a musical term meaning "freedom to make one's own form".

Ongoing

Dr. Roy Lanterman House Tour
La Cañada Flintridge, CA
In 1915, Dr. Roy Lanterman commissioned architect A. L. Haley to design a fireproof bungalow of reinforced concrete for his family and the result was a unique architectural treasure. There are many arts and crafts elements in the Lanterman house. It retains its exquisite original interiors and furnishings, including elaborate hand-painted wall and ceiling ornamentation.

January 23 - 24, 2010

Los Angeles Pottery Show
Pasadena, CA

We invite you to join over 100 exceptional vintage art pottery and tile dealers on February 7-8, 2009 as they bring their finest examples for sale to the 19,000 square foot Conference Building at The Pasadena Center. Verbal appraisals by noted pottery authorities and auctioneers David Rago and Suzanne Perrault plus book signings are just a few of the show's highlights.

November 7, 2009-January 31, 2010

Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago
Chicago, IL
The exhibition traces the history of the Arts and Crafts movement through its complex stylistic and philosophical influences. Galleries explore the movement's early roots in Britain and the impact of William Morris and his group on the next generation of architect-designers; its intersection with the phenomenon of Japanism in both British and American design; the development of American Arts and Crafts style and its popularization through specialized periodicals; the connections between the movement's philosophies and pictorialism in photography; and Chicago's early acceptance of the British model and its later role in uniting hand and machine in the service of beauty.

February 14, 2010

Willo Home Tour - 2010
Phoenix, AZ
Don't miss this fun-filled opportunity to visit architecturally significant, finely decorated homes while supporting Phoenix's largest historic district.

February 19-21, 2010

The 23rd Annual Arts & Crafts Conference
Ashville, NC

More than 2000 Arts & Crafts collectors from across the country converge on the most famous Arts & Crafts resort in the world for three days of seminars, tours, books, demonstrations, workshops, food, friendships, special exhibits, works by contemporary crafts and firms and, of course, antiques.

March 7, 2010

Sarasota Historical Homes Tour
Sarasota, FL
The tour, in its 20th consecutive year, is put on by the Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation as its major annual fundraiser. It's a great chance for the public to see the featured homes - inside and out - and to learn their stories. Telephone: (941) 953-8727, Tickets: $25.00

April 25, 2010

21st Annual Bungalow Heaven Home Tour
Pasadena, CA

Come tour a selection of historic Arts & Crafts-era homes in Bungalow Heaven, Pasadena's first Landmark District and a recent addition to the National Register of Historical Places.

May 8th-9th, 2010

Fairmount Historic District Home Tour
Fort Worth, TX
Proceeds from the tour are the primary source of funding for Neighborhood Association endeavors. Recently, the association used profits from past Home Tours to help offset the cost of capital improvement projects such as installing period-style streetlights, replacing signs marking the boundaries of the Historic District, and enhancing area landscaping.