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Backyards and gardens? VSA member, Charles Lockwood, author of Bricks and Brownstone, an impressive book about the architecture and history of New York's brownstones, says that his book has sparked interest among readers about the history of townhouse yards and gardens - a subject at first thought to be obscure. Now further work is required. Is there any VSA member with a knowledge of the subject who can suggest research sources? If so, please contact Charles at: c.lockwood@verizon.net
San Francisco's Golden Gate Park: A Thousand and Seventeen Acres of Stories (Paperback) One of the world's most lovely urban oases, San Francisco's Golden Gate Park surely is one of the most beloved. This 1,000-acre green space in the middle of the cosmopolitan City by the Bay is covered with grassy meadows, wooded bike trails, secluded lakes, open groves, formal gardens, and several museums. This gorgeous book captures the wonders of this special place in an elegant package that is perfect for visitors and residents alike. Filled with color photographs that spill over with the flowers, trees, and charming architecture you expect, SAN FRANCISCO'S GOLDEN GATE PARK also includes many black-and-white historical photos documenting the park's illustrious and colorful past. A full-color map of areas and structures within the park gives a helpful overview, and lively, anecdotal text provides information about particular monuments, structures, gardens, and museums, from the Dutch Windmill, historic Beach Chalet, Japanese Tea Garden, and the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, to the herd of bison grazing peacefully in an enclosed paddock just off Kennedy Drive. About the Author VSA member, Christopher Pollock, is an award-winning designer whose projects have been featured in Sunset, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Metropolitan Home, as well as several professional journals and books. His work has included an essay for the San Francisco Examiner Magazine, a design workbook, and a textbook. He has lived in San Francisco for more than twenty years.
Summer School Alumni 2005
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Standen, Sussex, 1892 (Philip Webb) Ayesha Abdur-Rahman, New York, NY Jhennifer Amundson, St. Charles, IL Kathleen Bennett, Upper Montclair, NJ Magdalena Bojes, Ripon, England Sara Danger, Valparaiso, IN 46383 Julia Dudkiewicz, Guildford, England Joanne Feierman, New York, NY Yunxia Jingjing Gao, Chicago, IL Melissa Golinski, Victoria, BC Ken Horrigan, Kangaroo Point, Australia Timothy McManus, Highland Park, NJ Simon Poe, Liversedge, England Joan Piekny, New York, NY Lucinda Porten, Kingston Upon Thames, England Suzanne Rackover, New York, NY Jessica Shull, Wellesley, MA Scott Thompson, Atlanta, GA	George Born, Key West, FL Betsy Butler, Worthington, OH Andrianna Campbell, Brooklyn, NY Marissa Cato, Charlottesville, Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, S. Pasadena, CA Donna Climenhage, Winter Park, FL Virginia Davidson, Lakeville, CT Patricia Eldredge, Hudson, OH Robert Fitzgerald, Wilmette, IL Elaine Flint, Bloomfield, NJ Robbyn Gordon, Victoria, BC Karolina Grobelska, Warsaw, Poland Brandon Hintze, Lexington, VA Joel Hoffman, Clarkston, MI Katherine Irwin, Washington, DC 2 Kirsten Jensen, Stamford, CT Emily Koller, St. Paul, MN Sarah Lichtman, Brooklyn, NY Jean Longest, Richmond, VA Cynthia S. McLaughlin, Golden, CO Shelley Miller, Clarkston, MI Emily Morash, Charlottesville, VA Monica Obniski, New York, NY Ed Rice, Ann Arbor, MI Sandra Rogers, Williamsburg, VA Adrienne Sharpe, New York, NY Don Soeffing, New York, NY Tina Strauss, Deerfield, IL Peter Trippi, New York, NY Justyna Tucholska, Cracow, Poland Simon Wartnaby, London, England

PUERTO RICO 2005 - VSA MEMBERS Parque de Bombas de Ponce (Old Ponce Fire Station). Architect: Lt. Col. Maximo Meana photo: John Simonelli
Obituary - John P. Janke VSA member and past Washington Chapter President (as was his wife Cindy) and long time Capitol Hill resident, veteran realtor, John P. Janke, passed away on Friday August 12th, 2005. A memorial service was held at Capitol Hill's Christ Church Washington Parish on August 27th at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be sent to The Capitol Hill Community Foundation which gives financial and other critical support to the nonprofit organizations and neighborhood groups that work to make the Capitol Hill community a better place to live, work and raise a family. Contributions may be sent to "CHCF" at 419 East Capitol Street, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20003. Please designate for "John P. Janke Projects." Voice of the Hill: John Janke, Quite a Remarkable Neighbor
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Winterthur Museum & Country Estate 2006-2007 Research Fellowship Program Residential fellowships available for scholars pursuing topics in American history and art, decorative arts, material culture, and design. NEH senior scholar grants, Lois F. McNeil dissertation grants, and short-term grants will be awarded, with stipends of $1500 to $3333 per month. Application deadline: January 16, 2006. Contact Katherine C. Grier, Director, Research Fellowship Program, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur DE 19735 at kgrier@winterthur.org.
Salve Regina University - 9thAnnual Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation Domesticity and Design in the Gilded Age September 29, 30 and October 1, 2005, Newport, RI The so-called Gilded Age (c. 1850-1910) witnessed the rise of new forms of housing, decoration, technological systems, manners, and domestic activities. Salve Regina University's 9^th Annual conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation will focus on this material and cultural world ranging from architecture and furnishings to social practices and gender roles. Paper topics will examine spaces within the home, such as the dining room and the guest room, material culture, including furnishings, decoration and quilts, interior and exterior natural scenery, greenhouses, elevators, the rights of women during this period and the influence of important events like the Spanish-American war on the domestic interior. Walking tours of buildings on the Salve Regina University campus and around Newport are also included within the program. For more details, a list of speakers and to register online, please visit: https://www.salve.edu/chp2005/ or call 1-866-841-2348.
CHAPTERS Don't forget you have a web page courtesy of the VSA located on our Chapter pages. Please email your listings and notices for us to upload.
MISCELLANY
Jonathan Fairbanks A special art exhibition, "Painting America," will be featured at the Fisher School Open House, Westwood, MA, 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11 and again on Sunday, Oct. 2 . The exhibition honors the works of Jonathan Fairbanks, descendant of the Fairbanks family which settled in Dedham in 1637. Jonathan is a former recipient an award from the New England Chapter, and is a regular contributor to our annual appeal. Article: TownOnline
THE GALLERY A photo-archive of VSA events
Arts & Crafts Smart Museum of Art University of Chicago; Centers and Edges: Modern Ceramic Design 1880-1980, Beginning in the 1880s, American and European potters began applying new designs and theories to their craft and, in turn, contributing to the broader history of design. This exhibition focuses on a series of moments within this history, including the Arts and Crafts movements, mid-20th century British and Scandinavian studio pottery, post-World War II American studio pottery and finally 1960s developments in the West Coast and Chicago. Running until 18th September www.smartmuseum.uchicago.edu The Indianapolis Museum of Art is holding a major exhibition of International Arts & Crafts, following the exhibition in London. The exhibition will run from September 25, 2005, through January 22, 2006. For details http://www.indy.org/page/whattodo/8133705.html Two major modern German print portfolios, Der Krieg by Otto Duc and Die Holle by Max Beckmann are on display to 26th September at the Neue Galerie. http://www.neuegalerie.org/neuemain.html Following on from this, the International Arts & Crafts exhibition will move to de Young Museum in San Francisco March 18 through June 18, 2006. For details http://www.thinker.org/deyoung/index.asp The Neue Galerie New York has an exhibition opening on October 21^st, ‘Egon Schiele: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections’. For details www.neuegalerie.org Los Angeles County Museum of Art is holding and exhibition, Japan Goes to the World’s Fairs: Japanese Art at the Great Expositions in Europe and the US. Featuring approximately 145 works chronicling the remarkable influence of the fairs on the course of Japanese art during the Meiji period (1868-1912) when Japan was reforming itself under strong Western influence. Running from May 26th until October 10^th. For details http://www.lacma.org/ The Norton Simon Museum of Art Pasadena, is holding an exhibition ‘An Assortment of Beauties, Japanese Woodblock Prints Collected by Frank Lloyd Wright, running until January 9^th 2006. For further details www.nortonsimon.org The History of the Arts & Crafts Movement will be explored at the Roycroft Campus over the period September 11, 2005 - September 16, 2005, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday and also at the Campus over the weekend October 7, 2005 - October 9, 2005, Friday, Saturday, Sunday speakers will explore Roycroft/Chautauqua: The Connection 2005. For details www.roycrofter.com The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington is holding an exhibition English Arts & Crafts Pottery from the Cary D Stevens Collection, running from October 29^th 2005, until January 22^nd 2006. http://www.delart.org/ Dates have been published for next years Arts & Crafts Antique Show and Conference at the Grove Park Inn, Asheville. The Conference runs from February 17^th to February 19^th. For details http://www.arts-craftsconference.com/ Waking Dreams: The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites from the Delaware Art Museum (Delaware Art Museum, 2005) will be on view at: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum in San Antonio (October 1 - January 1, 2006), Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota (January 28 - April 2, 2006), Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa (April 22 - July 2, 2006), Frick Art and Historical Center in Pittsburgh (July 29 - October 8, 2006), the Cincinnati Art Museum (Oct 28, 2006-January 7, 2007), Saint Louis Art Museum (February 3 - April 15, 2006), and the San Diego Museum of Art (May 5 - July 15, 2007). For details http://www.delart.org/ Overbeck Pottery of the Arts & Crafts Movement runs until 8^th January 2006 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. For further information http://www.ima-art.org/ American Art Pottery from St. Louis Collections, runs until 30^th November. For details visit the St. Louis Art Museum http://www.slam.org/ The Potter’s Eye: New Perspectives on North Carolina’s Pottery Tradition, running from November until 19^th March 2006. For details visit North Carolina Museum of Art. http://ncartmuseum.org/ Crosscurrents: Art, Craft and Design in North Carolina running from 25^th September until 8^th January 2006 at the North Carolina Museum of Art http://ncartmuseum.org/
A Question of Millais.. The Delaware Art Museum is organizing an exhibition entitled 'Anatomy of a Painting: John Everett Millais' The White Cockade' under the direction of Dr. Margaretta Frederick, curator of the Bancroft Pre-Raphaelite collection. Several versions of the subject (also know as 'The Fair Jacobite') are unlocated: a small oil on panel dated 1862, a Thomas Annan photograph of the painting dated 1862, a small watercolor dated 1863 and a George Zobel mezzotint published 1878. Can any readers offer information or the whereabouts of these works?	Take a look at the VICTORIA logo above. At first, a stylish but simple rendering of the name. But a closer look will reveal the art: the word is the same upside down. This image is a type of ambigram. Readers of popular fiction may recognize the technique from the best-selling novel Angels & Demons by Dan Brown. The artist for that book, John Langdon, was kind enough to send us this ambigram. The logo is strictly copyrighted and may not be used without permission. ©2002 John Langdon; www.johnlangdon.net
Science and the séance The Fox sisters of Hydesville, NY, widely considered to be the founders of modern spiritualism. See BBC magazine article: here
WEBSITE OF THE MONTH THE MUSEUM OF ONLINE MUSEUMS http://www.coudal.com/moom.php At the Museum of Online Museums you will find links to online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests and obsessions: from a review of classic art and architecture, to the study of mundane (and sometimes bizarre) objects elevated to art by their number, juxtaposition, or passion of the collector. The MoOM is organized into three sections. The Museum Campus contains links to brick-and-mortar museums with an interesting online presence. Most of these sites will have multiple exhibits from their collections (or, in the case of the Smithsonian, displays of items not on display in the Washington museum itself). The Permanent Collection displays links to exhibits of particular interest to design and advertising. Galleries, Exhibition, and Shows is an eclectic and ever-changing list of interesting links to collections and galleries, most of them hosted on personal web pages. In other words, it's where all the good stuff is. PREVIOUS WEB SITES OF THE MONTH

And finally, your staff of one at the email newsletter announces that he will be giving a talk at the Donnell Library of the New York Public Library in December, on his favorite subject: Oscar Wilde in New York. The talk is part of the VSA New York Chapter's long running lecture series.
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