Design Arts

Piedmont Hotel Malibu tile façade / Photo:Lawrence Kreisman

 

ARTS & CRAFTS CERAMICS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN

In late March, Historic Seattle presents two pre-conference lectures on Arts & Crafts tile heritage in conjunction with the National Council on Education in Ceramic Arts conference (Wednesday, March 28 through Sunday, March 31, 2012 http://nceca.net. Registrants will have the rare opportunity to see some of the city's finest specially commissioned Rookwood Faience tile installations in the Leary Mansion and a variety of Claycraft California scenic tiles in the Piedmont Hotel (now Tuscany Apartments), a building sheathed in one of the largest extant Malibu tile commissions on the West Coast. In April, Historic Seattle debuts a new publication on famed graphic designer, typographer, and handmade paper expert Dard Hunter.

 

Rookwood Arts &Crafts Tiles: From Cincinnati to Seattle
Richard Mohr

Creating Beauty from the Earth: California Decorative Tiles, 1910-1930
Joseph Taylor

Dard Hunter: The Graphic Works Lawrence Kreisman
Publication Debut and Book-signing
Co-sponsored by Book Club of Washington and Book Arts Guild

Century 21 birdseye postcard showing downtown Seattle, 1962 / Photo:Eugenia Woo Collection

 

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE: CENTURY 21 AND LIVING MODERN

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair

As a project of The Next Fifty, Docomomo WEWA and Historic Seattle present a three-part lecture series at Seattle Center in June that focuses on the architecture and design heritage of the Seattle World's Fair and its influence and impact beyond the Fair's original campus. The June 19 lecture is co-sponsored by Pacific Science Center.

This lecture series is made possible by grant funds from 4Culture and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Explore our project website, www.century21mod.com.

Passes for entire series: General: $40 Member: $25 Student: $10

From Bobo to the Bubbleator: Seattle Social and Cultural Context in ’62
Knute Berger

Northwest Architects of the Seattle World's Fair
Susan Boyle

Modern Building Technology
Theodore Prudon

 

STAINED GLASS IN SEATTLE

Seattle is not well known as a city of stained glass. Perhaps it is because some of the city's earliest churches were downtown and were demolished as congregations moved outward into residential neighborhoods. Fraternal and lodge halls, clubs, and other institutions followed. Nevertheless, the work of the most important stained glass companies were represented in Seattle. Tiffany windows in Eliza Leary's north Capitol Hill residence; Meyer Company glass shipped over from Germany for Trinity Episcopal Church; and the largest collection of early windows by the Boston firm of the Connick Company at St. James Cathedral. At the same time, regional firms, such as Portland's Povey and Seattle's Belknap and Nyson glass companies contributed to churches and residences throughout the city. Historic Seattle offers a rare opportunity to learn about stained glass and its presence in some key First Hill buildings with an introductory lecture and guided tour experience.

Stained Glass in Seattle

 

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