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An Agenda for the Taliesin Fellows Alumni NEWSLETTER TALIESIN TALIESIN ® FELLOWS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AnAgendaforthe NEWSLETTER TaliesinFellowsAlumni NUMBER 13, MARCH 20, 2000 The Taliesin Fellows are now established as a part of Taliesin, with an administrator appointed by The FLLW Foundation to monitor and direct the future of the organization. No specific program has been announced for the organization and we publish here a number of suggestions for implementing partici- pation of former apprentices. Goals to be established include rea- sonable independence for the Taliesin Fellows as well as for the Journal of the Taliesin Fellows, an independent Newsletter, and de- CALIFORNIA velopment of a network for organic architecture which would in- clude an alliance with existing organizations and web sites. MarkCalendars ALL ORGANIZATIONS dedicated to the furthering the principles of Frank Lloyd Wright should be invited to participate in a summit meet- April 9 ing at Taliesin to discuss a coordinated agenda, setting forth goals and establishing committees to study and develop future programs. The Hollyhock House Restoration Committe will hold a party at Hollyhock STUDENTS should become a part of the organization since they rep- House 3-6 pm, April 9 as a benefit for the resent the long-range future of organic architecture, and their re- upcoming restoration of this FLLW master- lationship with the Fellows should be set out specifically. piece. An exhibition of Frank Lloyd Wright, Lloyd Wright, and Eric Lloyd Wright as MEMBERSHIP in the alumni organization should include not only well as a retrospective featuring photogra- former apprentices but be open to all interested parties as a way phy of Julius Shulman and A. Anthony of expanding the effectiveness of both the goals of Taliesin and Aguilar will be included on the program. the Taliesin Fellows. There will be live music and cocktails. Call 323-769-5667 (24 hours) to order tickets THE JOURNAL should continue with two issues a year and with se- ($75) by April 3. lection of the editor by the Fellows with approval of the Founda- April 22 tion. The scope of the Journal and of the FLLW Quarterly should be NorCal Fellows will meet at Midglen April clear with the Journal focusing on the work of former apprentices 22 at 2 pm for a spring get-together. Lois as well as the work of the Taliesin Architects and the Quarterly con- Davidson Gottlieb, apprenticed at Taliesin tinuing to publish historical and archival materials. The eventual in 1948-49 will present her highly com- merging of the publications as the definitive voice of organic ar- mended video “Building a Dream: A Fam- chitecture for the world should be discussed. ily Affair” which relates the story of her de- sign and construction of a 10,000 s.f. or- FUNDING for the Journal should come mainly from subscribers and ganic house for her son’s family in North- members of the Taliesin Fellows with a Foundation subsidy when ern Virginia. Refreshments will be served. required. The teaching resources of the Fellows could compen- A donation of five dollars is requested. sate when subsidy is required and this resource could enhance the educational program of the FLLW School by enlarging the scope June 10 of student experience. In celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday we plan our annual meeting for 2 A NEWSLETTER of the Taliesin Fellows should be established to pro- pm, June 10 at Midglen. We are hoping to vide an open forum for membership, not only a bulletin board, and arrange for a visit to the restored Hanna it should maintain independence without censorship to express house on this occasion. We will keep you members’ and contributors’ views, interaction, critiques and argu- advised. ments. Publication should be on a materials-available basis and at least twice or three times a year. The editor should be selected by And maybe we’ll do a patio pizza party. the Fellows with approval of the Foundation. A GLOBAL WEB NETWORK should be established to include links to all existing FLLW web sites for the benefit of the public at large. critics corner . bill patrick e await the developments of the new FLLW Foundation-Taliesin Fellows alliance to see Wwhat the future will bring. We have yet to see the impact of Arthur Dyson as the Let’shearfromyou! new dean of the school and also what CEO Nick We are seeking materials for Muller envisions specifically as the goals of the alumni publication in future Newsletters. Fellows. As outlined in suggestions for an agenda (front page) the Fellows as alumni might make a con- Our intention is to expand our tribution to the school as experienced teachers as readership and to remain a well as future financial support through fundraising in true independent voice for the traditional academic role of alumni. Sadly, the organic architecture. Fellows as a group are traditionally not “well-heeled”. Whether this comes from selfish independence or lack Commentary, stories, essays, of dedication to the world mission is difficult to assess. drawings, and items about what In any case it is mostly an aging group which seems you are currently doing will be to sit and wait, busy with their individual endeavors. welcome. Even our Newsletter is engaged in a struggle seeking contributers and materials for publication. Currently the Fellows funding is derived from subscrip- tions to the Journal, and there is little if any surplus. The Fellows, like Taliesin, like the FLLW Conservancy seem to hold their mailing list as a proprietary secret, a circumstance that separates rather than cooper- ates in the greater mission of furthering the philoso- phy of FLLW. We are all engaged in one endeavor; our separate views should offer diversity and at the same time join in leading the world to organic architecture. FURTHERING THE PRINCIPLES OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT NUMBER13,March20,2000 NorthernCaliforniaTaliesinFellows 831MidglenWay,Woodside,CA94062 650.369.0416FAX369.0417 E-mail:[email protected] Website:WWW.Midglen.com/NCFellows BillPatrick,Editor BOARDOFDIRECTORS WilliamArthurPatrick,president HenryHerold,vicepresident BarryPeterson,secretary RobertBeharka,treasurer DukeJohnson,EarlNisbet 2 Letters . .InPassing Editor: Curtis Besinger 1914-1999 John Benton 1942-2000 The T.A.’s article in the (FLLW) Curtis Besinger, apprenticed at Taliesin John Benton, one of the early members Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 1, is the straw that from 1939 to 1955, died in Lawrence, of the Taliesin Fellows Los Angeles and a broke the camel’s back. Kansas, from complications of pneumo- director of the organization died from lung nia and Parkinson’s disease on Decem- cancer and complications February 16. I have seen (in)the past issues ber 12, 1999. of the Quarterly how the TAs have Benton was a board member of the Frank “crapped” up the designs and cor- Besinger graduated from Kansas Univer- Lloyd Wright Conservancy which orga- rupted the ideals of FLLW, i.e., the sity in 1936 and eventually became a se- nized to assist owners of Wright houses in Rattenbury house in Hawaii stolen from nior apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright, maintenance and fostering continuing the Jacobs house; a golf club in Ha- and one of the leaders in the Taliesin public awareness of organic architecture. waii based on the Arthur Miller project, Fellowship. He wrote and published in He was an active supporter of the Fellows organization from its founding and served and there is the Pfeiffer house stolen 1997 the story of his years at Taliesin en- titled “Working with Mr.Wright” in which as treasurer on the board of directors for from the Jester project. he detailed life in the Fellowship and the several years. day to day experience as one of Wright’s And now this, the corruption of senior draftsmen. Though never having studied as an ap- the American system. Well this kind of prentice at Taliesin he was a close friend moral behavior is just too true of the After leaving Taliesin (his reasons are re- in his youth with Brandoch Peters, son of American systems (proposal). counted in his book) he became a fac- Wes Peters, whom he came to know dur- ulty member at Kansas University until his ing the family’s visits to Arizona. Wes Pe- What gives the TAs the moral retirement in 1984. He was associated ters designed a spectacular seaview or legal authority to loot the legacy of with the Fritz and Fabi Benedict archi- house for Benton in Malibu, California in FLLW. I see the TA’s as the equivalent tectural practice in Aspen, CO, and was 1977. Benton acted as contractor. of the pharoahs tomb robbers. technical editor and architectural con- sultant for House Beautiful magazine in He held a master’s degree from Cam- the 1950s and ‘60s. bridge University and was fascinated with Only Frank Lloyd Wright had the relationship of Wright to Ralph Waldo the ethical and legal rights to change, Besinger became an early champion of Emerson. He researched Emerson as one improve (or) )diminish his designs, to architectural preservation in Kansas and of the seminal inspirations for Wright’s on- present his variation of a design to as was instrumental in forming the Frank going interest in nature and organic de- many prospective clients as he wanted Lloyd Wright Collection at KU, one of the sign. The most recent issue of the JTF was to. major repositories of Wright materal in the edited by Benson and purported to de- United States. velop the powerful influence of Emerson But certainly not the TAs on Wright. (They’re) all a sorry lot of plagiarizing Many apprentices will remember camp followers. Besinger’s helpfulness in mastering the Benton’s family were owners of the Ency- techniques of drafting and in the guid- clopedia Britannica and he served as one Regrets, Donald Palmer ance received on construction projects.
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