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Resource List Resource List SPEAKERS LIST The following individuals may be available for speaking events, workshops or performances at your venue. Venues must bear all costs relating to travel, accommodation and fees. Please contact the speakers directly to discuss details. VIRGINIA TERRY BOYD Exhibition Curator Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison Middleton, Wisconsin [email protected] “The House Beautiful” – talk and curator-led tour Centered on the exhibition content, Virginia Terry Boyd will discuss Frank Lloyd Wright’s commitment to an idea he called “The House Beautiful,” which became a career-long pursuit for the famed architect and designer. Honorarium plus expenses to be negotiated. MARGO STIPE Curator and Registrar of Collections Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (480) 627.5353 [email protected] Margo Stipe is available for lectures and other engagements. Honorarium plus expenses to be negotiated. VIDEOGRAPHY Frank Lloyd Wright. Directed by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick. PBS Home Video: 2001. 146 minutes The Homes of Frank Lloyd Wright. Directed by Scott Galloway. A&E home Video: 2005. 45 minutes Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, Special Edition. Directed by Timothy Sakamoto. In-D Media: 2005. 60 minutes BIBLIOGRAPHY Boyd, Virginia and Bruce Pfeiffer. Frank Lloyd Wright + The House Beautiful. Washington, DC: International Arts & Artists, 2005. Ehrlich, Doreem. Frank Lloyd Wright Interior Style & Design. London: Running Press Books, 2003. Heinz, Thomas. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Stained Glass and Light Screens. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2000. Hess, Alan and Alan Weintraub. Frank Lloyd Wright Mid-Century Modern. New York: Rizzoli, 2007. Legler, Dixie and Christian Korab. Prairie Style: Houses & Gardens by Frank Lloyd Wright. Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1999. Levine, Neil. The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997. Lind, Carla. The Wright Style. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Maddox, Diane. Frank Lloyd Wright’s House Beautiful. New York: Hearst Books, 2000. BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued) Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks(Ed.). Frank Lloyd Wright: Collected Writings. New York: Rizzoli, Volumes 1-4 1992-1995. Rosenbaum, Alvin. Usonia: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Design for America. Washington DC: Preservation Press, 1993. Satler, Gail. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Living Space: Architecture’s Fourth Dimension. Northern Illinois University Press, 2000. Smith, Kathryn. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin and Taliesin West. New York: Harry Abrams, 1997. --------. Frank Lloyd Wright: Hollyhock House and Olive Hill. New York: Rizzoli, 1992. Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Thorne-Thomsen, Kathleen. Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1994. Wright, Frank Lloyd. An Autobiography. 1943 Edition. Petaluma CA: Pomegranate, 2005. ONLINE RESOURCES The Frank Lloyd Wright www.franklloydwright.org Foundation Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright www.taliesin.edu/ School of Architecture Wright in Wisconsin www.wrightinwisconsin.org Frank Lloyd Wright Building www.savewright.org Conservancy Frank Lloyd Wright www.gowright.org Preservation Trust List of Frank Lloyd Wright www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/FLW.html Structures .
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