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PLEASE JOIN USWed | 15 March THE Handicraft Guild The Handicraft Guild building designed by William Arts and Crafts style tile in a fireplace surround. Channing Whitney ca. 1909. Photo courtesy Photo courtesy Rolf Anderson. Minnesota Historical Society.

MNSAH Annual Meeting Minnesota Humanities Center, St. Paul Wednesday, March 15, 2017

The Handicraft Guild | Marcia Anderson and Rolf Anderson, keynote speakers

The Handicraft Guild — a WITH RESPECT TO ARCHITECTURE | FEBRUARY 2017 | FEBRUARY ARCHITECTURE TO WITH RESPECT center for artists, dancers, musicians, craftspeople, and small businesses up until the present day.

The keynote talk at MNSAH’s 2017 annual and ideas to the state. The Handicraft Guild emerged meeting will focus on the Handicraft Guild building as the culmination of an organic development in downtown Minneapolis. The talk will feature by many overlapping arts organizations in the the history of the Handicraft Guild as well as Twin Cities. Notably, the majority of the patrons, MNSAH’s efforts to research and document officers, founders, instructors and alumni of these the building once it was learned that a portion organizations were women. Handicraft Guild Handicraft of the complex was slated for demolition. The Handicraft Guild was first located in The Handicraft Guild emerged as the heart of temporary space at 710 Nicollet Avenue. But it THE Minnesota’s Arts and Crafts movement, but its soon outgrew the space, and plans were initiated to origins are rooted much earlier in the cultural construct a new building and establish a permanent life of the Twin Cities. Interestingly, supporters school with a year-round course of study. What of the arts in Minnesota in the late 19th century distinguished the Handicraft Guild from so many believed that it was more important to establish art other Arts and Crafts programs nationally was schools initially than to develop art museums and the support from movers and shakers in the Twin great collections. Schools, it was thought, would Cities that enabled it to acquire its own dedicated demonstrate the community’s commitment to art facility. In February 1907, it was announced that and bring a growing, ever changing, pool of artists the Handicraft Guild would construct a building Bill Olexy photographing Robert Black of Dahl Violin. Photo courtesy Rolf Anderson.

at 89-93 Tenth Street South. Designed by architect program. But the Handicraft Guild building DATE AND PLACE William Channing Whitney in the Georgian Revival itself continued to function as a center for artists, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 style, the three-story facility was built at a cost musicians, dancers, craftspeople, and small Minnesota Humanities Center in excess of $30,000.00 through the generous businesses up until the present day. 987 Ivy Avenue East

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In 2015, plans were announced to demolish the St. Paul, MN 55106 Emma Roberts. The building contained classrooms, 1914 and 1922 additions to make way for an 651-772-4242 studios, workshops, and an auditorium, as well as 18-story apartment building and to convert the a salesroom and tea room. 6:00 Reception 1907 building into the lobby for the apartments 6:30 Dinner The student body and faculty grew, eventually and provide space for other functions, although the 7:30 Annual Meeting including a two-year Normal Art course to train demolition has not yet taken place. Unfortunately, 8:00 Lecture teachers. A wide range of classes was offered only the 1907 building is protected by historic 9:00 Adjourn WITH RESPECT TO ARCHITECTURE | FEBRUARY 2017 | FEBRUARY ARCHITECTURE TO WITH RESPECT including metalwork, pottery, book-binding, designation. Initially, all three components had been woodworking, wood-block printing, watercolor designated as historic by the City of Minneapolis. COST painting, stained glass, interior decoration, art But when a prior owner challenged the designation, $40 for MNSAH members in advertising, costume design, and illustration. the courts only upheld the designation on the $45 for nonmembers Well-known artists of the Arts and Crafts 1907 building, stating there was insufficient REGISTRATION movement in the United States and Minnesota documentation about the additions. Deadline: Monday, March 6, 2017 served as instructors at the Guild. Nationally When the demolition plans were announced, known faculty members Ernest Batchelder, Douglas Please register online at www.mnsah.org/events/annual- MNSAH decided to document the entire complex, Donaldson, and James Webb were accompanied meeting/ or mail your registration form and check which was applauded by the Minneapolis Heritage by locals Bertha Lum, Corice Woodruff, Mary (payable to MNSAH) to: Preservation Commission. Marcia Anderson, Moulton Cheney, and many others. Rolf Anderson, and Barbara Bezat researched the MNSAH In 1914, the building was expanded with an complex to try to fill in the gaps in its history. Even c/o Lock Bounds addition designed by Hewitt and Brown that the construction history had been unclear. MNSAH 2072 Iglehart Avenue extended from the east side of the original building enlisted the services of Bill Olexy to photograph Saint Paul, MN 55104 to the corner of Tenth Street and Marquette both the exteriors and interiors of the buildings. Avenue. A second addition in 1922 by the firm of In addition, MNSAH conducted video interviews Note: Members who wish to attend the annual meeting and the lecture, but not the dinner, may do so at no cost. Please Croft and Boerner expanded the complex to the with some of the long-time tenants including Marcia Anderson served as a Senior Curator at the send in the registration form or contact Lock Bounds at south. The firm was a logical choice as its office Robert Black of Dahl Violin, which is a 100-year- Minnesota Historical Society and managed 651-659-9932 or [email protected] if you plan to was located in the Hewitt and Brown addition. old business, and Claire Givens and Andrew Dipper the society’s three-dimensional collections. She is attend only the meeting and presentation. Both additions remained faithful to Whitney’s of Givens Violin. We were amazed to find that the the author of “Art for Life’s Sake: The Handicraft

Handicraft Guild Handicraft Georgian Revival style design of the original upper floors of the 1907 building were filled with Guild of Minneapolis,” in Minnesota 1900: Art MENU building. All three components of the complex were young artists who carried on the creative tradition and Life on the Upper Mississippi, 1890-1915. Lasagna with meat sauce and parmesan and mozzarella

THE characterized by their finely-crafted exteriors and of the Handicraft Guild. Rolf Anderson is a MNSAH board member and past or well-designed interiors featuring ornate tile work MNSAH also offered a tour of the Handicraft president. He is an architectural historian who has and large monitors and skylights. Butternut Squash and Wild Mushroom Lasagna. Guild to our members so they could experience completed National Register of Historic Places Dinners will be accompanied by a garden salad with house Eventually, the popularity of the Handicraft the 1907 building before it is perhaps irrevocably Nominations on properties throughout Minnesota vinaigrette, bread, and triple chocolate cake for dessert. Guild’s course offerings became apparent to the changed, and before the 1914 and 1922 additions including the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic University of Minnesota, and the entire curriculum are demolished. MNSAH’s research, photographs, District, Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps DIRECTIONS was transferred to the University to become the and interviews will be donated to the Northwest Camp, Fergus Falls State Hospital, and Christ From Highway 35E, exit onto Maryland Avenue, proceed east foundation for the newly-created Art Education Architectural Archives. Church Lutheran. 1.7 miles to Earl Street, turn left and go four blocks to Ivy Avenue East, turn left and the Humanities Center will be on your right. WITH RESPECT TO ARCHITECTURE | FEBRUARY 2017

Photos courtesy Rolf Anderson THE YEAR IN at theSponsor Event. MNSAH members are shown with ourhosts DarleneandDickCarroll (center) long-time membersDarleneandDickCarroll. were invitedtoaspecialeventatthehomeof sponsor, benefactor, andcorporate-levelmembers SPONSOR EVENT Barb Bezat (left)discusses Hall duringtheSpringTour. Pillsbury Kristen Eide-Tollefson. Victoria Young, JimMoore,RolfAnderson,and Kristin Anderson,BarbBezat,KateSolomonson, reviewas ourguidesfortheSpringTour andincluded best intheUnitedStates.Ateamofexpertsserved the whimsicalunisexrestroomsthatwerevoted at theVarsity Theaterwhereparticipantstoured preserve thisiconichistoricdistrict.Thetourended included adiscussionofMNSAH’s effortsto The tourthenproceededtoDinkytownand Coffman Union,andNorthropAuditorium. Hall, Walter Library, theWeisman ArtMuseum, The tourincludedPillsburyHall,Nicholson the UniversityofMinnesota’s EastBankcampus. on restoration,renovation,andexpansion SPRING TOUR MNSAH’s SpringTour focused InSeptember, MNSAH

Wright’s LindholmhouseinCloquet.Afterthe by Tim QuigleyondisassemblingFrankLloyd the FergusFallsStateHospital; andapresentation Anderson onthearchitectureandlandscapeof MNSAH’s ModernMastersproject;atalkbyRolf presentations byGaryReetzandJaneHessionon that MNSAHhaseverheld.Theprogramincluded been thebest-attendedWorks inProgressevent near LakeoftheIslesinMinneapolis.Itmayhave program washeldatSt.Paul’s EpiscopalChurch WORKS INPROGRESS architect Monroe Sheire. Fall Tour view participants the1875 Second Empire style Yoerg house by by RobertFergusonandMarkThomas. style BarkerhousebyKellyDavis.Thetourwasled Watson housebyCassGilbertandthe2006Prairie Highlights includedinteriortoursofthe1886 the modernistSt.Matthew’s CatholicChurch. style mansionsandQueenAnnecastlesto Buildings onthetourrangedfromSecondEmpire spectacular viewsofdowntownandtherivervalley. members walkedpastbluff-topneighborhoodswith been diverseethnicallyandarchitecturally. Tour little-known West Side,anareathathasalways FALL TOUR magnificent viewsofLakeHarriet. Carrolls’ beautifulhomewithitsfinegardensand wine, horsd-oeuvres,andconversationatthe Lake HarrietinMinneapolis.Membersenjoyed home islocatedonahighhilloverlooking Dunham, theCarrolls’PrairieSchool-influenced Designed in1915bythefirmofSundand TheFallTour featuredSaintPaul’s TheWorks inProgress Works inProgress attendees atthereception intheSearle mansion. in theSearlemansion. Bev Wiesner. Theeventconcludedwithareception the attachedSearlemansionbyKathyKullbergand a briefconcertfollowedbytoursofthechurchand program, churchorganistJacobManierpresented — — — — — — — OUR PURPOSE ISTO: for these purposes and distribution of fundsgiven to it Act asanagentfor thesafekeeping chapter objectives foundations inthefurtherance of philanthropic organizations, and Seek from financialsupport individuals, objectives societies inthepursuit of common Cooperate withlearned andprofessional of important architecture Promote thepreservation andrecording sites, structures, andlandscapes experience significant architectural Offer opportunities to personally architectural history for theexchange of ideas related to Promote research andprovide aforum architectural heritage Broaden awareness of our

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