The Arts & Crafts Movement began as a response to social changes and the decline of design standards in the mid-19th century in industrialized Britain. Emphasis was placed on handcraftsmanship, ...

RIT’s visual-art programs enjoy a long and distinguished history, starting with the first mechanical drawing class in 1885 at what was then called the Mechanics Institute. A few years later, at the ...

A group of women artists in early 20th century Chicago exemplified the connection between the decorative arts and feminist movements in the United States and is the focus of a new book published by ...

‘Art for art’s sake” is definitely not the rallying cry of our age. That motto may have worked for modernists who examined relations between color and line, or created dense narratives, or invented ...

The world’s only museum dedicated to the late 19th- and early 20th-century American Arts and Crafts movement opened today in St. Petersburg, Florida. Fittingly named the Museum of the American Arts ...

ROSE VALLEY – When the Rose Valley Museum learned of an available $23,000 grant through the Decorative Arts Trust, its board knew exactly how it could use the funds: compile a coffee table book. “Rose ...

For devotees of the Arts and Crafts movement, the annual Craftsman Weekend in Pasadena is a welcome dive into Arts and Crafts architecture, design and theory. This year, Pasadena Heritage teams with ...

An investment must be continually supported to fulfill its ultimate potential. Early in the 2000s, St. Petersburg, Florida, began making a major investment in the arts. That investment has seen the ...

A lecture on Victorian and Edwardian architectural and garden design is set to take place on the Isle of Wight. The Arts Society, Isle of Wight, is set to present the latest lecture in its series on ...

Discover a lecture on Victorian & Edwardian architecture and garden design on the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll ...