Roycroft Campus Arts & Crafts Conference

The Connection: 2008

Celebrating Western New York’s Historic Turn of the 20^th Century Arts & Crafts Trail

Friday, October 24

6:00 pm            Roycroft Renaissance Artisan Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction

8:00 pm            Keynote Speaker:

Bruce Johnson ~ Founder & Director of the Annual Arts & Crafts Conference in Asheville, NC.  Also the author of several books & articles on the A & C Movement.

Topic:              Gustav Stickley & Elbert Hubbard: “The Men and Their Myths”

9:00 pm            Jazz Nite at the Inn

Saturday, October 25

9:00 am            Angela Northern ~ 4-H Program Development Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension & Rachel Jendrowski, 4-H Member & Student

Topic:              Head, Heart, Hands & Health: Our 4-H Program Then & Now

10:15 am          Patrick Mahoney ~ Architect, Collector, Scholar & VP Graycliff Conservancy

Topic:              Get it Wright!!  The State of Frank Lloyd Wright in WNY

11:30 am          Douglas Swift ~ Architect & Developer CityView Properties,

President, Roycroft Campus Corporation

Topic:              The Larkin Legacy at Roycroft

12:30 ~ 2:30 pm

Buffet Lunch at the Roycroft Inn

2:00 ~ 3:30 pm

Antique Appraisal Fair

Boice Lydell ~ Owner & Curator, Roycroft Arts Museum

2:00 ~ 4:30 pm ~ Complimentary Activities

• Roycroft Campus Tours
• Artisan Demonstrations
• Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum
• School House Gallery & Thomas Pafk Design

Saturday, October 25 - continued

4:00 ~ 6:00pm

Roycroft Arts Museum

Boice Lydell ~ Owner & Curator

4:30 ~ 5:30 pm

“Soap and the Sage of East Aurora”

Book Club Discussion with Linda Ulrich-Hagner

“John D. Larkin: A Business Pioneer” by Daniel I. Larkin

Book is available on registration form and can be sent prior to conference

Elbert Hubbard “soap slinger”, Darwin Martin “bookkeeper” and Frank Lloyd Wright “builder” were all employees of John Durrant Larkin.  This biography written by Larkin’s grandson demonstrates how these famous men impacted each other and the Arts & Crafts architectural world at the turn of the 20^th century.  

7:00 pm            The Art & Craft of Dining: Roycroft Arden Farms Reconnected

Sandy Starks ~ Vice President, Slow Food Buffalo

Chef Andrew Nuernberger ~ Executive Chef, The Roycroft Inn

Dan Garvey ~ Food & Beverage Director, The Roycroft Inn

Daniel Roelofs ~ Farmer & Hubbard Descendant, Arden Farm

This signature seven course dining event highlights the talents of the Roycroft Inn Chefs; showcases heritage, organic, seasonal vegetables and herbs from Arden Farm; and presents New York State wines are paired with each course. This dinner is sponsored by the Roycroft Inn and Slow Food Buffalo.

Sunday, October 26

9:30 am            Nancy Green ~ Curator & Author Byrdcliff Exhibit; The Gale & Ira Druckier Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs for Johnson Museum, Cornell University

Topic:              Byrdcliff: American Arts & Crafts Colony

10:45 am          Paul Duchscherer ~ California Arts & Crafts Designer, Author, Lecturer, TV Personality

Topic:              My Lifetime Connection to WNY

Noon ~ 3:00pm

Brunch at The Roycroft Inn

1:00 ~ 4:00pm  Complimentary Tours available:

• Fournier House
• Roycroft Arts Museum
• Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum
• Arden Farm

1:30 ~ 4:30pm  Bus Tours available, fees apply

• Darwin Martin House Complex ($55)
• Graycliff Conservancy ($55)

Larkin Exhibit ~ Stroll the Appian Way to visit the Furniture Shop on Campus.  Original

merchandise from the Larkin Company is on display.  The Larkin Exhibit, sponsored by

Roycroft Antiques, can be viewed during shop hours from 10:00am – 5:00pm on both Saturday

and Sunday.

Conference guests are encouraged to enjoy dinner at one of the fine restaurants in East

Aurora.  A list will be provided in your packets.

8:00 pm            Traditional and Historical Songs of New York State          

with Dave Ruch, a special musician and performer widely noted for his ability to engage audiences of all kinds.  Dave is a historian, entertainer, educator, humorist and folklorist.
www.daveruch.com/

This Speaker's in the Humanities presentation is free and open to the general public and sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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To register for Conference call 716~655~0261 or on-line at www.roycroftconference.com

To register by mail:

The Roycroft Campus Corporation

31 South Grove Street

East Aurora, NY  14052

Overnight Accommodations: (limited number of rooms available)

The Roycroft Inn at 1-877-652-5552

Hampton Inn at 1-800-426-7866 (request conference rate)

For ElderHostel Package call

1-800-454-5768 or www.elderhostel.org