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Terry Teachout and 2005
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is my old friend, Terry. He passed away in January of last year. Terry Teachout (February 6, 1956 – January 13, 2022) I’m in a mood. That’s because, for the last day I’ve been thinking about Terry, and missing him. Knowing the date of the one-year anniversary of his death was coming up, I […]
More winter activities
Reading Time: 5 minutesI took this photograph looking out of a window of my office at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. You can see my lone car in the parking lot. Sometimes when I came into work, the ice was a little “sketchy” to the employee-parking-lot up one level. In that case, I just stayed below rather […]
Snow at Taliesin
Reading Time: 2 minutesEdmund Teske took this photograph in the winter of 1936-37. He was in the Breezeway at Taliesin, looking northeast towards the Living Room. This week, a winter storm is crossing the United States. This storm reminded me of one of the “At Taliesin” newspaper articles written by apprentices in the Taliesin Fellowship. This article is […]
Selling my wares to the public
Reading Time: 7 minutesTaken in 1997. Me talking to someone at the art fair that was held in the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. I’m standing to the left of all of the stained-glass pieces that I had made. No: “selling my wares” in this post does not mean I’ll write about giving Taliesin tours. I’m talking about […]
What is the oldest part of Taliesin? Part II
Reading Time: 6 minutesA postcard looking (plan) northeast at the western façade of Taliesin’s hayloft, summer (the hayloft is under the roof). Because the collection of people are unexpected at a farmhouse, Randolph C. Henning (who collected this postcard), thinks this was taken the day after Taliesin’s 1914 fire and murders. I wrote The Oldest Thing at Taliesin […]
Thanksgiving at Taliesin
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy next post, Oldest Part of Taliesin, II , is on the way (part I is here). First though, I’m going to add a portion of an “At Taliesin” article posted in 1936 that was about Thanksgiving. In 1936, the Taliesin Fellowship, with the Wrights, celebrated Thanksgiving in Wisconsin. Here’s writer, Marya Lilien, on the […]
What is the oldest part of Taliesin? Part I
Reading Time: 6 minutesLooking (plan) east at Taliesin from the balcony of its hayloft, fall 1911. Taken by Taylor Woolley, who worked as a draftsman for Wright at Taliesin. I showed this image in the post, “This will be a nice addition“. While people don’t ask that question at other Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, it’s part and parcel […]
Death by Design
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe logo for NaNoWriMo Here’s the start: Over 15 years ago, I read the book, The Girl With the Botticelli Eyes and was furious. I wasn’t mad about the novel’s plot; I was angry because I felt the author completely misunderstood art restoration. The Girl With the Botticelli Eyes takes place around an exhibition on […]
Curtains at the Hillside Theater
Reading Time: 6 minutesStanding in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hillside Theater looking east at the curtain. I took this photo in 2007. I’m excited1 to write about the curtains at the Hillside Theater today for a couple of reasons. 1: I can show a few photos of Hillside’s original theater curtain. And, 2: I get to give you one […]
History of Native Americans in The Valley
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis photo was taken in 1930. The photograph was looking south (with the Taliesin structure behind the photographer and to the left). I picked this photo because it shows the beauty of the valley in which Taliesin stands. I’m going to write about The Valley and Native Americans today because native people’s do have a […]
