Great Expectations
Last week I ran into one of my good friends who works at the Grove Park Inn, and we started talking, quite naturally, about the February Arts and Crafts Conference.
"This will be number 26, right?" he asked. "Should be a piece of cake by now."
Piece…
Who Deserves To Be Remembered?
I have been working this summer on a new book, simply entitled Tales of the Grove Park Inn. As its name implies, it is a collection of stories, all historical, which illustrate the first one hundred years of the famous hotel once called "the…
Putting the Spark Back in Your Relationship
No marital advice from me, at least not this week.
I'm talking about the relationship you have with your collection.
Mine seems to have gone stale these past few months, derailed, as most invariably are at times, by family matters, work…
A Little Time Away From Arts & Crafts
It's been a week where even those of us who don't typically watch a lot of television find ourselves glued to the screen, in love with the Olympics and the athletes who have dedicated the past four years or more of their tender lives to achieving…
Big Changes In Store for an Arts & Crafts Landmark
As I sat down this morning about to write this column, I had expected to open with the line, "Well, if it's August, then its time to really start working on the Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference."
But that’s not true.
Even after…
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ArtsandCraftsCollector.com is a website dedicated to exploring the works, artisans, historical origins and the contemporary revival of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. The historic movement started as a response to the country’s Industrial Revolution and encouraged simple design paying tribute to the natural world over the intricate design of the Victorian era.