art glass

• gustavstickley.com

  

  Pete Maloney in Norcross GA points us to his site, which in addition to links to the dealers’ various auctions also includes a collaborative antique shop that brings together selected items from a number of different dealers. Selections from Stuart Solomon‘s wonderful shop in Northhampton MA are featured, as are pottery and metalwork items from Jack Pap; Barbara Gerr, a dealer in Roseville pottery out of Absecon NJ is also part of the group, as are Pearce Fox / Fox Mission in Philadelphia and webmaster Pete Maloney himself, who specializes in all sorts of Arts & Crafts ceramics.

• Sotheby’s: Greene & Greene

  Rich Muller notes that "many of the pieces that have been in the Huntington’s Scott gallery are now up for auction (through Sotheby’s). There are a lot of high-resolution images that I’ve never seen anywhere else. Get your checkbooks out, or at least download some of these images!  There is also information on each lot." Catalogs are US$43; the least expensive item up for auction is significantly more expensive.

  Of special note, at least to those interested in the graphic arts: some of the most expensive cuts (of such a small size, at least) ever.

• Arthur Stern Studios

  
  Arthur Stern opened his architectural and art glass studio in Oakland in 1976, after studying architecture and environmental design at the University of Illinois and CCAC in Oakland. After a few years of teaching at CCAC, he relocated his studio to an 8500 square-foot space in Benicia, about 40 minutes north of Oakland, just over the Carquinez Straits from the East Bay, and has been producing a wide range of really exceptional work there since 1994. His work is squarely in the Prairie tradition, and Stern specializes in the restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright glass. Please take a look at the galleries at his site, including the work for sale (especially the amazing screens and sculptural pieces – he also has some brilliantly-colored oil pastels and very textural mixed-media pieces using similar geometric forms).

  One particular highlight of Stern’s career – well-illustrated on his site – is the Pearson Residence in Mill Valley, California, recently featured on Home & Garden Television.

• San Francisco open studios

  Many communities throughout the Bay Area hold an “open studio” weekend (or week, or, in the case of this month-long 29th annual event in San Francisco, month!), where a large number of artists – sometimes hundreds – open their workspaces to visitors. This is a great way to discover new artists and designers, and to find wonderful work at low prices. This year’s event in San Francisco will take place from 11 am to 6 pm every Saturday and Sunday throughout the month of October at more than 800 studios across the city; each weekend a new neighborhood of studios will open its doors to visitors, culminating with the huge number of open studios at the now-decommissioned Hunters’ Point Naval Shipyard.

  pictured: Vince Meyer‘s Japanese-influenced tables

• Guild.com: 21st-Century Arts & Crafts

  Building on the Arts & Craft movement of an earlier time, Guild.com is a treasure trove of current artists working in metalwork, ceramics, printmaking, painting, fiber, glass, wood, lighting, furniture and tableware.

  The Arts & Crafts masters of yesteryear would have enthusiastically approved of The Guild’s Philosophy: In a nutshell, we believe that when you live with art that you love, and it’s made by a gifted artist with skill and care, it adds something rich and sweet to your life, every day.

• Treadway & Toomey auctions

  Auctions have come a long way in the last few years. Treadway & Toomey, one of the largest of the antiques auction houses to specialize in American Arts & Crafts, has one of their largest auctions of the year coming up on September 12 at their gallery in Oak Park. The online portion of the auction is presented using technology from icollector.com and will occur live on Ebay. Over 1000 lots of furniture, artwork and other decorative items will be sold, and you can preview the lots online. As at any Treadway & Toomey auction, there are some really gorgeous items up for sale.