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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- For those of you who have not heard or those who have not yet registered, there is still room for you to attend the 25th Anniversary celebration of ARLIS/WNY. This conference on the Arts & Crafts Movement in Western New York will be held at beautiful Chautauqua New York. Chautauqua was a Victorian community, active during the arts and crafts movement. Those of you who have never been to Chautauqua are in for a real treat. This is a community frozen in time. During the summer, no cars are allowed in the town as all, and most of the original stuctures are still in use. The community borders a lovely lake and in the fall, should be especially lovely. For those who need more academic factors to entice them, we have an impressive line-up of speakers. Jack Quinan of SUNY Buffalo will do an overview of the Arts & Crafts Movement in Western New York. He has been instrumental in acquiring and funding the restoration of the Martin House, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's premier Prairie Home in Buffalo. David Cathers, author of "Furniture of the Americcan Arts & Crafts Movement" will speak on Gustave Stickley and Western NY furniture designers. Margaret Carney, Curator of the International Museum of Ceramic Art, in Alfred, will speak on Ceramicist Charles Fergus Binns. Her book may be out by conference time. Nancy Green, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at Cornell's Johnson Museum will speak about Arthur Wesley Dow's influence on the Arts and Crafts Movement. Marie Via, co-author of "Head, Heart and Hand: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters" will speak on identifying Arts and Crafffts style in the decorative arts. Marilyn Fish will speak and demonstrate the "New Craftsman Index" which accompanies the new edition of "Craftsman" on CD-rom, published by interactive Bureau. We will also spend a day in East Aurora, at the Roycroft campus, touring, shopping, seeing bookbinding by Robert Rust and lunch at the recently restored Inn, with a talk by Jean France, Architectural Historian who was instumental in the saving of this historic structure. So get your registrations in. You may find all the info you need from our web site at http://scholes.alfred.edu/orgs/arlis/ Or you can get a registration from mailed to you, or to anyone who you think would be interested by writting to Kari Horowitz at [log in to unmask] . See you at Chautauqua!!!! Susan Nurse President, ARLIS/WNY Visual Resource Curator Memorial Art Gallery 500 University Ave. Rochester, NY 14607