 Win This Beautiful Stained Glass Window
By Greg Hyland, CPM
Greg.Hyland@ci.yuma.az.us
Tickets will be sold for a custom Stained Glass Window, patterned after the Frank Lloyd Wright designed upper windows of the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois. This beautiful oak framed work of art uses 72 pieces of glass and measures 14” x 20”. It will be raffled off along with the State Baskets and other prizes during the Awards Banquet at the New Hampshire Conference.
Frank Lloyd Wright is an American icon, known for his architectural innovations, creative thinking, and perhaps most especially, for his stained glass designs. He referred to his windows as "light screens", a means of controlling and enhancing barriers between physical spaces.
Shortly after Frank Lloyd Wright returned from Europe, where two portfolios of his architectural drawings were published, he moved from the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois to his childhood home in Spring Green, Wisconsin, west of Madison. It is there he began the construction of his new estate, Taliesin.
His architectural designs perhaps partially inspired by modern art in Paris, displayed dramatically new innovations.
This window, inspired from the Unity Temple is presented to the Academy to help generate revenue to support our annual national conferences.
An additional objective of using a Frank Lloyd Wright design is to inspire interest in attending the 2007 AACPM National Conference in Madison, WI… “the Wright place to be…”
Proceeds from the ticket sales in New Hampshire will be given to the Kentucky Society as seed money for the 2006 Conference. During the 2003 Conference in Charleston approximately $1,200 was raised, which went to the Kansas Society to jump-start the 2004 Conference. Approximately $715 was raised in 2004 in Topeka, which went to the New Hampshire Society.
Noted Artist, Mark Evans of Wisconsin has pledged to create a window for each Conference through 2007. Each of the four will be based on Frank Lloyd Wright designs. This is your opportunity to help the fundraising goals of the Academy and possibly receive a beautiful piece of art in the process.
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