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The Artist’s Hand:
Dard Hunter and the American
Arts & Crafts Movement
June 7 – August 31, 2008

Funded in Part by the Ohio Historical Decorative Arts Association
The David Johns Family in Memory of David L. Johns

The Artist’s Hand will tell the story of the American Arts and Crafts Movement and Ohio native Dard Hunter. Co-curators, Eileen Wallace, bookbinding artist and proprietor of Mile Wide Press, and Dard Hunter III, grandson of Dard Hunter, will take guests on a journey through the movement, with examples of furniture, stained glass, pottery, jewelry and paper making. The Arts and Crafts Movement began in the latter part of the nineteenth century as a response to the Industrial Revolution in England. Those who embraced the movement, such as Arts and Crafts legend William Morris, were protesting the low standards of design in artifacts produced by machine and wanted to get closer to the actual process of creation. The Arts and Crafts philosophy moved its way into the U.S. in the early 20th century and was practiced by famous craftsmen and designers such as Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright. Also instrumental to the movement was Dard Hunter of Chillicothe, Ohio (born 1883 and died 1966). In addition to the Hunters’ work, the exhibition will include an overview of the American Arts and Crafts Movement and its impact on U.S. culture and styles found in furniture stores and boutiques today.