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Tour of George Nakashima’s Arts Building and Cloister

Saturday, April 23, 2016
10:00 am

George Nakashima Woodworker, 1847 Aquetong Road, New Hope, PA 18938

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This guided tour of George Nakashima’s Arts Building and Cloister will be led by Mira Nakashima and William Whitaker, Curator of PennDesign’s Architectural Archives. The day promises a lively overview of Nakashima’s furniture making process in an important mid-century architectural context, as well as a discussion of the ongoing conservation planning efforts for the Arts Building and Cloister and surrounding landscape with PennDesign faculty. In addition to the Nakashima house and studio, participants will also visit the Antonin Raymond farm (1939), both in Bucks County, PA. 

Architectural and artistic interconnections between Japan and the United States through the interpretation and combination of modernist and traditional ideas were cultivated by George Nakashima at his New Hope compound for over forty years from 1946 to 1990. Today this legacy continues to teach and inspire through a recent partnership with PennDesign and the George Nakashima Woodworker and Nakashima Foundation for Peace. 

This event is part of the recent conservation planning project by the Architectural Conservation Research Center, The Architectural Archives, and PennPraxis, and funded by The Getty Foundation and their 2015 Keeping It Modern program.

Schedule 
9:45-10:00am
Check-in at the Showroom at George Nakashima Woodworkers
1847 Aquetong Road, New Hope, PA 18938
 
10:00am
Campus tour 
 
11:00am
Discussion about the current conservation planning efforts 
 
12:00pm
Tour ends  
 
Fee
The cost is $35 and $20 for PennDesign students. Proceeds go to the George Nakashima Foundation for Peace.
 
Reservations
Reservations are required and attendance will be limited. Reserve by Monday, April 18, 2016. To sign up, email Nadine Beauharnois, PennDesign Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, at nadinebe@design.upenn.edu. Reservations will be confirmed with payment by check made out to the Nakashima Foundation by Friday, April 22 and mailed to The Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, 115 Meyerson Hall, 210 South 34th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104.  Due to the limited numbers, no refunds will be possible; however all payments are tax deductible.
 
Guidelines for Visitors
Participants should be prepared to walk on uneven surfaces and wooded land. George Nakashima Woodworker asks visitors to remove their shoes before entering some buildings at the property, as well as to refrain from taking interior photographs. Exterior photography is allowed. Carpooling is encouraged.