Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement
Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement

Newsletter Archive

In keeping with MAACM's mission and commitment to educate, the MAACM Newsletter is a regular feature sent only to subscribers. It provides a variety of scholarly essays about rare and important objects from the collection, new acquisitions, rich historical context about the Arts and Crafts movement, upcoming exhibitions, and future members-only and public events.

2026
7
Jun 15
Collection Spotlight: The Making of the Eudora Welty Portfolio
May 11
New exhibition alert! Faces of Inequality: Depression Era Photography opens June 2, 2026 at MAACM
Mar 30
Celebrating an Icon of American Design: Gustav Stickley
Feb 24
Celebrating an Icon of American Design: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Feb 9
Love is in the Air as Valentine’s Day Approaches
Jan 20
A Life in Craft: Celebrating Ernest Batchelder (1875–1957)
Jan 9
A Legacy Illuminated: A New Fulper Vasekraft Lamp on View at MAACM
2025
10
Aug 20
Big News from One of St. Pete’s Newest Cultural Gems: MAACM Is Expanding!
Aug 5
Charles Prendergast: Frame-Maker and Post-Impressionist Visionary
Jul 8
Herman Dudley Murphy and the Carrig-Rohane Shop
Jun 10
Thomas Pollock Anshutz: American Realist and Influential Educator
May 12
Masterworks of American Frame Design
Apr 28
Collection Spotlight: Frederick Bosley’s Woman and Children with Apples
Apr 18
Collection Spotlight: Stanford White, A Great American Frame Designer
Feb 17
Collection Spotlight: Elizabeth Eaton Burton: Three Masterworks of Lighting Design
Jan 21
Collection Spotlight: Arlyn Table
Jan 8
Collection Spotlight: New Additions to the Collector's Gallery
2024
15
Dec 17
Collection Spotlight: Marie Zimmermann’s Heron
Nov 12
Collection Spotlight: Charles S. Hopkinson, William Merrit Chase, and John White Alexander
Oct 31
Collection Spotlight: Gertrude Fiske
Oct 15
Sneak Peek: Collector's Gallery Re-Install
Aug 20
We're Making Changes to the Galleries!
Jul 10
New Acquisition Alert: Rookwood Geese Tableau
Jul 1
New Acquisition Alert: Grueby Desert and Jungle Tile Friezes from the Bronx Zoo
Jun 11
New Acquisition Alert: Anna Marie Valentien
May 30
New Acquisition Alert: Artus Van Briggle: Despondency
May 14
New Acquisition Alert: Alfred Stieglitz: The Net Mender
Apr 29
The Pratt Fall Front Desk: A Greene and Greene Masterpiece
Mar 5
New Acquisition Spotlight: Grueby's Daisy Vase
Feb 12
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
Jan 16
Clara Driscoll, the Tiffany Girls, and the Fancy Goods Department
Jan 4
New Acquisition Alert: Sigfried Sees Himself in the Stream by Arthur Rackham
2023
23
Dec 19
Collection Spotlight: Christmas Roses
Nov 20
New Acquisition Spotlight: Van Briggle Chalice
Oct 24
New Acquisition Spotlight: Nine New Vases Now on Display
Oct 13
New Acquisition Spotlight: Roycroft Books from the Blacher Collection
Sep 25
Celebrating Fall at MAACM with beautiful autumn colors from Rookwood!
Sep 7
MAACM Celebrates Year 2!
Aug 14
New Acquisition Alert: Batchelder Chandelier
Jul 31
A Day at the Beach with Edward Henry Potthast
Jul 3
American Made: The American Arts and Crafts Movement
Jun 5
New Acquisition Spotlight: The Gorham Art Nouveau Martelé silverware
May 22
The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement Receives Eagle Award for Excellence in Construction
May 8
Collection Spotlight: “Like walking into a pond” Childhood memories from our mother’s Iris Bathroom
Apr 24
New Acquisition Spotlight: Two Stunning Tiffany Lamps come to MAACM
Apr 17
New Acquisition Spotlight: Karl Kipp Copper Plaque
Apr 10
New Acquisition Spotlight: Rookwood Sea Green Vase with Dragonfly
Apr 5
New Acquisition Spotlight: Dard Hunters Galleon Lamp
Mar 28
A Unique Masterpiece The Newcomb Pottery Iris Blossom Lamp
Mar 20
New Acquisition by Samuel Yellin
Mar 15
New Acquisition Spotlight: Frank Lloyd Wright Urn from the Edward C. Waller House
Mar 7
New Acquisitions: Frank Marshall
Feb 27
Coming Soon to MAACM - Dignity and Grace: These Humbler Metals
Feb 7
Dignity & Grace - Coming Soon
Jan 17
Collection Spotlight: What’s inside?
2022
14
Dec 17
Seven Swans a Swimming
Dec 6
Collection Spotlight: Zulma Steele, Wild Carrot Cabinet
Nov 28
Collection Spotlight: Blanche Lazzell’s white-line woodcut prints
Nov 22
Collection Spotlight: Then the Epicure by Jessie Wilcox Smith
Nov 14
Collection Spotlight: Craftsman Workshops Sideboard and Hutch
Nov 7
Collection Spotlight: Flanders Poppies by Ora Maxim
Oct 25
Collection Spotlight: Arthur E. Baggs
Aug 3
Collection Spotlight New Acquisition: Frank Lloyd Wright Urn from the Edward C. Waller House
Jul 19
Collection Highlight: Crystalline Glazes
Jun 28
Collection Highlight: Louis H. Sullivan and the Chicago Stock Exchange Stairs
Jun 21
Collection Highlight: Byrdcliffe Art Colony
May 25
In Honor of Oak: Special installation, on view now on MAACM's second floor
May 2
Collection Spotlight: Happy Mother's Day!
Apr 18
Collection Spotlight: Spring Has Sprung!
2021
9
Jul 14
Hermann Dudley Murphy and the Art of Frames
Jun 1
MAACM Sneak Peek: The Children's Gallery
May 12
The MAACM Library Sneak Peek
Apr 28
A Stylish Pendant by Jarvie
Apr 20
Dard Hunter's Modern Lighting
Apr 4
MAACM Sneak Peek: The Antique Bar
Mar 17
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Mar 3
Pierrot, The Lovesick Clown
Jan 17
Kataro Shirayamadani’s Rookwood Lamp
2020
7
Nov 16
A Utopian Artist Colony: Byrdcliffe
Sep 24
A Unique Portrait of Newcomb’s Master Potter
Aug 3
Gertrude Käsebier: The Woman Behind the Lens
Jul 9
On Display: Arts and Crafts at Exhibitions
Apr 22
A Glimpse into A Child's Storybook World
Feb 6
Celebrate "Valentien's Day" with Us!
Jan 20
Fairy Tales with a Purpose
2019
7
Dec 9
Setting an Arts and Crafts Holiday Table
Nov 6
California’s Landscape in Lighting: The Works of Elizabeth Burton
Oct 7
Buttoned In Fashion: Fasteners Of The Arts And Crafts Era
Jul 24
Arthur Wesley Dow: Moonrise
Jun 16
Sarah Stilwell Weber: American Illustrator
May 21
Jessie Marion King: A “Glasgow Girl” Designer
Feb 13
Color and Beauty from Village Looms
2018
3
Sep 1
An American in Paris: Ethel Mars
Jun 1
Innovative, Versatile, Independent: The Multi-Talented Craftsmanship of Marie Zimmermann
Feb 12
New Life for the Noble Tree: George Nakashima's “Arlyn” Table
2017
4
Oct 17
Tiffany & Redlands: Two Tiny Treasures
Jul 5
Patterson's Petunias: The Making of a Color Woodcut
May 8
Sculpture, Pottery and Art Nouveau Imagery: The French Connection
Jan 20
Vintage British Arts & Crafts Jewelry
2016
8
Nov 23
The Skyscraper Ascendant: A Staircase from the Chicago Stock Exchange
Oct 13
Gustav Stickley 1900: A Fine, Rare "Spanish" chair.
Aug 17
Richly Wrought: A Chalice by Elizabeth Copeland
May 31
TRRF Acquires Three Treasures from the Blacker House
Apr 26
Rudolf Koppitz’s Masterpiece: Bewegungsstudie ('Movement Study')
Mar 17
Uncommon Beauty: Exquisite Works in Silver and Enamel by Women Metalsmith Pioneers
Feb 17
Sadie Agnes Estelle Irvine: The Cornerstone of Newcomb College
Jan 18
Christmas Roses and a Frame by Charles Rohlfs
2015
11
Dec 17
Robj Paris: Where Playful Collecting Meets Art Deco Whimsy
Nov 13
Frederick Rhead: An Artistic Appetite for Fish
Oct 21
Lights on the Prairie: The New Aesthetic
Sep 11
Bear's Belly, Ḳúnúḣ-kanánu
Jul 10
Artus Van Briggle, Rookwood Pottery and the Lorelei Vase
Jun 12
The California Decorative Style
May 11
The Eclectic Interior Designs of George Mann Niedecken
Apr 1
New York, New York. It's a Wonderful Town
Mar 3
A Stunning Arts & Crafts Fireplace: A Mayan Revival
Feb 1
Baron Adolf de Meyer: Maria, A Study
Jan 5
Charles Rohlfs' Safe Cabinet & Edward Potthast's Impressionism
2014
6
Dec 3
Woodblock Prints: Complex In Their Simplicity
Oct 31
Ansel Easton Adams and Taos Pueblo
Oct 2
On The Wrong Side of History: The Enigma That Is William Mortensen
Aug 29
The Arthur E. Baggs Archives
Aug 18
Eanger Irving Couse: The Pottery Maker
Aug 4
The Aloha Boathouse and Iris Bathroom