The Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston

Society of Arts and Crafts
Formation1897 (1897)
Location
Acting Director
Karina Burston
Websitesocietyofcrafts.org
Formerly called
The Society of Arts and Crafts Boston (SACB)

The Society of Arts and Crafts is one of America's oldest arts and craft nonprofit organization.[1][2] The Society moved to Boston's Seaport District in 2016 after being located on Newbury Street for over 40 years.[3] The Society was incorporated by twenty-one individuals on June 28, 1897, and was then known as the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston.[4] The small group was representational of Boston's elites in the fields of teaching, art-making, architecture, and craft. The original Society began with the agreement to "develop and encourage higher artistic standards in the handcrafts."[4]

Frederic Allen Whiting was the Director at the Society until 1912, when Humphery J. Emery took over. He would serve on the board of directors until the 1930s.[5]

  1. ^ Roberta Smith (June 8, 1997). "American Crafts, Cause and Effect". The New York Times. Retrieved January 22, 2017. prominent art-oriented Bostonians ... in 1897, founded the Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston -- the first such organization in America
  2. ^ Cathers, David (2003). Gustav Stickley. New York, New York: Phaidon Press, Inc. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7148-6111-1. The founding of the Rochester [New York] Arts and Crafts Society was announced on 13 March 1897...In May 1897, it held an exhibition...
  3. ^ "Location & Hours | The Society of Arts and Crafts". societyofcrafts.org. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  4. ^ a b Brandt, Beverly (2009). The Craftsman and the Critic. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 57–60. ISBN 978-1-55849-677-4.
  5. ^ "Summary of the Society of Arts and Crafts records, 1897-1960 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-12.