Frank Lloyd Wright's Samara
Frank Lloyd Wright's Samara: A Mid-Century Dream Home
February 9, 2015 - April 21, 2015
What is the experience of building and living in a home designed by America's greatest architect? How do you live in a work of art? Frank Lloyd Wright's Samara: A Mid-Century Dream Home explores the relationship between an architect and his clients, Dr. John and Kay Christian, as they worked together to create one family's definition of an American dream home. Told through the juxtaposition of original objects and furniture, architectural fragments, rare archival materials, historic photographs, and video footage, this exhibit explored the creation of a Wright house made into a family home.
The opening reception on Feb. 19 featured a scholar’s talk from Professor Jack Quinan. Quinan also spoke on Feb. 18 in the Donald W. Reynolds School of Architecture Auditorium on the OSU campus. Quinan, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Visual Studies at State University of New York at Buffalo, is a historian of architecture, specializing in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Arts and Crafts Movement, American Architecture of the 19th Century, and Utopian Communities.
The exhibition was toured by ExhibitsUSA, a national program of Mid-America Arts Alliance. ExhibitsUSA sends more than 25 exhibitions on tour to more than 100 small- and mid-sized communities every year. Mid-America is the oldest nonprofit regional arts organization in the United States. (See Resources below for more details for this exhibition.)
Guest Curator
Scott W. Perkins, Director of Preservation, Fallingwater at Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in Mill Run, Penn. The exhibition was offered through the courtesy of the John E. Christian Family Memorial Trust, caretakers of Samara.
Related Events
02.18.2015 - Lecture: Professor Jack Quinan
02.19.2015 - Reception + Scholar's Talk: Professor Jack Quinan
03.28.2015 - Tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower in Bartlesville, OK
04.16.2015 - Presentation: Guest Curator, Scott W. Perkins
04.16.2015 - Gallery Talk: Guest Curator, Scott Perkins
- Press & Publications
- Resources
FLYER | Frank Lloyd Wright’s Samara A Mid-Century Dream Home
FLYER | Price Tower Tour
FLYER | Special Events - Frank Lloyd Wright’s Samara A Mid-Century Dream Home
RESOURCES | Frank Lloyd Wright
BIOGRAPHY | Frank Lloyd Wright
ACTIVITIES GUIDE | Frank Lloyd Wright
TEACHERS GUIDE | Grades Fourth - Eighth
TEACHERS GUIDE | Ninth - Twelfth
VOCABULARY | Vocabulary for Frank Lloyd Wright
SAMARA IMAGES | Frank Lloyd Wright Images
- Credits
A program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance with The Oklahoma Arts Council and The National Endowment for the Arts.
Exhibitions and programs at the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art are sponsored by OSU Founding Patrons, OSU/A&M Board of Regents, OSU Foundation, and the Oklahoma Arts Council.