Monthly Update
News And Updates :: SCANNER FUNDRAISER SUCCESS!
In last month's newsletter we put the call out to all of supporters to help us raise the funds necessary to acquire a large format scanner to install in the OA+D Chandler Research and Study Center. I'm happy to report that with the generous help of several individuals — and one large donation by architect David A. Milstead — our fundraiser was a success. Within the next couple of weeks we will be installing and training to use a brand new large format scanner/printer in Chandler!
This high-tech piece of equipment will not only allow us to more easily and expeditiously process large drawings and printed material, but the high-resolution print capability will allow us to make print-out duplicates of sensitive materials for public display and copies of plans for home owners wanting to restore their buildings.
We could not be more thankful to everyone whose tax-deductible donation helped us reach this successful goal. We'll be reaching out in the coming weeks with a special "thank you" to show our gratitude and mark the occasion.
This scanner success shows what can happen when a group of people who care about preserving our collective cultural heritage come together for a common cause.
But the work is not over yet! We need ongoing help to cover the costs of storing, conserving, processing, and publishing on the growing collections of materials in the OA+D Archives. So please consider donating here and thanks!
From The Archives
Visitors to the Chandler Archival Study Center will notice some new additions on display: Four original chairs designed by Taliesin Architects' William Wesley Peters for the Delano Mortuary, California, circa 1966. The brightly colored, circular motif chairs are inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's earlier furniture designs for Midway Gardens and Taliesin West, each having a circular turquoise seat and back cushion, supported with a salmon-colored bent metal frame. The chairs join several other furniture designs held in the collections—many designed by Wright and other Taliesin Fellows.
If you have other examples of Taliesin-designed furniture or materials that you're interested in donating to be preserved, please let us know by contacting us at info@oadarchives.org.
NEW PRODUCTS DEBUT :: OA+D AT HOME
Spring is here and new products are "blooming" at our online store. In addition to our many publications, we've recently added a new category of exclusively designed and uniquely curated decorative products called "OA+D at Home."
This month we debut a set of twelve note cards featuring beautiful abstract desert designs by the late architect and Talieisn Fellow, Kamal Amin.
Also making its debut is a seasonal art card featuring an original nature abstraction titled "Spring Tulips" by Eric M. O'Malley. Its accompanied by a real wood block easel to make displaying on a shelf or desktop in your home simple and easy.
Each purchase helps directly support the ongoing mission and preservation efforts of OA+D. So check out these new items and be sure to place your order here.
SPRING JOURNAL OA+D COMING SOON :: PRE-ORDER NOW
The Spring 2022 issue of the Journal OA+D is currently in production and will be printing very soon. The 44 page full-color issue features the exciting organic work of the Texas architectural firm of MacKie and Kamrath.
Karl Kamrath (1911-1988) grew up in Austin, Texas and earned his Bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin in 1934. His early career was spent in Chicago but he moved back to Texas in 1937 and became a partner in the firm of MacKie and Kamrath, one of the first Houston firms credited with creating modern architecture. Kamrath had an opportunity to meet Frank Lloyd Wright when he visited Taliesin in June of 1946. This trip had a profound effect on Kamrath's architectural designs as he committed himself to creating organic architecture following Wright's Usonian principles.
With an essay by Katie Pierce Meyer and guest edited by Randolph C. Henning, the issue features over 60 never-before-published drawings, plans, and photographs from the University of Texas Libraries Alexander Architectural Archives.
This issue will be mailing out to subscribers by the end of April. If your subscription has lapsed be sure to renew to make sure you get one of the first copies available. Pre-order here.