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- This collection contains ten chronological scrapbooks about a Lansing area arts group, covering the years 1952 to 2002. An historical essay by Mrs. Gideon (Helen) Phillips dated September, 1969, explains that during the Depression era, the Lansing Board of Education wasn't able to make adult education available. A man named Tryg Narvesson started something called "The People's University," and through this art classes were held for the community, mostly taught by Mrs. Phillips. Eventually the Board of Education made adult education available again, and after a number of years of success, Mrs. Phillips' current and former students formed the Lansing Art Club. It led to the formal establishment of the Arts and Crafts Society in 1951. The full essay is pasted in to the scrapbook volume dated 1969-1974. In 1959 the society was reincorporated as the Lansing Art Guild, and then in 1997 it became the Mid-Michigan Art Guild. The Guild is still in existence as of 2016. For most of the organization's existence, a fall membership show and a spring show open to all area artists have been held. The guild has hosted visiting and local speakers at its regular meetings, and has produced exhibits in many locations around the area, especially at the Lansing Public Library, over the years. Most of the scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, pasted-in photographs, and other pasted-in memorabilia. Some of the photographs are the original prints that were published along with Lansing State Journal articles about the Art Guild's events. Due to the fragility of these materials, especially the pre-1980s scrapbooks, they will not be digitized in their entirety. Please contact library staff for more information.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Art Guild Collection
- Description:
- This collection is the administrative and event records of the Lansing Craft and Hobby Guild, which was formed in 1954 by a group of ten women. The collection includes board and regular meeting minutes, bulletins (newsletters), event publicity, planning for regular craft fairs which were usually held twice a year in Lansing, photographs, some correspondence, and membership records. There is only a small amount of material from the earliest years; most dates from the mid-1960s through the 1980s. The guild held its first fair at the REO Clubhouse on November 29,1954, and its second at the Marshall Street Armory on May 6, 1955. From that point it was moved to the Lansing Civic Center, and was the first organization registered there. For most of its existence, some proceeds from sales were donated to area charitable causes, especially healthcare-related such as the "Life-Line" service of Ingham Medical Center. Annual membership lists and a set of membership index cards include the types of crafts each member specialized in. Represented were all types of needle crafts, wood working, stained glass, doll and toy making, and a few more unusual crafts such as paintings on saw blades, or in one case simply "rocks." Photographs from the sales and events over the years show many examples of the members' creations.
- Date Created:
- [1954 TO 1998]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Craft and Hobby Guild
- Description:
- This collection contains ten chronological scrapbooks about a Lansing area arts group, covering the years 1952 to 2002. An historical essay by Mrs. Gideon (Helen) Phillips dated September, 1969, explains that during the Depression era, the Lansing Board of Education wasn't able to make adult education available. A man named Tryg Narvesson started something called "The People's University," and through this art classes were held for the community, mostly taught by Mrs. Phillips. Eventually the Board of Education made adult education available again, and after a number of years of success, Mrs. Phillips' current and former students formed the Lansing Art Club. It led to the formal establishment of the Arts and Crafts Society in 1951. The full essay is pasted in to the scrapbook volume dated 1969-1974. In 1959 the society was reincorporated as the Lansing Art Guild, and then in 1997 it became the Mid-Michigan Art Guild. The Guild is still in existence as of 2016. For most of the organization's existence, a fall membership show and a spring show open to all area artists have been held. The guild has hosted visiting and local speakers at its regular meetings, and has produced exhibits in many locations around the area, especially at the Lansing Public Library, over the years. Most of the scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, pasted-in photographs, and other pasted-in memorabilia. Some of the photographs are the original prints that were published along with Lansing State Journal articles about the Art Guild's events. Due to the fragility of these materials, especially the pre-1980s scrapbooks, they will not be digitized in their entirety. Please contact library staff for more information.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Art Guild Collection
- Description:
- This collection is the administrative and event records of the Lansing Craft and Hobby Guild, which was formed in 1954 by a group of ten women. The collection includes board and regular meeting minutes, bulletins (newsletters), event publicity, planning for regular craft fairs which were usually held twice a year in Lansing, photographs, some correspondence, and membership records. There is only a small amount of material from the earliest years; most dates from the mid-1960s through the 1980s. The guild held its first fair at the REO Clubhouse on November 29,1954, and its second at the Marshall Street Armory on May 6, 1955. From that point it was moved to the Lansing Civic Center, and was the first organization registered there. For most of its existence, some proceeds from sales were donated to area charitable causes, especially healthcare-related such as the "Life-Line" service of Ingham Medical Center. Annual membership lists and a set of membership index cards include the types of crafts each member specialized in. Represented were all types of needle crafts, wood working, stained glass, doll and toy making, and a few more unusual crafts such as paintings on saw blades, or in one case simply "rocks." Photographs from the sales and events over the years show many examples of the members' creations.
- Date Created:
- [1954 TO 1998]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Craft and Hobby Guild