Exhibition Follows Wright-Designed Home From Imagination to Reality
Published 01.17.2014
– Photos by Cindy Davis Meixel, writer/photo editor; and Marc T. Kaylor, student photographer
Campus and community mix in the ACC audience.
Faculty and students from the School of Construction & Design Technologies have a front-row seat in the ACC.
Architectural historian Jack Quinan addresses an afternoon crowd in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.
Quinan gestures toward the screen during his amply illustrated ACC lecture.
The speaker discusses Wright's Fallingwater, a national historic landmark in southwestern Pennsylvania.
A student walks past a sign promoting Thursday's lecture and the gallery exhibit.
The multimedia exhibition also offers an opportunity for visitors to watch videos about Frank Lloyd Wright.
A guest is framed by a display panel.
Colorful vertical walls stunningly accent the exhibition.
An homage to nature: Visitors can lift the faux maple seed and watch it spin to the "ground."
Personal details offering a glimpse into the Christian family's life inside Samara include a family photo album …
Vintage tableware is among the details tucked along the exhibit's pathways.
Fabric samples and drafting tables fill The Gallery at Penn College.
Fabric swatches, artwork in and of themselves
A beautiful exterior photograph of Samara is displayed on a gallery wall.
Afforded a rare opportunity, gallery patrons enter the eye-opening world of Samara.
The backside of the front panel includes a 1960 photo of the Christian family, which enjoyed a uniquely communicative relationship with the famed architect.
Gallery manager Penny G. Lutz is interviewed by writer/video editor Thomas F. Speicher.
Wright's winged-seed motif is echoed in this geometrical design for a Samara-themed area rug, created by apprentice Aris Georges.
A patinated copper garden lantern and prototype of fascia roof ornament exemplify Samara's exterior architectural elements.
Gallery guests inspect end tables.
Roger Shipley, whose work is displayed in Penn College's Art on Campus initiative, pores over architectural drawings.
... and film footage, such as this clip of daughter Linda at play in the yard.
Following his presentation in the ACC Auditorium, Quinan speaks to the opening reception's crowd.
In the library gallery's intimate setting, Quinan centers his conversation on the Samara rendering behind him - drawn by Wright's
"favorite draftsman" and indicative of the leeway that the architect allowed his apprentices.
A fitting sentiment in Wright's own words
Drafting and construction/design photos from Williamsport Technical Institute, Williamsport Area Community College and Penn College provide an appropriate link between the gallery exhibit and the institution's 2014 centennial observance.