Frank Lloyd Wright Trust Community Open House
Celebrating 50 Years and 50 More 
Friday, June 14 – Saturday, June 15
12 noon to 7 pm on Friday
10 am to 7 pm on Saturday
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust’s June 17, 1974, Founding Day please join us for two days of welcoming walk-in activities June 14 and 15 at Wright’s Oak Park Home and Studio Campus on Chicago Avenue.
- Learn from architects, landscape designers, and Oak Park preservationists who will be featured speakers.
- Take an in-progress tour of the future Art Resource Center currently undergoing refurbishment.
- Learn more about the design of the new Learning Center.
- Participate in parent and child studio projects.
- Join our historic houses scavenger hunt.
- Sign-up to win a $150 Trust gift membership in drawings all day.
- Enjoy refreshments and wine tastings.
- Take a complimentary twilight tour of the Home and Studio.
- Learn more about your community’s premier cultural destination and the plans that include you in our future.
Schedule
DAY 1: Friday, June 14 (12 noon – 7 pm)
| 12 noon - 2 pm | Light Refreshments |
| 12 noon - 3 pm | Open-Air Studio (Ages 7-14) Model Making: Building Your Dream House Building Bird Houses and Animal Shelters Designing Gardens, Green Towns and Cities |
| 12 noon - 3 pm | Historic Houses Scavenger Hunt |
| 1:30 pm | Talk: Uses of the Trust Library and Archive with Curator Sarah Holian |
| 2 pm | Art Resource Center Progress Tour with Architect Dan Roush |
| 3 - 6 pm | Wine Tasting and Refreshments |
| 3:30 pm | Talk: Blending Past and Future at the Trust with President & CEO Celeste Adams |
| 5 pm | Art Resource Center Progress Tour with Architect Dan Roush |
| 4 - 7 pm | Home and Studio Twilight Tours |
DAY 2: Saturday, June 15 (10 am – 7 pm)
| 10 am - 12 noon | Morning Coffee and Light Refreshments |
| 10 - 10:30 am | Read Aloud: Sharing Books /Telling Stories (Ages 3-8) |
| 10:30 am | Art Resource Center Progress Tour with Architect Dan Roush |
| 10 am - 3 pm | Open-Air Studio (Ages 7-14) Model Making: Building Your Dream House Building Bird Houses and Animal Shelters Designing Gardens, Green Towns and Cities |
| 10 am - 3 pm | Historic Houses Scavenger Hunt |
| 12:30 pm | Art Resource Center Progress Tour with Architect Dan Roush |
| 1:30 pm | Historic Preservation at the Home and Studio with Preservationist Doug Freerksen |
| 3 - 6 pm | Wine Tasting and Refreshments |
| 3 pm | Talk: TGDA Landscape Architecture with Ben Cole, Principal |
| 3:30 pm | Meet Architect John Ronan, Designer of the Learning Center |
| 4 - 7 pm | Home and Studio Twilight Tours |