Events

March 17, 24 and 31, 2020

2:00-4:15 PM

Robert E. McCoy Architectural Interpretive Center

Architectural Series on Prairie School Architecture

Members of NIACC's Lifelong Learning Institute may register through NIACC's Continuing Education program. There are six lectures altogether originated by Dr. Robert E. McCoy.  Two lectures will be presented each day with a short break in-between. 

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Registration must be made in advance through NIACC's Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI). For more information, contact the LLI office at 641-422-4358.

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April 14, 2020

10:00-11:00 AM

Robert E. McCoy Architectural Interpretive Center

Volunteer Opportunities Meeting

Join us to learn more about volunteer opportunities at the AIC and Stockman House. Email Nancy Sweetman at nkksweetman@mchsi.com for more information.

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April 17 - June 13, 2020

MacNider Art Museum - Mason City, IA

Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior

The exhibition of high-quality reproduction drawings of interiors, furnishings and household objects offers a view into Frank Lloyd Wright’s creative conception of the interior spaces of his houses.  In Wright’s house designs, structure and ornament are one. Every feature of the house – from the overall structure, to the interior, down to the smallest details and objects – was conceived by Wright from the beginning as a single idea.

Wright’s approach to visual enrichment as “organic ornament” grew out of his belief that the visual character of a form – whether an entire house or a lampshade – is integral to the structure of the object. Exploring the distinctive visual, sensory, and expressive quality of Wright’s interiors, Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior, reveals how the architect’s distinctive abstract and geometric structures permeate the spaces and objects within. 

Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior was organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington DC, in cooperation with The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ. It is sponsored locally by Mason City Clinic, the John K. & Luise V. Hanson Foundation and Bergland + Cram Architects.

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Due to the COVID-19 challenges, all tours and events have been cancelled.  Updates will be made as more information is available.