Jane
Austen Society of North America
2005 Annual General Meeting
October
7-9, 2005
Hyatt
Regency Hotel,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Welcomes You
The Wisconsin Region
is honored to welcome JASNA to the Midwestern United States for the
first time since the 1995 AGM in Madison. We have a delightful new city
for JASNA members to explore— Milwaukee,
home of Santiago Calatrava’s stunning addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum on Lake
Michigan.
Photo
by Timothy Hursley © Milwaukee
Art
Museum
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Photo:
Greater Milwaukee Convention & Visitors
Bureau
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Milwaukee
Art Museum
East Town Travel
Tours for the 2005 AGM
Karen
Bergenthal of Milwaukee’s
East Town Travel, a Frank Lloyd Wright expert, has designed tours
specially crafted for JASNA members and their companions.
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Our
Canterbury scheme took place as
proposed & very pleasant it was, Harriot & I & little
George within, my Brother on the Box with the Master Coachman.
—Jane
to Cassandra, October 26, 1811 |
Exquisite home of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
Thursday,
October 6
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FULL - 8:45
a.m. to 4 p.m.
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| Monday,
October 10 |
8:45
a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Every time I was visiting
with the Lunts in Genesee Depot I was in a sort of daze; the dining
room, the table, the china, the silver, the food, the extraordinary
care and beauty and taste… a sort of dream, a vision.
— Katharine
Hepburn
The country estate’s beguilingly personal décor is
unchanged since the Lunts assembled it in the 1930s and
1940s. Enjoy a full estate tour of this National Historic
Landmark, a short drive from Milwaukee in Wisconsin’s
autumn color. The price includes coach transportation and a box lunch.
The estate tour involves a good deal of walking. Much, but not all, of
the main house is accessible by wheelchair. Please see the Ten Chimneys
web site for
information on this exquisite home.
The Thursday bus will stop at the Jane Austen Tea before returning to
the Hyatt Regency.
S.C. Johnson Administration Building
Photo by
Michael
Lilek
| Thursday,
October 6 |
9:30
a.m. to Noon
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| Sunday, October 9 |
12:45
to 3:15 p.m.
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The Milwaukee Art Museum’s 2001
lakefront addition,
designed by Santiago Calatrava, has become a touchstone of modern
architecture with its brise soleil that can be raised or lowered,
creating a unique moving sculpture. Weather permitting, the Thursday
tour will catch the unfurling of the brise soleil at 10 a.m. We will
cross Calatrava’s footbridge for curator-led tours of the Chipstone
collection of 18th-century American decorative art and English ceramics
and the museum’s 18th-century print collection.
| City
of Milwaukee Bus
Tour |
$28 |
| Thursday,
October 6 |
12:45
p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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| Friday, October 7 |
FULL - 9:15 a.m.
to Noon
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A JASNA favorite—explore your AGM host city!
Milwaukee’s most charming ambassadors, Max and
Tybie Taglin, will show you ethnic neighborhoods, gallery districts,
and lakeside mansions.
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Noel Coward Piano,
Drawing Room
Main
House, Ten Chimneys
Photo
by Kate Roth Photography
© Ten Chimneys
Foundation
| Frank
Lloyd Wright in Racine–Full
Day |
$66
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| Thursday,
October 6 |
FULL - 8:45
a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Karen Bergenthal will lead a tour to nearby Racine to
visit two of Wright’s
most famous creations, the S.C.
Johnson Administration Building (1939) and Wingspread
Conference Center (1939)—a rare opportunity to see both
iconic sites in a single day. You will also tour the Racine
Art Museum, home of one of North America’s most
significant collections of contemporary crafts. Lunch, at a
restaurant overlooking Lake Michigan, is included in the
price. The bus will stop at the Jane Austen Tea before
returning to the hotel.
| Frank
Lloyd Wright in Racine–Half |
$49
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| Friday,
October 7 |
8:45
a.m.
to 12:45 p.m.
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This half-day tour to Racine with Karen Bergenthal will
thoroughly investigate the Wright-designed
S.C. Johnson
Administration Building. Enjoy an early lunch at a restaurant
overlooking Lake Michigan (included in the tour price) before returning
to the Hyatt Regency for the AGM opening plenary session.
| FULL - Milwaukee,
Wright &
More |
$45
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Sunday,
October 9
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8:45
a.m.
to 12:45 p.m.
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Karen Bergenthal will lead a post-AGM tour of three
significant Milwaukee residences. The 1892 Flemish
Renaissance Revival Pabst Mansion
contrasts with Frank
Lloyd Wright’s 1916 Frederick Bogk house, still in private hands and
rarely open for public viewing. Russell Barr Williamson’s Bours House
(1922) illuminates Wright’s
legacy to other architects.
| A
Day in Kohler - Kohler Design
Center |
$70
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| Monday,
October 10 |
FULL - 8:45
a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The
Kohler Design Center, 36,000 square feet of kitchen and bath
concepts, is a renowned destination for cutting- edge designers. After
lunch at the Horse
& Plow pub at the American Club, the Midwest’s
only AAA five- diamond resort, browse at the nearby Shops at Woodlake
Kohler. (Tour price includes lunch in the pub.) Conclude the day by
viewing the contemporary and craft- related art at
the surprising John Michael Kohler
Arts Center in
Sheboygan. Wisconsin’s full autumn color will fill the countryside you
experience on this relaxing and fascinating day with JASNA friends.
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A
tour registration form is available on the registration page (click on
link below). You may fill out the form online, and your total
will be automatically calculated. Please make two copies, keep
one for your files, and mail the second to East Town Travel with your
payment, following the directions on the form.
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