Evening star., 1933-04-02


Working on this premise, and merging
his plan around the central idea that
mans work and mans life must be a
harmonized unit Frank Lloyd Wright,
famous architect, iconoclast and social ad-
venturer. has carried his defiance of conven-
tion into the field of education.
On the shining brow" Of a wooded hill in
southwestern Wisconsin, miles from the vii
lage of Spring Green, and only IS miles from
Madison, capital city of the State, Wright has
set up his institution, which he calls Taliesin
Fellowship
when Frank Lloyd Wright constructed his
hillside home nearly q quarter Of century ago.
he called it Talesin because the word means
shining brow" Taliesn was the name OF a
welsh poet whose works praised the glory of
the fine arts.
At Taliesin, Wright has lived the most OF his
life, which has been such q curious mixture Of
tragedy and triumph
During that life, Wright has been building
up vision of what he believes life must be
in the future: Agriculture, art and industry
must be fused into single integral fabric; man
must get out Of congested cities; there must be
balance between life and work: msnotonous
drudgery must be abolished, and men must Co
operate actively and create joyously."
"A 18TH those aims in view, he founded
w IaueSln Fellowship, WQere ne Is trdulluS
men and women who, he Is confident will go
out into the world and lay the foundations for
this ideal civilization.
Seven girls and IS boys are now studying
in the fellowship, which was officially opened
last October. Prior to completion of the first
new building the fellowship's activities were
centered in Taliesin, Wright's home
Now another building Is in use. It is the
reconstructed main unit Of the former Hillside
pdod han
by Wrights two sisters, and long In disuse.
In this remodeled structure are Taliesin
theater, IL lecture and work rooms the main
living room, the library, the girls and boys
living quarters, the kitchen and the dining
room.
munity center. Taliesin theater Is the work.
shop for a Little Theater group. The main
living room is used for music, recreation, dane
ing and social gatherings. A printing shop
where the fellowship publishes its own maga-
zine, is in the basement
Excavation is now in progress for another
new unit 80 feet square. An architects studio,
with a large skylight and windows on all sides,
will occupy the whole top floor. The lower floor
will be boys dormitory.
There will be four small cottages on the hill
behind the school. The instructors-a painter
a sculptor, an architect and musican-win
live in these.
velop well-balanced human beings Therefore
the curriculum is combination of crafts and
cultural subjects
Craft subjects now being studied by the AZ
apprentices, as the students are called, are:
Architectural construction and design, deco
ration, as an organic feature Of architecture;
philosophy of architecture. typographical de-
sign, molding and casting, adapted to modern
systems Of construction in glass, concrete, and
metal and wood working, by modern machinery.
At present the students are working out
practical problems In design as related to the
construction Of new buildings for the fellow
ship. Mr.. Wright personally supervises all of
their work.
On the cultural side. the apprentices study
philosophy, sculpture. painting. drama. music
and rhythm. These are now being supple
mented by glass making, pottery and modern
reproduction processes.
pUT In all these subjects, architecture is the
u keystone, the central point from which all
lines radiate.
Wright believes that 'any rational attempt
to integrate art and industry, and to relate both