Saturday, July 27, 2024
The Rochester Academy of Medicine
1441 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14610
9:30am – 1:00pm
9:30 am Doors Open/Optional guided tour of The Rochester Academy of Medicine (The Lyon House)**
10:00am lecture: “The Genius of Frank Lloyd Wright” by Master Storyteller Timothy Totten
11:00am Intermission & Refreshment Break
11:15am lecture: “Growing Up in a Frank Lloyd Wright House: The Extended Rochester Edition.” A multi-media presentation followed by Q&A by Kim Bixler
12:15am Intermission & Refreshment Break
12:30am panel: “Preserving a Masterpiece for the Future.” Hear from a panel of experts including a restoration architect and historical expert/curator.
1:00pm Wrap-Up
**Tours of the Wright-designed Boynton House are not available at this time**
Space is limited. Tickets on sale by clicking HERE (via Eventbrite) Use code KIMVIP or WXXI for $10 discount.
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SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
“Genius of Frank Lloyd Wright”
Master storyteller Timothy Totten takes you on a whirlwind 60-minute tour of the life and work of America’s most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. With insightful architectural analysis, hundreds of photos and dozens of intimate stories, Totten weaves a tale of love, adultery, murder and the Emperor of Japan to illustrate the genius and personal foibles of the man the American Institute of Architects has called “The Greatest American Architect.”
“Growing Up in a Frank Lloyd Wright House”
Kim Bixler published her latest book, Growing Up in a Frank Lloyd Wright House, and can be seen in the PBS documentary Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: The Next Hundred Years. Kim will recount the tumultuous history of the house through an engaging multi-media presentation of family photographs, historical documents and personal anecdotes. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear firsthand the unforgettable story of growing up in a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
“Restoring a Masterpiece: What it Takes to Save a Frank Lloyd Wright Building”
Join a discussion with a restoration architect as they detail what it takes to restore a masterpiece by a daring and experimental genius of American architecture. Moderated by Timothy Totten, the discussion will include time for audience questions.
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THE PRESENTERS
Timothy Totten has studied Frank Lloyd Wright’s life and work for more than 30 years and visited more than 300 Wright structures around the country. In addition to numerous storytelling sessions at schools, libraries and museums across the United States, Totten is also the creator and volunteer race director for the non-profit Amazing Race for Charity, which has raised more than $100,000 for charities.
Kim Bixler is the author of Growing Up in a Frank Lloyd Wright House and can be seen in the PBS documentary Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: The Next Hundred Years. Kim Bixler’s family owned Wright’s prairie-style Edward E. Boynton house (1908) from 1977 to 1994. She started giving tours when she was eight years old – sharing Wright’s architectural design details, revealing her favorite hiding spots and dodging the habitually leaky roof. A graduate of Cornell University, Bixler has traveled the country giving lectures at numerous Wright sites including Taliesin West, Unity Temple, the Darwin Martin House, Wright’s Mason City Iowa sites, the Marin County Civic Center and the Hollyhock House.