The Handcrafted Utopia: Author Talk with Thomas Guiler
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
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In response to the trauma of industrialization and urbanization in the late-nineteenth century, the Arts and Crafts Movement took America by storm. In his new book, The Handcrafted Utopia: Arts and Crafts Communities in America's Progressive Era, Thomas Guiler takes a look at three intentional communities established in New York State within the Arts and Crafts Movement — Rose Valley, Byrdcliffe, and Roycroft. In imagining a compromise between machine-dominated industry and handicraft, these artisans sought to critique industrial capitalism and carve out a space where craftspeople could once again flourish in community.