This is Dorothy Mills, who lived at the Three Arts Club when she was studying at the Goodman Theater School. She has many fond memories of the Club. She believes the Club, if revived, could provide many more generations of women with a good place to live while studying or practicing in the arts.
Dorothy is shown with a quilt of the insignia of the Three Arts Club -- the same that is on a mural in a cove above a window on the front of the building.
From Barb Mills:
I made the quilt for Dorothy for Mother's Day since she always talks about the Three Arts Club. I am the younger (Barbara Mills) she is the older (Dorothy Mills) my mother-in-law.
It is what is called a "whole cloth" quilt made of silk which just means I did not make it from a bunch of different pieces. I painted the copy of the Three Arts Mosaic with silk paint and then quilted by hand. It also has vintage buttons and some antique gold embroidery floss from about 1909. It took about a month to make.
Barb took the photos of the building that are shown on this website during a visit to Chicago with Dorothy a couple of years ago. They arrived at the Three Arts Club and were surprised to find it vacant. They were allowed in and did take some nice photos. The building looked much lovelier when it was filled with beautiful wooden, antique furniture, interesting donated art on the walls, a large Grandfather clock in the front hall, giant vases filled with fresh flowers, the sparkling fountain in the courtyard, and 50-100 of the most talented women in the world. Now it sits vacant.
