Kim Bixler’s family owned Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1908 Edward E. Boynton prairie-style house in Rochester, New York, from 1977 to 1994. In her multi-media presentation, Kim recounts the joys and pitfalls of owning and living in a Wright-designed home. Living with the public’s curiosity, playing hide-and-seek, coping with the habitually leaky roof and managing constant renovations make this an unforgettable story.

Kim Bixler is the author of Growing Up in a Frank Lloyd Wright House, is featured in the PBS documentary Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: The Next Hundred Years, and appeared on NPR’s Here & Now in conjunction with Wright’s 150th birthday celebration. Kim began giving tours of the Wright-designed Edward E. Boynton House when she was eight years old. A graduate of Cornell University and NYU, Bixler has traveled the country giving lectures at numerous Wright sites, including Taliesin West, Unity Temple, the Darwin D. Martin House, Wright’s Mason City, Iowa sites, the Marin County Civic Center, and the Hollyhock House.

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