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Drinkers & Thinkers
November 20, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
$30
Drinkers & Thinkers | Thur. Nov 20, 2025 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm ET | In-person
*This is the new date from the postponed September date.
Join us for a lively evening discussing cocktails and Cinders: Burned, Scorched, and Pyrographed Works in Wood, the current exhibition on view in the Fleur & Charles Bresler Research Library. Drinkers & Thinkers pairs mixologists with artists, designers, makers, and thinkers in conversations that satiate the palate and the mind.
For the first of this new series, the Museum for Art in Wood welcomes mixologist Jackie Nevin, artist Miriam Carpenter, and Assistant Curator Amrut Mishra, in a conversation about cinders and smoke, creativity, and the relevance of craft in a creatively satisfying life.
Space is limited, and special custom glass is included with the ticket cost. Reserve your spot today.
*Must be 21 to attend.
About Jackie Nevin
Jackie Nevin is a multidisciplinary creative professional, based in Philadelphia, with a background in both arts administration and the food & beverage industry. She was the beverage director and bar manager for Art in the Age; craft cocktail bar, where she developed a seasonally rotating menu of experimental cocktails. She also does freelance food, beverage and prop styling for print and digital-media marketing campaigns. Jackie grew up helping out in her family’s art gallery where she learned about printmaking and art framing. She attended Savannah College of Art and Design for Art History and Arts Administration. In her spare time she enjoys learning new art skills and dabbles in mediums such as woodworking, etching and ceramics. Jackie currently coordinates the planning and production of exhibitions at the Craft Coven Gallery, where you can also find her mixing up cocktails for First Friday events.
About Miriam Carpenter
Miriam Carpenter is a contemporary artist based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania whose work includes wood sculpture, furniture, ceramics and works on paper. As a Rhode Island School of Design alumna, she began her career as a furniture designer at George Nakashima’s studio. Through new processes, her work explores things often overlooked—unveiling the hidden complexities around us. Carpenter’s work can be found internationally in both private and public collections including the Michener Art Museum (PA) and the Museum for Art in Wood (PA), among others, and has been exhibited most notably at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Fuller Craft Museum, Wharton Esherick Museum, Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia International Airport, SOFA Chicago, Design Miami/Paris and Moderne Gallery where she is currently represented. In 2021, she had her fourth major solo exhibition with her first museum solo show at the Michener Art Museum. In 2025, she was nominated for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s National Design Awards, an official project of the White House Millennium Council which honors innovation and impact in design. She has been awarded six international residencies in the arts and is an active participant in artist collaborations around the globe.
About Amrut Mishra
As the Assistant Curator for the Museum for Art in Wood, Amrut coordinates the planning and production of exhibitions, including exhibition design, display, and layout; production of signage; and organization of publications and ancillary program projects.
Before joining the Museum for Art in Wood, Amrut held positions at the Ackland Art Museum and Carolina Performing Arts while finishing his doctoral studies. From this research, he hopes to pursue accessible exhibition design guided by the teachings of Black and transnational feminist practitioners.
The Museum for Art in Wood interprets, nurtures, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art, craft, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year.
Questions? Please contact Katie Sorenson, Director of Outreach and Communications, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.