by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 16, 2026 | Residency Blog |
Time passes strangely at a residency. The combination novel experiences with the incremental daily ritual of studio work can by turns make the summer seem expansive and fleeting. Our WARP residency summer has been full of little waypoints: the conclusion of our...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 2, 2026 | Residency Blog |
Last week marked the official end of the WARP crew’s van rental (WARP tour?) and, thus, the official transition from inspiration to perspiration, driving to riving. But first, recap of our most recent adventures. Lumber Yard The crew loaded up the van for a...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jun 24, 2026 | Residency Blog |
After commuting to Bucks County for the Echo Lake conference week one, the WARP crew pointed our rental mini-van south for a three-day excursion to the greater Washington DC Area. Here are the highlights of the trip: Renwick Gallery – Most readers of this blog...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jun 16, 2026 | Residency Blog |
The 2026 WARP Residency is underway! We arrived in Philadelphia on June 7th, and moved into our studio space at Nextfab on the North side of town. Meet the crew: Adam Atkinson – Austin, TX Joyce Lin – Houston, TX Anders Nienstaedt – Minneapolis, MN...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 14, 2025 | Residency Blog, Uncategorized |
We were finally all seven residents in one place, with Holly gore (the scholar) joining us in nextfab. We had a group and one to one meetings to talk through our works-in-progress, the exhibition title, and everything in between. It was a good chance to take a step...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 8, 2025 | Residency Blog |
I’m combining Weeks 4 and 5 into one post—these past two weeks have been full-on studio time, and I’ve been deep into developing my flipbook machine project Aside from one final outing to the Wharton Esherick Museum, we’ve mostly been back at the studio, fully...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jun 28, 2025 | Residency Blog |
This week was all about stepping outside the studio and immersing ourselves in spaces that hold history, craft, and stories. It was a week full of visits, each place offering a different kind of inspiration—peaceful, curious, overwhelming, and joyful all at once. We...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jun 18, 2025 | Residency Blog |
This week, the residency took a bit of a wild turn—literally. One of our main outings was a visit to the Fairmount Park Organic Recycling Center, where we went in search of interesting wood. While the center itself didn’t offer much, the real find came on the way...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jun 10, 2025 | Residency Blog |
Hello World ! this is Week One of the 2025 Windgate Residency I’m excited to share what’s been happening during our first week at the Museum for Art in Wood as part of the 2025 Windgate Residency. This year’s residency brings together artists from five countries:....
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 26, 2024 | Residency Blog |
I asked residents what continues driving their creative momentum as this fully immersive, intense experience narrows in on its end.
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 16, 2024 | Residency Blog |
Time continues to blur while hurdling residents closer and closer to the final gallery opening. So, I’ve combined Weeks 5 and 6 into one reflective video as residents begin to hone in on their exhibition projects.
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 4, 2024 | Residency Blog |
Residents are back at NextFab creating after a DC trip to visit collectors’ homes, tour the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery and to chat with Sarah Marriage of Workshop of Our Own in Baltimore. While these entries are more lyrical than descriptive, I do think...
