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...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jun 27, 2024 | Residency Blog |
This past week I asked the residents how they are measuring time while here so it’s fitting this post comes days later than intended as I find myself lost in the discovery and depth that emerge within predictably rhythmic daily pattern. Residents continue to...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jun 18, 2024 | Residency Blog |
Much of Week 2 was spent in NextFab as residents further explored the space, their materials, curiosities and ideas. I asked the residents this week to describe their creative processes as they settle into this new environment.
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jun 10, 2024 | Residency Blog |
This first week has been expectedly bursting with chaos, questions, discovery, awe, and more surprisingly with comfort, camaraderie, and utter silliness. Day 1 began as residents shared slides of histories, work, and goals. While some have defined expectations for...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jul 25, 2023 | Residency Blog |
In the days before I arrived in Philadelphia, I asked each of the resident artists to teach me something from their practice—big or small, technical or not—during my ten-day stay. The lessons I received were generous and various, reflecting the diversity of practices...
by Museum for Art in Wood | Jun 29, 2023 | Residency Blog |
*this edition of the Museum for Art in Wood’s residency blog is written by Adam John Manley, 2023 resident. With the Echo Lake Collaboration complete, and the settling in phase well underway, the 6 residents partook in an important tradition in the WARP...
