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SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for "A Usable Past: Reflections on a Nation and Its Inheritance"
DESCRIPTION:A Usable Past: Reflections on a Nation and Its Inheritance | Fri. Nov. 7\, 2025 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nJoin us for the opening of A Usable Past: Reflections on a Nation and Its Inheritance brings together sculpture by twelve artists who reckon with America’s layered histories. From family lineages and ancestral myths to rooted or shifting values\, the ideas that drive these works probe how the nation’s past continues to shape these artists and their experience of the present. Drawing from the metaphorical power inherent in the material of wood\, these artists translate inheritance into form\, giving “shape and substance to national identity.” \nArtists: \nVivian Chiu\, Damien Davis\, Michael De Forest\, Raul De Lara\, Aspen Golann\, Terry Holzgreen\, James Maurelle\, Jordan Nassar\, Ato Ribeiro\, Gina Siepel\, David J. Wilson\, Kimberly Winkle \nA Usable Past is generously supported by the Cambium Giving Society of the Museum for Art in Wood\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, The Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, and Windgate Foundation. \nRemarks at 6:00 pm. \nPictured above: James Maurelle\, Mathilde\, 2022. Photo by John Carlano
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-opening-for-a-usable-past-reflections-on-a-nation-and-its-inheritance/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:October First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood
DESCRIPTION:October First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood | Fri. Oct 3\, 2025 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nThis First Friday\, stop into the Museum for Art in Wood and experience A Plank in a Shipwreck: WARP Wood 2025and Cinders: Burned\, Scorched\, and Pyrographed Works in Wood. While you’re here\, explore our permanent collection of over 1\,300 objects and shop our Museum Store for unique handmade objects\, jewelry\, artworks\, and books. \n\nThe 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/october-first-friday-at-the-museum-for-art-in-wood/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:September First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood
DESCRIPTION:September First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood | Fri. Sept 5\, 2025 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nThis First Friday\, stop into the Museum for Art in Wood and experience A Plank in a Shipwreck: WARP Wood 2025and Cinders: Burned\, Scorched\, and Pyrographed Works in Wood. While you’re here\, explore our permanent collection of over 1\,300 objects and shop our Museum Store for unique handmade objects\, jewelry\, artworks\, and books. \n\nThe 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/september-first-friday-at-the-museum-for-art-in-wood/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for A Plank in a Shipwreck: The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood 2025
DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for A Plank in a Shipwreck: The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood 2025 | Fri\, August 1\, 2025 | 5:30 – 8:00 pm | In-person Event\nWalk-in’s Welcome \nThe Museum’s annual summer exhibition represents the culmination of the Windgate Wood Arts Residency Program (WARP-Wood)\, a two-month arts residency program. In this exhibition\, the international group of artists presents work created during the residency\, which emphasizes research\, exploration\, and the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment. Now in its twenty-eighth year\, this renowned residency offers artists specializing in the material of wood the opportunity to test their vision and skill\, while developing connections with colleagues\, collectors\, and the city of Philadelphia. \nThis year’s fellows\, listed below\, will bring immersive and installation sculpture\, furniture and woodworking\, sculpture\, and research to the Museum’s exhibition space. \nArtist Fellows:\n2025 Windgate Resident Fellows\n\nArtists\nKlara Knutsson | Stockholm\, Sweden \nAllen Laing | Pretoria\, South Africa \nNifemi Ogunro | Brooklyn\, New York\, US \nEdgar Orlaineta | Mexico City\, Mexico \nArtist and Documentation\nAsem Kamal |  Giza\, Cairo\, Egypt \nStudent Artist\nArden Carlson | Fayetteville\, Arkansas\, US \nScholar\nHolly Gore\,  PhD | Malvern\, Pennsylvania\, US \n\nMeet the 2025 WARP Wood Fellows! Join us for the WARP Wood Open Studio Day\, in memory of Lee Bender\, on July 12\, 2025\, at NextFab North. To RSVP\, click HERE. \n  \nOpening reception with the Windgate Resident Fellows | Aug 1\, 5:30-8 PM | Gallery talk\, 6-7 PM \n  \nThis year’s Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood and Exhibition is generously supported by the Cambium Circle Members of the Museum for Art in Wood\, donors to the Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood appeal\, the Phil F. Brown Fund\, Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, the Klorfine Foundation\, and Windgate Foundation. The Museum received in-kind support from Boomerang\, Inc. Special thanks to the WARP Wood committee\, the organizing committee of the Echo Lake Collaborative Conference\, the Organic Recycling Center in the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation\, and Debbra Soffer in memory of Michael Soffer. \n  \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-opening-for-a-plank-in-a-shipwreck-the-windgate-arts-residency-program-in-wood-2025/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Gallery Talks,Opening Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T170000
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SUMMARY:June First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood
DESCRIPTION:June First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood | Fri. June 6\, 2025 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nThis First Friday\, stop into the Museum for Art in Wood and experience Katie Hudnall: The Longest Distance between Two Points and Cinders: Burned\, Scorched\, and Pyrographed Works in Wood. While you’re here\, explore our permanent collection of over 1\,300 objects and shop our Museum Store for unique handmade objects\, jewelry\, artworks\, and books. \n\nThe 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/june-first-friday-at-the-museum-for-art-in-wood-3/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for Cinders: Burned\, Scorched\, and Pyrographed Works in Wood
DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for Cinders: Burned\, Scorched\, and Pyrographed Works in Wood | Fri. May 2\, 2025 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nCinders: Burned\, Scorched\, and Pyrographed Works in Wood\, curated by Assistant Curator Amrut Mishra\, presents artworks that revel in the incendiary properties of wood as a medium. Illustrated across twenty-six objects by twenty-two artists and largely drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection\, Cinders delves into the enigmatic tension between permanence and fragility that materializes in fire-treated wood. \nInstalled in the gallery of the Fleur and Charles Bresler Research Library at the Museum for Art in Wood\, this exhibition presents works of installation\, sculpture\, and woodturning that experiment with the generative possibilities of fire. From the delicate surface decorations of pyrography to the sensual sheen of scorching\, Cinders invites visitors to consider the creative but fraught threshold before combustion. \nPlease join us for the opening! \nFri. May 2nd\n5:00 – 8:00 pm\nRemarks at 6:30 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists: \nSteve Bishop\nChristian Burchard\nMiriam Carpenter\nGaynor Dowling\nMelissa Engler\nAshley Eriksmoen\nAmy Forsyth\nGiles Gilson\nMorgan Hill\nTodd Hoyer\nKatie Hudnall\nMalcom Martin\nDennis Mueller\nJim Partridge\nAndrew Potocnik\nGraeme Priddle\nBetty Scarpino\nJack Slentz\nHayley Smith\nMichaela Crie Stone\nNucharin Wangphongsawasd\nJohn H. Williams \nCinders: Burned\, Scorched\, and Pyrographed Works in Wood is generously supported by the Cambium Giving Society of the Museum for Art in Wood\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, The Bresler Foundation\, The Klorfine Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, and Windgate Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-opening-for-cinders-burned-scorched-and-pyrographed-works-in-wood/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:April First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood
DESCRIPTION:April First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood | Fri. April 4\, 2025 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nThis First Friday\, stop into the Museum for Art in Wood and experience Katie Hudnall: The Longest Distance between Two Points and Strange Woodcraft: Weird and Eerie Sculpture from the Museum’s Permanent Collection. While you’re here\, explore our permanent collection of over 1\,300 objects and shop our Museum Store for unique handmade objects\, jewelry\, artworks\, and books. \n\nThe 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/april-first-friday-at-the-museum-for-art-in-wood-2/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250308T110000
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk for The Longest Distance between Two Points with Katie Hudnall
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Talk for The Longest Distance between Two Points with Katie Hudnall | Sat\, March 8\, 2025 | 11:00 – 12 pm ET | In-person at the Museum for Art in Wood\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin the Museum for Art in Wood for an in-depth conversation with artist Katie Hudnall for her current exhibition The Longest Distance between Two Points. Hudnall makes tools\, furniture\, and objects that are perfectly suited for a peculiar world. The first museum-organized solo presentation of Hudnall’s unique and captivating work reveals a rare glimpse into the artist’s rich inner world. Here\, the absurd and mechanically improbable merge with fine woodworking and salvaged wood materials to bring mechanisms and structures to life and action. \nKatie Hudnall received her BFA in Sculpture from the Corcoran College of Art & Design and her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Furniture Design/Woodworking. Hudnall lives in Madison\, Wisconsin\, where she runs the Woodworking and Furniture Program at the University of Madison\, Wisconsin. When she’s not teaching\, she spends her time making tools for problems both real and imagined. \nHudnall’s distinctive work is held in public and private collections and has been presented in exhibitions throughout the United States\, including Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking (Museum for Art in Wood\, 2019). She was a 2016 artist fellow in the Museum’s Windgate International Turning Exchange residency and a 2022 documentary artist fellow in the Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood (WARP Wood). \nThis event is free to the public. 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org. \nKatie Hudnall: The Longest Distance between Two Points is supported by a grant from the University of Wisconsin\, Madison. Special thanks to Mariah Moneda and Sam Northcut. The exhibition is generously supported by the Cambium Giving Society of the Museum for Art in Wood\, The Bresler Foundation\, The Klorfine Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, William Penn Foundation\, and Windgate Foundation. In-kind support was provided by Boomerang\, Inc.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/gallery-talk-for-the-longest-distance-between-two-points-with-katie-hudnall/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for Katie Hudnall: The Longest Distance between Two Points
DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for Katie Hudnall: The Longest Distance between Two Points | Fri\, March 7\, 2025 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm | In-person Event\nWalk-in’s Welcome \nJoin us at the Museum for Art in Wood for First Friday and the opening of Katie Hudnall: The Longest Distance between Two Points. The first museum-organized solo presentation of Hudnall’s unique and captivating work\, The Longest Distance between Two Points reveals a rare glimpse into the artist’s rich inner world. Here\, the absurd and mechanically improbable merges with fine woodworking and salvaged wood materials to bring mechanisms and structures to life and action. \nThe Longest Distance between Two Points represents Hudnall’s most ambitious work yet. At the center of the exhibition is a complex interactive installation centering on a monumental cabinet for treasures found and carefully arranged by the artist. This idiosyncratic take on the Wünderkammer\, made with reverence for the eccentric collector that lives in all of us\, is no mere piece of storage furniture: every pull of a drawer instigates a specific response elsewhere in the space\, highlighting the delight in the “inefficient beauty of roundabout function” as actions traverse meandering paths from gesture to outcome. \nKatie Hudnall received her BFA in Sculpture from the Corcoran College of Art & Design and her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Furniture Design/Woodworking. Hudnall lives in Madison\, Wisconsin\, where she runs the Woodworking and Furniture Program at the University of Madison\, Wisconsin. When she’s not teaching\, she spends her time making tools for problems both real and imagined. \nHudnall’s distinctive work is held in public and private collections and has been presented in exhibitions throughout the United States\, including Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking (Museum for Art in Wood\, 2019). She was a 2016 artist fellow in the Museum’s Windgate International Turning Exchange residency and a 2022 documentary artist fellow in the Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood (WARP Wood). \nRemarks will take place at 6:30 pm. \n\nThis event is free to the public. 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. \n\n\nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/70956/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T183000
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SUMMARY:Tour of La Famiflia with Mark Sfirri
DESCRIPTION:Tour of La Famiflia with Mark Sfirri | Fri. February 7\, 2025 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nJoin us for a First Friday tour with artist Mark Sfirri of La Famiglia\, his first museum solo exhibition. This highly anticipated exhibition of new and never-before-seen work by celebrated artist and woodturner Mark Sfirri presents a way of thinking about the definition of family and its meanings through different lenses: families that are chosen vs. born into; families of species (trees and wood types) and identities; and familial strife and unconditional love\, support\, and dysfunction. It represents a coming to terms with generational passing\, through the artist’s adoption of a spontaneous\, “flow state” approach in his turning\, carving\, and surfacing processes. \nThe exhibition is accompanied by a full-color catalogue\, published by the Museum for Art in Wood\, that includes essays by artist Miriam Carpenter and writer and curator Craig Edelbrock along with writings by Sfirri and documentation on the works in the exhibition. \nMark Sfirri is an esteemed figure in the world of woodturning and woodworking. Born with an innate passion for craftsmanship\, creativity\, and artistic collaboration\, he is renowned for his innovations in art in wood. \nSfirri earned a BFA and MFA in Furniture Design at Rhode Island School of Design\, where he began to explore ways to incorporate lathe-turned parts into furniture and turned some double-rimmed platters\, one of which was his first off-center turning. As an MFA student\, he made a set of six dining chairs constructed of off-center turned elements\, which planted the seeds for his future experimentations in multi-axis spindle turning. \nSfirri’s work has been exhibited in prestigious galleries and museums worldwide\, and is held in numerous public collections including the Museum of Arts & Design (NY)\, Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh\, PA)\, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC)\, the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MN)\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (CA)\, Yale University Art Gallery\, the James A. Michener Art Museum (Doylestown\, PA)\, and the Museum for Art in Wood (Philadelphia\, PA). As a maker\, researcher\, and writer\, he has conducted demonstrations and lectures throughout North America\, Europe\, Australia\, and New Zealand. \nIn addition to his role as an artist\, Sfirri is professor emeritus at Bucks County Community College (Newtown\, PA)\, where he taught fulltime for nearly 40 years. He has received three national awards: the “Distinguished Educator Award” in 2010 from the Renwick Alliance and\, in 2012\, the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Collectors of Wood Art\, and this year receives the prestigious “2024 AAW POP Merit Award” from the American Association of Woodturners. \nThis event is free to the public. 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/tour-of-la-famiflia-with-mark-sfirri/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Gallery Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T170000
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SUMMARY:February First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood
DESCRIPTION:February First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood | Fri. February 7\, 2025 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nThis First Friday\, stop into the Museum for Art in Wood and experience Mark Sfirri: La Famiglia and Strange Woodcraft: Weird and Eerie Sculpture from the Museum’s Permanent Collection. While you’re here\, explore our permanent collection of over 1\,300 objects and shop our Museum Store for unique handmade objects\, jewelry\, artworks\, and books. \n\nThe 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/february-first-friday-at-the-museum-for-art-in-wood/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for Mark Sfirri: La Famiglia
DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for La Famiglia: Mark Sfirri | Fri\, November 1\, 2024 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm | In-person Event\nWalk-in’s Welcome \nJoin us at the Museum for Art in Wood for First Friday and the opening of Mark Sfirri: La Famiglia\, a highly autobiographical exhibition of new and never-before-seen work by celebrated artist and woodturner Mark Sfirri. This exhibition presents a way of thinking about the definition of family and its meanings through different lenses: families that are chosen vs. born into; families of species (trees and wood types) and identities; and familial strife and unconditional love\, support\, and dysfunction. It represents a coming to terms with generational passing through the artist’s adoption of a spontaneous “flow state” approach in his turning\, carving\, and surfacing processes.  The grandchild of four first-generation Americans who came through Ellis Island around 1900 and settled in Chester\, the oldest city in Pennsylvania\, the artist presents several installations of sculpture that consider communities comprised of families with their own histories\, ethnic backgrounds\, biases\, and quirks—all trying to coexist in new and evolving worlds. \nRemarks will take place at 6:30 pm. \n\nThis event is free to the public. 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. \n\n\nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org. \nImage above: Mark Sfirri\, Large group image of Ellis Islander’s series consists of 29 figures\, 2021\, Photo courtesy of the Artist
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-opening-for-mark-sfirri-la-famiglia/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Opening Receptions
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SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for Fruition: The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood 2024
DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for Fruition: The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood 2024 Exhibition| Fri\, August 2\, 2024 | 5:30 – 8:00 pm | In-person Event\nWalk-in’s Welcome \nThe Museum’s annual summer exhibition represents the culmination of the Windgate Wood Arts Residency Program (WARP-Wood)\, a two-month arts residency program. In this exhibition\, the international group of artists presents work created during the residency\, which emphasizes research\, exploration\, and the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment. Now in its twenty-sixth year\, this renowned residency offers artists specializing in the material of wood the opportunity to test their vision and skill\, while developing connections with colleagues\, collectors\, and the city of Philadelphia. \nThis year’s fellows\, listed below\, will bring immersive and installation sculpture\, furniture and woodworking\, sculpture\, and research to the Museum’s exhibition space. \nArtist Fellows:\n  \n2024 Windgate Resident Fellows\n\nArtists:\nChance Coalter | San Diego\, CA \nMelissa Engler | Asheville\, NC \nJamie Herman | Layton\, NJ \nJ Prud’homme | San Francisco\, CA \nSara Tabbert | Fairbanks\, AK \nSarah Watlington | Los Angeles\, CA \nStudent Artist:\nBrittany Rudolf | Portland\, OR \nDocumentary Artist:\nMolly Nemer \nScholar:\nFolayemi Wilson \n\n  \nMeet the 2024 WARP Wood Fellows! Join us for the WARP Wood Open Studio Day\, in memory of Lee Bender\, on July 13\, 2024\, at NextFab North. To RSVP\, click HERE. \n  \nOpening reception with the Windgate Resident Fellows | Aug 2\, 5:30-8 PM | Gallery talk\, 6-7 PM \n  \nThis year’s Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood and Exhibition is generously supported by the Cambium Circle Members of the Museum for Art in Wood\, donors to the Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood appeal\, the Phil F. Brown Fund\, Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, the Klorfine Foundation\, and Windgate Foundation. In-kind support was provided by Boomerang\, Inc. Additional support was provided by a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts Career Opportunity. The Museum received in-kind support from Boomerang\, Inc. Special thanks to the WARP Wood committee\, the organizing committee of the Echo Lake Collaborative Conference\, the Organic Recycling Center in the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation\, and Debbra Soffer in memory of Michael Soffer. \n  \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-opening-for-the-windgate-arts-residency-program-in-wood-2024-exhibition/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Gallery Talks,Opening Receptions
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SUMMARY:Second Thursday at NextFab for Fellow Adam Atkinson's Communing: Objects of Impermanence
DESCRIPTION:Second Thursday at NextFab for Fellow Adam Atkinson’s Communing: Objects of Impermanence | NextFab 1800 North American Street | Thurs. May 9\, 2024 | 6:00 pm EST | In-person Event\nWalk-ups Welcome \nStop by NextFab for the Second Thursday and catch the last weeks of the 2024 Winter Residency Fellow Adam Atkinson’s exhibition Communing: Objects of Impermanence\, a series of objects utilizing salvaged materials in the spirit of the program’s mission of sustainability. The residency is designed for artists in Greater Philadelphia who work in the medium of wood and is a collaboration between the Museum for Art in Wood and NextFab. Communing: Objects of Impermanence is on view at the NextFab North Philadelphia location and will be closing on May 20th. Don’t miss the last public opportunity to see Atkinson’s Objects of Impermanence. \n  \nPortrait of Adam Atkinson by Myles Pettengill @myles_standis \nAdam Atkinson (he/they) is a Philadelphia-based metalsmith\, curator\, and educator. They received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studio Practices from Boise State University in 2013 and a Master of Fine Arts in Metal Design from East Carolina University in 2019. Atkinson’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally\, including at the Metal Museum in Memphis\, Tennessee\, Blowing Rock Museum of Art and History in Blowing Rock\, North Carolina\, and Nagoya Zokei University in Japan. \nAtkinson uses a variety of techniques and materials to explore different narratives in their artistic practice. In their The Orifice Series\, they explored the link between the body and nature using metal and wood juxtapositions. Each piece draws upon organic\, bodily imagery and fur textures overlaid on carved cherry wood; all carefully handcrafted using repousse\, an ancient technique of forming sheet metal\, woodcarving\, and burning. Atkinson also interrogated the role traditional Ancient Roman busts played as historical markers for powerful figures in his Wood Bust Series. With these works\, they questioned the legacies of the figures who have been memorialized through busts\, what marks a great achievement in our society\, and the role the form and function play in visualizing social structures. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/second-thursday-at-nextfab-for-fellow-adam-atkinsons-communing-objects-of-impermanence/
LOCATION:NextFab\, 1800 N. American St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T120000
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SUMMARY:To Understand A Tree – A Conversation with Artist Gina Siepel and Dr. Michael Mann
DESCRIPTION:To Understand A Tree – A Conversation with Artist Gina Siepel and Dr. Michael Mann | Thurs. April 25\, 2024 | University of Pennsylvania | The Agora Room in Annenberg Public Policy Center\, 202 S. 36th St\, Philadelphia | 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET | In-person & Zoom\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin the Penn Center for Science\, Sustainability & Media\, and the Museum for Art in Wood for an event during Penn Earth Week. Dr. Michael Mann will be in conversation with interdisciplinary artist and woodworker Gina Siepel\, whose exhibition To Understand A Tree is currently on display at the Museum for Art in Wood now through July 21\,2024\, and is a part of their environmentally-focused exhibitions. This event will be in person and via Zoom. \nPictured: The red oak tree at the height of autumn color\, 2019. Photo by Gina Siepel \nAbout the Speakers \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Portrait of Gina Siepel  \nGina Siepel is an interdisciplinary artist\, designer\, and woodworker\, based in Greenfield\, MA (Pocumtuc land). Their artistic practice reflects an engagement with place\, history\, queer experience\, and ecology\, and their work integrates conceptual concerns and craftsmanship with a focus on wood as a natural and a cultural material. Gina’s works have been shown in museums and galleries nationally\, she is currently a MacLeish Field Station Artist-in-Residence at Smith College\, and a 2023 recipient of a Teaching Artist Cohort Grant from the Center for Craft. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Protratit of Dr. Michael Mann  \nMichael Mann is Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania\, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is director of the Penn Center for Science\, Sustainability\, and the Media (PCSSM). He has received many honors and awards\, including NOAA’s Outstanding Publication award in 2002 and selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. He contributed\, with other IPCC authors\, to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He received the Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018 and the Climate Communication Prize from the American Geophysical Union in 2018. In 2019 he received the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement\, and in 2020\, he received the World Sustainability Award of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2020. He received the Leo Szilard Award of the American Physical Society in 2021 and was named Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association in 2023. He is the author of several books including Dire Predictions\, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars\, The Madhouse Effect\, The New Climate War and Our Fragile Moment. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/to-understand-a-tree-a-conversation-with-artist-gina-siepel-and-dr-michael-mann/
LOCATION:Annenberg Public Policy Center\, 202 S. 36th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for Gina Siepel: To Understand a Tree
DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for Gina Siepel: To Understand a Tree | Fri\, March 1\, 2024 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm | In-person Event\nWalk-in’s Welcome \nJoin us at the Museum for Art in Wood for First Friday and the opening of Gina Siepel: To Understand a Tree. To Understand a Tree is inspired by a desire to contemplate a living forest tree and its immediate habitat from the perspective of a queer-identified woodworker\, in a way that challenges and provokes an often-assumed binary between living tree and dead wood. It links legacies of 19th-century transcendentalism with contemporary biological understandings of forest interconnection\, ecofeminism\, queer ecology\, eco-philosophy\, and Indigenous teachings about human-nature relationships. These studies\, along with many hours spent in the forest\, encourage a shift in the consideration of the tree as a subject rather than simply an object\, which fundamentally impacts ideas of woodworking practice and our ecological responsibility. Involving collaboration\, public engagement\, site-based study and contemplation\, video documentation\, and woodworking\, To Understand a Tree functions as a small-scale way of exploring big questions about the place of humans in the environment\, the scale and speed at which we consume natural resources\, and which organisms are included or excluded in a definition of “community.” Forests are complex and interconnected systems\, and in that spirit\, To Understand a Tree connects material practice and object-making to questions of forest ecology\, climate change\, and more than human personhood. To Understand a Tree is an ongoing project of Gina Siepel as an artist in residence at the Smith College MacLeish Field Station. \nRemarks will take place at 6:30 pm. \n\nThis event is free to the public. 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. \n\n\nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org. \nImage above: The red oak tree at the height of autumn color\, 2019. Photo by Gina Siepel.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-opening-for-gina-siepel-to-understand-a-tree/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Opening Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T170000
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SUMMARY:Opening for Experiencing Form: Phil Brown and the Museum’s Residency Artist Alumni
DESCRIPTION:Opening for Experiencing Form: Phil Brown and the Museum’s Residency Artist Alumni | Fri\, Feb 9\, 2024 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm | In-person Event\n\n\nJoin us for the opening of Experiencing Form: Phil Brown and the Museum’s Residency Artist Alumni. Phil Brown was a devoted woodturner and a community organizer who founded several woodturning chapters throughout his home state of Maryland. He also served on the Board of the Wood Turning Center\, in later years shifting his role to coordinating the ITE residents’ (now the Windgate Arts Residency Program – in Wood) annual tour through the private collections and sites in the DC area. Sadly\, Brown passed away in July 2018. He left hundreds of partially turned bowls and blocks in his workshop that he wished to see realized. In this exhibition are presented bowls and sculpture initiated by Phil and finished by the residency alumni\, in a laudatory act of collaboration with this influential and memorable artist. \nArtists:\nPhil Brown (1937–2018)\nAnd\,\nTeresa Audet (WARP Wood 2023)\nMichael Brolly (ITE 1996)\nDoug Finkel (ITE 2001)\nDaniel Fishkin (ITE 2017)\nAmy Forsyth (ITE 2016 and 2019)\nJulia Harrison (ITE 2015)\nKatie Hudnall (ITE 2016 and WARP Wood 2022)\nRex Kalehoff (ITE 2015)\nMerryll Saylan (ITE 1997) and Alex Bradley\nBetty Scarpino (ITE 1999 and 2016)\nMaiko Sugano (WARP Wood 2023)\nJanine Wang (ITE 2018)\nLaura Zelaya (WARP Wood 2023) \n\n\n\n\nExperiencing Form: Phil Brown and the Museum’s Residency Artist Alumni is generously supported by the Cambium Circle Members of the Museum for Art in Wood\, Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, William Penn Foundation\, and Windgate Foundation. In-kind support was provided by Boomerang\, Inc. Special thanks go to the donors to the Phil F. Brown Fund at the Museum for Art in Wood.The exhibition catalogue is made possible by support from Nedra and Peter Agnew.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/opening-for-experiencing-form-phil-brown-and-the-museums-residency-artist-alumni/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Night viewing of FLOE: A Climate of Risk | The Fictional Archaeology of Stephen Talasnik
DESCRIPTION:Night viewing of FLOE: A Climate of Risk | The Fictional Archaeology of Stephen Talasnik | Dec. 20\, 2023 | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST | In-person\nWalk-up’s Welcome \nJoin us for a night viewing of Glacier\, a monumental sculpture featured in the Museum’s current exhibition\, FLOE: A Climate of Risk | The Fictional Archaeology of Stephen Talasnik. Stephen Talasnik has built an artistic career by exploring the links between drawing and building. In FLOE\, Talasnik returns to his hometown of Philadelphia to build a fictional narrative of a natural disaster brought about by climate change. The “archaeological collection” presented in the exhibition was discovered by an imagined group of curious children based on Talasnik’s own childhood experiences. FLOE features an immersive and mesmerizing installation by Talasnik that is simultaneously local and universal\, illustrated in wood\, bamboo\, and composite materials. The exhibition also includes works from the Museum’s permanent collection\, curated by Talasnik and selected to represent the remnants of a lost world. Don’t miss this very special experience. \nThe 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/night-viewing-of-floe-a-climate-of-risk-the-fictional-archaeology-of-stephen-talasnik-2/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Night viewing of FLOE: A Climate of Risk | The Fictional Archaeology of Stephen Talasnik
DESCRIPTION:Night viewing of FLOE: A Climate of Risk | The Fictional Archaeology of Stephen Talasnik | Nov. 30\, 2023 | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST | In-person\nWalk-up’s Welcome \nJoin us for a night viewing of Glacier\, a monumental sculpture featured in the Museum’s current exhibition\, FLOE: A Climate of Risk | The Fictional Archaeology of Stephen Talasnik. Stephen Talasnik has built an artistic career by exploring the links between drawing and building. In FLOE\, Talasnik returns to his hometown of Philadelphia to build a fictional narrative of a natural disaster brought about by climate change. The “archaeological collection” presented in the exhibition was discovered by an imagined group of curious children based on Talasnik’s own childhood experiences. FLOE features an immersive and mesmerizing installation by Talasnik that is simultaneously local and universal\, illustrated in wood\, bamboo\, and composite materials. The exhibition also includes works from the Museum’s permanent collection\, curated by Talasnik and selected to represent the remnants of a lost world. Don’t miss this very special experience. \nThe 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/night-viewing-of-floe-a-climate-of-risk-the-fictional-archaeology-of-stephen-talasnik/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231104T110000
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk for FLOE: A Climate of Risk with Stephen Talasnik
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Talk for FLOE: A Climate of Risk with Stephen Talasnik | Sat\, Nov. 4\, 2023 | 11:00 – 12 pm ET | In-person at the Museum for Art in Wood\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin the Museum for Art in Wood for an in-depth conversation with world-renowned sculpture and installation artist Stephen Talasnik on his latest exhibition\, FLOE: A Climate of Risk | The Fictional Archaeology of Stephen Talasnik. Talasnik\, who grew up and was educated in Philadelphia\, poses his hometown for his “fictional archaeology” of a  natural disaster brought on by climate change; the evidence is revealed in the collection of unearthed artifacts presented in the exhibition. FLOE features an imaginative and mesmerizing installation by Talasnik illustrated in wood\, bamboo\, and composite materials. The exhibition also includes works from the Museum’s permanent collection\, curated by Talasnik and selected to represent the remnants of a lost world. \nPictured above: Stephen Talasnik\, Leaning Globe (Photo Jeffrey Scott French) \n\nPortrait of Stephen Talasnik by Liam Talasnik \nStephen Talasnik is a native Philadelphian\, growing up in Southwest Philly and Mt.Airy. He attended Central High School and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA) and the Tyler School of Art (MFA) both Rome and Philadelphia campuses. \nAfter a short career as a political cartoonist at the Atlantic City Press he moved back to Philadelphia to become the first Exhibitions Coordinator at the Fleisher Art Memorial where he spent six years developing the Challenge Exhibitions Program as well as maintaining his studio practice in Drawing. \nHe moved to Tokyo for three years where he taught art at Temple University’ branch campus. In addition to maintaining his studio in New York City\, continued to commute to Japan\, traveling throughout the Far East studying indigenous architecture in Thailand\, Malaysia \, and The Philippines . \nHis Drawings took him to spend later years exhibiting in Berlin\, Vienna\, London\, Paris\, and Moscow. \nAfter drawing exclusively for 20 years\, he started making sculpture informed by his time in the FarEast. His first piece of Land Art was hosted by the Storm King Art Center in NY with additional large scale installations at the Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana\, the Denver Botanic Gardens\, CO; and the Architektur Galerie Berlin. His Drawings are in major international collections at The British Museum\, London ; the Pompidou Centre\,Paris; The Albertina \, Vienna; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, NY to name just a few. \nHe continues to draw and build in his Brooklyn studio. \n  \nThis event is free to the public. 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. \n\n\nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/gallery-talk-for-floe-a-climate-of-risk-with-stephen-talasnik/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for FLOE: A Climate of Risk  |  The Fictional Archaeology of Stephen Talasnik
DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for FLOE: A Climate of Risk | The Fictional Archaeology of Stephen Talasnik | Fri\, November 3\, 2023 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm | In-person Event\nWalk-in’s Welcome \nJoin us at the Museum for Art in Wood for First Friday and the opening of FLOE: A Climate of Risk  |  The Fictional Archaeology of Stephen Talasnik. Stephen Talasnik has built an artistic career by exploring the links between drawing and building. In FLOE\, Talasnik returns to his hometown of Philadelphia to build a fictional narrative of a natural disaster brought about by climate change. The “archaeological collection” presented in the exhibition was discovered by an imagined group of curious children based on Talasnik’s own childhood experiences. FLOE features an imaginative and mesmerizing installation by Talasnik that is simultaneously local and universal\, illustrated in wood\, bamboo\, and composite materials. The exhibition also includes works from the Museum’s permanent collection\, curated by Talasnik and selected to represent the remnants of a lost world. \n\nThis event is free to the public. 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. \n\n\nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-opening-for-floe-a-climate-of-risk-the-fictional-archaeology-of-stephen-talasnik/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:First Friday and Design Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION:First Friday and Design Philadelphia | Fri. Oct 6\, 2023 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET\nWalk-ups Welcome \nJoin us for the October First Friday and Design Philadelphia at the Museum for Art in Wood. Old City and the Philadelphia Arts and Design District come to life for First Friday with galleries\, businesses\, museums\, and design showrooms staying open later\, with some offering special programs. Stop by the Museum for Art in Wood and experience our current exhibition\, PLACING: The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood 2023\, our collection of over 1\,300 objects\, and shop our Museum Store for unique items. \nThe 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-and-design-philadelphia/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Museum Collection,Museum Store
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230804T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230804T200000
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SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for PLACING: The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood 2023
DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for PLACING: The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood 2023 | Fri\, August 4\, 2023 | 5:30 – 8:00 pm | In-person Event\nWalk-in’s Welcome \nThe Museum’s annual summer exhibition represents the culmination of the Windgate Wood Arts Residency Program (WARP-Wood)\, a two-month arts residency program. In this exhibition\, the international group of artists presents work created during the residency\, which emphasizes research\, exploration\, and the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment. Now in its twenty-sixth year\, this renowned residency offers artists specializing in the material of wood the opportunity to test their vision and skill\, while developing connections with colleagues\, collectors\, and the city of Philadelphia. \nThis year’s fellows\, listed below\, will bring immersive and installation sculpture\, furniture and woodworking\, kinetic sculpture\, and research to the Museum’s exhibition space. \nArtist Fellows:\nEmma Chorostecki | Toronto\, Ontario \nTerry Holzgreen | Los Angeles\, CA \nAdam John Manley | San Diego\, CA \nMaiko Sugano | Ibaraki\, Japan / Tainan\, Taiwan \nLaura Zelaya | Colón\, Entre Rios\, Argentina \nStudent Artist:\nTeresa Audet | Madison\, WI \nScholar:\nDeidre Visser |  San Francisco\, CA \n  \nMeet the 2023 WARP Wood Fellows! Join us for the WARP Wood Open Studio Day\, in memory of Lee Bender\, on July 15\, 2023\, at NextFab North. \n  \nOpening reception with the Windgate Resident Fellows | Aug 4\, 5:30-8 PM | Gallery talk\, 6-7 PM \n  \nThis year’s Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood and Exhibition is generously supported by the Cambium Circle Members of the Center for Art in Wood\, donors to the Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood appeal\, the Phil F. Brown Fund\, Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, and Windgate Foundation. In-kind support was provided by Boomerang\, Inc. and Sunlite Corporation. Special thanks to the organizing committee of the Echo Lake Collaborative Conference. \n  \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/frist-friday-opening-for-placing-the-windgate-arts-residency-program-in-wood-2023/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Gallery Talks,Opening Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T180000
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SUMMARY:Drop-in Draw
DESCRIPTION:Drop-in Draw | Wed. April 12\, 2023 | 4 – 6 pm | Museum for Art in Wood | In-person Event\nClick HERE to RSVP for this in-person event \nJoin us for Free Range Drawing at the Museum! Experience our current exhibition\, The Mashrabiya Project: Seeing Through Space\, and explore and draw from over 1200 objects in our Museum Collection. We welcome all levels of experience and skill for this event. \nThis event is free to the public. 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. \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org or 215-923-8000 ext 103.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/drop-in-draw-8/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T140000
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SUMMARY:The Mashrabiya Project – Seeing Through Space Artist Talk: Susan Hefuna
DESCRIPTION:The Mashrabiya Project – Seeing Through Space Artist Talk: Susan Hefuna | Wed. March 22\, 2023 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT | LIVE on ZOOM\nClick HERE to RSVP\nThe Museum for Art in Wood is proud to present a series of free virtual lectures with artists featured in the upcoming exhibition Seeing Through Space\, opening March 3\, 2023\, and running through July 23\, 2023. This series is meant to connect the public with the artists and engage in thoughtful discussions about mashrabiya in the context of architecture\, art\, craft\, and community. Our second lecture will feature artist Susan Hefuna. \n  \nPortrait of Susan Hefuna in the Studio. Courtesy of the Artist and The Third Line \nSusan Hefuna was born in Germany and grew up in Egypt. In 1992\, she completed a postgraduate degree in multimedia arts at the Institut für Neue Medien\, Städelschule\, Frankfurt. She lives and works in Cairo\, Düsseldorf\, and New York. In drawings\, installations\, performances\, photographs\, sculptures\, and videos\, she draws on her mixed heritage to ponder the intersection of location and identity. For over 30 years Hefuna has been fascinated by the mashrabiya and has brought their gridded geometries into her work; initially inspired by her connecting the gridded streets of New York City and modern urban architecture with mashrabiya matrices and their complex latticework\, she began using them as a way to speak through her work\, often weaving text–in English and in Arabic–into her handmade\, wooden\, window-scaled screened wall works. Hefuna continues to explore the power of the mashrabiya to discuss women’s experiences\, the invasiveness of the gaze\, and cultural boundaries in her work. She has exhibited internationally and her work is held by many public institutions\, including the Guggenheim Museum\, the Museum of Modern Art\, LACMA\, the Sharjah Art Museum and Foundation\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, the V&A\, and Centre Pompidou\, among others. \nThis event is free to the public. 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org. \nTo learn more about The Mashrabiya Project and Seeing Through Space\, click HERE. \n  \nThe Mashrabiya Project has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. \n  \nSpecial thanks go to:\nBresler Foundation\nRockler Tools for in-kind support \nThe exhibition program at the Museum is generously supported by members of the Cambium Giving Society of the Museum for Art in Wood\, the Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, William Penn Foundation\, and Windgate Foundation. \nCorporate support is provided by Boomerang\, Inc.\, and Sun-Lite Corporation.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/the-mashrabiya-project-seeing-through-space-artist-talk-susan-hefuna/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,The Mashrabiya Project
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T160000
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SUMMARY:Drop-in Draw
DESCRIPTION:Drop-in Draw | Wed. March 8\, 2023 | 4 – 6 pm | Museum for Art in Wood | In-person Event\nClick HERE to RSVP for this in-person event \nJoin us for Free Range Drawing at the Center! Experience our current exhibition\, The Mashrabiya Project: Seeing Through Space\, and explore and draw from over 1200 objects in our Museum Collection. We welcome all levels of experience and skill for this event. \nThis event is free to the public. 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. \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org or 215-923-8000 ext 103.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/drop-in-draw-7/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T193000
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SUMMARY:Vessel Philadelphia: The Art of Containment and Today's Makers
DESCRIPTION:Vessel Philadelphia: The Art of Containment and Today’s Makers | Fri. Feb 10\, 2023 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | In-Person Event\nClick HERE to RSVP for this In-Person Event \nJoin us here at the Museum for Art in Wood for a conversation with local artists about how the form of the vessel inspires their work. This is an in-person event. If you are unable to join us\, there will be a recording available afterward. \n\n\n\n  \nPortrait of Miriam Carpenter by Laura Billingham \nMiriam Carpenter is a contemporary artist and designer based in Bucks County\, Pennsylvania. As a Rhode Island School of Design alumna\, she began her career designing alongside Mira Nakashima. Through new processes\, she investigates the mundane\, unveiling the hidden complexities around us. Imbued with heart and soul\, her action-oriented form of art is a union of traditional technique\, ingenuity\, and talent that is rooted in a conscious effort to create lasting positive change. Carpenter’s work can be found internationally in both private and public collections and has been exhibited most notably at the Philadelphia Museum of Art\, Michener Art Museum\, Wharton Esherick Museum\, Fuller Craft Museum\, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum\, DeVos Art Museum\, Philadelphia International Airport\, SOFA Chicago\, Design Miami and Moderne Gallery where she is currently represented. She has been awarded six international residencies over the past eight years and is an active participant in artist collaborations around the globe. \n  \nSyd Carpenter’s work includes sculpture responding to African American farms and gardens.  She has been a professor of studio art at Swarthmore College since 1991\, retiring in 2022. She began this work after purchasing her home in Philadelphia\, where she began gardening\, following in the footsteps of her mother\, Ernestine Carpenter\, and her grandmother\, Indiana Hutson. Both women were master gardeners.   Subsequent to teaching\, she is developing projects in landscape design in addition to producing sculptures.  Awards include a United States Artist Fellowship\, Anonymous Was a Woman Fellowship\, Pew Fellowship in the Arts\, Multiple Leeway Foundation Fellowships\, National Endowment for the Arts\, the Peggy Chan Endowed Professorship of Black Studies\, The James A. Renwick Distinguished Educators Award\, Multiple Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants and a Center for Established and Emerging Artists Fellowship. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\,  the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute\,  Philadelphia Museum of Art\, Montreal Museum of Art\,  the Swedish National Museum\, African American Museum of Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts\, the Tang Museum of Skidmore College\, the Fuller Craft Museum as well as many other public and private collections.   Her guest artist residencies include Haystack Mountain School of Crafts\, Penland\, Peters Valley Center\, Watershed Center\, Anderson Ranch\, Bennington College\, and the Brandywine Graphics Workshop. \n\n\n\n\n  \n\nKate Dannenberg is a jeweler and metalsmith living in South Philadelphia. With thoughtful craftsmanship and attention to tactile experience\, she creates jewelry and objects informed by the visual qualities of the natural world. She is interested in the way humans physically interact with precious and everyday objects—the way these interactions affect both the person and the object. Through her work as a teaching artist and curator\, she strives to uplift the jewelry and craft communities through inclusion\, education\, and enthusiasm. Kate’s work is made by hand from recycled and responsibly sourced materials. \nKate is a member of Ethical Metalsmiths and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2015. Her work was included in The Metal Museum’s exhibition 40 Under 40: The Next Generation Of American Metal Artists in 2019\, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Fine Craft Show (2020-2022)\, and the Smithsonian Women’s Committee’s inaugural Craft Optimism in 2021\, among other exhibitions. She recently completed an artist residency at Penland School of Craft. \n\n\n\n\n  \nJason McDonald is an artist working primarily in glass. Currently\, he lives in Philadelphia\, where he is pursuing an MFA degree at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture. He was introduced to furnace glassblowing at the age of 14 through the Hilltop Artists program in his hometown of Tacoma\, Washington. Jason credits this program for exposing him to glass\, a material that has held his attention and opened up a world of new possibilities. Jason has spent the majority of his career focusing on traditional Venetian furnace techniques\, including goblets and pattern making. He uses glass to talk about a range of issues like the barriers BIPOC people face in accessing creative spaces and the wild joy of chasing technical pursuits. He is passionate about sharing his love of the material as well as the process of glassblowing. His ambitions include building a home studio where he can invite a diverse group of people to come play at the furnace\, with an impractically large garden just outside the workshop door. \n  \nThis event is free to the public. 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/vessel-philadelphia-the-art-of-containment-and-todays-makers/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Gallery Talks
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SUMMARY:Drop-in Draw
DESCRIPTION:Drop-in Draw | Wed. Feb 8\, 2023 | 4 – 6 pm | Museum for Art in Wood | In-person Event\nClick HERE to RSVP for this in-person event \nJoin us for Free Range Drawing at the Center! Experience our current exhibition\, Vessel: Embodiment\, Autonomy\, and Ornament in Wood\, and explore and draw from over 1200 objects in our Museum Collection. We welcome all levels of experience and skill for this event. \nThis event is free to the public. 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. \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org or 215-923-8000 ext 103.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/drop-in-draw-6/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230203T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230203T200000
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SUMMARY:First Friday
DESCRIPTION:First Friday | Fri. Feb 3\, 2022 | 5 – 8 pm | In-Person Event\nWalkups welcome! \nWelcome to First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood. Our doors are open to the public until 8 pm to experience our current exhibition\, Vessel: Embodyment\, Autonomy\, and Ornament in Wood. While you are here\, you can visit over 1\,200 objects in our permanent collection and shop handmade and one-of-a-kind items in our store. So come and celebrate Friday and explore the inspiring qualities of art in wood! \n  \nDONATE \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-5/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T193000
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SUMMARY:Material of the Vessel: a Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Material of the Vessel: a Panel Discussion | Wed. Jan. 25\, 2023 | 6:30 pm ET | LIVE on ZOOM\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for an evening with Curators from the nation’s leading materials-focused art museums\, who will share their thoughts on vessels and their importance to art in the past\, present\, and future. \nPanelists\nCarissa Hussong\nCarissa Hussong has served as the Executive Director of the Metal Museum since January 2008.  Under her leadership\, the Museum has grown and is currently undertaking a major expansion that will not only transform the Museum and the field of metalworking but will also have a significant and lasting impact on Overton Park and the greater Memphis community.  Prior to joining the Metal Museum\, Hussong served as the Executive Director of the Urban Art Commission\, a Memphis\, TN non-profit that manages public art for the City of Memphis and other public and private clients.  Hussong has also worked as an Associate Curator at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis\, TN\, and as a curatorial fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York\, NY.  Hussong has an M.B.A. from the University of Memphis\, a B.A. in English Literature from Boston University\, and a B.A. in Art History from the University of Washington.  She has been recognized by the Memphis Business Journal as a Superwoman in Business\, Class of 2022 and by the Memphis Flyer as one of 25 Who Shaped Memphis: 1989-2014.  She was the 2005 recipient of the Ellida Fri Leadership Award presented by the YWCA of Greater Memphis and was a 2003 recipient of Memphis Women Magazine’s “50 Women Who Make A Difference\,” a 2002 recipient of the Center City Commission’s Vision Award\, and one of the 2001 Memphis Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40.” \nJennifer-Navva Milliken\nJennifer-Navva Milliken is the Executive Director and Chief Curator for the Center for Art in Wood. Prior to her arrival at the Center\, she served as an embedded staff member in international art museums\, as an independent curator\, and as the founder of a cross-disciplinary art space. Her exhibitions have been presented in museums\, art fairs\, galleries\, and unconventional spaces\, and her writings have been included in exhibition catalogues\, anthologies\, and publications that investigate and critique the intersecting fields of art\, craft\, and design. With a global perspective\, honed through a life split between two continents\, she is driven by the extraordinary power of the arts to challenge preconceptions and bridge divides. \nSusie Silbert\nSusie J. Silbert is the curator of postwar and contemporary glass at The Corning Museum of Glass. Her curatorial practice is expansive\, constantly seeking to broaden the definitions of what the material of glass is and can be\, with the goal of making the Museum collection reflective of the breadth of artists\, makers\, and thinkers involved in the medium. \nAs part of her role at the Museum\, Silbert serves as the editor of New Glass Review\, an exhibition-in-print designed to provide a snapshot of global glassworking on an annual basis and selects the recipient of the Museum’s Rakow Commission\, awarded annually to an artist whose work is not yet in the Museum’s collection. Her international survey exhibition New Glass Now\, designed to introduce new audiences and new approaches to glass\, debuted in Corning in 2019\, before traveling to the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D.C. and the Toyama Museum of Glass in Toyama\, Japan. \nSilbert received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003\, worked as a curator and collaborator at the Mark Peiser Studio in Penland\, North Carolina\, for four years as well as in a variety of other curatorial positions before and after earning an MA in decorative arts\, design history\, and material culture from Bard Graduate Center in 2012. She joined The Corning Museum of Glass in 2016. \nJennifer Zwilling\nJennifer Zwilling is the Curator and Director of Artistic Programs. She joined The Clay Studio in 2015 and administers the Resident Artist Program\, Exhibitions\, The Collection\, and the Guest Artist in Residence Program. She earned her BA in History from Ursinus College and MA in Art History from Temple University\, Tyler School of Art. Previously\, she was Assistant Curator of American Decorative Arts and Contemporary Craft at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Jennifer developed and taught History of Modern Craft at Tyler School of Art for ten years\, and has taught and lectured around the world. She represents TCS as a founding Board Member of CraftNOW Philadelphia. \n\n\n\n\nModerator\nEmily Zilber\nEmily Zilber’s work directly supports contemporary art and artists\, especially those whose practices intersect with craft and design. She is the Director of Curatorial Affairs and Strategic Partnerships at the Wharton Esherick Museum\, where she facilitates conversations between contemporary artists and Esherick’s legacy\, adjunct faculty at Tyler School of Art and Architecture\, and maintains an independent consulting and coaching practice. As Guest Curator at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum from 2020-2021\, she organized the invitational exhibition Forces of Nature and its accompanying catalog. Zilber spent almost a decade as the first Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, where she built an integrated curatorial program for craft and design within the museum’s contemporary art department. \n  \nThis event is free to the public. The Center 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. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/material-of-the-vessel-a-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Gallery Talks
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