BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Museum for Art in Wood - ECPv6.1.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://museumforartinwood.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Museum for Art in Wood REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000947 CREATED:20200428T144707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200505T173810Z UID:10001504-1588703400-1588707000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Atlas Obscura: Behind the Scenes at the Center for Art in Wood DESCRIPTION:Behind the Scenes at the Center for Art in Wood | Hosted by Atlas Obscura | Tues\, May 5\, 2020 | Live on ZOOM at 6:30 pm EDT\nTickets $8\nMembers: Email Katie Sorenson for a special discount code\n\nSave on this and future events by becoming a member. \n  \nJoin Jennifer-Navva Milliken\, Artistic Director for the Center for Art in Wood\, for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Center’s permanent collection of contemporary art\, craft\, and design in the material of wood. This program will focus on regional practice against a three-hundred-year history of artisanship and craft manufacture in Pennsylvania. Milliken\, who curated the Center’s Pennsylvania Made exhibition\, will talk about wooden vessels\, furniture\, saffron boxes\, and sculpture while touching upon processes of ornamental wood turning\, the commitment to the value of collaboration in Pennsylvania craft and design\, and other discussions unique to creative engagement with wood in the region. \nJennifer-Navva Milliken is the Artistic Director 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 seen 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. \nThis online experience is part of Atlas Obscura’s Wonder From Home initiative. The Atlas Obscura mission has always been to inspire wonder and curiosity about the incredible world we all share. Now\, more than ever\, there’s a need to stay connected—not only to our sense of wonder\, but to each other. Follow and share the hashtag #WonderFromHome for inspiring stories\, more incredible online experiences\, and live streams with the Atlas Obscura community. And check out AtlasObscura.com\, the definitive guide to the world’s hidden wonders\, to keep virtually exploring the world through the website’s atlas of amazing places\, unique stories\, and videos. \nPhotos by John Carlano. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/atlas-obscura-behind-the-scenes-at-the-center-for-art-in-wood/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks,Museum Collection,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DSC_2643-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200521T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200521T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000947 CREATED:20200519T170756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200519T201004Z UID:10001520-1590085800-1590089400@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Take a Hike: A Conversation with Jim Tabor DESCRIPTION:Take a Hike: A Conversation with Jim Tabor | Thurs\, May 21\, 2020 | Live on ZOOM at 6:30 pm EDT\nRSVP \nTake a virtual trip of delight and discovery along the Appalachian Trail with woodcarver and hiker Jim Tabor. Jim will talk about his love of spoon carving\, stories from the Trail\, and what it means to be a “Trail Angel.” \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 URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/take-a-hike-a-conversation-with-jim-tabor/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/carving1.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T133000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000947 CREATED:20200519T180530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200520T130249Z UID:10001521-1590669000-1590672600@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Dania Chelminsky DESCRIPTION:Photo: Ran Erde\nArtist Talk with Dania Chelminsky | Thurs\, May 28\, 2020 | Live on ZOOM at 12:30 pm EDT\nRSVP \nJoin us for a lunch break with contemporary jewelry artist Dania Chelminsky. Dania will talk about her childhood immigration to Israel from Mexico City and how this experience turned her focus to the body and the material of wood as she pursued a career in metalsmithing. \nPhoto by the artist. \nDania Chelminsky was born in Mexico City in 1961 and has lived in Israel since 1970. She studied sciences\, metalworking\, design for the performing arts; in 2018\, she received her MA in Integrated Design at the Holon Institute of Technology. From 1988 to 2000\, she designed jewelry at her own studio and shop in Tel Aviv. After that\, she moved to a studio and started to investigate conceptual directions in the creation of jewelry. \nIn her work\, she combines contrasting materials\, mixing organic with synthetic\, hard with soft\, and crafted with found objects. Intrigued by the points at which these materials intersect\, Chelminsky uses traditional metalsmithing techniques to emphasize moments of tension. Her juxtaposition of such disparate elements allows her to tell a story with each of her pieces\, inspiring a moment of thought about the way we relate to the world that surrounds us. \nHer works have been profiled in international publications such as Metalsmith\, Portfolio\, Domus\, and Lark Books. She has exhibited her work extensively throughout the world\, with multiple solo exhibitions presented at Periscope Gallery\, Tel Aviv\, as well as at Museo Lazaro Galdiano\, Madrid. She has also participated in many group exhibitions\, including the Tel Aviv Biennial\, Eretz Israel Museum\, Tel Aviv; Alliages Gallery\, SHMUCK\, Munich\, and the Alliages collection\, Museum Espace Solidor\, Cagnes-sur-Mer\, France; the Islamic Art Museum\, Jerusalem; the Benaki Museum\,  Athens\, Greece; and Benedikt Aichele Atellier\, Paris\, France. \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 \nFor questions contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager at katie@museumforartinwood.org URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/artist-talk-with-dania-chelminsky/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-presentation-for-wood-center.025.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200616T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200616T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000947 CREATED:20200610T192658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200622T201647Z UID:10001417-1592332200-1592335800@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Searching for Home in Philadelphia DESCRIPTION:Searching for Home in Philadelphia | Tues\, June 16\, 2020 | Live on ZOOM at 6:30 pm EDT\nRSVP \nJoin us for a panel discussion with Searching for Home artist Humaira Abid\, Dana Gold of Nationalities Service Center\, Anne Ishii of Asian Arts Initiative\, and Hazami Sayed of Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture. We’ll discuss the contributions made by immigrants to the Philadelphia’s rich culture\, and connect to the situation faced by immigrants and refugees during COVID-19 and how the pandemic made it easy to overlook the vulnerable and unprotected.\n\nPhoto of Humaira Abid by Amber Hammad \nHumaira Abid’s carved wood sculpture and paintings—known for their exquisite detail—depict human relationships\, societal repression\, and the consequences of keeping basic truths from being discussed and shared. The beauty and seductive virtuosity of her work offset her political\, ironic\, provocative\, and even scandalous objects and installations. \nHumaira Abid was born and raised in Lahore\, Pakistan. She immigrated to the United States in 2008 and now lives and works in Seattle\, WA. \nAbid received her BFA in sculpture and miniature painting from the National College of Arts\, Lahore\, in 2000. Her works have been exhibited in museums and galleries and documented in publications around the world and reviewed by local\, national\, and international news media. Abid is the recipient of numerous honors\, most recently the 2019 Artist Trust Arts Innovator Award. \nHer work has been published in books and other print media\, and she has been the recipient of prestigious awards and grants. She has lectured widely and participated in residencies and symposia around the world. Two documentary features focused on Abid and her work\, produced by the KCTS9 branch of PBS and Seattle Channel\, were both nominated for Northwest Emmy Awards. The artist is represented by Greg Kucera Gallery\, Seattle. \nDana Gold \nDana Gold is a Job Developer at Nationalities Service Center\, where she connects clients to jobs in the Philadelphia area to promote their economic autonomy and general self sufficiency. Specifically\, Dana helps refugee and immigrant clients research open positions\, submit applications\, prepare for interviews\, and learn professional standards in the US\, among other job readiness initiatives. Her job is focused on building partnerships with local employers in order to connect clients to great jobs in the Philadelphia region.\n\nDana is passionate about making complicated systems more accessible and transparent for all\, and this is shown through her breadth of experience teaching English both at NSC and abroad. She has also worked at college access programs in her native Oakland\, CA and in Philadelphia to help high school students navigate the college application process. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Spanish from Bryn Mawr College.\n  \nAnne Ishii \nAnne Ishii is the Executive Director of Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia. Her writings have appeared in multiple publications including Slate\, the Village Voice\, and Publishers Weekly. Her translation and editorial projects include the Eisner-award winning manga My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame\, Batmanga!: the Secret History of Batman in Japan\, and Massive: Gay Japanese Manga and the Men Who Make It. She is co-founder of the publishing\, fashion\, and creative agency Massive Goods\, which represents queer and feminist artists from Japan. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHazami Sayed \nHazami Sayed\, an Arab-American\, grew up in the Arab region and came to the U.S. to pursue higher education. She founded Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture with the launch of an Arabic language and cultural camp in 2002. Her interest stemmed from a desire to develop a creative and supportive environment where her young boys could learn the Arabic language and be immersed in the richness of Arab arts and culture while navigating their place in American society. Sayed has worked in the fields of architecture and urban development in Philadelphia and New York City. Her areas of interest and research were community development and affordable urban housing in which she worked at the UNDP\, several architecture firms\, and taught a seminar at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a photographer and has exhibited her work in Philadelphia. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University and Master of Architecture from Columbia University. Sayed is a recipient of the Leeway Foundation’s Transformation Award given to Philadelphia-area women artists committed to art-making for social change. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. \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 URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/searching-for-home-in-philadelphia/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200618T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200618T235900 DTSTAMP:20260501T000947 CREATED:20200608T163453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200616T211341Z UID:10001416-1592438400-1592524740@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own Viewing DESCRIPTION:Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own Viewing | Thurs\, June 18\, 2020 | Link to View the Film 12:00 am – 11:59 pm EDT\nNon-Members: $12 Click Here\nMembers: Free – To RSVP email Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager at katie@museumforartinwood.org \n*Once you have purchased/RSVP’d\, you will receive the link one day before the viewing room opens. You can view the documentary at any time during the 24 hours that the viewing room is open. Once this window has passed; the film will no longer be available to view. Please note that this screening offers closed captioning. \nVon Rydingsvard in her Williamsburg studio on South 5th Street\, surrounded by the cedar cast of katul katul\, 2002. \nUrsula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own is an artistic biography of one of the few women in the world working in monumental sculpture. Von Rydingvard’s work has been featured in the Venice Biennale and is held in the collections of some of the world’s great museums\, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. But she may be best-known for work in Public spaces – imposing pieces painstakingly crafted with complex surfaces. \nVon Rydingsvard and assistants preparing to work on Ene Due Rabe\, San Francisco\, 1990. \nVon Rydingsvard working on the patina of Uroda\, a monumental copper sculpture commissioned by Princeton University\, 2015. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIn this documentary\, we go behind the scenes with von Rydingsvard\, as she and her collaborators – cutters\, metalsmiths\, and others – produce new work\, including challenging commissions in copper and bronze. But the film also delves into the artist’s personal life\, and how it has shaped her work. Born in Poland during the Second World War\, she was partly raised in a displaced persons camp and came to the US as a refugee with her nine-person family. Her younger brother shares memories of being raised by their violent\, domineering father – a man whose influence von Rydingsvard continues to feel. Brought up in a blue-collar environment\, she became a teacher and then\, as a single mother\, moved to New York in the 1970s to take up her artistic practice full-time. \nIn conversations with curators\, patrons\, family\, and fellow artists\, we come to know von Rydingsvard as a driven but compassionate sculptor with a deep commitment to her art and the world around her. \nPlease also join us for the Into Her Own Panel Discussion on Thursday\, June 18\, 2020 at 6:30 with artists Ursula von Rydingsvard and Vivian Chiu and Daniel Traub\, the director of the film Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own moderated by Jennifer-Navva Milliken\, Artistic Director of the Center for Art in Wood. We’ll learn more about the monumental sculptures von Rydingsvard creates and the making of the film. Click here to RSVP for this free event. \nImage above: Ursula von Rydingsvard\, Ona\, Barclays Center\, Brooklyn\, 2013. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/ursula-von-rydingsvard-into-her-own-viewing/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/TRAUB_UVR_INTOHEROWN_STILL23.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200626T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200626T140000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000947 CREATED:20200524T173626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200602T192823Z UID:10001412-1593180000-1593180000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Erez Nevi Pana DESCRIPTION:Artist Talk with Erez Nevi Pana | Fri\, June 26\, 2020 | Live on ZOOM at 2:00 pm EDT\nRSVP \nErez Nevi Pana takes an investigative and human-centered approach to both raw and discarded materials\, excavating their properties and exposing and extracting the hidden\, often toxic or destructive\, byproducts of industrial manufacture. His egalitarian attitude toward materials and makers brings poetry to objects of uncanny beauty—pure collaborations between nature and culture\, otherworldly but borne of the earth. \nReclaimed wood is the underlying structure for his salt objects. Nevi Pana eschews glue\, sanding papers\, and most varnishes\, which are made from animal-based ingredients. Lathe-turned and bound\, the wooden scaffolds are subjected to some of the most unique phenomena of nature. \nIn this don’t-miss talk\, Nevi Pana will share insights into his work\, his thoughtful research into materials and processes\, and his seminal thinking in Vegan Design as a curative approach to human-caused natural devastation. \nImage above from the Bleached and Salts series. Photo by Klaudia Rothkegel \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nImage captions\, left to right: Erez Nevi Pana\, Bleached and Salts series\, Dead Sea Salt Stool; Salts; Before Dipping. Photo: Klaudia Rothkegel \nPortrait of Erez Nevi Pana by Klaudia Rothkegel. \nErez Nevi Pana (b. 1983) is an explorer who uses design as a significant tool to investigate phenomena through material experimentation. Nevi Pana earned his BA in design from the Holon Institute of Technology (Israel) and an MA from the Design Academy Eindhoven (The Netherlands) where his thesis focused on the recrystallization of salt. In 2015\, Nevi Pana formed La Terrasse in Eindhoven as a platform for designers\, artists\, writers\, and thinkers to work closely together\, share their thoughts on a central theme\, and realize their visions. The Design Museum Holon recently acquired two of Nevi Pana’s works\, which were developed from an organic material mixture of soil and fungi\, for their permanent collection in addition to three salt pieces from his solo exhibition at the museum. Nevi Pana practices research and design around the world as a doctoral student investigating the topic of vegan design. \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 URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/artist-talk-with-erez-nevi-pana/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_8219.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000947 CREATED:20200226T221438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200719T145904Z UID:10001497-1595529000-1595532600@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Rescheduled - 2019 Bob Stocksdale Award: Humaira Abid DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled – The 2019 Bob Stocksdale International Excellence in Wood Award: Humaira Abid | Thurs\, July 23\, 2020 | 6:30 pm | Virtual Lecture Co-hosted by Winterthur Museum \n  \nRSVP \nJoin us to celebrate the fourth year of the Bob Stocksdale International Excellence in Wood Award. Supported by an anonymous donor\, this award is presented annually to an emerging or mid-career artist whose work\, like Stocksdale’s\, unites quality of craftsmanship and respect for materials. The 2019 recipient for the Bob Stocksdale International Excellence in Wood Award is Humaira Abid of Seattle\, WA. \nIn commemoration of the 2019 Stocksdale Award\, Emily Whitted\, a current Lois F. McNeil Fellow in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture\, will present a virtual lecture on Abid and renowned master woodturner Bob Stocksdale (1913–2003). Whitted will discuss Abid’s work in the context of the values embodied by Stocksdale\, among them his quality of craftsmanship\, respect for materials\, and artistic innovation in the material of wood. \nAbid works in the disciplines of woodcarving and traditional Mughal miniature painting. Through her depictions of objects and figures\, Abid articulates themes that are often provocative and challenging\, amplified by her manipulation of heritage practices and the materiality of wood. Her carved and painted works\, known for their virtuosity and exquisite detail\, have been exhibited in museums and galleries and documented in publications around the world. \nImages above: Humaira Abid\, Searching for Home\, 2016-17. Photo: Adeel Ahmed. Bob Stocksdale\, Snake Bowl\, 1984. Photo: John Carlano\n  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nImage captions clockwise: Humaira Abid\, Searching for Home (detail) and Leila\, 2016-17. Pine wood\, carved; red wood stain. Borders and Boundaries (detail)\, 2017. Barbed wire: Mahogany wood\, carved. The World is Beautiful\, and Dangerous Too (detail)\, 2017. Shoes: Pine wood carved; red wood stain. Composite image by the artist sourced from two photographs taken following anti-Muslim riots in Myanmar. AFP\, March 29\, 2013. From Fragments of Home Left Behind II\, 2019-20. Pine wood\, carved; wood stain\, gouache\, pigments on handmade wasli paper\, Plexiglas. Photo: Adeel Ahmed\nHumaira Abid\nHumaira Abid was born and raised in Lahore\, Pakistan. She immigrated to the United States in 2008 and now lives and works in Seattle\, WA. \nAbid received her BFA in sculpture and miniature painting from the National College of Arts\, Lahore\, in 2000. Her work has been reviewed by local\, national\, and international news media. Abid is the recipient of numerous honors\, most recently the Artist Trust Innovator Award. \nPhoto: Steven Miller\n\nEmily Whitted\nEmily Whitted is a current Lois F. McNeil Fellow in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. She received her B.A from the University of Richmond in 2016. Her research interests include historic textiles\, contemporary Appalachian craft\, and the intersections of craft\, gender\, and social justice. Emily’s current thesis “The American-Made Stocking\,” investigates the eighteenth-century knit stocking industry in Germantown\, Pennsylvania\,” and she will graduate this May with her Master’s degree in American Material Culture. \n  \n  \nFor more information\, please contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager\, at katie@centerforatinwood.org . URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/2019-bob-stocksdale-award-humaira-abid/ LOCATION:Winterthur Museum\, Garden & Library\, Virtual\, 5105 Kennett Pike\, Winterthur\, DE\, 19735\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks,The Bob Stocksdale International Excellence in Wood Award ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Untitled-design-45-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200728T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200728T183000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000947 CREATED:20200714T200602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T204333Z UID:10001425-1595961000-1595961000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Roy Underhill DESCRIPTION:Artist Talk with Roy Underhill | Tues\, July 28\, 2020 | Live on ZOOM at 6:30 pm EDT\nRSVP \nJoin us for a talk with woodworking celebrity Roy Underhill! The talk will take place in his very own Woodwright School where Roy will share stories from his life and work\, including his experience hosting the hit PBS series The Woodwright’s Shop. Don’t miss this opportunity to spend an evening with a woodworking icon! \nRoy Underhill is an American woodworker and television show host. Born and raised in Washington\, D.C.\, he was the first master housewright at the Colonial Williamsburg reconstruction. Since 1979\, he has been the host of the PBS series The Woodwright’s Shop. Along with This Old House\, which debuted the same year\, it is the longest running PBS “how-to” show. \nUnderhill was introduced to traditional woodworking by a sister who worked at the Smithsonian Institution. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned a degree in Theater. In the early 1970s\, Roy and his wife moved to Colorado to form Homestead Arts\, an acting studio\, and then on to a remote area of New Mexico where traditional woodworking was one of the few means of survival. \nIn the late 1970s\, Roy moved back to North Carolina and studied at Duke University\, pursuing a multi-disciplinary course of study including engineering\, forestry\, and history; he was subsequently awarded a Master of Forestry in 1977. At the birth of his first daughter\, he approached the UNC Center for Public Television with an idea about a traditional woodworking show. Initially rejected\, the idea was finally accepted; in 1979\, filming began on The Woodwright’s Shop at West Point on the Eno in Durham\, NC. Around the same time\, he also took the job as master housewright and later director of interpretive development for Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. \nMore recently\, Roy also works as a communications consultant. He is the author of several books\, including The Woodwright’s Eclectic Workshop and Woodwright’s Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft. In 2011 he gave a presentation at TEDx Raleigh\, sharing the value of ingenuity and living in the present. \nRoy has started teaching traditional woodworking in a classroom environment he calls “The Woodwright’s School”. As of January 2014\, his classroom is located in Pittsboro\, NC. \nMany hand-tool aficionados hold Roy Underhill in extremely high regard and may refer to him as “St. Roy.” \nImage caption: Roy Underhill with VanGogh Chair. Photo by Mike Oniffery\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\nFor questions contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager at katie@museumforartinwood.org URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/artist-talk-with-roy-underhill-2/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Roy-w-VanGogh-Chair-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000947 CREATED:20200714T161241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T161918Z UID:10001423-1596133800-1596137400@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:To Understand a Tree\, a work-in-process DESCRIPTION:To Understand a Tree\, a work-in-process with Gina Siepel  | Thurs. July 30\, 2020 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | LIVE on ZOOM\nRSVP \nWhat is the community of a tree? Are woodworkers part of it? What will happen if I\, as a woodworker\, place myself in a deeper relationship to the forest? \nInterdisciplinary artist and woodworker Gina Siepel discusses her ongoing work\, To Understand a Tree\, currently in process in the forest of western Massachusetts. To Understand a Tree is inspired by a desire to contemplate a living forest tree and its immediate habitat from the perspective of a woodworker\, directly engaging both the forest ecosystem and the furniture making process. In collaboration with naturalist Kate Wellspring and others\, Siepel is studying a single red oak tree\, integrating artistic and scientific methodologies. Forests are complex\, interconnected systems\, and in that spirit\, To Understand a Tree connects furniture and object making to questions of forest ecology\, climate change\, and resource extraction. \nImage above: Gina Siepel\, video still\, To Understand a Tree: Time\, 2020 \nGina Siepel \nGina Siepel is an interdisciplinary artist and woodworker based in Greenfield\, MA. Her work explores cultural understandings of nature\, gender\, and American history\, through the production of objects\, installations\, and collaborative experiments in public spaces. Past exhibitions include the DeCordova Museum\, the Colby Museum of Art\, Vox Populi Gallery\, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art\, Marlboro College\, Smith College\, Flux Factory\, and the Center for Art in Wood. Gina has received funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, the Berkshire Taconic Foundation\, and the Puffin Foundation\, and has been an artist-in-residence at Skowhegan\, Mildred’s Lane\, Sculpture Space\, and Hewnoaks. Gina holds a BFA from the School of Art + Design at SUNY Purchase\, an MFA from the Maine College of Art\, and studied woodworking at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. In addition\, Gina has worked extensively in the field of theatrical scenic design and construction\, designing and building projects all over New York City and the northeast. Gina currently teaches studio art at Mount Holyoke College\, and is a Visiting Artist at the Smith College Macleish Field Station. \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\nFor questions contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager at katie@museumforartinwood.org URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/to-understand-a-tree-a-work-in-process/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/thumbnail_1_tree_time_7.11.19_2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200807T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200807T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20200710T182150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T183210Z UID:10001418-1596825000-1596828600@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Object Lesson: Ksenia Nouril DESCRIPTION:Object Lesson | Ksenia Nouril | Fri. August 7\, 2020 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Live on ZOOM\nRSVP \nJoin us for First Friday Object Lesson followed by a festive virtual happy hour. Object Lesson is a monthly First Friday speaker series that opens wide the cases of the Center’s Museum Collection through the perspectives of individuals from the worlds of art\, design\, performance\, community activism\, education\, and more\, creating fresh dialogues about the Collection and its objects. The series invites the public for an up-close and personal experience in an informal\, discursive setting that will encourage exploration of the many treasures in the Collection. \nKsenia Nouril (Photo by Matt Rencher) \nKsenia Nouril is the Jensen Bryan Curator at The Print Center\, a 105-year-old non-profit institution in Philadelphia dedicated to expanding the understanding of photography and printmaking as vital contemporary arts. A specialist in global contemporary art\, Ksenia previously held a Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives (C-MAP) Fellowship in the International Program at The Museum of Modern Art\, New York. She has organized exhibitions at the Bruce Museum\, Lower East Side Printshop\, MoMA\, and Zimmerli Art Museum. Ksenia lectures widely and frequently writes for international exhibition catalogues\, magazines\, and academic journals\, including ARTMargins Online\, The Calvert Journal\, Institute of the Present\, OSMOS\, and Woman’s Art Journal. She has published two books: Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical Anthology (co-editor and contributor\, MoMA\, 2018) and Ilya Kabakov and Viktor Pivovarov: Stories About Ourselves (editor and contributor\, Rutgers University Press\, 2019). Ksenia holds a BA in Art History and Slavic Studies from New York University and an MA and PhD in Art History from Rutgers\, The State University of New Jersey. \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.\nDonation\n \nFor questions contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager at katie@museumforartinwood.org URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/object-lesson-ksenia-nouril/2020-08-07/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks,Museum Collection ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Collection-Entrance-Crop-e1537991855403.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200818T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200818T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20200811T201246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200812T143440Z UID:10001522-1597775400-1597779000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Women Turn the World DESCRIPTION:Women Turn the World | Tues. August 18\, 2020 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Live on ZOOM\nRSVP \nOn the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment\, join us for a panel discussion with women who are leading the woodturning field. Panelists will discuss how the landscape of the art form is changing\, share their experiences\, and speak on what needs to happen to foster and support equity and inclusion in the field. \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.\nDonation\n \nFor questions contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager at katie@museumforartinwood.org \nImage above is of Alice Paul. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/women-turn-the-world/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Postcard-4-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200904T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200904T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20200710T182150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T134636Z UID:10001422-1599244200-1599247800@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Object Lesson: Leila Cartier DESCRIPTION:Object Lesson | Leila Cartier | Fri. September 4\, 2020 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Live on ZOOM\nRSVP \nJoin us for First Friday Object Lesson followed by a festive virtual happy hour. Object Lesson is a monthly First Friday speaker series that opens wide the cases of the Center’s Museum Collection through the perspectives of individuals from the worlds of art\, design\, performance\, community activism\, education\, and more\, creating fresh dialogues about the Collection and its objects. The series invites the public for an up-close and personal experience in an informal\, discursive setting that will encourage exploration of the many treasures in the Collection. \nLeila Cartier is the Executive Director of CraftNOW Philadelphia \nLeila Cartier is the Executive Director of CraftNOW Philadelphia\, which unites organizations to promote the historic and contemporary role of the city in the fields of craft and making. Her studio practice is located in 1241 Carpenter Studios + Project Space in South Philadelphia and she is represented by SchmidtDean Gallery. \nFrom 2010 – 2015\, Cartier was the Director of Exhibitions at the William King Museum of Art in her hometown of Abingdon\, Virginia\, an underserved area of the Appalachian coalfields with little to no other access to the arts. Her curatorial projects consisted of bringing art from around the world to the region\, documenting and exhibiting material culture from Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee\, and presenting regional contemporary art in all media. \nShe holds an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and concurrently studied Arabic Language at Depaul University with a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship. Her BFA in Art and Art History from Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia included a year spent with Temple University Rome\, Italy. \nNorm Sartorius\, Spoon\, 1995\, quilted Honduran mahogany\, rose of the mountain\, ebony The Center for Art in Wood Museum Collection\, Donated by Fleur Bresler \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.Donation \nFor questions contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager at katie@museumforartinwood.org \n  URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/object-lesson-leila-cartier-2020-09-04/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks,Museum Collection ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Collection-Entrance-Crop-e1537991855403.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200922T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200922T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20200915T160003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200916T111559Z UID:10001524-1600799400-1600803000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:A Conversation with Robert Rising\, aka BlackLumberjack DESCRIPTION:A Conversation with Robert Rising\, aka BlackLumberjack | Tues. Sept. 22\, 2020 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Live on ZOOM\nRSVP \nJoin us for an evening with Robert Rising\, aka BlackLumberjack\, the founder of NYCITYSLAB and creator and host of the Instagram talk show\, Conversations with BlackLumberjack. We’ll learn about Robert’s woodworking journey\, discover why he mills his own grains\, and find out who his favorite guest has been on his IG TV series. RSVP for a chance to hear about Robert this time as we exchange roles with this legendary interviewer!\n \nRobert Rising operates NYCITYSLAB\, a company dedicated to saving fallen tress and rescuing and recycling beautiful wood slabs from destruction and waste. NYCITYSLAB transforms every last piece into works of masterful craftsmanship and function for a range of clients\, as well as custom-designed projects. Robert is a woodworker\, environmentalist\, entrepreneur\, vegetarian\, designer\, builder\, and restorer of antiques. In 2004\, he set out to build his own house out of local wood.  After a successful but difficult search\, he decided to continue on\, and help others to find quality\, local wood in New York City.\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.Donation \nFor questions contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager at katie@museumforartinwood.org URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/a-conversation-with-robert-rising-the-black-lumber-jack/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_0143-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200923T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200923T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20200918T205406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200923T153544Z UID:10001525-1600880400-1600884000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Exhibition Tour of Sacred Games with Humaira Abid DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Tour of Sacred Games with Humaira Abid | Wed. Sept. 23\, 2020 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm | Live on ZOOM\nRSVP \n\n \nJoin us for a tour of artist Humaira Abid’s most recent exhibition “Sacred Games” on view at the Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle\, WA. Working in her chosen material of wood\, “Sacred Games” is a timely reflection of the current political and religious landscape and is Abid’s newest body of work. The exhibition is on view now until November 7th. Her previous solo exhibition\, Searching for Home is on view at the Center until October 3\, 2020.\n \n \n \nAbid works in the disciplines of woodcarving and traditional Mughal miniature painting. Through her depictions of objects and figures\, Abid articulates themes that are often provocative and challenging\, amplified by her manipulation of heritage practices and the materiality of wood. Her carved and painted works\, known for their virtuosity and exquisite detail\, have been exhibited in museums and galleries and documented in publications around the world.\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\n \n \n \nImage: Humaira Abid\, BREATHE\, 2020\, Pine wood; Approximately 54 x 60 x 1 inches. Photo by Adeel Ahmed URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/exhibition-tour-of-sacred-games-with-humaira-abid/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Untitled-design-11.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20200929T141706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T141944Z UID:10001526-1601663400-1601667000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Object Lesson: Sam Davis DESCRIPTION:Object Lesson | Sam Davis | Fri. October 2\, 2020 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Live on ZOOM\nRSVP \nJoin us for First Friday Object Lesson followed by a festive virtual happy hour. Object Lesson is a monthly First Friday speaker series that opens wide the cases of the Center’s Museum Collection through the perspectives of individuals from the worlds of art\, design\, performance\, community activism\, education\, and more\, creating fresh dialogues about the Collection and its objects. The series invites the public for an up-close and personal experience in an informal\, discursive setting that will encourage exploration of the many treasures in the Collection. \nSam Davis is currently completing his undergraduate Art History studies at the Tyler School of Art + Architecture at Temple University. \nA native Philadelphian\, Sam grew up going to First Friday events with family and friends\, and now works at the Center for Art in Wood as a visitor services associate and social media specialist. You can usually find him behind the front desk of the Center\, giving a gallery tour\, or posting orangutan videos on the Center’s social media. \nThis past school year\, Sam completed his thesis addressing the history and importance of Eco-critical art theory\, with an accompanying ecological analysis of William Eggleston’s photography. In the future\, he hopes to help bring art and art history out of academic circles in order to make the arts more accessible for everyone. \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 URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/object-lesson-sam-davis/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Collection-Entrance-Crop-968x1000-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20200824T184201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200918T204250Z UID:10001523-1603391400-1603395000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Catland: The Soft Power of Cat Culture in Japan DESCRIPTION: \nCatland: The Soft Power of Cat Culture in Japan | Thurs. October 22\, 2020 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | LIVE on ZOOM\nRSVP \nImage: Cat priest Koyuki at the Nyannyanji Temple in Kyoto\, photograph by Rie Yamamoto.\nJoin us for a fun\, and fascinating discussion on the phenomenon of Japanese cat culture with author Sarah Archer. \nImagine you’re reading the news\, and you come across an article about a new product or service that caters to cats. Maybe it strikes you as unusually thoughtful\, or it looks exceptionally well-crafted. Perhaps it appears to have been undertaken with a seriousness of purpose and attention to detail that would rival that of any human-centered endeavor—and this seriousness\, in and of itself\, is irresistibly endearing. Do you have any doubt where this hypothetical cat product or service comes from? You do not: it’s from Japan. \nThe world of Japanese cat culture is vast. Enter\, and you’ll discover Shinto and Buddhist beliefs about animals and nature\, folklore about cats both real and supernatural\, cats depicted in Japanese works of art and literature over the course of centuries\, cat-inspired material culture and everyday objects\, cat animation\, the global export of cuteness\, cat tourism and nekonomics—the local term for the economic boon that results from a popular cat attraction. Japan’s cat culture contains multitudes\, and it transcends physical geography. You might be allergic to cats. You might not be a cat person. (Yet.) But once you’ve been beckoned inside\, the chances are good that you’ll decide to stay a while. Welcome to Catland. \nCatland: The Soft Power of Cat Culture in Japan is available from Amazon\, Barnes & Noble\, Bookshop\, and IndieBound. Stay tuned for news of upcoming events and book-signings! Press inquiries: please email Nicholas Teodoro at Countryman Press. \nCatland includes original photographs by Lee Chapman\, Giovanni Piliarvu\, and Rie Yamamoto. \n​Sarah Archer: Welcome! I’m an award-winning design and culture writer based in Philadelphia. My books The Midcentury Kitchen and Midcentury Christmas are available now from Countryman Press. My new book Catland: The Soft Power of Cat Culture in Japan is on shelves now. \nI’m a contributing editor at American Craft Magazine\, and write regularly for Hyperallergic\, The Atlantic\, Architectural Digest\, and The New Yorker online. My articles and reviews have appeared in Curbed\, Metropolis\, CityLab\, Slate\, The Washington Post\, The Magazine Antiques\, Modern Magazine\, The Journal of Modern Craft\, and Studio Potter. I was the 2017 Jentel Visiting Critic at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena\, Montana. I’ve contributed essays to exhibition catalogs for the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution\, the Peabody Essex Museum\, the Portland Art Museum\, the Milwaukee Museum of Art\, and the Museum of Arts and Design\, as well as to the anthologies Shows and Tales\, edited by Art Jewelry Forum\, and The Ceramic Reader from Bloomsbury Press. I have curated exhibitions at Urban Glass and Pratt Manhattan Gallery. Prior to moving to Philadelphia to become Senior Curator at the Philadelphia Art Alliance\, I was the Director of Greenwich House Pottery in New York City. \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.Donation \nFor questions contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager at katie@museumforartinwood.org URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/catland-the-soft-power-of-cat-culture-in-japan/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/61DxT29d4aL.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20201111T164759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T193230Z UID:10001536-1605724200-1605727800@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Young Artist Speaker Series: Ellie Richards DESCRIPTION:Young Artist Speaker Series | Ellie Richards | Wed\, November 18\, 2020 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Live on Zoom\nThe Center for Art in Wood is proud to present the Young Artist Speaker Series. Each semester a young artist is asked to share their work and speak about the transition from academia to becoming an independent artist. The fourth installment in the series will feature artist Ellie Richards taking place virtually on Wednesday\, November 18\, 2020\, from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. Richards will discuss her experiences developing her career\, extensive travels\, and the connections and relationships that are created during a residency. \nEllie Richards looks to the tradition of both woodworking and the readymade to create eclectic assemblage\, installation\, and objects exploring intersections of labor and leisure. She has traveled extensively to investigate the role play and improvisation have on the artistic process and will be a 3 year Resident Artist at Penland School of Crafts 2020-2023. \nThis event is free to the public. The Center for Art in Wood is a nonprofit arts organization. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nFor questions please contact Community Engagement Manager Katie Sorenson at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/young-artist-speaker-series-ellie-richards/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-11.10.26-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210114T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210114T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210106T184810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210110T175453Z UID:10001558-1610649000-1610652600@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:A Discussion with Windgate ITE Alumni DESCRIPTION:A Discussion with Windgate ITE Alumni | Thurs. January 14\, 2021 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | LIVE on ZOOM\nRSVP to receive the virtual link \nJoin us for a panel discussion featuring Windgate ITE alumni. Founded in 1995\, the Windgate International Turning Exchange (ITE) is a uniquely collaborative arts residency program. For two summer months\, artists and researchers from around the world live\, work\, ideate\, and create together in the clamorous center of Philadelphia. Together\, they share knowledge and skill\, but also form lasting bonds that extend beyond the residency. During this tumultuous time\, breakthroughs\, intense bursts of creativity\, material and conceptual experimentations\, and collaborations occur. Significantly\, this singular place-based experience engages a wide community\, beyond the participating fellows—from children enjoying interactive and touchable works in the culminating exhibition of residency work\, to collectors seeking to expand their art holdings.  \nPanelists:\nFelicia Francine Dean\, US— Artist Fellow\, ITE 2017\nMorgan Hill\, US—Artist Fellow\, ITE 2018\nTodd Hoyer\, US—Artist Fellow\, ITE 1995\nYuri Kobayashi\, Japan/US—Artist Fellow\, ITE 2014\nHayley Smith\, UK/US—Artist Fellow\, ITE 1995 \nModerator:\nJennifer-Navva Milliken\, Artistic Director of the Center for Art in Wood \nFelicia Francine Dean (image by Benjamin Sechrest) \nFelicia Francine Dean – Felicia Francine Dean’s creative work applies intrinsic methods of reconciling identity\, space and place based on her experiences as a bi-racial individual growing up in South Florida and living in the Southern United States. Physical forms of her ideas are abstracted during investigations into material identities\, surface\, furniture and textile methods of making. She holds an MFA degree in Interior Architecture with a focus on furniture design\, a BA in Studio Art and an Upholstery diploma.  Currently\, she is an Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture & Design’s School of Interior Architecture at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville. Felicia Francine has engaged in nationally and international residencies\, exhibits\, and conferences such as the Digital Stone Project and Windgate ITE residencies\, Marble Codes exhibit in Florence Italy\, and Interior Design Educators Council and Furniture Society conferences. Her work has been featured as an emerging designer by Dwell Magazine and at the High Point Furniture Market. \nMorgan Hill (image by Heather Canterbury) \nMorgan Hill – Morgan likes watching cult movies in search of surprise and in contrast to her daily tasks. She is entirely too enthusiastic about costume competitions\, the next bash she will throw\, 80’s music\, and learning something new. When she is not doing those things\, she is creating wearable art\, objects\, and installations that embody her passion for an unusual life. \nMorgan Hill’s formal art education began at Memphis College of Art (TN)\, where she focused in drawing. Her desire for a design literacy led her to study interior design at the University of Central Arkansas\, and she earned her BFA in Furniture and Woodworking at the University of Arkansas Little Rock. She has completed the Penland School of Craft Core Fellowship (NC) and the Windgate ITE Residency at the Center for Art in Wood (PA). Morgan’s work has been included in exhibits at the Asheville Art Museum (NC)\, Center for Art in Wood (PA)\, Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh (NC)\, Alabama Center for Architecture\, and numerous collections. Today\, she creates in a shared studio with four of her favorite colleagues in Spruce Pine\, NC. \nTodd Hoyer (Image by Hayley Smith) \nTodd Hoyer – Todd Hoyer was born in 1952\, in Wisconsin.  He was raised in Phoenix\, AZ.\, where he attended Arizona State University\, majoring in manufacturing engineering and design technology from 1970-1975.  He moved to Bisbee\, Arizona in 1976 where he began working in his studio. \nHe has been invited to over 100 group and solo exhibitions. His work is in many private collections and museums including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston; and the Victoria & Albert Museum\, London. \nHe has participated in residencies in the U.S. and Australia\, and has taught extensively over the last forty years in the US\, Australia\, Canada and Ireland. \nYuri Kobayashi (image by Bailey Davids Photography) \nYuri Kobayashi – Yuri Kobayashi is a furniture maker and sculptor based in Camden\, Maine. Born in Japan\, she first studied architectural design and then trained in woodworking at Shinrin Takumi Juku in Takayama. After moving to the U.S.\, Yuri earned an MFA in Furniture Design from San Diego State University and taught at the Rhode Island School of Design for fourteen years. Yuri’s approach demonstrates a cross-bridge between craft\, art\, and design. She carries out her studio practice as a long-standing fellow at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport\, Maine. She exhibits nationally and has received a number of competitive residencies\, grants\, and fellowships\, including the Windgate ITE Residency in 2014 and residencies at SUNY Purchase\, the University of Wisconsin\, Madison\, and Arizona State University Art Museum. \nHayley Smith (image by Todd Hoyer) \nHayley Smith – Hayley Smith was born in 1965 in Cardiff\, Wales\, where she received her BA Honors degree in Art Education in 1991. \nSmith started exhibiting in 1990. She has undertaken two residencies at Grizedale Sculpture Park\, England\, and was one of the resident fellows in the first Windgate ITE Residency Program\, PA in 1995. She participated in the “Designing Futures” residency in Western Australia. She has taught classes at schools including Anderson Ranch Arts Center and Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts\, and has presented at symposiums in Australia\, Ireland and throughout the US. \nSmith’s work is in private and public collections including the Detroit Institute of Arts; Museum of Arts and Design\, New York City; Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum; Victoria & Albert Museum\, London; Yale University Art Gallery. \nIn 1998\, Smith moved to Bisbee\, Arizona\, where she still resides and works today a mile high in the Mule Mountains. \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 \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org \nImage: Amber Johnston\, Fellow Yuri Kobayashi and Jack Laramore during Open Studio Day\, 2014 URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/a-discussion-with-windgate-ite-fellows/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2014-Kobayashi.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20201229T203513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201229T203957Z UID:10001556-1611253800-1611257400@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Gord Peteran DESCRIPTION:Artist Talk with Gord Peteran | Thurs\, Jan 21\, 2021 | Live on ZOOM at 6:30 pm EST\nRSVP \nJoin us for a talk with Toronto artist Gord Peteran and hear his thoughts about art\, design\, craft\, sculpture and furniture. \nImage above: Gord Peteran\, A Table of Turnings\, 2014\, found wooden turnings\nWhile having completed hundreds of private\, corporate and public commissions\, he has also lectured and exhibited extensively. \nThe Milwaukee Art Museum’s retrospective on Peteran toured nine museums across the United States. \nTwo books have been published on his work and he is included in many private and museum collections\, including University of Toronto Art Museum\, the Milwaukee Art Museum\, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem\, Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, and the Royal Ontario Museum. \nHe is a professor at OCAD University in Toronto. \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 \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org \n  URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/artist-talk-with-gord-peteran/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/A-Table-Made-of-Turnings-IMG_1544-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210208T181030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T193743Z UID:10001565-1614277800-1614281400@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:A Gallery Talk with Artist Tom Loeser and Guest Curator Glenn Adamson DESCRIPTION:A Gallery Talk with Artist Tom Loeser and Guest Curator Glenn Adamson | Thurs. February 25\, 2021 | 6:30 pm EST | LIVE on ZOOM\nPlease RSVP \nJoin us for a discussion with Artist Tom Loeser and Guest Curator Glenn Adamson on the exhibition Please\, Please\, Please. We’ll talk about Loeser’s imaginative approach to furniture and ponder the question: If the furniture we sit on every day were totally different\, would our lives be different\, too? \nAbove image: Dig 23\, 2015. Spalted maple and shovel handles. Photo: Bill Lemke\nPortrait of Tom Loeser \nTom Loeser designs and builds one-of-a-kind functional and dysfunctional objects. Though he seeks new form and meaning through his work\, the history of design and object-making is always his starting point. He holds a BA from Haverford College\, a BFA from Boston University\, and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts\, Dartmouth. Loeser was head of the wood/furniture area in the Department of Art at the University of Wisconsin\, Madison\, from 1991 to 2020. \nLoeser is the recipient of four Visual Artist Fellowship Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and an NEA Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship. His work has been featured in many national and international exhibitions and his work is held in the collections of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and Museum of Arts and Design (New York\, NY); Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence\, RI); Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston (Houston\, TX); and many others\, including the Center for Art in Wood. He was elected to the American Craft Council College of Fellows in 2012.\nwww.tomloeser.com \nGlenn Adamson by Lenore Tawney. \nGlenn Adamson is a curator\, writer and historian based in New York. He has previously been Director of the Museum of Arts and Design; Head of Research at the V&A; and Curator at the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee. Adamson’s publications include Thinking Through Craft (2007); The Craft Reader (2010); Postmodernism: Style and Subversion (2011\, co-edited with Jane Pavitt); The Invention of Craft (2013); Art in the Making (2016\, co-authored with Julia Bryan-Wilson; and Fewer Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects (2018). His newest book is Craft: An American History\,  published by Bloomsbury\, and he is co-host of the online interview series Design in Dialogue. www.glennadamson.com \n  \n  \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, Senior Manager of Partnerships and Engagement\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org \nThis FREE event is co-sponsored by the Craft and Material Studies Program of the University of the Arts and the Center for Art in Wood. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/a-gallery-talk-with-artist-tom-loeser-and-guest-curator-glenn-adamson/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Loeser-Dig-23-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210305T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210305T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20201020T174629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T194938Z UID:10001533-1614969000-1614972600@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Object Lesson: Thora Jacobson DESCRIPTION:Object Lesson | Thora Jacobson | March 5\, 2021 at 6:30 pm\nThis event has been RESCHEDULED for March 2021 \nClick HERE to RSVP  \nJoin Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82823779295 \nJoin us for First Friday Object Lesson followed by a festive virtual happy hour. Object Lesson is a monthly First Friday speaker series that opens wide the cases of the Center’s Museum Collection through the perspectives of individuals from the worlds of art\, design\, performance\, community activism\, education\, and more\, creating fresh dialogues about the Collection and its objects. The series invites the public for an up-close and personal experience in an informal\, discursive setting that will encourage exploration of the many treasures in the Collection. \nThese days\, Thora Jacobson is a visual arts management consultant focusing on systems development\, program design\, and strategic planning. She is also an independent curator\, having organized in 2019 an exhibition at InLiquid of materials-based artists who have taught in Philadelphia area art schools and influenced generations of students. In September 2020\, she juried CRAFT! – Da Vinci’s first contemporary all-craft exhibition in its 89-year history. \nShe retired from full time employment in January 2018 when the Philadelphia Art Alliance\, where she had been Executive Director for four years\, became part of the University of the Arts. For three years prior to her tenure at the Art Alliance\, she worked at Mural Arts Philadelphia where she served as Director of Design Review and managed the development and publication of Mural Arts @ 30 that examined the development and expansion of the organization over its first 30 years. \nPrior to that\, Jacobson conducted a small research project for the Social Impact of the Arts Project at the University of Pennsylvania on “natural” cultural districts and created a strategic plan for the Asian Arts Initiative. From the end of 2008 to June 2010 Thora served as Chief Operating Officer at Mural Arts for two years and for three years before that\, she was COO for the inaugural iteration of Philagrafika 2010\, the first international festival of the printed image in Philadelphia. From 1972 to 2006\, she was on staff of Philadelphia’s Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial\, serving as its Chief Executive Officer for 23 of those years. \nShe was the Chair of the Philadelphia Art Commission from 1992 to 2001 and was a Trustee and Officer of the National Guild of Community Arts Education from 2005 to 2009. In 2006\, Jacobson was honored by Tri-State Artists Equity for her service to the arts community\, and also by Moore College of Art and Design with the Visionary Woman Award which she shared with art historian Linda Nochlin and the late photographer Mary Ellen Mark. \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 URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/object-lesson-thora-jacobson/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Collection-Entrance-Crop-968x1000-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210305T200314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T204454Z UID:10001439-1615487400-1615491000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Winter Residency Fellow Colin Pezzano DESCRIPTION:The 2021 Winter Residency: Colin Pezzano | Gallery Talk | Thurs\, March 11\, 2021 | 6:30 pm | Virtual Gallery Talk Co-hosted by NextFab\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for a virtual gallery talk with the inaugural Winter Residency Fellow Colin Pezzano. The residency is designed for artists in Greater Philadelphia who work in the medium of wood and is a collaboration between the Center for Art in Wood and NextFab. An exhibition of the work created over the two-month-long program will be presented at the NextFab North Philadelphia location. \n\n  \nColin Pezzano by DJ Dohar \nColin Pezzano graduated from the University of the Arts in 2014 with a BFA in Crafts. He maintains and relies heavily on craft practices mixed with humor and pathos to define his work. In the spring of 2015 Pezzano had his first solo show\, titled Contain You\, at Bridgette Mayer Gallery. In 2018\, he had his second solo show\, Still Life with Dead Game\, at the Allen’s Lane Art Center. In 2020\, Pezzano worked with the group Past Present Projects on a store-front window installation titled We’ve Never Met. He has also participated in group shows and juried exhibitions\, attended residencies in the USA and Sweden\, and is a Windgate Fellow. Pezzano maintains his practice in South Philadelphia in his basement studio.Pezzano’s work is defined by craft processes. By carving and shaping material he is able to connect actions and memories to the traditions of his predecessors and contribute to the collective knowledge of making. Since achieving his BFA\, Pezzano has worked and taught in many different types of spaces including universities\, makers spaces\, personal studios\, and commercial shops. \n\n  \nABOUT NEXTFAB\nNextFab is a network of membership-based makerspaces that provide access to tools\, technology\, education\, events\, and services for makers and creatives. They offer a variety of education and startup programs\, as well as professional design\, production\, and placemaking services for whatever your fabrication needs. \nABOUT THE CENTER FOR ART IN WOOD\nThe Center for Art in Wood is a museum of contemporary art\, craft\, and design in the material of wood. The Center presents the work of emerging and established artists from the United States and abroad and offers thought-provoking exhibitions\, a permanent collection of over 1\,100 objects and works of art\, publications and documentation\, events and workshops\, and a library with over 26\,000 artist files\, books\, and documents that span the history of craft. The Center also brings artists and researchers from around the world to Philadelphia every year to attend its unique Windgate Artist Residency Program. \nIf you have questions\, please contact Katie Sorenson\, Community Engagement Manager at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/gallery-talk-with-winter-residency-fellow-colin-pezzano/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Untitled-design-6.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210403T201632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210403T201632Z UID:10001444-1619116200-1619119800@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:The 2020 Bob Stocksdale International Excellence in Wood Award: Kristin LeVier DESCRIPTION:The 2020 Bob Stocksdale International Excellence in Wood Award: Kristin LeVier | Thurs\, April 22\, 2021 | 6:30 pm | Virtual Lecture Co-hosted by Winterthur Museum\, Garden & Library\nImages: Kristin LeVier\, Winter Nest\, 2019. Photo: Jonathan Billing. Bob Stocksdale\, Snake Bowl\, 1984. Photo: John Carlano.\nClick here to RSVP \nJoin us to celebrate the fifth year of the Bob Stocksdale International Excellence in Wood Award. Supported by an anonymous donor\, this award is presented annually to an emerging or mid-career artist whose work unites quality of craftsmanship and respect for material\, for which renowned master woodturner Bob Stocksdale (1913–2003) is known. The 2020 recipient for the Bob Stocksdale International Excellence in Wood Award is Kristin LeVier\, Moscow\, ID. \nIn commemoration of the 2020 Stocksdale Award\, Jena Gilbert-Merrill\, a current Lois F. McNeil Fellow in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture\, will present a lecture on LeVier and renowned master woodturner Bob Stocksdale (1913 – 2003). Gilbert-Merrill\, whose research interest is focused on the history and experience of empathy-embedded objects and materials\, will discuss LeVier’s work in the context of Stocksdale’s impact and legacy\, including his quality of craftsmanship\, respect for materials\, commitment to human rights\, and artistic innovation in the material of wood. \n  \nKristin LeVier by Jonathan Billing. \nKristin LeVier: I create minimalist contemporary sculpture inspired by my deep fascination with the natural world\, and my mission as an artist is to tell a story through work at the intersection of art and science. I’m driven to make art that excites curiosity and connects us to the extraordinary\, strange beauty of the world around us. \nThe two decades I spent as a research molecular biologist allowed me to explore the complexity of our world\, and I continue to view my surroundings through the eyes of a scientist. The structure of a leaf or the movement of a bacterium can be astonishingly beautiful\, and I sculpt with the aim of illuminating the subtle and the tiny. \nThrough my work I hope to deliver scientific content viscerally to encourage curiosity and a desire to look more closely at the smallest details of the fantastically rich and beautiful world around us. \n  \nJena Gilbert-Merrill by Emily Bach \nJena Gilbert-Merrill is a scholar and artist with an interest in making\, makership\, and materiality. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 2016 with a BA in Studio Art & Educational Studies\, completed a postgraduate program in Ceramics at the Maryland Institute College of Art\, and is currently a Lois F. McNeil Fellow in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. With her background in art-making\, craftwork\, and education\, Jena is especially drawn to investigate how things are made\, the empathy embedded in handmade objects\, and the unique way that objects and materials can contain\, encode\, and reveal stories\, history\, and experience. Her current research revolves around the cultural and personal significance of making and material intelligence\, as well as notions of skill\, professionalism\, and amateurism in the context of early 20th-century craft and design. \n  \nBob Stocksdale (1913–2003) was an internationally renowned pioneer of contemporary wood turning. Known for his striking lathe-turned bowls\, formed from exotic woods\, Stocksdale is credited with sparking the revitalization of the craft of wood turning and its growing significance as an art form. His signature work comprised smooth\, elegant bowl forms that emphasized the natural color and distinctive grain pattern of the wood. \nStocksdale grew up on his family’s farm in Warren\, Indiana. He began working with wood as a teenager repairing furniture and taught himself how to turn on the lathe. Drafted into the US Army in 1942\, Stocksdale claimed Conscientious Objector status and spent the duration of WWII in Civilian Public Service camps. It was in such a camp where he turned his first bowl. \nFollowing the war\, Stocksdale moved to Berkeley\, CA\, and became an early member of the Arts and Crafts Cooperative\, Inc. (ACCI)\, a cooperative gallery showing work by designer-craftspeople. He was married to the noted weaver and fiber artist\, Kay Sekimachi. \n Bob Stocksdale’s awards and acknowledgments were many. He was inducted as a Fellow of the American Crafts Council; made an Honorary Lifetime Member of the American Association of Wood Turners (AAW); honored as a California Living Treasure; and recognized as a Master of the Medium Award by the James Renwick Alliance. His work is held in the permanent collections of many notable institutions\, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston; the Museum of Arts and Design\, New York; the Contemporary Museum of Art\, Honolulu; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Center for Art in Wood.  URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/the-2020-bob-stocksdale-international-excellence-in-wood-award-kristin-levier/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Copy-of-Untitled-Design-1-e1612466030463.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210419T164755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T190846Z UID:10001448-1620844200-1620847800@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:How it Started and How it’s Going: Collector Joe Seltzer DESCRIPTION:How it Started and How it’s Going: Collector Joe Seltzer | Wed. May 12\, 2021 | 6:30 pm EST | LIVE on ZOOM\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for How it Started and How it’s Going\, a speaker series with collectors. We’ll dive into their collections and learn about how they got started and why; we’ll hear what attracts them to certain pieces and see some of their favorite works. We will also discuss what makes someone a collector of art and how to start your own collection. Our first talk will feature Collector\, Woodturner\, and retired Educator Joe Seltzer. \nDon’t miss this special glimpse into a collection! \nJoe Seltzer \nJoe Seltzer is a woodturner and avid collector of wood art. He first noticed woodturning in 1985 when he went to the Renwick to see the Jacobson Collection. He began to go to local craft shows and shortly thereafter\, decided to limit his collection to pieces less than 7 inches in height or diameter. In about 1988 he read a newspaper article about Albert LeCoff\, tracked him down\, and went to visit. From that and many subsequent interactions\, he began to learn about the field. He started to go to national craft shows and conferences and met many artists and collectors who became friends. He is a founding Board Member of the Collectors of Wood Art (CWA)\, was on the Board for 12 years\, including a term as President. He helped organize two conferences presented jointly by the CWA and the Wood Turning Center (now CAW). \nIn 1998\, Joe became involved with the annual local collaborative conference called Echo Lake and has been on the steering committee and attended ever since. He helped organize a tenth anniversary retrospective exhibition held at CAW and a twentieth-anniversary retrospective exhibit at New Hope Arts. \nHis collection now includes over 1200 objects\, all of which except about two dozen fit the 7-inch criteria. \n  \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\, Senior Manager of Partnerships and Engagement at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/how-it-started-and-how-its-going-collector-joe-seltzer/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Untitled-design-22.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210626T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210626T203000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210528T183637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210701T135355Z UID:10001569-1624734000-1624739400@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Queering Wood Craft: An LGBTQIA+ Woodworkers Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Queering Wood Craft: An LGBTQIA+ Woodworkers Roundtable | Sat. June 26\, 2021 | 7:00 pm EDT | LIVE on ZOOM\nClick HERE to RSVP \nThe Center for Art in Wood launched a series of conversations with queer woodworkers. Independent scholar and curator John-Duane Kingsley will lead this roundtable discussion with leading queer woodworkers and artists in wood\, sharing the ways their lived experience impacts their craft\, process\, and aesthetic. Join us for an enlightening and fun evening. \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 \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, \nSenior Manager of Partnerships and Engagement\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org \n\n  URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/queering-wood-craft-an-lgbtqia-woodworkers-roundtable/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Untitled-design-23.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210714T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210714T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210505T160950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220222T163333Z UID:10001450-1626287400-1626291000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Please\, Please\, Please\, Philadelphia DESCRIPTION:Please\, Please\, Please\, Philadelphia | Wed. July 14\, 2021 | 6:30 pm EDT | LIVE on ZOOM\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for Please\, Please\, Please\, Philadelphia\, a discussion about seating in the city featuring furniture designer-maker John Lutz\, restoration expert and connoisseur of Early-American Furniture Chris Storb\, and Emily Zilber\, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Strategic Partnerships at the Wharton Esherick Museum. We’ll hear about the history and tie local made furniture to our current exhibition Tom Loeser: Please\, Please\, Please. \n  \nJohn Lutz \nJohn Lutz is a woodworker\, furniture designer\, manager and educator. His work is highly influenced by the relationship between craftsperson and material through the process of producing the final product. Lutz’ career began with working in the industry for high end furniture\, while also teaching at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Penland School of Crafts. He received his BFA in Woodworking and Furniture Design in 1984 from Rochester Institute of Technology.  He soon after began working for Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers in Maine\, where he spent over 18 years working with the company. John has been awarded design patents and Innovation design awards. He has lead several AIA lectures\, taught certified courses to interior designers. Since 2008 John has been General Manager of George Nakashima Woodworkers\, and continues to create his own works while focusing on the process of making traditional forms. In addition to his work John supports the wood community as Board Member for the Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia. \n  \nChris Storb \nChristopher Storb has worked as furniture conservator for over 40 years. Most recently he worked at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 2003 to 2019. His expertise is in the history of woodworking techniques\, processes\, and materials\, coupled with the ability to share that expertise in a meaningful way with students and the general public. He has lectured and written widely on historic furniture and maintains the blog “In Proportion to the Trouble” where he examines all things regarding the arts and mysteries of woodcraft. \n  \nEmily Zilber \nEmily Zilber is the Director of Curatorial Affairs and Strategic Partnerships at the Wharton Esherick Museum. She maintains an independent curatorial and consulting practice and is currently Guest Curator at the Renwick Gallery\, Smithsonian American Art Museum for the 2021 Renwick Invitational. She is adjunct faculty at Tyler School of Art and Architecture and speaks regularly on topics related to craft\, design\, and museum practice. Zilber was the first Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston and has also held positions as Assistant Curator at Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum and Editor of Metalsmith and Metalsmith Tech. Zilber serves on the boards of trustees of the Center for Craft in Asheville\, NC and CraftNOW Philadelphia\, and is on the Collections Committee of the Center for Art in Wood. \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\, Senior Manager of Partnerships and Engagement at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/please-please-please-philadelphia/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Untitled-design-24.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210701T134842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210701T134842Z UID:10001571-1626978600-1626982200@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Curator Talk with Jennifer-Navva Milliken DESCRIPTION:Curator Talk with Jennifer-Navva Milliken | Thurs. July 22\, 2021 | 6:30 pm EDT | LIVE on ZOOM\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for an evening with Artistic Director and Curator Jennifer-Navva Milliken to learn about her thinking behind the exhibition Wood + Body: Expressions of Contemporary Jewelry. This small but international showing of contemporary jewelry made from wood offers a wide range of approaches\, concepts\, and questions while encouraging viewers to consider the creative potential of wood and adornment. Don’t miss this fascinating talk diving into the world of contemporary jewelry. \nImage above: Ketli Tiitsar\, Nature Morte Brooch IX\, 2015. Photo: Dénes Farkas.\nJennifer-Navva Milliken is the artistic leader of the Center and is responsible for creating and executing the exhibition schedule\, facilitating the annual Windgate ITE International Residency program\, maintaining the integrity of the museum collection and research library\, and overseeing the Center’s publishing and documentation activities. \nBefore coming to the Center in May 2018\, she worked as an independent curator and consultant\, following her tenure as the Curator of Craft and Design and the interim curatorial director at the Bellevue Arts Museum [BAM].  Before joining BAM\, she established INTER ALIA projects\, a curatorial enterprise based in Tel Aviv\, Israel\, and New York\, NY. INTER ALIA fostered dialogues surrounding contemporary art\, studio craft\, design\, and new media through site-specific pop-up exhibitions\, gallery programming\, writing\, and advocacy for artists practicing in these fields. Milliken has lived in several locales including Jerusalem\, New York\, Seoul\, and Tel Aviv. In addition to her time at BAM\, she has been an embedded staff member at a number of cultural institutions and museums\, among them the Museum of Arts & Design (MAD)\, New York\, and The Israel Museum\, Jerusalem. \nShe serves on the board of the Furniture Society and is a member of the International Council of Museums. Milliken remains in demand as a lecturer and writer due to her expertise in contemporary craft and design. She authored the exhibition catalogue WHY WOOD? Contemporary Practice in a Timeless Material\, a 2016 Collectors of Wood Art publication\, as well as Humaira Abid: Taboo\, which was released in 2018 in conjunction with the traveling exhibition Humaira Abid: Searching for Home — which was on view at the Center for Art in Wood in 2020. \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\, Senior Manager of Partnerships and Engagement at katie@museumforartinwood.org. \n  URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/curator-talk-with-jennifer-navva-milliken/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Ketli_Tiitsar_NatureMorteIX.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210724T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210724T203000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210701T135610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210701T140115Z UID:10001572-1627153200-1627158600@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Queering Wood Craft: An LGBTQIA+ Woodworkers Roundtable Part 2 DESCRIPTION:Queering Wood Craft: An LGBTQIA+ Woodworkers Roundtable Part 2 | Sat. July 24\, 2021 | 7:00 pm EDT | LIVE on ZOOM\nClick HERE to RSVP \nThe Center for Art in Wood launched a series of conversations with queer woodworkers. Independent scholar and curator John-Duane Kingsley will lead this roundtable discussion with leading queer woodworkers and artists in wood\, sharing the ways their lived experience impacts their craft\, process\, and aesthetic. Join us for an enlightening and fun evening. \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 \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, \nSenior Manager of Partnerships and Engagement\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org \n\n  URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/2-0-queering-wood-craft-an-lgbtqia-woodworkers-roundtable/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Untitled-design-23.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210818T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210818T190000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210716T160843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210728T162215Z UID:10001574-1629309600-1629313200@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:2022 Winter Residency Info Session DESCRIPTION:2022 Winter Residency Info Session | Thurs. August 18\, 2021 | 6:00 pm EDT | LIVE on ZOOM\nClick HERE to RSVP \nAre you thinking about applying for the 2022 Winter Residency? Then\, join us for an evening to talk about the residency and answer any questions you might have. \nAbout the Residency: \nThe Center for Art in Wood and NextFab launched Winter Residency Program is 2021\, and we’re excited about the second session. The program is designed for artists in Greater Philadelphia working in the medium of wood. We invite applications for the 2022 session from artists who work either solely in wood or other materials in combination with wood and demonstrate technical proficiency with woodworking equipment. Reflecting our mutual support of environmental stewardship\, reclaimed wood must comprise at least fifty percent of the work during the residency. A jury of makers and educators will award one fellowship annually\, and the residency culminates in a solo exhibition in the gallery at NextFab’s new North Philadelphia location. This residency is a collaboration between the Center for Art in Wood and NextFab\, a network of member-based maker spaces. \nApplications for the 2022 Winter Residency open August 1\, closing on September 15\, 2021. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/2022-winter-residency-info-session/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Untitled-design-6.png ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210910T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210910T193000 DTSTAMP:20260501T000948 CREATED:20210712T153747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T170843Z UID:10001573-1631298600-1631302200@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Virtual Reception - Out of Bounds: The Art of Croquet DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reception – Out of Bounds: The Art of Croquet | Fri. September 10\, 2021 | 6:30 pm EDT | LIVE on ZOOM URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/49161/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rosenthal-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The%20Center%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9533152;-75.1447709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=141 N 3rd Street:geo:-75.1447709,39.9533152 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR