On Saturday, November 14th, craft steps out of the studio and into the heart of Philadelphia with CraftNOWCreate, a hands-on exploration of craft at the Kimmel Center. All activities are free and family-friendly. Demonstrations by the Center are programmed by Suzanne Kahn and include a wooden whistle workshop by Beth Ireland, wood turning on the […]
Thank you to all the sponsors and to all the attendees at this year's Founders' Fundraiser. This year, the Center honored Philadelphia area Fellows designated by the American Craft Council (ACC) with an exhibition at the Center. Each of the artists work in wood and have distinctive careers that span 25 years or more. Click here to view the […]
The Center presents provocative works by three artists in the Gerry Lenfest Gallery. Wendy Maruyama: The wildLIFE Project addresses poaching and the illegal ivory trade which has all but decimated the elephant and exemplifies the artist’s shift beyond traditional studio craft and education, to advocacy. Elephants are memorialized in monumental form with sculpted heads ranging […]
(This exhibition runs concurrently with the Wendy Maryuma: The wildLIFE Project exhibition.) The Center presents provocative works by three artists in the Gerry Lenfest Gallery. Wendy Maruyama: The wildLIFE Project addresses poaching and the illegal ivory trade which has all but decimated the elephant and exemplifies the artist’s shift beyond traditional studio craft and education, […]
Meet Wendy Maruyama of Wendy Maruyama: The wildLIFE Project and meet Dorothy Gill Barnes of Dorothy Gill Barnes and Dona Look: Beyond the Trees, whose exhibits run concurrently from February 5 - April 23, 2016 in the Gerry Lenfest Gallery. Wendy Maruyama: The wildLIFE Project addresses poaching and the illegal ivory trade which has all but decimated […]