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SUMMARY:Furniture\, History and Feminism: a Suite Américaine Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Furniture\, History and Feminism: a Suite Américaine Panel Discussion | Fri. July 24\, 2026 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm ET | In-person\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for a panel discussion exploring the history of American furniture making through objects created for women from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. Using furniture as a lens to examine gender\, labor\, and artistic expression\, the conversation will consider how domestic objects reflected and shaped women’s roles in early America. \nThe discussion centers on three furniture forms that inspired the exhibition BA Harrington: Suite Américanine: dower chests\, writing desks\, and sewing tables. Each of these objects occupied a distinct place in a woman’s life. Dower chests safeguarded textiles\, clothing\, and household goods that accompanied a woman into marriage; writing desks provided a space for correspondence\, record-keeping\, and intellectual engagement; and sewing tables supported the textile work expected of women and often served as a measure of domestic skill and accomplishment. Together\, these forms reveal the complex ways furniture functioned not only as utilitarian objects but also as markers of identity\, status\, education\, and gender expectations. \nPanelists will examine the cultural significance and craftsmanship of these furnishings\, considering the woodworkers who designed and built them\, the social customs that informed their use\, and the women whose daily lives were intertwined with them. The conversation will also explore the paradox embedded within these objects: although they were frequently commissioned\, designed\, and constructed by men\, they were created to organize\, contain\, and sometimes conceal the labor\, creativity\, and personal worlds of women. \nThrough a feminist lens\, the panel will connect these historical forms to BA Harrington’s contemporary practice. Historically designed and built by men\, these furnishings often concealed women’s labor and creativity. In Suite Américanine\, Harrington transforms them into structures that reveal rather than hide textile work\, bringing women’s craftsmanship to the forefront and inviting viewers to reconsider whose labor and stories have been valued. \nBringing together perspectives from history\, material culture\, and contemporary practice\, this conversation offers an opportunity to reflect on the enduring relationship between furniture\, gender\, and creative expression across centuries of American history. \n  \nPanelists: \nJustina Barrett\nJustina Barrett serves as the Chief Learning and Engagement Officer at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania\, one of the nation’s largest archives of historical documents\, founded in 1824. In this role\, she oversees all public programming\, K-12 educational activities\, and external engagement efforts\, including communications and partnerships. She works to showcase and make accessible HSP’s collection of over 23 million manuscripts\, books\, and graphic images. She brings to her role over two decades of museum education experience in art museums and historic houses. Justina earned a bachelor’s degree in history with teaching certification from Bryn Mawr College and a master’s degree in early American material culture from the Winterthur Program at the University of Delaware. \nBA Harrington\nSince 2012\, Harrington has been a Professor of Woodworking in the Department of Art and Design\, and Director of the Wood Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She continues to write essays\, speak at conferences\, and build sculptural work in reference to early American furniture forms. She has held Windgate Artist Residencies at San Diego State University and SUNY Purchase and was a recipient of the Center for Craft’s inaugural Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship. Each year this substantial mid-career grant is awarded to two artists who are revising\, reclaiming\, and advancing the history of craft through their work. Harrington graduated from the Cabinet & Furnituremaking program at the North Bennet Street School in Boston. She also holds an M.F.A. in Wood and an M.A. In Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \nChristopher Storb\nChristopher Storb is a furniture conservator\, woodworking historian\, and instructor of joinery\, woodturning\, and woodcarving. His expertise is in the history of woodworking technologies\, processes\, and materials. \nThis event is free to the public. The Museum for Art in Wood interprets\, nurtures\, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art\, craft\, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org. \n 
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/furniture-history-and-feminism-a-suite-americaine-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stitch-In: A Day of Craftivism
DESCRIPTION:Stitch-In: A Day of Craftivism | Sat. July 25\, 2026 | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm ET | In-person\, Liberty Bell Block\, People’s Plaza\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for Stitch-In: A Day of Craftivism—a gathering where quiet crafts meet loud voices. Bring your needles\, thread\, yarn\, and unfinished projects and come together with fellow makers to stitch\, knit\, embroider\, and create in community. \nInspired by a long tradition of craftivism—the use of needlework and handcraft as a form of protest and political expression—this day-long event invites participants of all skill levels to amplify their voices through the meditative power of making. Whether you’re working on your own creation or contributing to our collaborative community quilt\, your hands and your perspective are welcome here. \nStitch-In is an auxiliary program to the Museum for Art in Wood’s current exhibitions\, BA Harrington: Suite Américaine\, Viola Bordon: Muliebrity\, and A Room of Their Own: Still-Life Sculpture and the Creative Interior\, which are a part of Radical Americana—a series of exhibitions created and organized by The Clay Studio in celebration of the nation’s Semiquincentennial. Presented by an extensive group of Philadelphia arts and cultural institutions\, Radical Americana honors how today’s artists carry forward Philadelphia’s rich legacy as a center for creativity and civic engagement. \nCome make. Come speak. Come be part of the fabric of this city. \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson at katie@museumforartinwood.org
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/stitch-in-a-day-of-craftivism/
LOCATION:People’s Plaza at Liberty Bell Block\, 526 Market Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood 2026
DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood 2026 | Fri\, August 7\, 2026 | 5:30 – 8:00 pm | In-person Event\nWalk-in’s Welcome \nThe Museum’s annual summer exhibition represents the culmination of the Windgate Wood Arts Residency Program (WARP-Wood)\, a two-month arts residency program. In this exhibition\, the international group of artists presents work created during the residency\, which emphasizes research\, exploration\, and the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment. Now in its twenty-eighth year\, this renowned residency offers artists specializing in the material of wood the opportunity to test their vision and skill\, while developing connections with colleagues\, collectors\, and the city of Philadelphia. \nThis year’s fellows\, listed below\, will bring immersive and installation sculpture\, furniture and woodworking\, sculpture\, and research to the Museum’s exhibition space. \n2026 Windgate Resident Fellows:\n\nArtists \nAdam Atkinson | Austin\, Texas\, US \nJoyce Lin | Bellaire\, Texas\, US \nMark Tan | Tempe\, Arizona\, US \nNiv Tishbi | Tel Aviv\, Israel \nArtist and Documentation \nAnders Nienstaedt |  Northfield\, Minnesota\, US \nStudent Artist \nLiza Stout | Phoenix\, Arizona\, US \nScholar \nDaniel Fountain\,  PhD | Exeter\, United Kingdom \n  \n\nMeet the 2026 WARP Wood Fellows! Join us for the WARP Wood Open Studio Day\, in memory of Lee Bender\, on July 11\, 2026\, at NextFab North. To RSVP\, click HERE. \n  \nOpening reception with the Windgate Resident Fellows | Aug 7\, 5:30-8 PM | Gallery talk\, 6-7 PM \n  \nThis year’s Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood and Exhibition is generously supported by the Cambium Circle Members of the Museum for Art in Wood\, donors to the Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood appeal\, the Phil F. Brown Fund\, Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, the Klorfine Foundation\, and Windgate Foundation. The Museum received in-kind support from Boomerang\, Inc. Special thanks to the WARP Wood committee\, the organizing committee of the Echo Lake Collaborative Conference\, the Organic Recycling Center in the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation\, and Debbra Soffer in memory of Michael Soffer. \n  \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-opening-for-the-windgate-arts-residency-program-in-wood-2026-2/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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