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:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251130T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044214 CREATED:20251119T191738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T191738Z UID:10002072-1764504000-1764518400@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Museum Store Sunday DESCRIPTION:Museum Store Sunday | Sun. Nov. 30\, 2025 | 12:00 – 4:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nEnjoy an afternoon at the Museum for Art in Wood shopping for unique handmade items in our Museum Store. Take advantage of getting creative at our free family-friendly holiday crafting table and mini tours of our current exhibition\, A Usable Past: Reflections on a Nation and Its Inheritance. \nThe Museum for Art in Wood interprets\, nurtures\, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art\, craft\, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/museum-store-sunday/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum Store ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/sip-n-shop-Nat-edit_16-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044214 CREATED:20251016T173438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T173438Z UID:10002066-1764954000-1764964800@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for American Graffiti: Painting\, Dyeing\, and Surface Design in Wood DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for American Graffiti: Painting\, Dyeing\, and Surface Design in Wood | Fri. Dec. 5\, 2025 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nPlease join us for the First Friday opening of American Graffiti: Painting\, Dyeing\, and Surface Design in Wood! \nDuring the 1970s\, prominent American woodturners like Bob Stocksdale and David Ellsworth marshalled their virtuosic talents to turn vessels that showcased the natural and idiosyncratic features of wood such as knots\, infestations\, and complex grain figure. Embracing species such as Brazilian rosewood\, African blackwood\, and pink ivory wood that appeared “exotic” to American audiences\, these artists highlighted the drama of naturally occurring figuration. By the 1980s\, artists began to challenge this prevailing orthodoxy; pioneers like Meryll Saylan questioned the creative value of rarefied wood types and the field’s prevailing rejection of surface decoration. American Graffiti: Painting\, Dyeing\, and Surface Design in Wood follows the rebellious\, experimental\, and often quirky spirit of artists who dare to obscure the unadulterated beauty of wood grain. \nDrawn from the Museum’s permanent collection\, American Graffiti presents twenty-one objects by eighteen artists. Works of turning\, carving\, and sculpture demonstrate how the allure of color and surface design has captivated artists working in wood. For some\, wood offers a blank canvas for representational sculpture\, embellished by the application of vivid paint or imagery. For others\, dye and surface texturing deepens the exploration of formal qualities like shape and volume\, without the distraction of figured patterning. Taken together\, these artists offer a tongue in cheek response to collectors\, enthusiasts\, and critics that limit their appreciation of wood art to the beauty of strictly natural features. Through automotive lacquer\, fiberglass\, milk paint\, or dye\, these works invite viewers to appreciate the artistic touch that remains on the surface. \nArtists: \nJérôme Blanc; Mike Darlow; Michael De Forest; Giles Gilson; Louise Hibbert; Michael Hosaluk; Michael Hosaluk and Mark Sfirri; Connie Mississippi; Binh Pho\, Greg Wilber and David Williams; Hap Sakwa; Merryll Saylan; Betty Scarpino; David Sengel; Alan Stirt; Derek Weidman; Maria Van Kesteren \nLocation: The Fleur and Charles Bresler Research Library at the Museum for Art in Wood \nRemarks at 6:00 pm \nAmerican Graffiti is generously supported by the Cambium Giving Society of the Museum for Art in Wood\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, The Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, and Windgate Foundation. \nPictured above: Merryll Saylan\, North Seas\, 1988. Photo by John Carlano URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-opening-for-american-graffiti-painting-dyeing-and-surface-design-in-wood/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/MS05-North-Seas-1995.01.01.212.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260102T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260102T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044214 CREATED:20251208T200056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T200056Z UID:10002073-1767373200-1767384000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:January First Friday DESCRIPTION:January First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood | Fri. Jan 2\, 2026 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nThis First Friday\, stop into the Museum for Art in Wood and experience A Usable Past: Reflections of a Nation and Its Inheritance and American Graffiti: Painting\, Dyeing\, and Surface Design in Wood. While you’re here\, explore our permanent collection of over 1\,400 objects and shop our Museum Store for unique handmade objects\, jewelry\, artworks\, and books. \n\nThe Museum for Art in Wood interprets\, nurtures\, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art\, craft\, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/january-first-friday/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled-design-9.png ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T133000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044214 CREATED:20251218T215233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251218T215249Z UID:10002074-1768046400-1768051800@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Queering Wood Craft: an LGBTQIA+ Woodworkers Roundtable Part 12b DESCRIPTION:Queering Wood Craft: an LGBTQIA+ Woodworkers Roundtable Part 12b | Sat\, January 10\, 2026 | Zoom\nClick HERE to RSVP \nThe Museum for Art in Wood’s series of conversations with queer woodworkers is back for another installment this winter. Entrepreneur\, teacher\, and artist Sterling Cruz-Herr will co-host with artist\, educator\, and wood sculptor Leo Louise this edition of the roundtable discussion with leading queer woodworkers and artists in wood\, sharing the ways their lived experience impacts their craft\, process\, and aesthetic. \nJoin us for this enlightening and community-filled afternoon. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Co-hosts\n \n \n \n \n \n Sterling is only young in woodworker years; but they nonetheless are building a business — T4Timbers — with products for the queer/trans community and our allies. What they lack in woodworking experience\, they are trying to offset with communication skills garnered over decades. \n \n \n \n \n \n Leo Louise (they/them) is a queer and trans artist\, educator\, and wood sculptor based in Baltimore\, MD. They transform found wood into sculptural objects that honor queerness\, abundance\, and cooperation in nature. As a self-taught artist\, Leo came into woodworking through community networks and mutual learning—not formal training. That DIY lineage informs their commitment as an educator to demystify craft and challenge who gets to belong in spaces of making. They are a woodworking instructor and shop monitor at Baltimore’s Station North Tool Library and travel often to teach and assist fellow woodworkers at craft schools across the country.  \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is free to the public. The Museum for Art in Wood interprets\, nurtures\, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art\, craft\, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/qwcpart12b/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Queering-Wood-Craft-523-Presentation-169.png ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044214 CREATED:20251219T231736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251219T232235Z UID:10002075-1768501800-1768507200@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:A Special Musical Performance by TR7 and Jamaaladeen Tacuma DESCRIPTION:A Special Musical Performance by TR7 and Jamaaladeen Tacuma | Thurs. Jan 15\, 2026 | 6:30 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nRSVP \nJoin us for a special musical performance celebrating the current exhibition\, A Usable Past: Reflections of a Nation and Its Inheritance\, featuring artists Taji Ra’oof Nahl (TR7) and Jamaaladeen Tacuma. The performance will echo themes of cultural identities inherited through family or migration\, the building of new legacies within a heterogeneous society\, the fragility of democratic ideals\, and the failures of systems that promise unity\, liberty\, and self-governance. \nAbout the Artists \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Taji Ra’oof Nahl (TR7) is a Philadelphia-based conceptual artist whose practice merges sculpture\, sound\, performance\, and experimental cinema into a site-responsive method he calls Field Trips to Staged Productions. A 2024 Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts\, his work explores civic infrastructures\, ecological intelligence\, Islamic cosmology\, and African American intellectual lineage. His ongoing Abstract Dynamics series—often realized as duo projects—extends this approach through live scoring\, moving-image presentation\, and spatial activation. TR7 is the founder of Ra’oof Atelier\, Channel TR7\, Adam Vocabulary Club\, and The Other Sounds of Philadelphia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Few musicians leave their audiences with a feeling that they have truly witnessed something amazing. Artist/Producer/Performer/Arranger/Innovator AND Bassist—JAMAALADEEN TACUMA does just that. This native Philadelphian has always stretched the old mold of what a bassist is supposed to play and how. Tacuma has redefined his instrument’s artistic potential. In the mid 70’s\, his creatively free approach to the bass caught the eye and ear of the legendary saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Tacuma became a member of Coleman’s electric band\, Prime Time\, he toured with the group and played on some of Coleman’s historic recordings such as: “Dancing In Your Head”\, “Body Meta”\, and “Of Human Feelings”. As a soloist\, Tacuma continued to push the musical envelope with his debut album\, simply titled “Showstopper\,” in 1983. Several records followed\, some of which include: Renaissance Man (1984)\, Music World (1987) and JukeBox (1989)\, Cosmetic\, Boss of The Bass\, which confirmed his ability to flip between various musical genres. Even the critics have had high praise for Tacuma’s musicianship and artistry. One year he received the highest number of votes ever for an electric bassist in the “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” category of the DownBeat critics’ poll. \n\nIn recent years\, Jamaaladeen has been gaining recognition from some of the United States most prestigious artist foundations. In 2011\, Jamaaladeen received the Pew Arts & Heritage Award\, the Marcus Garvey Foundation Award\, and the Uptown Theater Hall of Fame Award in 2014. Jamaaladeen has received composer’s residencies at the prestigious MacDowell Colony\, Headlands Center for the Arts\, and Civitella Rainier Italy\, where he composed a new project he will be presenting in 2015. He was honored in 2018 with Philadelphia’s Benny Golson Award and Liberty Bell Medal\, in 2020  Jazz Journalist Association “Philadelphia Jazz Hero Award”\, 2021 South Arts Creative Residency Grant\, and Mid Atlantic Arts International award. In 2023\, he was honored by Morocco with the Visa Music Award. Staying true to his artistic and experimental approach to music\, Tacuma consistently brings fans worldwide musical peace and happiness. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n This event is free to the public. The Museum for Art in Wood interprets\, nurtures\, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art\, craft\, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/a-special-musical-performance-by-tr7-and-jamaaladeen-tacuma/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled-design-11.png ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044214 CREATED:20260112T195614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T200311Z UID:10002079-1769947200-1769961600@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Family Craft Table DESCRIPTION:Family Craft Table | Sun\, February 1\, 2026 | 12 pm – 4 pm | Museum for Art in Wood\nJoin us for a fun-filled afternoon at the Museum’s Family Craft table. The Museum will offer a monthly free seasonal hands-on craft for all ages to enjoy. Stop in and experience the Museum’s current exhibitions\, A Usable Past: Reflections on a Nation and Its Inheritance\, American Graffiti: Painting\, Dyeing\, and Surface Design in Wood\, the Permanent Collection\, and unique handmade items in our Museum Store. We can’t wait to see you get creative at the Family Craft Table. \nThis event is free to the public. The Museum for Art in Wood interprets\, nurtures\, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art\, craft\, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/family-craft-table-8/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Family Friendly Craft Table ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Copy-of-open-studio-day-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T193000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044214 CREATED:20251229T212345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T180041Z UID:10002076-1770229800-1770233400@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:A Usable Past Virtual Artist Talk DESCRIPTION:A Usable Past Virtual Artist Talk | Wed\, Feb 4\, 2026 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Zoom\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for a virtual gallery talk for A Usable Past: Reflections on a Nation and Its Inheritance. The exhibition brings together sculpture by twelve artists who reckon with America’s layered histories. From family lineages and ancestral myths to rooted or shifting values\, the ideas that drive these works probe how the nation’s past continues to shape these artists and their experience of the present. Drawing from the metaphorical power inherent in the material of wood\, these artists translate inheritance into form\, giving “shape and substance to national identity.” \nArtists who will be joining us for the virtual discussion:Vivian Chiu\, Damien Davis\, Michael De Forest\, Aspen Golann\, Terry Holzgreen\, Gina Siepel\, and Kimberly Winkle; moderated by exhibition curator Jennifer-Navva Milliken \nExhibition Artists:Vivian Chiu\, Damien Davis\, Michael De Forest\, Raul De Lara\, Aspen Golann\, Terry Holzgreen\, James Maurelle\, Jordan Nassar\, Ato Ribeiro\, Gina Siepel\, David J. Wilson\, Kimberly Winkle \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. \nA Usable Past is generously supported by the Cambium Giving Society of the Museum for Art in Wood\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, The Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, and Windgate Foundation. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/a-usable-past-virtual-artist-talk/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_5353-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T233000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044214 CREATED:20251024T194320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T225114Z UID:10002070-1771617600-1771630200@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:2026 Gallery Groove DESCRIPTION:SPONSORSHIPS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You’re Invited: Gallery Groove at the Museum for Art in Wood!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 🗓 Date: Friday\, February 20⏰ Time: 8:00–11:30 pm📍 Location: Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N. 3rd Street\, Old City\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106🎶 Music: DJ On Mars🌯Food: Burrito Feliz Philly\n \n \n \n \n \n We are thrilled to host our second Gallery Groove!   \nFor one night only\, the Museum for Art in Wood transforms its exhibition gallery into the ultimate dance floor. With the art on vacation between exhibitions\, we’re filling the space with electrifying beats and your best moves! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to dance the night away in one of the city’s most creative spaces. Grab your friends\, dress to move\, and join us for a night of unforgettable vibes. All proceeds raised from this event support the Museum’s exhibitions and programming.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPONSORSHIPS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n If you have questions\, please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org. \n \n \n \n \n \n SPONSORS OF THE GALLERY GROOVE\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n Christian Giannelli PhotographyLeonard Kreppel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Untitled design (31) URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/2026-gallery-groove/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Groove ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Untitled-design-15.png ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044214 CREATED:20260218T190409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T190622Z UID:10002080-1772816400-1772827200@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:First Friday Opening for Viola Bordon: Muliebrity DESCRIPTION:First Friday Opening for Viola Bordon: Muliebrity | Fri. March 6\, 2026 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups Welcome \nJoin us for the opening of Viola Bordon: Muliebrity! While you’re at the Museum\, experience American Graffiti: Painting\, Dyeing\, and Surface Design in Wood and make sure to explore our permanent collection of over 1\,400 objects and shop our Museum Store for unique handmade objects\, jewelry\, artworks\, and books. \n\nViola Bordon: Muliebrity is a part of Radical Americana\, a series of exhibitions organized by a consortium of Philadelphia’s extensive collection of arts and cultural institutions that celebrate how today’s artists are continuing the city’s unique and rich legacy as a center for creativity and civic engagement. To learn more about the other participating artists and organizations\, please click HERE. \nSince the American Revolution\, the Roman goddess Libertas has personified the nation’s ideals\, embodying evolving definitions of freedom and belonging. The 1886 dedication of the Statue of Liberty\, however\, unfolded amid national conflict over the boundaries of liberty\, including the end of Reconstruction\, debates over immigration\, and the rise of women’s suffrage. Drawing on archival research at the American Historical Society\, textile artist Viola Bordon examines “Lady Liberty” as a fragmented American icon. Her triptych Muliebrity\, composed through appliqué and found textiles\, invokes a distinctly feminine power grounded in endurance and embodied knowledge\, prompting us to consider how figures of womanhood have been repeatedly mobilized to serve patriarchal institutions.\n\nAbout the Artist: \nViola Bordon is a Philadelphia-based sculptor and fiber artist whose work explores themes of power\, boundary\, control\, the body\, labor\, faith\, religion\, and isolation. She holds an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania and a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis. Bordon has presented her work in exhibitions and site-based installations throughout the United States\, South Asia\, and Australia.\n\nViola Bordon: Muliebrity is generously supported by Radical Americana\, the Cambium Giving Society of the Museum for Art in Wood\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, The Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, William Penn Foundation\, and Windgate Foundation. \n\nThe Museum for Art in Wood interprets\, nurtures\, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art\, craft\, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-opening-for-viola-bordon-muliebrity/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Detail-3--scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260313T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260313T193000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044214 CREATED:20260112T191901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T191941Z UID:10002078-1773426600-1773430200@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with Winter Residency Fellow Lin Elkins DESCRIPTION:Gallery Talk with Winter Residency Fellow Lin Elkins | NextFab\, 1800 North American Street | Fri. March 13\, 2025 | 6:30 pm EST | In-person event\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for a gallery talk with the 2026 Winter Residency Fellow Lin Elkins. The residency is designed for artists in Greater Philadelphia who work in the medium of wood and is a collaboration between the Museum for Art in Wood and NextFab. An exhibition of the work created over the two-month-long program will be presented at NextFab. \nABOUT LIN ELKINS \nLin is an artist\, furniture maker\, and craftswoman based in Philadelphia\, PA. Lin holds a BS in Furniture Design from Appalachian State University. Post graduate\, Lin has been a Fellow at UNC Asheville\, a craft education intern at North House Folk School\, the Staff Fellow and Media Coordinator at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. She also has assisted and led education courses at a variety of institutions\, including Penland School of Craft and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. \nShe is driven by the dichotomy between the natural and the built environment and how that tension affects the spiritual and physical connection we have to ourselves and the world around us. She explores this through purposeful functionality\, playfulness\, and art\, creating opportunities for moments of comfort\, wonder\, and curiosity. \nABOUT NEXTFAB \n\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 MUSEUM FOR ART IN WOOD \nThe Museum for Art in Wood is a museum of contemporary art\, craft\, and design in the material of wood. The Museum 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\,300 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 Museum 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\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/gallery-talk-with-winter-residency-fellow-lin-elkins/ LOCATION:NextFab\, 1800 N. American St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20230630-IMG_7796-scaled.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org GEO:39.9394736;-75.1773386 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=NextFab 1800 N. American St Philadelphia PA 19122 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1800 N. American St:geo:-75.1773386,39.9394736 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044215 CREATED:20260102T202909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260102T202909Z UID:10002077-1773943200-1773950400@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:The Art and Furniture of Tommy Simpson Book Signing with Author Oscar P. Fitzgerald DESCRIPTION:The Art and Furniture of Tommy Simpson Book Signing with Author Oscar P. Fitzgerald | Thur. March 19\, 2026 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm ET | In-person\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for a special evening celebrating the release of the first-ever comprehensive catalogue of the work of Tommy Simpson with author Oscar P. Fitzgerald. During the event\, Fitzgerald will present his experience with artist Tommy Simpson while preparing the publication. \nCopies of the book will be available for purchase at the event\, along with plenty of opportunities for conversation. \nAbout Oscar P. Fitzgerald \n Dr. Fitgerald has lectured worldwide including presentations to appraisers\, collectors\, museums\, and even several Atlantic Ocean crossings on Queen Elizabeth II. His books include American Furniture: 1650 to the Present (600 pages\, 800 illustrations)\, the standard text book in the field; the catalogue of studio furniture in the Smithsonian’s Renwick collection; and American Furniture Designers: 1900-2020\, published by Rowman Littlefield in 2022. His latest book\, The Art and Furniture of Tommy Simpson was published by Bloomsbury in January. He served an Adjunct Professor of American furniture at the Smithsonian Institution/George Washington University Master’s Program in the History of Decorative Arts and Design. \n\n\nThis event is free to the public. The Museum for Art in Wood interprets\, nurtures\, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art\, craft\, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/the-art-and-furniture-of-tommy-simpson-book-signing-with-author-oscar-p-fitzgerald/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Gallery Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/91sInqCeXbL._SY425_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044215 CREATED:20260324T210206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T204952Z UID:10002082-1775235600-1775246400@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:First Friday and Opening for BA Harrington: Suite Américaine DESCRIPTION:First Friday and Opening for BA Harrington: Suite Américaine | Fri. April 3\, 2026 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm ET | In-person\nWalk-ups are Welcome \nJoin us for First Friday and the opening for BA Harrington: Suite Américaine. Artist  BA Harrington  brings inherited craft knowledge into contemporary feminist practice. Revisiting historic American furniture typologies designed to accommodate women during the Early American and colonial periods (c. 1620–1700s)\, Harrington constructs and animates these forms while opening them physically and conceptually\, revealing interiors filled with textiles\, quilts\, and collaborative interventions. \nSuite Américaine is a part of Radical Americana\, a citywide initiative organized by The Clay Studio that unites Philadelphia’s leading arts and cultural Institutions through a series of exhibitions showcasing research-driven work by contemporary artists. \nSuite Américaine is generously supported by the Cambium Giving Society of the Museum for Art in Wood\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, The Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, the William Penn Foundation\, and Windgate Foundation. URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-and-opening-for-ba-harrington-suite-americaine/ LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Opening Receptions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Installation-3b-scaled.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:20260404T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044215 CREATED:20260312T215144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T215144Z UID:10002081-1775300400-1775304000@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with BA Harrington and Viola Bordon DESCRIPTION:Gallery Talk with BA Harrington and Viola Bordon | Sat. April 4\, 2026 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET | In-person\nClick HERE to RSVP \nJoin us for a gallery talk with artists BA Harrington and Viola Bordon. These two exhibitions\, Viola Bordon: Muliebrity and BA Harington: Suite Américaine\, are a part of Radical Americana\, a series of exhibitions organized by The Clay Studio and a consortium of Philadelphia’s extensive collection of arts and cultural institutions that celebrate how today’s artists are continuing the city’s unique and rich legacy as a center for creativity and civic engagement. To learn more about the other participating artists and organizations\, please click HERE. \nAbout the Artist:\nSince 2012\, BA 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. \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Artist:\nViola Bordon is an artist and educator based in Philadelphia whose work examines transformation across material\, ecological\, and social systems. Her quilting is an act that binds histories of labor\, belief\, and resistance. Working through inherited methods of reuse and repair\, she frames systems of power that shape both personal and collective experience. Her quilts negotiate structures that hold tension between faith and skepticism\, memory and material. Quiet repetitive labor forming articulated dissent\, allowing form itself to think through what endurance makes visible. Her practice also includes environmental installations\, drawing on methods of reuse\, endurance\, and collaboration. Her projects have been supported by the Fulbright Commission\, Lilly Endowment\, Sachs Program for Arts Innovation\, US Fish and Wildlife Service\, and Salt Planes State Park. Bordon’s teaching and research emphasize tactile knowledge and the quiet radicality of sustained attention to material and processes. \nSuite Américaine and Muliebrity are generously supported by the Cambium Giving Society of the Museum for Art in Wood\, Radical Americana\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, The Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, the William Penn Foundation\, and Windgate Foundation. \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/gallery-talk-with-ba-harrington-and-viola-bordon/ LOCATION:Museum 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/2026/03/Untitled-design-34.png ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T044215 CREATED:20260330T205248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T175110Z UID:10002083-1777487400-1777494600@museumforartinwood.org SUMMARY:Umbra: A Live Score to the Novel in Woodcut DESCRIPTION:Umbra: A Live Score to the Novel in Woodcut | Wed. April 29\, 2026 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm ET | In-person\nClick HERE for TICKETS \nFollowing the release of his second graphic novel\, Umbra\, this past fall\, artist Colin Pezzano presents both Umbra and his debut Soma in a unique multimedia experience—featuring animations by Ricky Christian set to live musical scores for each work. Join us for this unique experience of art\, music\, and horror. \nColin Pezzano will have books\, records\, and posters available for sale and to sign after the performance. \nDoors open at 6:30\, music at 7:00 pm. \nSoma is a graphic novel told in forty-five woodcuts carved during the winter of 2022. A mundane horror processing the physical body and navigating domestic spaces. The narrative investigates lived and imagined experience\, corporality\, and the passage of time. \nUmbra is a graphic novel composed of seventy woodcut prints that follows a dog walk through South Philadelphia in 2020. Wander the spaces where the familiar begins to empty out—where everyday environments shift toward estrangement\, absence\, or memorial. The series traces a cityscape of unfinished construction\, looming surveillance\, and abandoned artifacts emerging from shadow\, casting the mundane into unease. \nAnimations by Ricky Christian\nMusic Performed by The Publishing Co.\nColin Pezzano – guitar\nSam Gasparre – guitar/synth\nRoya Weidman – saxophone\nRicky Christian – bass\nAlex Stolte – drums \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson at katie@museumforartinwood.org URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/umbra-a-live-score-to-the-novel-in-woodcut/ LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://museumforartinwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/maw-flyer-scaled.png ORGANIZER;CN="Museum%20for%20Art%20in%20Wood":MAILTO:info@museumforartinwood.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR