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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: The Mashrabiya Project
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: The Mashrabiya Project | Fri. March 3\, 2023 | 5:00 – 8 pm EST | In-person Event\nWalk-ins Welcome \nJoin us for First Friday and the opening of The Mashrabiya Project! \n\nThe Mashrabiya Project is a community-focused\, shared experience that links the heritage of the mashrabiya\, a screening element with ancient origins\, to responses in art and design that reflect considerations of space and seeing in contemporary life. The Project—the first in the U.S. to examine the mashrabiya as both an architectural object and a locus of metaphor—presents an opportunity for dialogue and connection across cultural and geographic borders. With its artful geometry and elaborate perforated designs\, the mashrabiya became a defining element of Islamic visual culture and ornament. The mashrabiya of North Africa—fabricated of wood\, which can expand and contract in response to the region’s intense climate—are found in residential and sacred spaces alike. Comprised of thousands of simple\, individually lathe-turned components\, they are assembled without glue or fasteners to create large\, scalable elements and furnishings that are complex and ornate in design. These serve many functions\, from permitting screening and ventilation\, to delineating spaces for public and private life\, to separating male and female members of a household in accordance with purity laws. Bountiful in metaphorical evocations\, particularly circulating around dualities of public and private; subject and viewer; denial and reclamation of space; and the porosity of boundaries\, the mashrabiya is an enduring symbol both of Islam’s cultural heritage and of the perpetually evolving nature of religion in society. \nThe Project will comprise a number of programs circulating around the creation of a wood-turned mashrabiya in the Museum’s public space. Regardless of woodturning experience or skill\, visitors will be able to participate in the making of a mashrabiya\, using regional wood types. \nA multidisciplinary exhibition titled Seeing through Space will interpret the societal and cultural concepts evoked by the mashrabiya\, featuring never-before-seen commissioned works by 6 women-identifying artists from the Muslim world. Their works\, exhibited in the Museum’s main gallery\, will speak through the many languages of the mashrabiya\, evoking the metaphors and stories found in its elemental forms. The Seeing through Space artists are: Anila Quayyum Agha\, Nidaa Badwan\, Susan Hefuna\, Nadia Kaabi-Linke\, Majida Khattari\, and Hoda Tawakol. \nThe Mashrabiya Project evokes the Museum’s origins as a nexus for wood turning and a space for communal practice. As such\, it reaches across space and time to embody our mission to interpret\, nurture\, and champion creative engagement\, honoring the Museum’s first makers while creating new dialogues between new audiences\, and across continents\, toward global engagement and understanding. The mashrabiya provides a viewpoint\, from one space to another; likewise\, The Mashrabiya Project links spaces and cultures framed by discussions of architecture\, art\, craft\, and community. \n\n\n  \nRead The Mashrabiya Project Blog to learn more!  \n\n\n  \n  \nThe Mashrabiya Project has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. \n  \n\nSpecial thanks go to:\nBresler Foundation\nRockler Tools for in-kind support \nThe exhibition program at the Museum is generously supported by members of the Cambium Giving Society of the Museum for Art in Wood\, the Bresler Foundation\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, Philadelphia Cultural Fund\, William Penn Foundation\, and Windgate Foundation. \nCorporate support is provided by Boomerang\, Inc.\, and Sun-Lite Corporation.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/opening-reception-the-mashrabiya-project/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vessel Philadelphia: The Art of Containment and Today's Makers
DESCRIPTION:Vessel Philadelphia: The Art of Containment and Today’s Makers | Fri. Feb 10\, 2023 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | In-Person Event\nClick HERE to RSVP for this In-Person Event \nJoin us here at the Museum for Art in Wood for a conversation with local artists about how the form of the vessel inspires their work. This is an in-person event. If you are unable to join us\, there will be a recording available afterward. \n\n\n\n  \nPortrait of Miriam Carpenter by Laura Billingham \nMiriam Carpenter is a contemporary artist and designer based in Bucks County\, Pennsylvania. As a Rhode Island School of Design alumna\, she began her career designing alongside Mira Nakashima. Through new processes\, she investigates the mundane\, unveiling the hidden complexities around us. Imbued with heart and soul\, her action-oriented form of art is a union of traditional technique\, ingenuity\, and talent that is rooted in a conscious effort to create lasting positive change. Carpenter’s work can be found internationally in both private and public collections and has been exhibited most notably at the Philadelphia Museum of Art\, Michener Art Museum\, Wharton Esherick Museum\, Fuller Craft Museum\, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum\, DeVos Art Museum\, Philadelphia International Airport\, SOFA Chicago\, Design Miami and Moderne Gallery where she is currently represented. She has been awarded six international residencies over the past eight years and is an active participant in artist collaborations around the globe. \n  \nSyd Carpenter’s work includes sculpture responding to African American farms and gardens.  She has been a professor of studio art at Swarthmore College since 1991\, retiring in 2022. She began this work after purchasing her home in Philadelphia\, where she began gardening\, following in the footsteps of her mother\, Ernestine Carpenter\, and her grandmother\, Indiana Hutson. Both women were master gardeners.   Subsequent to teaching\, she is developing projects in landscape design in addition to producing sculptures.  Awards include a United States Artist Fellowship\, Anonymous Was a Woman Fellowship\, Pew Fellowship in the Arts\, Multiple Leeway Foundation Fellowships\, National Endowment for the Arts\, the Peggy Chan Endowed Professorship of Black Studies\, The James A. Renwick Distinguished Educators Award\, Multiple Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants and a Center for Established and Emerging Artists Fellowship. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\,  the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute\,  Philadelphia Museum of Art\, Montreal Museum of Art\,  the Swedish National Museum\, African American Museum of Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts\, the Tang Museum of Skidmore College\, the Fuller Craft Museum as well as many other public and private collections.   Her guest artist residencies include Haystack Mountain School of Crafts\, Penland\, Peters Valley Center\, Watershed Center\, Anderson Ranch\, Bennington College\, and the Brandywine Graphics Workshop. \n\n\n\n\n  \n\nKate Dannenberg is a jeweler and metalsmith living in South Philadelphia. With thoughtful craftsmanship and attention to tactile experience\, she creates jewelry and objects informed by the visual qualities of the natural world. She is interested in the way humans physically interact with precious and everyday objects—the way these interactions affect both the person and the object. Through her work as a teaching artist and curator\, she strives to uplift the jewelry and craft communities through inclusion\, education\, and enthusiasm. Kate’s work is made by hand from recycled and responsibly sourced materials. \nKate is a member of Ethical Metalsmiths and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2015. Her work was included in The Metal Museum’s exhibition 40 Under 40: The Next Generation Of American Metal Artists in 2019\, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Fine Craft Show (2020-2022)\, and the Smithsonian Women’s Committee’s inaugural Craft Optimism in 2021\, among other exhibitions. She recently completed an artist residency at Penland School of Craft. \n\n\n\n\n  \nJason McDonald is an artist working primarily in glass. Currently\, he lives in Philadelphia\, where he is pursuing an MFA degree at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture. He was introduced to furnace glassblowing at the age of 14 through the Hilltop Artists program in his hometown of Tacoma\, Washington. Jason credits this program for exposing him to glass\, a material that has held his attention and opened up a world of new possibilities. Jason has spent the majority of his career focusing on traditional Venetian furnace techniques\, including goblets and pattern making. He uses glass to talk about a range of issues like the barriers BIPOC people face in accessing creative spaces and the wild joy of chasing technical pursuits. He is passionate about sharing his love of the material as well as the process of glassblowing. His ambitions include building a home studio where he can invite a diverse group of people to come play at the furnace\, with an impractically large garden just outside the workshop door. \n  \nThis event is free to the public. The Museum for Art in Wood interprets\, nurtures\, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art\, craft\, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nDONATE \nQuestions? Please contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/vessel-philadelphia-the-art-of-containment-and-todays-makers/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Drop-in Draw
DESCRIPTION:Drop-in Draw | Wed. Feb 8\, 2023 | 4 – 6 pm | Museum for Art in Wood | In-person Event\nClick HERE to RSVP for this in-person event \nJoin us for Free Range Drawing at the Center! Experience our current exhibition\, Vessel: Embodiment\, Autonomy\, and Ornament in Wood\, and explore and draw from over 1200 objects in our Museum Collection. We welcome all levels of experience and skill for this event. \nThis event is free to the public. The Museum for Art in Wood interprets\, nurtures\, and champions creative engagement and expansion of art\, craft\, and design in wood to enhance the public’s understanding and appreciation of it. A suggested donation of $5 per person enables us to provide programs and exhibitions throughout the year. \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications at katie@museumforartinwood.org or 215-923-8000 ext 103.
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/drop-in-draw-6/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Special Events
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SUMMARY:First Friday
DESCRIPTION:First Friday | Fri. Feb 3\, 2022 | 5 – 8 pm | In-Person Event\nWalkups welcome! \nWelcome to First Friday at the Museum for Art in Wood. Our doors are open to the public until 8 pm to experience our current exhibition\, Vessel: Embodyment\, Autonomy\, and Ornament in Wood. While you are here\, you can visit over 1\,200 objects in our permanent collection and shop handmade and one-of-a-kind items in our store. So come and celebrate Friday and explore the inspiring qualities of art in wood! \n  \nDONATE \nFor questions\, contact Katie Sorenson\, Director of Outreach and Communications\, at katie@museumforartinwood.org
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/first-friday-5/
LOCATION:Museum for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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