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Extra-Human: The Art of Michael Ferris

Extra-Human: The Art of Michael Ferris November 5, 2021 – April 24, 2022 Curator: Suzanne Ramljak Toufic, 2010. Recycled wood and acrylic pigmented grout. Photo: Courtesy of the artist The larger-than-life figurative sculptures of Michael Ferris (b. 1969, Chicago)...

Tom Loeser: Please Please Please

Tom Loeser: Please Please Please February 12 — July 24, 2021 Curator: Glenn Adamson Dig 23, 2015. Spalted maple and shovel handles. Photo: Bill Lemke The exhibition presents imaginative furniture and works on paper by Wisconsin-based maker and designer Tom Loeser....

Humaira Abid: Searching for Home

Humaira Abid: Searching for Home Curator: Jennifer-Navva Milliken February 7 – October 3, 2020 From left to right: Searching for Home, 2016-17, Pine wood, carved; red wood stain; Photo: Adeel Ahmed Letters from Home, 2019, Pine; Photo: Addel Ahmed Lujain, Age...

allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2019

allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2019 August 2 – September 21, 2019 Now in its twenty-fourth year, the Center’s Windgate ITE International Residency program is a collegial experience that encourages an open exchange of creative and technical innovations in the field of...

Damien Davis: Color Cargo

Damien Davis: Color Cargo May 3 – July 20, 2019 at the Center l On tour through November 3, 2019 Exhibition Curator: Jennifer-Navva Milliken, Artistic Director, The Center for Art in Wood Above: Damien Davis, Crate #2 (detail), 2017, laser-etched wood. Damien...

Moving Image Matters

Moving Image Matters: Documenting and Performing Craft in Video May 3 – July 20, 2019 Exhibition Curator:  Jennifer-Navva Milliken, Artistic Director, The Center for Art in Wood The exhibition examines the use of video as a medium of expression and...

Pennsylvania Made

Pennsylvania Made: Local Forms in the Collection February 1 – April 20, 2019 Exhibition Curator:  Jennifer-Navva Milliken, Artistic Director, The Center for Art in Wood Curatorial Statement       The Center for Art in Wood’s Museum Collection is a key part of...

Merryll Saylan: This is Your Life

Merryll Saylan: This is Your Life November 2, 2018 – January 19, 2019 The Center for Art in Wood is pleased to present the work of renowned wood artist Merryll Saylan in an exhibition celebrating the timeline of her career. When she began turning in the 1970s, Saylan...

allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2018

allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2018 August 3 – October 20 2018 Now in its twenty-third year, the Center’s Windgate ITE International Residency program is a collegial experience that encourages an open exchange of creative and technical innovations in the field of art in...