Residency Blog

Week 7 — WARP ’24

I asked residents what continues driving their creative momentum as this fully immersive, intense experience narrows in on its end.

Time continues to blur while hurdling residents closer and closer to the final gallery opening. So, I've combined Weeks 5 and 6 into one reflective video as residents begin to hone in on their exhibition projects.

Week 4 — WARP ’24

Residents are back at NextFab creating after a DC trip to visit collectors' homes, tour the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery and to chat with Sarah Marriage of Workshop of Our Own in Baltimore. While these entries are more lyrical than descriptive, I do think they...

Week 3 — WARP ’24

This past week I asked the residents how they are measuring time while here so it's fitting this post comes days later than intended as I find myself lost in the discovery and depth that emerge within predictably rhythmic daily pattern. Residents continue to...

Week 2 — WARP ’24

Much of Week 2 was spent in NextFab as residents further explored the space, their materials, curiosities and ideas. I asked the residents this week to describe their creative processes as they settle into this new...

Week 1 — WARP ’24

This first week has been expectedly bursting with chaos, questions, discovery, awe, and more surprisingly with comfort, camaraderie, and utter silliness. Day 1 began as residents shared slides of histories, work, and goals. While some have defined expectations for...

Eccentric circles, radiating patterns, a chainsaw lesson and more.

In the days before I arrived in Philadelphia, I asked each of the resident artists to teach me something from their practice—big or small, technical or not—during my ten-day stay. The lessons I received were generous and various, reflecting the diversity of...

(Part II) In Which the 2023 WARP Residents go on an Art Adventure

*this edition of the Museum for Art in Wood's residency blog is written by Adam John Manley, 2023 resident. With the Echo Lake Collaboration complete, and the settling in phase well underway, the 6 residents partook in an important tradition in the WARP (formerly...

(Part I) In Which the 2023 WARP Residents go on an Art Adventure

*this edition of the Museum for Art in Wood's residency blog is written by Adam John Manley, 2023 resident. With the Echo Lake Collaboration, and the settling in phase well underway, the 6 residents partook in an important tradition in the WARP (formerly ITE)...

Welcome 2023 Residents

Hello from Philadelphia! The 2023 residents have arrived! The residents this year are: Artists: Emma Chorostecki | Toronto, Ontario Terry Holzgreen | Los Angeles, CA Adam John Manley | San Diego, CA Maiko Sugano | Ibaraki, Japan / Tainan, Taiwan Laura Zelaya |...