Residency Blog

It was a day of presenting completed new work, showing sketches of work yet to come, and discussions of ideas shared between collectors, artists and turners. A pleasant luncheon was shared while a slide show of ITE photojournalist fellow Winifred Helton-Harmon's...

Photos and Text by Seth Bruggeman - "Today I rejoined my fellow fellows from the Center for Art in Wood residency program, a month since first meeting them.  Only minutes after I arrived, Albert LeCoff–the Center’s director and co-founder–joined us for a studio...

Not sure how this missed getting onto the blog as I already wrote it 10 days ago - but I am resubmitting it. My sincere apologies to the wonderful Doctors Jeff Bernstein and Judy Chernoff. Their collection was an astounding assemblage of wood artworks from many...

The fellows are working away and making an assortment of noises with their hands and machines. Some soft - some loud. All of them are reaping wonderful results. Every artist's sound is unique forming a wonderful cacophony of bangs, shushing, sanding, and high pitch...

Once back from their two weeks of Echo Lake and Washington,D.C./Maryland experiences, the fellows were ready to get to work. Jay Cox, UArts Wood shop Manager, helped get things rolling by providing wood, tools and any additional machinery advice to help fellows to...

Our final collector's home visit was at Fleur Bresler's. It was another feast for the eyes as Fleur welcomed us into her lovely abode of art in beautiful spaces. There were so many incredible pieces of art to look at. They ran the gamut from tapestries, to wood, to...

Next location on our collector's home's tour was Gigi and Ben Huberman's. Their elegant home was filled with a wonderful collection of contemporary glass, wood, ceramics, paintings, photography, and multimedia artworks.

Deena and Jerry Kaplan are not only collectors but were gracious hosts of the female ITE fellows during our Washington/Maryland tour. Their extensive collection of fine art was relished by the fellows on a daily basis, and by guests invited to dinner during our...

The fellows were introduced to another fascinating and extensive collection of wood art pieces in the home of Marc and Diane Grainer.  Marc shared lots of historical information about the pieces in their collection as well as the arts and craft movement which got...

The fellows were welcomed to the Washington, D.C./Maryland area with a lovely pot luck dinner at the home of Phil Brown and Barbara Wolanin. Dinner guests included wood turners, collectors, a writer, and MCW members. Attendees were Jerry and Deena Kaplan, Tim and...