Residency Blog
2017 Windgate ITE Residency Inaugural Blog Post!
Hello, lovers of art in wood everywhere, and welcome to the 2017 Windgate ITE Residency blog! Please return here often over the next two months for updates, information, and amusing anecdotes about the residents and what they are up to! For those who are not yet...
The Exhibition!!
Prior to the opening of our "AllTURNatives Form + Spirit 2016" exhibition, we met with Albert LeCoff on Wednesday to discuss each resident's work, specifically to help inform the acquisitions committee's decision-making process. Each resident is requested to donate...
A Week of Wrap-Up
The lights aren't out just yet, but it is sunset time as we wrap up our Windgate ITE Residency this week. Yesterday morning, I visited the Center for Art in Wood and some of our artwork is already hanging on walls and filling up pedestals. A few of us are rushing...
Late Nights and Laughter
.... without Merryll Saylan, who has decided it's not best for her health to join us (hahaha! it's her, not us -- she's recovering from two recent surgeries, one shortly after the other -- hip and back) The long flight from California to Philadelphia might be too...
The Frame-Up Begins
Sawdust is flying! We have less than a week to finish our projects and there is much yet to complete. Karen Schoenewaldt, employee extraordinaire at the Center for Art in Wood, has completed the layout of the exhibit space, having firmly, yet gently, pried the...
Inspiration Overload!
Several major private collections and four or five museum visits -- we were on overload Tuesday after our three-day trip to the Washington, D.C. area. You might experience something similar while reading this lengthy blog ..... Sunday we drove directly to Jeff...
Essential Bits and Pieces
Time is flying by! Only three weeks left before our exhibit opens, and there is much to do. All the bits and pieces we've been working on will be resolved into finished work ... or not. We repeatedly remind ourselves that experimenting with and exploring new...
The Wannamaker Organ
Off-site visits can provide inspiration in a variety of ways, some direct, others indirect. Friday we toured the internationally treasured Wanamaker Organ in the Macy's store (formerly Wanamaker's). What we saw was indescribable. Truly! This world wonder deserves...
Scissors Box? … and More!
Concentrated time in the studio is resulting in a flurry of projects -- snippets of ideas are beginning to be translated into objects, and even some woodturning has happened .... Rebecca Kolodziejczak Rebecca is an advanced student at UArts and for the first time,...
Three Events
It's the 4th of July and the wood studio is closed. Philadelphia plans to have firework celebrations in several locations, most notably the Philadelphia Museum of Art (think "Rocky"movie and those many steps). Early last week, Albert LeCoff, with Tina, visited our...