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January 2021
Artist Talk with Gord Peteran
Artist Talk with Gord Peteran | Thurs, Jan 21, 2021 | Live on ZOOM at 6:30 pm EST RSVP Join us for a talk with Toronto artist Gord Peteran and hear his thoughts about art, design, craft, sculpture and furniture. Image above: Gord Peteran, A Table of Turnings, 2014, found wooden turnings While having completed hundreds of private, corporate and public commissions, he has also lectured and exhibited extensively. The Milwaukee Art Museum’s retrospective on Peteran toured nine museums across the…
Find out more »ITE Trivia Happy Hour and Closing of allTURNatives: Form + Spirit
ITE Trivia Happy Hour and Closing | Sat. Jan 23, 2021 | 6 – 7 pm | LIVE on ZOOM RSVP Join us for a virtual gathering to reminisce and celebrate 25 years of the Windgate ITE Residency Program. The casual hangout will offer ITE alumni the chance to share their experiences with fun history factoids and a couple of rounds of ITE Trivia. Anyone who loves the ITE is welcome, so grab your favorite snack and beverage and don’t…
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Sip & WiP
Sip & WiP | Tues. February 2, 2021 | 6 – 7 pm | LIVE on ZOOM Please RSVP for this FREE event. Join us for a fun evening sharing your creative work in progress (WIP) from the comfort of your home while sipping on the beverage of your choice. This series of casual creative hangouts are for people to connect with one and other and share their project(s). We hope that you will join us for the next Sip…
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Sip & WiP | Tues. February 16, 2021 | 6 – 7 pm | LIVE on ZOOM Please RSVP for this FREE event. Join us for a fun evening sharing your creative work in progress (WIP) from the comfort of your home while sipping on the beverage of your choice. This series of casual creative hangouts are for people to connect with one and other and share their project(s). We hope that you will join us for the next Sip…
Find out more »Opening Reception – Tom Loeser: Please, Please, Please
Opening Reception - Tom Loeser: Please, Please, Please | Thurs. February 18, 2021 | 6:30 pm EST | LIVE on ZOOM Please RSVP This casual reception will offer insights from the artist about the exhibition and his experience delving into the holdings of the Center's permanent collection. So grab your favorite snack and beverage and don’t miss this festive evening to raise a glass! This event is free to the public. The Center for Art in Wood interprets, nurtures, and champions creative engagement…
Find out more »A Gallery Talk with Artist Tom Loeser and Guest Curator Glenn Adamson
A Gallery Talk with Artist Tom Loeser and Guest Curator Glenn Adamson | Thurs. February 25, 2021 | 6:30 pm EST | LIVE on ZOOM Please RSVP Join us for a discussion with Artist Tom Loeser and Guest Curator Glenn Adamson on the exhibition Please, Please, Please. We'll talk about Loeser's imaginative approach to furniture and ponder the question: If the furniture we sit on every day were totally different, would our lives be different, too? Above image: Dig 23,…
Find out more »March 2021
Sip & WiP
Sip & WiP | Tues. March 2, 2021 | 6 – 7 pm | LIVE on ZOOM Please RSVP for this FREE event. Join us for a fun evening sharing your creative work in progress (WIP) from the comfort of your home while sipping on the beverage of your choice. This series of casual creative hangouts are for people to connect with one and other and share their project(s). We hope that you will join us for the next Sip…
Find out more »Object Lesson: Thora Jacobson
Object Lesson | Thora Jacobson | March 5, 2021 at 6:30 pm This event has been RESCHEDULED for March 2021 Click HERE to RSVP Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82823779295 Join us for First Friday Object Lesson followed by a festive virtual happy hour. Object Lesson is a monthly First Friday speaker series that opens wide the cases of the Center’s Museum Collection through the perspectives of individuals from the worlds of art, design, performance, community activism, education, and more, creating fresh dialogues…
Find out more »Gallery Talk with Winter Residency Fellow Colin Pezzano
The 2021 Winter Residency: Colin Pezzano | Gallery Talk | Thurs, March 11, 2021 | 6:30 pm | Virtual Gallery Talk Co-hosted by NextFab Click HERE to RSVP Join us for a virtual gallery talk with the inaugural Winter Residency Fellow Colin Pezzano. The residency is designed for artists in Greater Philadelphia who work in the medium of wood and is a collaboration between the Center for Art in Wood and NextFab. An exhibition of the work created over the…
Find out more »Sip & WiP
Sip & WiP | Tues. March 16, 2021 | 6 – 7 pm | LIVE on ZOOM Please RSVP for this FREE event. Join us for a fun evening sharing your creative work in progress (WIP) from the comfort of your home while sipping on the beverage of your choice. This series of casual creative hangouts are for people to connect with one and other and share their project(s). We hope that you will join us for the next Sip…
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Sip & WiP | Tues. March 30, 2021 | 6 – 7 pm | LIVE on ZOOM Please RSVP for this FREE event. Join us for a fun evening sharing your creative work in progress (WIP) from the comfort of your home while sipping on the beverage of your choice. This series of casual creative hangouts are for people to connect with one and other and share their project(s). We hope that you will join us for the next Sip…
Find out more »April 2021
Object Lesson: Ted Maust, Director of the Elfreth’s Alley Museum
Object Lesson: Ted Maust, Director of the Elfreth's Alley Museum | Fri, April 2, 2021 | 6:30 pm EST | LIVE on ZOOM RSVP to receive the Zoom link. Join us for First Friday Object Lesson followed by a festive virtual happy hour. Object Lesson is a monthly First Friday speaker series that opens wide the cases of the Center’s Museum Collection through the perspectives of individuals from the worlds of art, design, performance, community activism, education, and more, creating…
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