Supporters
The Center works closely with corporate and foundation sponsors and major donors (annual gifts of $1,000 or more) who generously support our programs and facility needs throughout the year. Contact Managing Director, Fred Kaplan-Mayer, at 215-923-8000 to learn more about how you can contribute to the Center or visit our Support page to research our giving options.
Please click here to view the 2017 list of Donors [$500 and up].
A Perfect Finish: Turn up for Albert Sponsors and Committee
Canopy Circle
Fleur Bresler*
Patricia & Gordon Fowler
Denna & Jerry Kaplan
Judson Randall
Forest Circle
CraftNOW Philadelphia
Grove Circle
Meredith Carpenter*
Robin Putzrath & John Dziedzina*
Susan & Neil Kaye
Leonard Kreppel*
Gerry Lenfest
Regina & Greg Rhoa
Paul & Sheri Robbins
Merryll Saylan
Chestnut Circle
Robert Aibel
Jeffrey Bernstein, M.D. & Judith Chernoff, M.D.
Erika Brask and Dan Saal of WonderFull Design
Radcliff Cheston
The Clay Studio
Helen Drutt English & H. Peter Stern
Eileen & Stephen Feldman
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Diane & Marc Grainer
Marcia & Geoffrey Hartwig
Philip & Monika Hauser
Thora Jacobson*
Miriam Karash & Ted Bunin
Bruce & Jo Katsiff*
Jane & Leonard Korman
Jack Larimore* & Helen Pettengill
Bonnie O’Boyle*
Carolyn & Ron Picciotti*
Gina Principato*
Kenneth Spitzbard
Scott Troxel*
Patricia Young
Patrons
Alan & Shelby Keiser*
Marsha Moss*
Chris Rifkin*
Betty Scarpino
Event Planning Committee:
Glenn Adamson
Thora Jacobson
Jack Larimore
Marsha Moss
Other Event Supporters:
Alice Antonelli
Jonathan Black
Toni Bostick
Patricia Braznell
Fay & Phelan Bright
Jasper Brinton
Phil Brown & Barbara Wolanin
Suzanne & Norman Cohn
Ned Cooke
Dena & James Dannenberg
DelVal Turners
Mr & Mrs Lou Grotta
Lisa Hanover
Marlene & Charles Hummel
Lynn & Steve Kaplan
Ronald Kerr
Gay Marshall
William & Paula Mitchell
Craig Nutt
Jennifer Korman Olivarez
Phoebe Resnick
Paul Rigby
Pearl Stein
Michelle Stuhl
Ruth & David Waterbury
*Event Committee Member
2017 Annual Founders' Fundraiser
Founders’ Circle
Fleur S. Bresler
President’s Circle
Anonymous
Meredith Carpenter
John Dziedzina & Robin Putzrath
Jerome & Deena Kaplan
Albert & Tina LeCoff
Judson Randall
Seymore & Mark Rubin
Director’s Circle
Carol Schilling and Andrew & David Bender
Miriam Karash & Theodore Bunin
Commonweath Land Title Insurance Company
Helen Drutt English
Wendy & David Ellsworth
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Philip & Monika Hauser
Bruce Katsiff
Leonard Kreppel
Carolyn & Ron Picciotti
Gina Principato
Betty Scarpino
David Seltzer
The Clay Studio
The Wharton Esherick Museum
David and Ruth Waterbury
Event Supporters
Ken Spitzbard
Pearl Stein
Connie & Robert Traister
Yards Brewing Company
2017 Annual Founders' Fundraiser Artist Support
Artist Event Supporters
The Center has been showcasing the most creative and accomplished makers and artists in its exhibitions since 1981.
Below is a list of the exhibiting artists who have shown their support of the Center by contributing toward this year’s Annual Founders’ Fundraiser.
Mark Blaustein; Challenge V: International Lathe-Turned Objects
Miriam Carpenter; allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2014
Virginia Dotson; Turning to Art in Wood: A Creative Journey; Contemporary Wood Art: Collectors’ Selections; Wood Turning Center Museum Collection; Selections From The Collection: Donations by Bruce Kaiser & Joe Seltzer; The Wooden Bowl: A Classic Shape; Artists’ Reflections: Selections from the Wood Turning Center’s Museum Collection; Challenge VI – Roots – Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects; Wood Turning in North America Since 1930; Challenge VI—Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects; Board’s Choice: Selections from the Wood Turning Center’s Collection; Challenge V: International Lathe-Turned Objects; Art from the Lathe; Challenge IV: International Lathe-Turned Objects
David Ellsworth; Art in Wood: Philadelphia’s American Craft Council Fellows; Turning to Art in Wood: A Creative Journey; Contemporary Wood Art: Collectors’ Selections; Wood Turning Center Museum Collection; Selections From The Collection; Artists’ Reflections: Selections from the Wood Turning Center’s Museum Collection; ReTurnings; Wood Turning in North America Since 1930; Board’s Choice: Selections from the Wood Turning Center’s Collection; Challenge IV: International Lathe-Turned Objects; Pennsylvania Lathe-Turned Objects: Trends, Traditions; Turners Challenge III; International Turned Objects Show (ITOS); Works off the Lathe: Old and New Faces II; Turned Objects: The First North American Turned Object Show
Doug Haslam; Robin Wood’s Cores Recycled: Exhibition and Fundraiser
Beth Ireland; SMOOTH: Mangle Boards of Northern Europe & Contemporary Concepts; Robin Wood’s Cores Recycled: Exhibition and Fundraiser; allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2011
Ray Jones; Bartram’s Boxes Remix
Philip Jurus; Rediscovering Emil Milan and His Circle of Influence, Emil Milan Research Team
Heather Sealy Lineberry; allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2013
Mira Nakashima; On the Edge of Your Seat: Chairs for the 21st Century
Rebecca Dunn Penwell; Rediscovering Emil Milan and His Circle of Influence
Frank Salas; Challenge VII: dysFUNctional
Betty Scarpino; allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2016; Contemporary Wood Art: Collectors’ Selections; Selections From The Collection; Challenge VII: dysfunctional; Collaborations at the Echo Lake Conferences; Connections: International Turning Exchange 1995–2005; Artists’ Reflections: Selections from the Wood Turning Center’s Museum Collection; Wood Turning in North America Since 1930; Turned Multiples II; allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 1999; Turned Multiples
Mark Sfirri; On the Edge of Your Seat: Chairs for the 21st Century; YOUR PERSONAL HANG-UPS; Turning to Art in Wood; Selections From The Collection: Donations by Bruce Kaiser & Joe Seltzer; Challenge VII: dysFUNctional; Collaborations at the Echo Lake Conferences: The First Ten Years; ROLL CALL: Work from Current Teachers and Graduate Students; Coming of Age: Emerging and Established Wood Artists; Fabulous Function; International Turning Exchange; Artists’ Reflections: Selections from the Wood Turning Center’s Museum Collection; Challenge VI – Roots – Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects; Cabinets of Curiosities; Furniture Primavera; ReTurnings; Wood Turning in North America Since 1930; Challenge VI—Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects; Turned Multiples II; Turned Multiples; Curators’ Focus: Turning in Context: Physical, Emotional, Spiritual and Intellectual; Art from the Lathe; Challenge IV: International Lathe-Turned Objects; Pennsylvania Lathe-Turned Objects: Trends, Traditions, Transitions 1700–1990; International Turned Objects Show (ITOS); Works off the Lathe: Old and New Faces II; Works off the Lathe: Old and New Faces
Holly Tornheim; Coming of Age: Emerging and Established Wood Artists; Robin Wood’s Cores Recycled: Exhibition and Fundraiser
2017 Annual Founders' Fundraiser Vendor Support
Thank you to all the vendor’s who supported the Center. Through their generous donations to our silent auction and raffle we were able to raise money to support the operations and programs of the Center. As a nonprofit, this support is vital to our success and to our ability to fulfill our mission.
Thank you to our Vendors for your support
Corporate Sponsors
Ballard Spahr LLP
Landmark One
Penn State Industries
Robust Tools, LLC
Wineland Walnut, Inc.
Cambium Giving Society Members
Ronald Bishop
Sidney and Phyllis Bresler
Fleur Bresler
Edward Bresler
Meredith Carpenter
Charlene Chase
Radcliffe Cheston
Helen Drutt English
John Dziedzina
David Ellsworth
Richard Goldberg
Philip Hauser
Bruce and Eleanor Heister
Steven Highfill
Jerome and Deena Kaplan
Miriam & Theodore Karash and Bunin
Bruce Katsiff
Neil and Susan Kaye
Alan Keiser
Pamela Kerr
Leonard Kreppel
H.F. (Gerry) and Marguerite Lenfest
Ed Levy
Mira Nakashima
Carolyn & Ron Picciotti
Judson Randall
Chris Rifkin
Paul and Sheri Robbins
Merryll Saylan
David Seltzer
Elizabeth Weiner
Anita and Ronald Wornick
Master Craftsperson Members
Artists Circle Members
Robert Bellhouse
Vivian Chiu
Andy DiPietro
David Ellsworth
David Gould
Erik Groenhout
Doug Haslam
Philip Hauser
Morgan Hill
Bernard Hohlfeld
Robyn Horn
Cha Jong-Rye
Robert Lyon
Rudiger Marquarding
Jack Mauch
Toni McLaughlin
Michael Puryear
Judson Randall
Paul Rigby
Merryll Saylan
Betty Scarpino
David Sengel
Mike & Kay Shuler
Kenneth Spitzbard
Mark Supik
Cristina Tamarez
Janine Wang
Larry White
David Wolfe
Woodworkers Guild of South Jersey
David Wright
Foundation Support Support provided by the Henry Luce Foundation, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the William Penn Foundation, The Bresler Family Foundation, Art Works, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Windgate Charitable Foundation.
