• Wood, Revisited

    The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Wood, Revisited examines the role technology has played in the work of wood artists over the past two decades. This exhibition highlights the nature of wood as a medium by investigating the boundaries of technique such as new technologies, augmented tool(s), and creating work that has a digital or technological look (“tech aesthetic”) and the […]

  • Craft NOW Kick Off–Production Values: The Relevance of Technique in Contemporary Art and Design

    The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    A symposium,Technicalities: Meaning in Methods, October 29-30, 2016, will be presented in conjunction with Wood, Revisited, October 28, 2016 through April 8, 2017,  and the concurrent exhibition at The Clay Studio, Transference: Transfer Printing and Contemporary Ceramics, October 7 through November 27, 2016. The discussions will explore new and traditional methods and their conceptual repercussions […]

  • Technicalities: Meaning in Methods

    Temple University’s Tyler School of Art 2001 N 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    A symposium, Technicalities: Meaning in Methods, October 28-30, 2016, will be presented in conjunction with Wood, Revisited and the concurrent exhibition at The Clay Studio, Transference: Transfer Printing and Contemporary Ceramics, October 7 through November 27, 2016. The discussions will explore new and traditional methods and their conceptual repercussions in the contemporary wood and ceramic […]

  • The Bob Stocksdale International Excellence in Wood Award Exhibition 2016

    The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    On November 12, the same day as our Annual Founders' Fundraiser, the inaugural honoree reciepient of The Bob Stocksdale International Excellence in Wood Award for 2016, Jakob Weissflog, Germany, will be at the Center to open his exhibition.  Jakob’s work will be on display and available for sale November 12, 2016 – April 8, 2017.  […]

  • Annual Founders’ Fundraiser

    The Center for Art in Wood 141 N 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The event was held at the Center on Saturday, November 12, 2016 from 6pm – 8pm. This year’s event honored Glenn Adamson and included a video tribute from the Wood Turning in North America Since 1930 curatorial team. The team includes Edward S (Ned) Cook Jr., Charles F. Montgomery Professor, History of Art American Decorative […]