OPEN COMMUNITY DAY
See the ITE Residents in ACTION!
2006 International Turning Exchange Resident Fellows:
Marilyn Campbell, artist, Canada
Liam Flynn, artist, Ireland
Hilary Pfeifer, artist, US
Neil Scobie, artist, Australia
Jo Stone, furniture maker, US
Dennis Carr, scholar, US
Vincent Romaniello, photojournalist, US
(Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA) What happens when a group of wood and lathe artists work together with a photojournalist and scholar? Visit the annual Open Community Day on Saturday, July 15th and find out! See the artists demonstrate their wood turning techniques and discuss their work. This is a great way to view the artists’ new series’ of artwork for the first time.
Taking place in the Wood Working Department at the University of the Arts, the artists will share insights about their creative process. See how the Residency program has changed the artwork of the Residents whether it is through experimentation with new techniques or adding turning to their work for the first time.
The University of the Arts Wood Working Department is located in Anderson Hall, 333 South Broad Street, Philadelphia on the 4th Floor. There is a $20 fee which includes lunch. Reservations are needed due to limited space. Visit the Wood Turning Center’s website, www.woodturningcenter.org, for additional information and to make reservations.
To sign up, fill out this form and return it today!
The finished work will be showcased and available for sale in the allTURNatives: Form + Spirit exhibit opening August 4th at the Wood Turning Center’s galleries at 501 Vine Street. The exhibit will continue through October 21, 2006. Following the opening of the exhibit, the annual allTURNatives one-day conference will take place on Saturday August 5th. This afternoon event will bring the artists together with their artwork to present gallery talks and discussions about their ITE journey.
Community Day is presented by the Wood Turning Center, University of the Arts and local chapters of the American Association of Woodturners: Bucks Woodturners, Del Val Woodturners, Keystone Woodturners and Lehigh Woodturners.
The International Turning Exchange is supported in part by generous funds from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, The William Penn Foundation, the Windgate Charitable Foundation, Tim and Sheryl Kochman, Greg and Regina Rhoa, Anonymous Friends and Foundations, Bucks Woodturners, Delval Turners, and the Friends of the Wood Turning Center. Corporate Sponsors include Caviar Assouline, Oneway Manufacturing, Penn State Industries and Stubby Lathe USA, Inc., and Phytochemistry, Inc.
The Wood Turning Center
The Wood Turning Center is a Philadelphia-based, not-for-profit arts gallery and resource center which promotes the field of wood art, turned and carved. Through educational programs, exhibitions, preservation, promotion, and a permanent collection, the Center encourages artists and cultivates a public appreciation of wood art. Founded in 1986, the Center has become an internationally-recognized source of information and assistance to artists, scholars, curators, collectors and the general public.
Contact: Suzanne Kopko
Phone: 215-923-8000
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