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“Cocktails with Skip Johnson”
December 15, 2007 – January 19, 2008
Cocktails with Skip Johnson marks the return of the witty wood sculptures of C.R. “Skip” Johnson. This exhibit features his latest creations: versions of familiar cocktails from the Manhattan to Scotch on the Rocks. Johnson’s witty reinterpretations of these drinks mingle with some of his popular “Carnival” sculptures. The artist will be present on December 21st to meet the public, share stories of his art, and demonstrate some of his splendiferous musical instruments, so come have “Cocktails with Skip Johnson”!
“Rose-Engines and Kings: Contemporary Ornamental Turning 2008”
February 1 – March 22, 2008
Rose Engines and Kings features delicate, intricately textured objects created by specialty artists using century-old machines. Ornamental turning stems from the 1600s when European kings appointed highly skilled artists with specialty lathes to create the finest treasures in ivory and exotic materials for their personal collections. This exhibit, curated by long-time ornamental turner Jon Sauer of California, showcases the exquisite work being executed with the same patience and perfection by contemporary ornamental turners. Alongside Rose Engines and Kings, a companion exhibit will feature selections from the Wood Turning Center collection with a special tribute to the late Dale Chase of California.
“7 Visions: Wood as Fiber”
March 7 – May 17, 2008
7 Visions: wood as fiber takes a different look at the tree in wood art. What happens to bark? What happens if parts of the wood grain are removed with sandblasting? What if the wood is stitched back together to form a new form? These are some of the questions that seven artists featured in this exhibit tackle as they show different views of how a tree is shown and used in wood sculpture.
This exhibit features the work of Dorothy Gill Barnes (US), Michael Brolly (US), Markku Kosonen (Finland), Dona Look (US), Bill Luce (US), Debra Sachs (US), and Jack Slentz (US).
Civilization as They Knew It: Work by Stephen Paulsen 1963 – 2008
April 4 - Jul 19, 2008 (Opening reception and gallery talk by the artist: First Friday, April 4th, 5:30pm – 7:30pm)
“I try to reveal those places, within us and without us, where past and future coexist, beyond fashion and geography, eternally, while time flies.”
-Stephen Paulsen
Civilization as They Knew It provides a retrospective of California artist Stephen Paulsen’s evolving work, from work created when he was fifteen years old to the current work created with his son, Ulysses, a glassblower. Stephen’s wall pieces create stories of ancient times through the interior architecture of fictional tombs. The viewer shares a window on this world through the descriptive titles that begin - then drop - the short story about each piece. Other wall pieces recall museum-like cabinets of curiosities. Civilization as They Knew It is the collection of objects and crypts found in Stephen Paulsen’s mind.
“Echo Lake: Learning through Sharing”
June 6 – July 19, 2008
“Learning through Sharing” is what Echo Lake is all about. In this exhibit, ten years of experimental objects created collaboratively in a shared workshop over one long weekend are featured. The idea is to bring a diverse group of people together for several days with few expectations other than that the artists will work collaboratively and creatively.
Additional Exhibit:
“Challenge VII: dysFUNKtional”
October 3, 2008 – January 17, 2009
The Wood Turning Center stretches beyond the usual “beautiful wood” exhibit and creates a forum for transforming ideas into funk art. dysFUNKtional showcases sculpture, photos and installation art, along side contemporary wood art that interprets and teases and explores the ideas of function and dysfunction. The works, persuasive in content, form, surface, and movement, evoke humor, curiosity and suspicion. By “dissing” function, the artists turn the every day into delightful disuse.
Besides turning wood and other materials, the artists also film, glue, laminate, layer, nail, notch, photograph, and sew their materials into funky visions of disunity, leading to visual seduction. Where wood appears, it is both raw and finished - the natural character juxtaposed against refined transformations. Participating are thirty two (32) artists from Australia, Canada, England, France, Italy, and the United States.
For gallery directions click here. Please plan to visit with your friends.
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