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Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking

Presented by The Center for Art in Wood at The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia PA

Oct 04 2019
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Jan 18 2020
Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking

Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking will present works by 43 artists and makers from throughout North America.

Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking with Guest curators: Laura Mays and Deirdre Visser

All over North America and in all kinds of genres, women are making fantastic work in wood. Understanding that woodworking has historically been a male-dominated field, this exhibition showcases work by women that demonstrates the breadth of contemporary woodworking and the ways these makers are both expanding the edges of the field and holding down the center. Making a Seat at the Table ... view more »

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Free Admission

INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*

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EVENTS

First Fridays | Oct 4, Nov 1, Dec 6, Jan 3 | 5 – 9 PM

Gallery talk with the curators | Fri, Oct 4 | 6 – 7 PM followed by opening reception

Present Tense: 2019 American Craft Council Conference | Oct 10 – 12, 2019 | Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market St., Philadelphia

The Center for Art in Wood’s participation schedule Fri, Oct 11

Panel: Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking with Jennifer-Navva Milliken | 10:30 – 11:30 AM | Loews Philadelphia Hotel

Workshop: Craft in Action with A Workshop of Our Own | 2:30 – 4:30 PM at the Center

Craft Mixer at the Center and the Clay Studio | 6 – 9 PM with an 8 PM tour of Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking

Young Artists Speaker Series: Emily Bunker | Wed, Oct 23 | 6 – 8 PM

CraftNOW Symposium | Nov 8 | 12 – 6 PM | PAFA, Rhoden Arts Center, 128 N. Broad St., Philadelphia | Free and open to the public.

Master Class: The Doorway Effect: Techniques for Enclosing Space and Memory with Sarah Marriage | Nov 14 – 15 | 10 AM – 4 PM each day | A Workshop of Our Own, 1780 Union Ave, Baltimore, MD

Workshop: Marquetry Madness with Tara Bellofatto | Jan 11 – 12, 2020 | 10 AM – 4 PM each day | University of the Arts, 333 S. Broad St, Philadelphia

* Event durations (if noted) are approximate. Please check with the presenting organization or venue to confirm start times and duration.

LOCATION

The Center for Art in Wood

141 N 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

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