Article in the Boston Globe, June 17, 2010
Check it out…
…featuring the Furniture Society conference and a number of individual makers/designer, such as myself, attending.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2010/06/17/funky_furnishings_invade_boston/?page=1
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…featuring the Furniture Society conference and a number of individual makers/designer, such as myself, attending.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2010/06/17/funky_furnishings_invade_boston/?page=1
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I’ve moved!
This Spring I bid a fond farewell to Western North Carolina, re-locating my life and studio to my native New England. The studio is near the old mills in Manchester NH, and I’ve been living in the fun and eccentric Somerville MA.
The studio, after a little work, is humming again. I’m taking some time to learn new Technologies, re-tool and design a new body. The shake-up of moving has given me a fresh perspective that I am excited to bring to the studio.
Somerville and Boston as a whole has been really fantastic to sink into. It’s exciting to be in a city, although I do miss those WNC bonfires!
To all my friends and Collogues in NC, I extend thanks for making my time in North Carolina, fun, productive, inspiring and memorable. A special thanks to Penland School of Crafts and Emma Farms/The Mother Ship in Asheville.
Upcoming in 2010
Shows______________________________________________________
Mobilia Gallery
Cambridge, MA
http://mobilia-gallery.com/
Perschalla Memorial Scholarship
Furniture Exhibition
June 15th through July 31st, 2010
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A GALA RECEPTION
TO MEET THE ARTISTS AND VIEW THEIR WORK
THURSDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
RSVP 617-876-2109 E-MAIL mobiliaart@verizon.net
In 2003, Mobilia Gallery held a very successful exhibit in memory of the gifted furniture artist, teacher, and writer Michael Pierschalla. With the help of furniture artists in that exhibition, we were able to use proceeds from the sale to set up a scholarship fund in Pierschalla’s name at Penland School of Crafts. In these difficult economic times, we recognize the value of such a scholarship to artists interested in attending workshops at Penland. We have decided to contribute again to this scholarship fund and showcase outstanding furniture artists with another Pierschalla Furniture exhibit in 2010. We hope that this exhibit will allow more artists to take advantage of Penland’s workshops.
The exhibition will be on display from June 15, 2010 through July 31, 2010. This will coincide with Fusions: Minds and Hands Shaping Our Future, The Furniture Society conference held at MIT June 16-19, 2010. The Pierschalla Memorial Scholarship Furniture Exhibition will feature works by Sue Aygarn-Kowalski, Vivian Beer, Garry Knox Bennett, Matthew Collins, Reagan Furqueron, Ross Kowalski, Tom Loeser, Jennifer Maestre, Sarah Martin, Alison McLennan, John McQueen, Yoko Miyaji-Zeltserman, Timothy Philbrook, Charles Radtke, Sylvie Rosenthal and Jay Stanger, among others.
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Pritam & Eames
East Hampton, New York
www.pritameames.com/
Seating
Chairs, Benches, Stools
August 6 – September 7
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Berkshire Botanical Garden
Stockbridge, MA
www.berkshirebotanical.org/
Sitting Pretty: The Garden Bench
as Sculpture
June 5 through the season
Six avant-garde artists explore the various forms and limits of the bench as outdoor sculpture. Designs embody modernism, sustainability, the “old souls” of timber and an attempt to find the balance and “inner truth” of materials, form and functionality. A structure on which to rest one’s weary feet, yes, but these works of art ask bigger questions of the visitor and her place in nature. Artists: Vivian Beer, Terence Dubreuil, Lisa Fedon, Jack Larimore, Douglas Thayer and Nico Yektai. The show is curated by Joyce Nereaux, a fine art dealer in Hudson, NY.
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Fuller Craft Museum
Brockton, MA
http://www.fullercraft.org/
Furniture from the Permanent Collection
February 13 — September 26, 2010
Fuller Craft Museum is proud to present its first exhibition exclusively devoted to studio furniture from the Museum's permanent collection. This exhibition showcases a growing collection of works from emerging and master furniture artists.
and…
Different Lines: Drawings by Craft Artists
July 31, 2010 — February 27, 2011
Known best for their work in ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, or textiles, these artists nonetheless are consummate creators of work in other medias. This exhibition explores the prints and drawings of well respected craft artists and presents to the public an unseen side of these artists' creative abilities.
Workshops__________________________________________________
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO
… co-teaching this fall with Brad Reed Nelson
http://www.andersonranch.org/about/index.php
Sep 13, 2010 - Sep 24, 2010
Metal Furniture
Engage in an imaginative and physical experience with the powerful domestic landscape of furniture objects. We explore work that falls between function and sculpture, between practical construction and theoretical ideas. This is a master class where students gain skills with the material and observe the faculty working in the studio.
Presentations________________________________________________
The Furniture Society Conference, June 16 – 19th
at MIT in Boston, Ma
http://www.furnituresociety.org/furn/
Panel discussion
FURNITURE FORWARD: FURNITURE TO GO GO...
Presenter: Hayami Arakawa
With the fading ethos of "form ever follows function", I am curious to understand what the next generation of furniture enthusiasts are hearing, seeing and feeling about design, practice and impact of furniture in the 21st century.
—The Demise of 'Form Follows Function', Alice Rawsthorn, NYT, 2009
This panel will consist of up-and-coming furniture academics, artisans and instructors who will discuss how they envision furniture developing over the next 100 years.
Panel Speakers
Growing up in rural Maine, the development of hand skills and the making of objects was a part of Vivian Beer's everyday life. This understanding of design as a hands-on process has influenced the format of both process and product throughout her career. Vivian tiptoes through contemporary design, craft and sculptural aesthetics, sampling from each one. She deftly counterbalances a strong knowledge of contemporary furniture design with the history of industry and architecture to create furniture that intends to transform our expectations of and relationships to the domestic landscape. She holds a BFA from the Maine College of Art (2000) and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2004) and just completed a three-year residency at the Penland School of Craft. She lives and works in Asheville, NC and teaches and exhibits nationally and internationally.
Alabama native Keith Cochran, a second generation woodworker, makes sawdust in rural North Alabama. In the early 1980's, he began honing his craft in his father's backyard shop. After earning a BA in Industrial Design from Auburn University in 1999, he went to work building mahogany runabouts for Hugh Saint Inc. in southwest Florida. In 2001, Keith and his brother Dylan rejoined their father Randy back in the shop at Wood Studio in order to progress their family's craft of creating fine, handmade wooden furniture. Wood Studio pieces have been featured in Sundance and Southern Living.
Dana Martin Davis of Mint Hill, NC is the current CCO of DAVIS STEEL & IRON Co. Inc. She is a collector of contemporary art and museum quality craft including studio furniture as well as the primary person incharge of acquisitions for DAVIS STEEL & IRON. Recently, Mrs. Davis curated a group of Herb Jackson paintings shown in January at a Chelsea gallery as well as facilitating permanent NY representation for this North Carolina artist.
Dana is a founding member of United Way Charlotte's Women's Leadership Initiative, former board chair for The Moving Poets, she is presently serving on The Light Factory board, the Metals Museum in Memphis, and a member of the Women's Impact Fund.
Though exceedingly proud to travel with a hardhat, she periodically threatens resignation so she can paint fulltime.
Matthew Hebert creates work that deals with technology and its effects on the domestic environment. His work adds layers of use and meaning to recognizable furniture forms to generate new modes of interaction between objects, the environment, and the user. Hebert received his Bachelor of Art in Architecture from the University of California - Berkeley; and his Masters of Fine Arts at California College of the Arts. He has held teaching positions at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently Assistant Professor of Furniture at San Diego State University. His award winning work has been shown internationally.
Barbara Holmes was born and raised in Southern California. She attended Brigham Young University for her undergraduate studies and did her graduate work at San Diego State University where she received her MFA. Barbara has exhibited nationally and internationally, is an Alfreda Maloof scholarship recipient, and has been awarded an Artist-in-residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in 2002 and at SF Recycling and Disposal in 2008. She has been teaching art for 8 years and was invited as a visiting lecturer in the Art Department at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004. Her work has been acquired by collectors Ron and Anita Wornick and is a part of the permanent collection at SFMOMA. She currently teaches at California College of the Arts and lives in Oakland, California.
Brad Reed Nelson lives in Carbondale Colorado just outside the sphere of Aspen. Besides Brad's addiction to adrenaline-based sports, Brad likes spending time with his wife and daughter. Brad maintains a studio furniture shop called Board by Design. He has developed an eclectic body of work over the last twenty years from space age androgynous to elegant patio furniture to using reclaimed timbers to create architectural forms.
In March 2010, Brad can be found at the Architectural Digest Home show in New York. This show will offer up a broad new body of work. If you think chunky when you think BRN, think again. Look for an updated www.Boardbydesign.com website in March. And if you don't know, now you know.
Mobilia Gallery
Cambridge, MA
http://mobilia-gallery.com/
Perschalla Memorial Scholarship
Furniture Exhibition
June 15th through July 31st, 2010
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A GALA RECEPTION
TO MEET THE ARTISTS AND VIEW THEIR WORK
THURSDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
RSVP 617-876-2109 E-MAIL mobiliaart@verizon.net
In 2003, Mobilia Gallery held a very successful exhibit in memory of the gifted furniture artist, teacher, and writer Michael Pierschalla. With the help of furniture artists in that exhibition, we were able to use proceeds from the sale to set up a scholarship fund in Pierschalla’s name at Penland School of Crafts. In these difficult economic times, we recognize the value of such a scholarship to artists interested in attending workshops at Penland. We have decided to contribute again to this scholarship fund and showcase outstanding furniture artists with another Pierschalla Furniture exhibit in 2010. We hope that this exhibit will allow more artists to take advantage of Penland’s workshops.
The exhibition will be on display from June 15, 2010 through July 31, 2010. This will coincide with Fusions: Minds and Hands Shaping Our Future, The Furniture Society conference held at MIT June 16-19, 2010. The Pierschalla Memorial Scholarship Furniture Exhibition will feature works by Sue Aygarn-Kowalski, Vivian Beer, Garry Knox Bennett, Matthew Collins, Reagan Furqueron, Ross Kowalski, Tom Loeser, Jennifer Maestre, Sarah Martin, Alison McLennan, John McQueen, Yoko Miyaji-Zeltserman, Timothy Philbrook, Charles Radtke, Sylvie Rosenthal and Jay Stanger, among others.
____________________________________________________________
Pritam & Eames
East Hampton, New York
www.pritameames.com/
Seating
Chairs, Benches, Stools
August 6 – September 7
____________________________________________________________
Berkshire Botanical Garden
Stockbridge, MA
www.berkshirebotanical.org/
Sitting Pretty: The Garden Bench
as Sculpture
June 5 through the season
Six avant-garde artists explore the various forms and limits of the bench as outdoor sculpture. Designs embody modernism, sustainability, the “old souls” of timber and an attempt to find the balance and “inner truth” of materials, form and functionality. A structure on which to rest one’s weary feet, yes, but these works of art ask bigger questions of the visitor and her place in nature. Artists: Vivian Beer, Terence Dubreuil, Lisa Fedon, Jack Larimore, Douglas Thayer and Nico Yektai. The show is curated by Joyce Nereaux, a fine art dealer in Hudson, NY.
____________________________________________________________
Fuller Craft Museum
Brockton, MA
http://www.fullercraft.org/
Furniture from the Permanent Collection
February 13 — September 26, 2010
Fuller Craft Museum is proud to present its first exhibition exclusively devoted to studio furniture from the Museum's permanent collection. This exhibition showcases a growing collection of works from emerging and master furniture artists.
and…
Different Lines: Drawings by Craft Artists
July 31, 2010 — February 27, 2011
Known best for their work in ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, or textiles, these artists nonetheless are consummate creators of work in other medias. This exhibition explores the prints and drawings of well respected craft artists and presents to the public an unseen side of these artists' creative abilities.
Workshops__________________________________________________
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO
… co-teaching this fall with Brad Reed Nelson
http://www.andersonranch.org/about/index.php
Sep 13, 2010 - Sep 24, 2010
Metal Furniture
Engage in an imaginative and physical experience with the powerful domestic landscape of furniture objects. We explore work that falls between function and sculpture, between practical construction and theoretical ideas. This is a master class where students gain skills with the material and observe the faculty working in the studio.
Presentations________________________________________________
The Furniture Society Conference, June 16 – 19th
at MIT in Boston, Ma
http://www.furnituresociety.org/furn/
Panel discussion
FURNITURE FORWARD: FURNITURE TO GO GO...
Presenter: Hayami Arakawa
With the fading ethos of "form ever follows function", I am curious to understand what the next generation of furniture enthusiasts are hearing, seeing and feeling about design, practice and impact of furniture in the 21st century.
—The Demise of 'Form Follows Function', Alice Rawsthorn, NYT, 2009
This panel will consist of up-and-coming furniture academics, artisans and instructors who will discuss how they envision furniture developing over the next 100 years.
Panel Speakers
Growing up in rural Maine, the development of hand skills and the making of objects was a part of Vivian Beer's everyday life. This understanding of design as a hands-on process has influenced the format of both process and product throughout her career. Vivian tiptoes through contemporary design, craft and sculptural aesthetics, sampling from each one. She deftly counterbalances a strong knowledge of contemporary furniture design with the history of industry and architecture to create furniture that intends to transform our expectations of and relationships to the domestic landscape. She holds a BFA from the Maine College of Art (2000) and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2004) and just completed a three-year residency at the Penland School of Craft. She lives and works in Asheville, NC and teaches and exhibits nationally and internationally.
Alabama native Keith Cochran, a second generation woodworker, makes sawdust in rural North Alabama. In the early 1980's, he began honing his craft in his father's backyard shop. After earning a BA in Industrial Design from Auburn University in 1999, he went to work building mahogany runabouts for Hugh Saint Inc. in southwest Florida. In 2001, Keith and his brother Dylan rejoined their father Randy back in the shop at Wood Studio in order to progress their family's craft of creating fine, handmade wooden furniture. Wood Studio pieces have been featured in Sundance and Southern Living.
Dana Martin Davis of Mint Hill, NC is the current CCO of DAVIS STEEL & IRON Co. Inc. She is a collector of contemporary art and museum quality craft including studio furniture as well as the primary person incharge of acquisitions for DAVIS STEEL & IRON. Recently, Mrs. Davis curated a group of Herb Jackson paintings shown in January at a Chelsea gallery as well as facilitating permanent NY representation for this North Carolina artist.
Dana is a founding member of United Way Charlotte's Women's Leadership Initiative, former board chair for The Moving Poets, she is presently serving on The Light Factory board, the Metals Museum in Memphis, and a member of the Women's Impact Fund.
Though exceedingly proud to travel with a hardhat, she periodically threatens resignation so she can paint fulltime.
Matthew Hebert creates work that deals with technology and its effects on the domestic environment. His work adds layers of use and meaning to recognizable furniture forms to generate new modes of interaction between objects, the environment, and the user. Hebert received his Bachelor of Art in Architecture from the University of California - Berkeley; and his Masters of Fine Arts at California College of the Arts. He has held teaching positions at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently Assistant Professor of Furniture at San Diego State University. His award winning work has been shown internationally.
Barbara Holmes was born and raised in Southern California. She attended Brigham Young University for her undergraduate studies and did her graduate work at San Diego State University where she received her MFA. Barbara has exhibited nationally and internationally, is an Alfreda Maloof scholarship recipient, and has been awarded an Artist-in-residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in 2002 and at SF Recycling and Disposal in 2008. She has been teaching art for 8 years and was invited as a visiting lecturer in the Art Department at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004. Her work has been acquired by collectors Ron and Anita Wornick and is a part of the permanent collection at SFMOMA. She currently teaches at California College of the Arts and lives in Oakland, California.
Brad Reed Nelson lives in Carbondale Colorado just outside the sphere of Aspen. Besides Brad's addiction to adrenaline-based sports, Brad likes spending time with his wife and daughter. Brad maintains a studio furniture shop called Board by Design. He has developed an eclectic body of work over the last twenty years from space age androgynous to elegant patio furniture to using reclaimed timbers to create architectural forms.
In March 2010, Brad can be found at the Architectural Digest Home show in New York. This show will offer up a broad new body of work. If you think chunky when you think BRN, think again. Look for an updated www.Boardbydesign.com website in March. And if you don't know, now you know.
