Museum for Art in Wood

Last Friday was the official opening of Katie Hudnall's "The Longest Distance between Two Points" at the Museum for Art in Wood. In it, the absurd and mechanically improbable merge with fine woodworking and salvaged wood materials to bring mechanisms and structures to life and action. These dynamic pieces- including "A Cabinet for Lost and Found Things" are on view in the Museum's Exhibition Gallery, now through July 20th, 2025. Curated by Jennifer-Navva Milliken.

The Museum for Art in Wood would like to thank all of our sponsors for making the first ever Gallery Groove possible! Last week, the Gallery Groove raised vital funds for the Museum for Art in Wood and its exhibitions and public programs, which are free for the public to enjoy.? Special Thanks to: En Route Marketing? Rago | Write Auctions Rago Auctions Nakashima Woodworkers George Nakashima Woodworkers Moderne Gallery? CraftNOW Philadelphia CraftNOW Philadelphia Liberty Technology?Solutions?Liberty Technology Solutions Carhartt Carhartt Hearne Hardwoods Inc. Hearne Hardwoods Sutherland Welles Tower Bridge Advisors ONEWAY Manufacturing Patricia* and Gordon Fowler Deirdre & David Miller Leonard Kreppel Bruce & Jo Katsiff Michael Scannapieco and Summers Quality Services

2025 Winter Residency Workshop Series: Henry Merker As the two-month residency at Nextfab goes on, we will be sharing moments from the workshop with our Winter Resident Henry Merker, and hearing about his processes turning and learning. This week, a few insights from Henry on the materiality of wood. Next week we’ll find out more about his approach to sustainability in woodcraft: Cork.

We are proud to announce that the Museum for Art in Wood has received a two-year, grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support the museum’s programs, including exhibitions, residencies, lectures, workshops, and more! “This support from the Andy Warhol Foundation marks a first in the history of the Museum for Art in Wood,” said Jennifer-Navva Milliken, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Museum for Art in Wood. “Being recognized by one of the most prominent foundations supporting contemporary art in America is an incredible statement of confidence in our organization. Beyond the critical underwriting this grant provides, it will raise the profile of the Museum among national audiences. It especially honors the Museum’s commitment to artists, and to providing opportunities for the ambitious testing of ideas, exploration at all career stages, and the building of strong communities and discourse.” We thank the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their generous support.

The deadline to apply to the Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood has been extended to January 20th, 2025 11:59pm EST. We are looking for wood artists and makers to join us for the 2-month summer residency here in Philadelphia, PA. This year we are accepting application for the next two summers (2025 & 2026). Applicants may apply as an Artist Fellow, a Student Artist Fellow, Documentary Artist Fellow, or as the Scholar/Educator. Program highlights: June- August 2025 & 2026 Philadelphia, PA No application fee Fully funded residency program Weekly stipend 24-hour Shop Access Group Exhibition Learn more & Apply today on our website.

Calling experienced and emerging Artists in wood. There is still time to apply to the 2025 & 2026 Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood before the deadline: Monday, January 6th at 11:59pm (EST) Program highlights: June- August 2025 & 2026 Fully funded residency program Weekly stipend? 24-hour Shop Access? Group Exhibition The Museum for Art in Wood will be accepting a handful of artist fellows who work either solely in wood or in other materials in meaningful combination with wood, one Student artist fellow, one Documentary artist fellow, and a Scholar. Established in 1995, the Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood has received generous endowment funds from the Windgate Foundation. During the nine-week program from early June through early August, the fellows are brought to Philadelphia to work together at the North Philadelphia location of Nextfab (NextFab) (1800 N. American Street), a network of membership-based makerspaces. Fellows can pursue both individual and collaborative work that is explorative, experimental, research-based, or otherwise enriching to the artistic practice. Apply through the application portal on our website.

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The Museum for Art in Wood is currently still accepting Artist applications for the 2025 & 2026 Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood. Established in 1995, the Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood has received generous endowment funds from the Windgate Foundation. During the nine-week program from early June through early August, the fellows are brought to Philadelphia to work together at the North Philadelphia location of Nextfab (NextFab) (1800 N. American Street), a network of membership-based makerspaces. Fellows can pursue both individual and collaborative work that is explorative, experimental, research-based, or otherwise enriching to the artistic practice. Every year the Windgate Arts Residency in Wood accepts a handful of artist fellows who work either solely in wood or in other materials in meaningful combination with wood, one Student artist fellow, one Documentary artist fellow, and a Scholar to join the cohort. The residency is designed as a collegial experience and encourages an open exchange of creative and technical innovations. Applications will be open until January 6th, 2025. https://lnkd.in/e8kabJWS

Introducing the Museum for Art in Wood's newest exhibition "Mark Sfirri: La Famiglia". This highly autobiographical exhibition of new and never-before-seen work by celebrated artist and woodturner Mark Sfirri presents a way of thinking about the definition of family and its meanings through different lenses: families that are chosen vs. born into; families of species (trees and wood types) and identities; and familial strife and unconditional love, support, and dysfunction. It represents a coming to terms with generational passing, through the artist’s adoption of a spontaneous, “flow state” approach in his turning, carving, and surfacing processes. The grandchild of four first-generation Americans who came through Ellis Island around 1900 and settled in Chester, the oldest city in Pennsylvania, the artist presents several installations of sculpture that consider communities comprised of families with their own histories, ethnic backgrounds, biases, and quirks—all trying to coexist in new and evolving worlds. See Mark Sfirri's "La Famiglia", on view now through February 16th, 2025. Open Wednesday through Sunday, 12- 5 p.m.

Strange Woodcraft: Weird and Eerie Sculpture from the Museum’s Permanent Collection.? Curated by Amrut Mishra. October 4th, 2024- April 20th, 2025 Residing in the gallery of the Fleur and Charles Bresler Research Library at the Museum for Art in Wood, this exhibition includes work from sixteen artists, held in the museum’s permanent collection, whose sculptural forms probe at the weird, eerie—and perhaps even grotesque—registers of wood. In doing so,?Strange Woodcraft?encourages visitors to consider the presence of more-than-human forces that may linger in crafted objects, just beyond common perception. Many artists, collectors, and enthusiasts turn to wood for its inviting warmth and its promissory sense of nostalgic familiarity. Departing from these typical associations,?Strange Woodcraft: Weird and Eerie Sculpture from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, presents works which nurture a discomforting curiosity with the unfamiliar. Taking inspiration from cultural critic Mark Fisher’s insight that our attraction to the “weird” and the “eerie” stem from a fascination for “what lies beyond standard perception, cognition and experience,”?Strange Woodcraft?embraces sculptural forms which feel out of place, askew, haunting, or just downright odd. On view now.