Coming of Age: Emerging and Established Wood Artists
February 16 – May 19, 2007
2007 marks the Center’s 21st year promoting and serving the wood art community. As part of the celebration honoring the Center’s ‘coming of age’ the Center is highlighting the coming of age of a diverse group of established and emerging artists.
Coming of Age: Emerging and Established Wood Artists showcases artists who have practiced as part of the wood art field for at least 21 years as well as individuals representing the upcoming generation of artists.
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 and collectors.
Coming of Age: Emerging and Established Wood Artists is supported in part by the Friends of the Wood Turning Center, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and The William Penn Foundation. Corporate Sponsors include Caviar Assouline and Penn State Industries.
