THE WOOD TURNING CENTER , Philadelphia , PA , USA

ANNOUNCES  INTERNATIONAL TURNING EXCHANGE RESIDENT FELLOWS
FOR 2004 – “images available”

The Wood Turning Center is proud to announce the selection of the 2004 International Turning Exchange (ITE) Resident Fellows. This is the tenth consecutive year that the Wood Turning Center has offered this unique and exceptional residency program. The ITE residents will spend eight weeks working and living together for 2 months in the summer of 2004 at the University of the Arts (UArts) located in Philadelphia , P A .

Four lathe artists, a furniture maker/ sculptor and one photojournalist were selected for participation by the 2004 ITE Residency Program Selection Committee: Lisa Tremper Hanover, Director, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art; and artists, Jack Larimore, Philadelphia and Mark Sfirri, of New Hope, PA.  The residents for 2004 include:

Matthew Harding, lathe artist
Mitchell , Australia

Michael Mocho, lathe artist
Albuquerque , New Mexico

Andrew Potocnik, lathe artist
Melbourne , Australia

Marcus R. Tatton, lathe artist
Neika , Tasmania , Australia

Joël Urruty, furniture maker/sculptor
Middletown , NY

Linette Messina, photojournalist
Philadelphia , PA

Michael Sandor Podmaniczky, Scholar
Wilmington, Delaware


An exhibit of the objects and statements produced by the ITE residents and photos depicting the ITE experience will be exhibited at the Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia. This exhibition, titled allTURNatives: Form & Spirit, opens August 6, 2004 and will tour to several other venues around the USA . Along with the exhibit opening, the ITE residents will present panel discussions and a slide show depicting their residency experience. The participants will begin their residency in Philadelphia on June 8th. They will work independently and collaboratively throughout June and July to design and execute their work. The first two weeks focus on orientation, structured research and exploration. There are opportunities for the residents to travel throughout the region visiting galleries, and art centers, as well as meeting fellow artists and public and private collectors.


July 18     Open Community Day at the University of the Arts, Wood Working Department, Anderson Hall, 333 South Broad Street, 4th Floor.   Hosted by the  University of the Arts, Bucks Woodturners and the Wood Turing Center. $15.00 includes lunch.  Spend the day with the ITE residents in their workshop as they demonstrate their skills and discuss their work. Call 215-923-8000 for official registration form.
August 6    First Friday Opening of allTURNatives: Form & Spirit exhibit at the Wood Turning Center
August 7    allTURNatives: Form & Spirit conference at the Wood Turning Center


Matthew Harding is an established furniture designer/maker, wood carver and sculptor from Australia with over twenty years of experience working in wood and arts related fields.  His works encompass large-scale public sculpture, furniture design, fine art exhibitions and lecturing.

Harding’s aesthetic influences are from the natural world and geometry.  He views his art as a playground for manipulating a wide range of materials and processes, forging links between cutting edge technologies such as laser cutting and computer controlled routing to more traditional craft based skills such as carving.  Harding has exhibited his art extensively in Australia and received numerous grants, commissions, and awards.  Harding was selected for a Churchill Fellowship to research carving, sculpture, and furniture design in 1998.




Michael Mocho of Albuquerque , New Mexico has been a self-employed woodworker for over 20 years and has produced original designs and commissions in the areas of custom furniture, architectural millwork, prototype development and fabrication.  He has been employed as an instructor in the Fine Woodworking Program at Santa Fe Community College since 1997.    Mocho most recent works involve smaller objects – mostly turned containers – presented in the context of larger vessel or cabinet.  Experienced with fine national residency programs, Mocho looks forward to working collaboratively with his fellow woodturning residents.




Andrew Potocnik has had from his early youth, a fascination with creating things in wood.  His appreciation of wood for its color, smell, feel, grain and other intrinsic qualities has made him an accomplished wood turner and teacher.  He continues to challenge the conventions within the woodworking field to explore and celebrate the material nature of once living matter.  Photonic was born in 1963 in Melbourne , Australia and received his Bachelor of Education (Arts and Crafts) from Melbourne College of Advanced Education.  He has exhibited extensively throughout Australia and also in other major cities around the world.




Marcus Tatton of Tasmania , Australia came to workworking from an early age and is university trained in wood sculpture and furniture design.  He became a drum and percussion instrument maker and has developed his own line of drums created from logs, workshops, and performances.  A Woodcarving Instructor at Australian School of Fine Furniture, Tatton is active in teaching children and adults, through classes and demonstrations, the techniques and therapeutic benefits of woodcraft.  His expectations for the ITE residency are uninterrupted time to develop a new body of work, collaboration with other residents, and perhaps even a “Making Your Drum” workshops.




Joël Urruty of Middletown , New York has his MFA in Woodworking and Furniture Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology.  Urruty has been a woodworking instructor at numerous schools as well as an adjunct professor at Philadelphia University .  Presently a full-time artist, Urruty has an extensive exhibition history and has received numerous awards for his abstract figurative wood sculptures.  He hopes that through the ITE residency he will gain more knowledge of woodturning and looks forward to exchanging ideas and aesthetic concerns with his fellow artists. Visit his website: www.joelurruty.com




Linette Messina of Philadelphia has been selected as the photojournalist for the 2004 ITE Residency Program.  An emerging young artist, she has already developed extensive experience in documentary photography from employment with the City of Philadelphia , among other sources.  Messina will capture the process of the residency through the story telling of photographs and interviews.  A 2000 graduate of Drexel University , she will bring a well-trained eye and youthful energy to the residency program. Visit her website: www.moodycamera.com


Michael Sandor Podmaniczky of Wilmington, Delaware has been selected as the 2004 ITE Resident Fellow Scholar.  Mr. Podmaniczky is the senior Conservator of Furniture at Winterthur Museum and is an Associate Professor with the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.  He has an extensive record of publications, professional presentations and lectures at such venues as: the Delaware Art Museum, Sotheby's Decorative Art Institute, Fine Woodworking and WoodenBoat journals.  As former owner of Invisible Hand Woodworks, Mike Podmaniczky, who is also a highly skilled wood craftsman and boat builder, brings years of intellectual and creative experience in the wood art and furniture field to the summer residency program.


In November, artists were also chosen for the 2006 ITE Residency Program which include: Marilyn Campbell, Canada – Lathe Artist, Liam Flynn, Ireland – Lathe Artist, Hilary Pfeifer, USA – Lathe Artist, Neil Scobie, Australia – Lathe Artist, Jo Stone, USA – Furniture maker/educator.  Peter Oliver, New Zealand – Lathe Artist has been selected for the 2007 ITE Residency Program.

The International Turning Exchange is supported in part by generous grants from the Arcadia Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Anonymous Friends and Foundations, and Friends of the Wood Turning Center .

The Wood Turning Center continues to accept applications for the 2007 ITE residency program. For further information on the ITE program and application process, contact the Center - .