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July 12th, 2010
Sustainable Furniture Design
Halle Building
Cleveland, OH
July 12 - 16, 2010
Exhibiting in downtown Cleveland this week is sustainable furniture designed by students in The Cleveland Institute of Art’s Department of Industrial Design. This exhibition is part of the first-ever Cleveland Furniture and Millwork Fair (July 14 and 15) that will feature Northeast Ohio’s finest furniture makers and millwork companies alongside Cleveland’s world-class design community. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 10th, 2010
Craftwork Masterclass: 15 Years of Excellence from the New Hampshire Furniture Masters
Lamont Gallery
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter, NH
The New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association (NHFMA) was founded in 1995 as a means of continuing the state’s legacy of fine furniture making. Its members are committed to maintaining their craft as a full-time profession by generating public awareness of their works and cultivating an audience for their creations. The Masters create studio furniture in an array of styles including Period, Early American, Shaker, Neo-Classical, Traditional, Contemporary and Art Furniture. Craftwork Masterclass will present the work of sixteen members of the Furniture Masters. Exhibiting will be: Ted Blachly, John Cameron, Jeffrey Cooper, Garrett Hack, Howard Hatch (a 1967 alumnus of Phillips Exeter Academy), David Lamb (New Hampshire’s Artist Laureate), David Leach, Wayne Marcoux, Terry Moore, Sam Norris, Richard Oedel, Jere Osgood, Brian Reid, Brian Sargent, William Thomas, Thomas Walsh, and 2010 Guest Artist Jeffrey Roberts.
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June 30th, 2010
Think Green
The Kruger Collection
University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus
Lincoln, NE
March 26, 2010 - March 18, 2011
“Think Green” examines how past interior design styles parallel aspects of today’s “green” design. “Think Green” features 15 miniature rooms exploring ideals in design trends, the impact interior spaces have on the environment and eco-friendly design materials. The exhibition highlights a portion of the 20,000-piece collection of miniatures in the Kruger Collection. Lincoln resident Eloise Kruger collected the majority of these miniatures.
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June 29th, 2010
Modes of Making: Contemporary Studio Furniture
The Society of Arts & Crafts
Boston, MA
June 5 - August 14, 2010
Modes of Making presents the work of eleven U.S. based practitioners - artists, craftsmen, designers who are involved in the process of bringing furniture into existence. On exhibit will be finished objects of high merit - historically, conceptually, technically and otherwise. Modes of Making seeks to shed light on the numerous ways that furniture is born and to follow that through to an examination of how the furniture gets out into the world by selecting artists who work through a variety of systems; teaching, galleries, residencies, commissions, trade/craft shows, industrial production/distribution. Exhibiting artists are: William M. Bancroft Jr. (MA), Shaun Bullens (RI), Reagan Furqueron (ME), Paula Garbarino (MA), Michael Iannone (PA), Yuri Kobayashi (RI), Thomas Moser (ME), Bart Niswonger (MA), Sylvie Rosenthal (NC), Will Tracey (NY) and Stephen Yusko (OH). Read the rest of this entry »
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June 29th, 2010
The Looking Glass
Pritam & Eames
East Hampton, NY
July 2 - August 3, 2010
Pritam & Eames presents The Looking Glass, a show of mirrors, featuring the work of Andy Buck, Tim Coleman, Michael Cullen, David Ebner, Duncan Gowdy, Alphonse Mattia, and Don Miller. “The mirrors made by these artist-craftsmen are a far cry from the pools of dark, still water that were probably the first mirrors used by people, states Bebe Johnson, gallery partner. “Like artists, furniture makers use mirrors to frame a counter world, with utility that can range from convenience to a unique perspective.” Read the rest of this entry »
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June 26th, 2010
Highlights from the Modern Design Collection: 1900 to the Present
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
Open until June 23, 2011
This installation of highlights from the Museum’s modern and contemporary design collection from 1900 to the present features forty-six objects, including Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s hand-crafted oak, tile, and glass washstand (1904); Marcel Breuer’s iconic modernist “Wassily” chair (1927); a 1985 Formica “Ivory” table by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass; and architect Zaha Hadid’s 2006 “Gyre” lounge chair, made of polyester resin and lacquer. Also presented are metalwork, ceramics, glass, jewelry, drawings, and posters. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 20th, 2010
To Love, Honor, and Obey? Stories of Italian Renaissance Marriage Chests
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
Opening July 3, 2010
In Renaissance Italy, betrothal and marriage were celebrated with a variety of events as well as commemorative works of art. Often elaborate, these objects marked the joining of a couple while symbolizing wealth and demonstrating alliances between powerful families. Particularly significant were cassoni, large storage chests produced in pairs and typically used to hold the bride’s dowry. In mid-fifteenth-century Florence, these chests were sometimes paraded through the city in wedding processions. As part of the domestic interior, the chests were designed to complement the other furnishings in the new couple’s bedchamber. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 20th, 2010
Six Degrees of Separation… From New England
Compton Gallery
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
June 10 - 30, 2010
Six Degrees of Separation is a juried exhibition of furniture from artists who currently live in New England or graduated from a school in New England (MA, CT, RI, VT, ME, NH). The exhibition is in conjunction with the 2010 Furniture Society Conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge Massachusetts. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 17th, 2010
Outdoor Furniture: Everyone Is Welcome
Kresge Green
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
June 15 - July 31, 2010
Outdoor Furniture is one of several exhibitions held in conjunction with the 2010 Furniture Society Conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge Massachusetts. The exhibition is located on the beautiful Kresge Green, located between two buildings designed by Eero Saarinen in the heart of the MIT campus. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 15th, 2010
Eco-regional Story
Gympie Regional Gallery
Gympie, QLD, Australia
June 16 -July 10, 2010
Craft and design are joined with landscape memoir in an exhibition by contemporary studio furniture maker Ross Annels. His work tells stories of sustainable beauty through furniture, sculpture, artists books and images. Read the rest of this entry »
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Exhibiting in downtown Cleveland this week is sustainable furniture designed by students in The Cleveland Institute of Art’s Department of Industrial Design. This exhibition is part of the first-ever Cleveland Furniture and Millwork Fair (July 14 and 15) that will feature Northeast Ohio’s finest furniture makers and millwork companies alongside Cleveland’s world-class design community. Read the rest of this entry »
