The Crafts: Ceramic Works by Young Kang and Nicole Dubrow at The Water Gallery in Lansdale, PA, through June 30th, 2012
The Water Gallery in Lansdale, PA is exhibiting ceramic works by two Montgomery County area ceramic artists, Young Kang and Nicole Dubrow, through June 20th, 2012. Nicole Dubrow is a full-time master potter and artist living and working in Skippack, Pennsylvania. She received her BFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute and Masters in [...]
New Installation at the Michener Art Museum, Doylestown!
Intelligent Design, a new long-term installation at the Michener Art Museum, which opened February 3, highlights regional studio craft around Bucks County – from its earliest beginnings to the diversity of expression today. The exhibition features work from the studio shops of such makers and designers as Frederick Harer, Wharton Esherick, George Nakashima, Mira Nakashima-Yarnall, Phillip Lloyd Powell, Paul Evans, David Ellsworth, Mark [...]
Follow That ART! on the Greater Norristown Art League’s 3rd Annual Art Trail!
The Greater Norristown Art League (GNAL) sponsors its 3rd Annual GNAL Art Trail, April 28 & 29. The art-loving public is invited to visit the open studios of 11 local artists, including a metalsmith, woodturner and potter. Visitors may view the artists’ processes and creativity and have the opportunity to purchase original works of [...]
Greet Spring with FiberPhiladelphia 2012: Art Quilts and Fiber Sculpture
FiberPhiladelphia 2012 is here! Opportunities to see amazing fiber art as well as add to your collection abound in April and May. Here’s some promising events, starting with two in the suburbs: Material Witnesses: Manhattan Quilters Guild Abington Art Center Thru May 13, 2012 Art Quilt Elements Wayne Art Center Thru May 13, 2012 Pushing [...]
Virgil and Lucille Cantini of Pittsburgh: Mid Century Modern from Enamels to Sculpture
Virgil Cantini came to Pittsburgh from Italy in 1930, when he was 11 years old. He went to college on a football scholarship, and pursued art, becoming a professor at University of Pittsburgh’s art department. He married an art school classmate, Lucille Kleber, who also created enamels. Cantini’s work ranges from the monumental sculpture [...]
The Museum Store at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill
I had the pleasure of interviewing Lori Hines, Museum Store Coordinator, at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill. The Woodmere Museum Store is fits into the Woodmere’s mission of telling the story of Philadelphia’s art and artists, in addition to stocking items from across the nation (such as the fabulous Maruca Design handbags), [...]
Fine Craft of Yellow Breeches: Central Pennsylvania’s Cumberland County and Environs
Alongside Harrisburg, there is Cumberland County and Carlisle and the home of the Yellow Breeches Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, not to mention The Village Artisans Gallery in Boiling Springs. I’ve always wondered what yellow breeches were. The story goes that during the Revolutionary War, British soldiers wading into the creek in their [...]
