tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74544485169978892502024-03-27T16:53:07.231-07:00Worcester Center for Crafts E-NewsThe Experience
As an experience, the Worcester Center for Crafts offers instruction in the skills of craft, in the art and aesthetics of craft and creativity, and in the appreciation of the handmade aesthetic object. Hands-on discovery of making, collecting, appreciating is encompassed in all of our programs.
Call it art, call it craft, call it essential. The Worcester Center for Crafts is dedicated to sustaining craft as important to the community and to society.
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Worcester, MA- With the promise of good food and good company on the horizon, the Worcester Center for Crafts excitedly announces its 14<sup>th</sup> annual Pasta Dinner fundraiser at 25 Sagamore Road, Worcester, MA on Saturday, March 7, 2020. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With a hand-crafted ceramic plate specially made by the Center in hand, community guests from far and wide can come enjoy a hearty pasta dinner and side salad, catered by local Italian restaurant Ciao Bella. A VIP early entrance ticket ($65) gives guests the opportunity to enter at 5:30pm and to receive first choice of the handmade plates, festive appetizers, and a libation. Regular admission commences at 6:30pm with tickets being sold for $45 per person/plate, and $10 per child/paper plate. Vegetarian and gluten-free options will be available, along with beer and wine for purchase at cash bars. Tickets are available 24/7 online at www.tinyurl.com/WCCPASTA20 or by calling 508-753-8183, x 301, Tues-Fri, 10-5.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“It is an absolute joy to host this event each year. Witnessing the lively exchange of stories and life snippets between community members young and old, new and familiar is heartwarming,” says Candace Casey, organizer of the Pasta Dinner. “And to see this taking place at tables laden with the beautiful plates that our Ceramics community has worked so thoughtfully and tirelessly to craft over these last few months is gratifying, too. These plates, albeit crafted with techniques steeped in centuries-old traditions, are now timeless treasures to be passed down for generations to come.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In addition to the dinner’s promise of good food and good company, this year’s fundraiser will feature nearly two hundred plates made by the Center’s talented students, faculty, associate artists, and Artists-in-Residence! A lively auction of creative gift packages, and NEW features of Beer and Wine Walls for guests to win and bring home will add to the evening’s fun. Ceramic studio Artists-in-Residence will also be selling home-made baked goods to help fund their trip to the annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whether a devoted regular of this event or a newcomer to the Craft Center, Ceramics Department Head, Tom O’Malley, urges all to attend and to join in the fun. As the person who spearheads the plate-making mission each year leading up to the Pasta Dinner, Tom wants to share in the stories of your plate. “For us, it begins on cold wintery evening in December as the plate makers and I gather in the warm and cozy Ceramics Studio. Through our efforts, the plate transforms from a clay blob thrown down to evolve into a unique ware. However, the part of a plate’s life that is spent with us, being formed, decorated, and carefully fired—all done with the caring touch of dozens of creative hands—is relatively short compared to the life they go onto live with its owner. Come join our Pasta Dinner table this year and begin or share your plate’s story with us!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Craft Center's mission is "to inspire and build a creative community" by providing high-quality craft education and training, by supporting craft artists in their professions, and through advocacy and public education initiatives including adult education classes and workshops, exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-18546276970503379872020-02-06T04:57:00.000-08:002020-02-06T04:57:03.577-08:002/6/2020 - Craft Center - Delayed Opening<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2/6/2020 - The Craft Center will be opening at 10:00AM today due to weather conditions and in adherence with WSU inclement weather protocol.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-18668088660014506352019-12-11T04:52:00.002-08:002019-12-11T04:52:24.230-08:0012/11/2019 - Craft Center - Delayed Opening<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">12/11/2019 - The Craft Center will be opening at 10:00AM today due to weather conditions and in adherence with WSU inclement weather protocol for Wednesday, December 11th.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-36041569110269334662019-12-03T05:07:00.001-08:002019-12-03T05:07:33.622-08:0012/3/2019 - Worcester Center for Crafts - Delayed OpeningThe Worcester Center for Crafts studios and offices will open at 10AM on Tuesday, December 3, 2019. All classes and programs scheduled to begin at that time or later will run on schedule.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-54629446127725608812019-12-01T13:29:00.002-08:002019-12-01T13:29:23.744-08:00INCLEMENT WEATHER CLOSURE | Worcester Center for Crafts - Monday, December 2, 2019<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;">Monday, December 2, 2019</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This year’s line-up features an exciting mix of returning and newcomer artists with a wide variety of works ranging from ceramics to jewelry, to soaps and candles. “We love to give new artists a chance to expose our Festival audiences to their work” said Candace Casey, WCC Gallery/Gallery Store Director and organizer of the Holiday Festival. “The creative energy is alive and well at the Craft Center. Our artists and guests alike can expect to be regaled with work representing the finest of handmade American Craft and they will not be disappointed!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Artists participating this year include: <b>Carol Tripp Martens</b> (Ioka Pottery), <b>Andy Osborne </b>(Beaded Dragon Artisans), <b>Virginia Stevens</b> (Virginia Stevens Designs), <b>Ann Szerlip</b> (Ann Szerlip Glass Designs), <b>Mary Risley</b> (Mary Risley Jewelry), <b>Aaron Slater</b> (Aaron Slater Glass), <b>Betty Barrett</b> (B.Barrett Jewelry), <b>Laura Pierce</b> (Iris Designs), <b>Samir Dhamija</b> (My Mez), <b>Sibel Alpaslan</b> (Ceramics by Sibel), <b>Jan Franco</b> (JMF Dezigns Exquisite Jewelry), <b>Kathy Litchfield</b> (Firecrow Handwovens), <b>Libby Boss</b> (Teesies), <b>Nancy Marland Wolinski</b> (Nancy Marland Jewelry), <b>Allison Glick</b> (Allison Glick Ceramics), <b>Trish Kozub</b> (Idazz Custom Designs), <b>Frank Dobai</b> (The Shade Tree, LLC), <b>Michelle & Bill Champitto</b> (Fresh Cut Glass), <b>Reid Gilmore</b> (Central New England Woodturners), <b>Marcy Schepker</b> (Pear Tree Studio), <b>Peter Jones</b> (Mountain Street Pottery), <b>Doug Burritt</b> (Harbor Sweets), <b>J.Ann Eldridge</b>, <b>Betsy Keeney</b> (Centre Village Studio), <b>Lauren Beaudoin</b> (Creative Dexterity), <b>Sarah Michalik & Noah Weinert</b> (Charged Glassworks), <b>Erica Walker</b> (Erica Walker Jewelry), <b>Marian Ives</b> (Ives Ornaments & Weathervanes), <b>Carol Joannidi & Dana Hunt</b> (Little Cat Metals), <b>Michael Gadsby</b> (Custom Wood Works), <b>Linda Williams</b> (Country Weaver Designs), <b>Vartus Varadian</b> (Vartus Designs), <b>Ania Davis</b> (EPOCA), <b>Melissa Rioux</b> (DAFNI Greek Gourmet), <b>David Pollack</b> (Maggie’s Farm), <b>Elizabeth Ryan</b> (Looka Jewelry), <b>Renee Mallett</b> (Amaranth & Rue), <b>Joshua Swalec</b> (Ferromorphics Blacksmithing), <b>Carole Michelfelder</b> (Taproot Threads), <b>Nancy E. Burke</b> (Quicksilver Glass), <b>Kim Cutler</b> (Kim Cutler Ceramics), <b>Alison Cargill</b> (Alison Designs LLC), <b>Heather Bevilacqua</b> (Grinns), <b>Aisling Colleary</b> (Horizon Line Ceramics), <b>Lauren Blais</b> (Lauren Blais Design), <b>Tracy Levesque</b> (Tracy Levesque Fine Art), <b>Hillary Hutton</b> (Hutton Handwovens), <b>Suzanne & Steven Rosendahl</b> (Teagan & Ash), <b>Marcia Press</b> (Meshugenah Hat Company), <b>Marianne Janik</b> (Calli B), <b>Mark Hutton</b> (Hutton Studios), <b>Patrick Zephyr</b> (Patrick Zephyr Nature Photography), <b>Jennifer Moran</b> (Gracies Gunnies), <b>Nancy Engle</b> (Goodness Remedies), <b>Susan Swift</b> (Swfit Farms), <b>Caroline Golden Kirkland</b> (c.e. golden), <b>Kristin Kearns & Len Keeler</b> (AnglerFish Jewelry), <b>Heather Kidson</b> (Heather Bell Designs).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sponsored by UniBank and Patrick Motors, the Festival continues the tradition of the Worcester Center for Crafts as an economic engine for artists and helps advance the Craft Center’s mission to inspire and build a creative community. The Festival also serves as a logical partner in the Buy Local and Eat Local movements of the last decade, by featuring hand-made decorative and functional works exclusively in an environment where you can meet the maker, you can take your time, and the artist can personally assist you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“The Festival has become a Worcester-wide tradition for folks,” says Candace Casey. “It is our pleasure to promote the best of American handmade craft.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Open year round, the Worcester Center for Crafts Gallery Store will also be open during the Festival to further showcase and represent more than 400 artisans from all over the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Festival goers are encouraged to give the Gift of Craft this season. Gift cards purchased in the Gallery Store are eligible for purchases in the Store as well as for registration for a variety of classes and workshops. The Craft Center offers educational programming for adults and for youth in both multi-week classes and short-term workshops, through which you can learn and develop the essential skills of making with glass, metal, enamels, clay, and more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and sell handcrafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved into New England’s leading center for craft education, exhibition, and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio- an off campus, 8000 square foot state-of-the –art multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University’s visual arts studios.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Worcester, MA—Thirty-six talented glass artists will be showcased in <u> <span class="_4yxo _4yxp"> </span> </u><i><b>New Glass / New England</b></i>, a new exhibition opening at the Worcester Center for Crafts’ Krikorian Gallery on <span class="_4yxo">Thursday, September 26th</span>. Curated by Jim Schantz of <a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.schantzgalleries.com%2F&h=AT0HrXrdLn_fqofenyIfI1RCexMKRnnqMz7o-JLvEMuqo9TBUDL3QGWGN0_lG3qc96gafDZRqaiPSHSREKpPNzWypjNziUkLlCCvKqAk7VJkjXZlkAqvuC4iCymgpfKuDKjOZqX661RNxGki7trj" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Schantz Galleries</a>,
the show’s evening reception will be held that day from 5:30-7:30 pm,
and will continue to be on view through November 7th. Gallery hours are
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Showcasing a wide range of technique and background, balanced with diversity and imagination,” <i><b>New Glass / New England</b></i> represents the work of both emerging and established glass artists who all hail from the New England area.</span></span><br />
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in the show are: Melissa Ayotte, Emmett Barnacle, Josh Bernbaum,
William Carlson, Dan Clayman, Shaun Conroy, Eric Cruze & Tomo
Sakai, Dan Dailey, Owen Dailey, Robert Dane, Martin & Erik Demaine,
Bernie D’Onofrio, Robin Grebe, Peter Houk, Sidney Hutter, Claire
Kelly, Aron Leaman, K. William LeQuier, Susan Shapiro & Andy
Magdanz, Martin Rosol, Thomas Scoon, Gale Scott, Josh Simpson, Randi
Solin, Debbie Tarsitano, Natalie Tyler, Jennifer Violette, Adam Waimon,
James Watkins, Steven Weinberg, Mark & Michiko Weiner, and Toots
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have a vast wealth of talent and ability in New England,” says
curator, Jim Schantz, “which clearly identifies the quality of our
academic and technical programs, as well as establishing this part of
the country as a region for creative growth. This artistic vigor
reflects the strength of such programs at RISD, Mass Art, MIT, Salem
State, and the Worcester Center for Crafts, as well as the numerous
private glass studios. I hope this exhibition will continue the
dialogue about the identity of a region that has great sources in
education and environment for artists.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
further celebration of the glass arts, the Worcester Center for
Crafts’ New Street Glass Studio will host a special demo and slideshow
talk by featured and visiting artist, Jen Violette on Friday, September
27th from 6:00-9:30 pm. This event will also be free and open to the
public, and is located at 35 B New Street, Worcester, MA.</span></span><br />
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has been an honor to work with Jim Schantz, and to share in his
enthusiasm and commitment to the arts,” says Candace Casey, the
Krikorian Gallery director. “We are delighted to celebrate work of such
caliber and we hope to share with the community our appreciation for
the complexities of glasswork.”</span></span><br />
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Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit
institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as
the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and
sell handcrafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved
into New England’s leading center for craft education, exhibition, and
entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New
Street Glass Studio- an off campus, 8000 square foot state-of-the –art
multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive
glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an
affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State
University’s visual arts studios.</span></span><br />
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Craft Center’s mission: The Craft Center's mission is "to inspire and
build a creative community" by providing high-quality craft education
and training, by supporting craft artists in their professions, and
through advocacy and public education initiatives including adult
education classes and workshops, exhibitions showcasing the work of
established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family
events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity
program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural
Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural
Council.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-84786888392468411572019-07-03T09:11:00.001-07:002019-07-03T09:11:22.054-07:00PRESS RELEASE: “Life as it Happens” Photography by Scott Erb & Uday Khambadkone Opening at the Worcester Center for Crafts<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Worcester, MA—An exhibit and sale of photography, by Scott Erb and Uday Khambadkone, is opening at the Worcester Center for Crafts’ Krikorian Gallery, July 19, 5:30-9pm. The show will be on view from July 19 through September 7. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10am-5pm. The show’s opening takes place in conjunction with the Worcester Center for Crafts’ annual event, Hot Night in the City.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The photographs in Life as it Happens represent the observations of two photographers capturing street scenes from very different points of view. Uday’s images are colorfully vibrant and complex in their content, while by contrast, Scott’s black and white images sharply reflect a keen sense of “lines and light, [which play] an integral part in his images.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“We are very excited about this show,” says Candace Casey, the Krikorian Gallery director. “Studying Scott and Uday’s photos, their excitement and their clear technical capabilities are evident. The viewer is left with an incredible sense of watching a story unfold and of being there just at the right time.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Scott Erb is a professional advertising photographer, yet this exhibition shows a different side to his usual work. Commercial photography utilizes an entirely different skill set and has to be “deliberate”. Scott’s street photography is anything but that. Of this work Scott says, “Allowing myself to be absorbed in my surroundings, I watch life unfold through the lens; making no distinction between the grand or the trivial.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Uday Khambadkone, born and raised in Mumbai, moved to the United States to pursue a degree in engineering. Uday’s exhibited works are a series from his yearlong travel in India and of his rediscovery of the country as his birth place. “Life as it Happens,” says Uday “is about fleeting moments that I love to gather as I walk past alleyways, busy streets, airports and other public spaces.”</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjJFV_gRKFsgZTtABBLs5ud9fZ0CaSlv24ApT-1xSvwqiH52-OO9HiWTEtfi9RJaP6AdA_knOP7e18HWix64C2VFH1fcJ8VX3jdlq0ol1YRGfrROBrlvnbjwryqOeQUMnGyCaJdI3xBY/s1600/postcard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjJFV_gRKFsgZTtABBLs5ud9fZ0CaSlv24ApT-1xSvwqiH52-OO9HiWTEtfi9RJaP6AdA_knOP7e18HWix64C2VFH1fcJ8VX3jdlq0ol1YRGfrROBrlvnbjwryqOeQUMnGyCaJdI3xBY/s320/postcard.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In conjunction with the exhibit, a free artist talk with Scott and Uday is scheduled for Thursday, July 25 at 6pm at the Worcester Center for Crafts. A special workshop with both photographers is also scheduled on September 21 called, “Life as it Happens – Hitting the Streets of Boston.” Meet them on the streets of Boston and capture “life as it happens” during a photo walk where unexpected moments are welcome. Using their exhibition of the same name in the Krikorian Gallery of the Worcester Center for Crafts as a touchstone, Scott and Uday will offer their perspectives on and their approach to street photography as they share tips and tricks to finding and capturing the candid moments that surround you. For more information on the workshop, go to the Worcester Center for Crafts’ website, worcestercraftcenter.org. Pre-registration is required.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Krikorian Gallery charges no admission and is open to the public. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">About the Worcester Center for Crafts</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and sell handcrafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved into New England’s leading center for craft education, exhibition, and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio- an off campus, 8000 square foot state-of-the –art multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University’s visual arts studios.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Craft Center’s mission: The Craft Center's mission is "to inspire and build a creative community" by providing high-quality craft education and training, by supporting craft artists in their professions, and through advocacy and public education initiatives including adult education classes and workshops, exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span><br />
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July 6 and includes work by 40 students who have taken classes in the
ceramics, glass, metals and photography studios at the Center. An
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A stunning variety of works will be exhibited by the following artists: Kathryn
Aroian (Charlton MA), Paula Artal-Isbrand (Worcester MA), Lindsey
Aubuchon (Westminster MA), Jennie Berthiaume (Worcester MA), Kirk
Boattenhamer (Worcester MA), Catherine Burchat (Shrewsbury MA), Lillian
Burkart (Harvard MA), Bettie Carlson (N. Oxford MA), Sande Cohen
(Worcester MA),David R. Comeau (Sterling MA), Len Conte (Northborough
MA), Cary Dyer (Bolton MA), Patricia M. Flannery (Worcester MA), David
Gates (Worcester MA),Sydney Goddard-Herholz (Marlborough MA), Judy
Goodstein (Shrewsbury MA), Lisa Hall (Framingham MA), Anelise Horah
(Northborough MA), Frank Kartheiser (Worcester MA), Lisa Kilgo
(Lancaster MA), David Kobes (Chestnut Hill MA), Susan Kraft (Westborough
MA), Annie Lamontagne (Holliston MA), Holly Lauer (Bolton MA), Jessica
Lister (Monson MA), Heather March (Princeton MA), Lindsey Parker
(Worcester MA), Alexea Portner (Northborough MA), Claudia Sarver
(Shrewsbury MA), Kym Shortill (Northborough MA), Arlene Sjosten
(Worcester MA), Phyllis Spatrick (Worcester MA), Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
(Worcester MA), Amy Tims (Worcester MA), Sandy Tosi (Windham CT), Jill
Watts (Worcester MA), Linda Williams (Marlborough MA), Erica Willis
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The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest
non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in
1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women
produce and sell handcrafted wares to support their families, the Center
evolved into New England’s leading center for craft education,
exhibition, and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and
opened the New Street Glass Studio- an off campus, 8000 square foot
state-of-the –art multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only
comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the
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inspire and build a creative community" by providing high-quality craft
education and training, by supporting craft artists in their
professions, and through advocacy and public education initiatives
including adult education classes and workshops, exhibitions showcasing
the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies,
lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft +
Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the
Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This year, the Artist-in-Residence Exhibition brings together ten artists whose diverse working methodologies, material explorations, and individual perspectives reflect their personal interests and goals for this one or two year residency. After a competitive application process, each resident is provided with a studio space, access to facilities, and a supportive community of makers. In exchange, resident artists play integral roles at the Craft Center by completing studio support hours, teaching classes and workshops, and volunteering at community-centered events. In this way, Worcester Center for Crafts works to cultivate creativity and foster creative exchange.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Featured Artists in Residence: <b>Faith Connor (MA, ceramics); Meredith Collins (PA, glass); Michelle Grey (MA, ceramics); Angela McHale (MA, glass); Kym Gardner (RI, ceramics); Lindsy Marshall (MA, glass); Abby Nohai (NY, ceramics); Molly Roderick (MA, glass); Phoebe Scott (FL, ceramics); and Momoko Schafer (MA, glass).</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The opening night will feature a pop-up by <a href="http://www.fancheezical.com/FanCheezical/Love_The_Cheez%21.html" target="_blank">Fancheezical</a> serving gourmet grilled cheeses and other snacks, as well as a live DJ providing a soundtrack for the evening! All the artists and their Craft Center advisors, Gale Scott (glass) and Tom O’Malley (ceramics) will be in attendance at the opening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Worcester Center for Crafts’ Artist in Residence (AiR) Program is a way to sustain craft and insure the next generation of artists carrying on craft traditions. Open to aspiring artist in clay and glass (and those who might work across more one medium), the Worcester Center for Crafts AiR program is designed to support the growth of pre-professional artists. Residents are chosen through a competitive process and are with the Center for 1-2 years where they have access to our studios and their specialized equipment and help support the Centers programs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 163 years into New England’s leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio – a satellite location, 8,000 square foot, state of the art, multi studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State visual arts studios and partners in community outreach. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Craft Centers mission is to inspire and build a creative community through the promotion, appreciation, and teaching of craft. The Center’s advocacy and public education initiatives include adult education classes and workshops, youth education and outreach programs, exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-57247234446666256542019-04-11T08:55:00.001-07:002019-04-11T08:55:25.926-07:00PRESS RELEASE: Meet the Makers and Celebrate the Pottery Invitational 2019<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Worcester, MA- Nineteen nationally known potters will be featured in the upcoming 2019 Pottery Invitational at the Worcester Center for Crafts, held May 3-5 at the Center on 25 Sagamore Rd. Admission to the Center and to the Pottery Invitational is free of charge all weekend with the exception of the opening event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meet the makers at this special exhibit and sale of handcrafted pottery on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Nineteen of the region’s most talented ceramic artists have been chosen by curators Jerilyn Virden (Vermont) and Sarah Heimann (New Hampshire) to display their work in the Worcester Center for Crafts Gallery in this pop-up style show. The artists accompany their work for the weekend so that visitors can discover the how’s and why’s of making incredible ceramic work and maybe start a collection of their own!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Included in this year’s Pottery Invitational are: Lisa Naples (Doylestown, PA); Ronan Kyle Peterson (Chapel Hill, NC) ; Kyla Toomey (Waltham, MA); Brenda Quinn (Ossining, NY); Tom O’Malley (Forestdale, RI); Jen Gandee (Fabius, NY) ; Brooke Millecchia (Fairport, NY); Todd Wahlstrom (Whitingham, VT); Autumn Cipala (Thomaston, ME); Michael McCarthy (Stockbridge, MA); Noel Bailey (Mad River Valley, VT); Martha Grover (Bethel, ME.); Tyler Gulden (Walpole, ME); Lindsay Oesterritter (Manassas, VA); Stuart Gair (Hudson, OH); Steve Théberge (Florence, MA); Ben Krupka (Great Barrington, MA); and curators <b>Sarah Heimann (Lebanon, NH) and Jerilyn Virden (Greensboro, VT)</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In their Curators’ statement, Heimann and Virden say, “Curating this show was a challenging privilege. Our goal was to create a dynamic group of ceramic artists whose work represents the diversity of approaches and aesthetics in our current field. The resulting mix of early career and established potters are linked in their mastery of craft and depth of investigation. We look forward to a weekend filled with remarkable work and stimulating conversation.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Friday night, May 3</b> opens with an <b><i><a href="https://register.worcestercraftcenter.org/CourseStatus.awp?&course=19EV05-03" target="_blank">Epicurean Evening</a></i></b> –benefit preview event from 5:30-7:00pm featuring a beer tasting by Castle Island Brewery co., tapas from Wooden Noodles and a handmade bowl made by our ceramic Artists-in-Residence. The cost of the ticketed event is $50.00 pp. At 7:00pm the doors open to everyone with Wooden Noodles serving their incredible food in our multimedia room. The exhibit/sale closes at 8:30pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On <b>Saturday</b>, the Invitational is open from 10am to 5pm. Demonstrations by the Craft Centers’ Artists in Residence happen at 11am and 2pm and will give the public insight into the process of creating functional pottery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pop-up talks by the artists will occur at regular intervals throughout the weekend to give the “inside” insights to participants. Artists will be commenting on OTHER artists’ work, giving you an additional perspective on what makes a good pot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On <b>Sunday morning</b>, the doors open at 11:00am with delicious coffee donated to us by <i>Acoustic Java</i> and at noon, a flower arranging demonstration by Ari Phillippi, the owner of <i>Sparkle</i>! The show closes at 4:00pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Pottery Invitational gives the Craft Center an opportunity to show the public some of the finest functional ceramic work by nationally known potters.<br />“It is as important as it is rewarding to host the 2019 Pottery Invitational at the Worcester Center for Crafts. The depth of knowledge and skill under one roof for one weekend is a joy to be shared with our community”, said Candace Casey, WCC Krikorian Gallery Director. “The beauty and aesthetics in functional pots has an important role in our everyday living.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>FRIDAY, MAY 3</b><br /><b>5:30pm</b> - Show opens with a ticketed <b><a href="https://register.worcestercraftcenter.org/CourseStatus.awp?&course=19EV05-03" target="_blank">Epicurean Evening</a></b> event. $50.00 pp gives the guests an opportunity for first dibs on the art, a handmade ceramic bowl by our Artists in Residence, a beer tasting with Castle Island Brewery co. and tapas from Wooden Noodles.<br /><b>7:00pm</b> - Show opens free to the public. Wooden Noodles will be selling their amazing food until 8:00<br /><b>8:30pm</b> - Show closes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>About the Worcester Center for Crafts</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and sell handcrafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved into New England’s leading center for craft education, exhibition, and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio- an off campus, 8000 square foot state-of-the –art multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University’s visual arts studios.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The Craft Center’s mission: The Craft Center's mission is "to inspire and build a creative community" by providing high-quality craft education and training, by supporting craft artists in their professions, and through advocacy and public education initiatives including adult education classes and workshops, exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.<br />x</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In early 2018, Gallery Director Candace Casey approached Crane and Barthelson with an invitation to curate an exhibition in the spring of 2019. Following an early brainstorming meeting with Craft Center staff, Barthelson and Crane decided on a show that would revolve around ‘patterns’ and different artists’ use of pattern in their work. As artists, Barthelson and Crane were especially excited to broaden the Worcester arts community’s reach and invite artists to participate who were from the surrounding area but who were not as familiar to the Worcester arts community. The curators selected artists whose work they knew or had discovered through research and who used ‘pattern’ in a multitude of innovative and engaging ways. “I was particularly interested in Lisa and Carrie doing this theme since their work is often about repeated images and patterns,” says Candace Casey, Krikorian Gallery Director.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The approximately thirty works in the exhibition range from single works to large scale installation pieces presenting a broad spectrum of method and means of the use of pattern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Corcelle’s mixed media multiple piece sculpture installation, Haberl’s photographs featuring the artist's cutting board marks, Duffy's installation of furnishings with wallpaper and textile images of Rhode Island’s correctional institution, and Straus’s wood, paint and found objects sculpture installation. employ pattern from everyday life, using materials and surfaces we see and often overlook, to tell a larger and sometimes more urgent story.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-52575818092691646242019-02-14T15:00:00.000-08:002019-02-27T10:23:29.216-08:00PRESS RELEASE: The Pasta Dinner Returns! Hand-made Plates-to-Go Offered at Benefit for the Worcester Center for Crafts Worcester, MA – HAND OVER THE PLATES! The Worcester Center for Crafts announces its Pasta Dinner, on Saturday, March 2, 2019. The event was so successful, selling out its VIP tickets, that it has been expanded.<br />
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The premise of the Pasta Dinner is simple: come for good food and good company and go home with a hand-crafted ceramic plate—all for a good cause. Pre-paid reservations are a must. A VIP Early Entrance ticket ($65) gives patrons the opportunity to enter at 5:30pm and get first choice of the handmade plates, festive appetizers and a libation. Regular admission commences at 6:15pm; tickets are $45 per person/plate and $10 per child/paper plate. Local Italian restaurant Ciao Bella is catering the dinner which will include pasta, sauce, meatballs and salad. Vegetarian and gluten-free options will be available. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. Tickets are available 24/7 online at www.tinyurl.com/WCCPASTA19 or by calling 508-753-8183, x 301, Tues-Fri, 10-5.<br />
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All diners have the opportunity to bid on a selection of food and craft-related items in the Center’s NOT SO SILENT AUCTION which will be displayed in the Lobby. Included in the Not So Silent Auction will be a Pasta-Making class at Volturno’s, 72 Shrewsbury Street in Worcester; 2-tickets to the Worcester Wine Festival happening in September, 2019 along with a generous gift certificate from Julio’s Liquors in Westborough; a private behind-the-scenes tour of the Ecotarium for six; a basketful of Swedish delights including a Kosta Boda crystal candleholder; a handwoven bag by internationally known Saori weaver, Mihoko Wakabayashi with a complimentary guest pass to a weaving lesson; and a surprise cooking experience with Chef Alina Eisenhauer in your home.<br />
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Community committee members working on the 2019 event include Birgit Straehle, Tina Zlody, Tracy Dill, Scott Erb, Donna Dufault, Honee Hess, Candace Casey, and Tom O’Malley.<br />
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Diners can expect the unexpected after dinner, including handmade desserts and, well, who knows?! Also available this evening is the last viewing of the Worcester Center for Crafts’ current exhibit, PORTRAITS IN MASCULINITY (Photography by Eric Nichols) which closes after dinner is done. These larger than life portraits might have you thinking someone is looking over your shoulder at your plate selection!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dynamy Intern, Amanda, color coordinates her plate selection.</td></tr>
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“The Pasta Dinner is a way that we can show off the Center’s great Ceramic talent while providing a good time for a good cause,” says Candace Casey, Director of the Krikorian Gallery and Gallery Store. “Plates from the Pasta Dinner become collectible and prized possessions by the people who attend.”<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">PHOTO OPPORTUNITY:</span> The process
that creates all of the plates is very photogenic and lends itself to
video as well. Plates are being made on the potters’ wheel (“thrown”)
and hand-built. For both, the clay first is wedged and made suitable for
throwing or shaping. A thrown plate begins with a lump of clay centered
on the potters’ wheel which is then pulled into a plate shape. It is
dried slightly and trimmed—at this point it is called greenware (see
photo of greenware plates drying). Hand-built plates are shaped by hand,
sometimes through pinching, sometimes by rolling out the clay much like
rolling out a pie crust. Once shaped, it is dried and decorated. Both
thrown plates and hand-built plates are put into an electric kiln and
fired to bisque stage—hard but not impervious to water. It is at the
bisque stage that glazes and slips are applied. The glazed plates are
then placed in the kiln again, but this time at a higher temperature and
the glaze fuses with the clay producing the final plate. IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO PHOTOGRAPH OR VIDEO THIS PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT US.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Photo by Erb Photography) Making Pasta Dinner Plates</td></tr>
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The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Due to the snow, Worcester Center for Crafts' evening classes will be cancelled. Make ups will be scheduled next week same time, for Feb 19.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-40009291094581866372019-01-18T10:10:00.002-08:002019-01-18T10:10:32.618-08:00Portraits in Masculinity Opens January 24 At Worcester Center for Crafts<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Worcester, MA— An exhibit of large-scale photographs by Boylston resident Eric Nichols goes on view at the Worcester Center for Crafts’ Krikorian Gallery in PORTRAITS IN MASCULINITY beginning Thursday, January 24.The exhibit opens with a free public reception from 5:30-7:30pm that day and will continue through Saturday, March 2, 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“The paradoxical nature of masculinity is an interesting one,” said Nichols. “Real men should be powerful and rugged, yet keep their hair trimmed and body hair groomed; men should not be vain but should be handsome; men should not spend time shopping but wear well-tailored suits.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Like masculinity itself, PORTRAITS IN MASCULINITY invites the viewer to penetrate the thin veneer of confidence and power which we see from a distance. “The Krikorian Gallery is the perfect space for interacting with this body of Eric’s work,” says Candace Casey, Director of the Gallery and Gallery Store. “It gives the viewer the ability to move across the room to see up close but also to be simultaneously surrounded by these larger than life portraits.”</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> On Saturday, February 16, Nichols will be joined by photographers, Matthew Gamber, Colleen Fitzgerald, Greer Muldowney, and Catherine Wilcox-Titus in <b>“INSTA,” a social media and photography discussion</b>. This discussion makes note of the fact that the cellphone camera and the popularity of social media platforms have changed photographic image-making forever and questions what photography is today. Free and open to the public.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="https://register.worcestercraftcenter.org/CourseStatus.awp?&course=195PWA200" target="_blank">Studio Lighting & Portrait Photography Workshop: Seeing the Light</a></b> will be held on Saturday, March 9 from 1-5pm. It will be led by Eric Nichols and will cover how to design your own lighting scenarios to create more interesting photos while exploring the use of modifiers, fills and reflectors. Pre-registration is required for this workshop by phone (508-753-8183, x 1) or online.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“Photography is one of our craft disciplines and we are energized by the great amount of photographic talent in this area,” says Honee Hess, Craft Center Executive Director. “For us to help people appreciate the art and craft of photography, that is part of our mission; Eric Nichols’ work will help us generate conversation about what photography can do and be as an art and craft.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrants produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Craft Center's mission is "to inspire and build a creative community through the promotion, appreciation and teaching of craft." This mission includes the public education initiatives adult education classes and workshops, , exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-12708063106820855772018-11-07T06:47:00.001-08:002018-11-07T06:47:47.778-08:00PRESS RELEASE: Celebrating 50 Years of Craft Festivals: Worcester Center for Crafts Unveils Line-Up<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">WORCESTER, MA - The Worcester Center for Crafts in Worcester announces its fiftieth year of organizing Craft Festivals by unveiling the artists participating in the 2018 Holiday Festival of Crafts which will occur at their 25 Sagamore Road facility on Friday, November 23, Saturday, November 24, and Sunday, November 25, 2018. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Featuring sixty-one fine craft artists and their work, the Festival is held indoors and includes free parking and an on-site cafe provided by Bushel N Peck. The Festival is open on Friday and Saturday from 10 AM - 5 PM, and on Sunday 11 AM - 4 PM. Admission is a $5 donation to the Crafts Center with children 12 and under free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Artists participating this year include: Marian Ives (Ives Weathervanes & Ornaments), Susan Garry (Felt Experience), Virginia Stevens (Virginia Stevens Designs), Ann Szerlip (Ann Szerlip Glass Designs), Mary Risley (<b>Mary Risley Jewelry</b>), Aron Leman (Aron Leaman Glass), Betty Barrett (B Barrett Jewelry), Laura Pierce (Iris Designs), Samir Dhamija (My Méz), Sibel Alpaslan (Ceramics by Sibel), Jan Franco (JMF Dezigns Exquisite Jewelry), Andy Osborne (Beaded Dragon Artisans), <b>Janice Kissinger</b> (Janice Kissinger), and Nancy Wolinski (Nancy Marland Jewelry). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Also coming are Lora Wahl Kudisch (Many Colored Glass), Trish Kozub (Idazz Custom Designs), Frank Dobai (The Shade Tree, LLC), Michelle & Bill Champitto (Fresh Cut Glass), Reid Gilmore (<b>Central New England Woodturners</b>), Marcy Schepker (Pear Tree Studio), Peter Jones (Mountain Street Pottery), Doug Burritt (Harbor Sweets), <b>J. Ann Eldridge</b> (Ann Eldridge Prints), Betsy Keeney (Centre Village Studio), Lauren Beaudoin (Creative Dexterity), Syd Milliken (Malabar Glass), Regina St John (Chena River Marblers), <b>Carole Michelfelder</b> (Taproot Threads), and Ania Davis (EPOCA).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Rounding out the artistic line-up are Tony Restivo (Wood Wonders), Brenda Morrison (Jasmine Keane), Deborah Kracht (ArtHead Studio), Michael Gadsby (<b>Custom Wood Works</b>), Linda Williams (Country Weaver Designs), Vartus Varadian (Vartus Design), Carol Joannidi & Dana Hunt (Little Cat Metals), Melissa Rioux (<b>DAFNI greek Gourmet</b>) David Pollock (Maggie's Farm), Elizabeth Ryan (<b>Looka Jewelry</b>), Renee Mallett (Amaranth & Rue), Nancy E. Burke (Quicksilver Glass), Dianna Beaulieu (D.J. Jewelry Designs), Kim Cutler (<b>Kim Cutler Ceramics</b>), Heather Bevilacqua (Grinns), Aisling Colleary (Horizon Line Ceramics), Lauren Blais (Lauren Blais design), Tracy Levesque (Tracy Levesque Fine Art), <b>Hillary Hutton</b> (Hutton Handwovens), Suzanne & Steven Rosendahl (Teagan and Ash), Marcia Press (Meshugenah Hat Company, llc), <b>Marianne Janik</b> (Calli B.), Mark Hutton (Hutton Studios), Patrick Zephyr (Patrick Zephyr Nature Photography), Jennifer Moran (Gracie's Gunnies), <b>Nancy Engel</b> (Goodness Remedies), Susan Swift (Swift Farms), Caroline Golden Kirkland (c.e. golden), Tomoko Sakai (Supercooled), and <b>Heather Kidson</b> (Heather Bell Designs). </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">L to R: Blue Bowl - Supercooled, Tomo Sakai ; Jewelry - EPOCA , Ania Kowalska Davis ; Paper Frames - Teagan & Ash , Suzanne & Steven Rosendahl</span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Artists include ones who have been represented at the Festival in years past and new ones. “We love to give new artists a chance to expose our Festival audiences to their work,” said Candace Casey, WCC Gallery/Gallery Store Director and organizer of the Holiday Festival, “and to find artists in our own community who deserve a chance to shine and offer their work to the community.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Artists participating from the local area include Kim Cutler (ceramics, Worcester), Tomoko Sakai (Supercooled, glass, Worcester), Trish Kozub (IDAZZ Designs, jewelry, Hopkinton), Josh Swalec (blacksmith, Leicester), Lauren Beaudoin (Creative Dexterity, jewelry, Springfield), Elizabeth Ryan (Looka Jewelry, Spencer), and Tony Restivo (Wood Wonders, Springfield). Josh Swalec, Tomo Sakai, Lauren Beaudoin, and Liz Ryan have taught at the Worcester Center for Crafts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>LOCAL ARTISTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS</b>. <b>Kim Cutler</b>’s work has elegant designs and simple decoration which she attributes to her years as a professional graphic designer. She is also involved with the Worcester Garden Club and has headed the WAM Flora in Winter program. <b>Lauren Beaudoin</b> spent many of her teen-aged years at the Craft Center working and experimenting with metals. She has been the Head of the Center’s Metals Department and now has a jewelry line called Creative Dexterity which features collections such as OCD, Bonjour Nino, and Repurposed. <b>Elizabeth Ryan </b>whose business is called Looka Jewelry was born into a family that embraced all of the arts and crafts but discovered her love of working in metals and the world of small objects and jewelry during her studies at Massachusetts College of Art. <b>Tomo Sakai</b> and her husband Eric Cruze are setting up their studio in a historic home in Worcester. They pull glass cane which they use in their finished products at the Center’s New Street Glass Studio where they both served as Artists in Residence. Tomo teaches as well at Corning Glass Museum. <b>Josh Swalec</b> is one of the visionaries behind WorcShop, an industrial makers space in Worcester, and creates knives, implements, serving utensils and more. <b>Trish Kozub</b> is a return jewelry artist who has yearly customers who eagerly await each Festival to see what new designs she has. <b>Tony Restivo</b> specializes in custom wood work like jewelry boxes, keepsake boxes, and custom furniture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Contact Honee Hess at hhess@worcester.edu if you are interested in lining up interviews.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Holiday Festival of Crafts is the logical partner to the Buy Local and Eat Local movements of the last decade as it features hand-made work exclusively in an environment where you can meet the maker, you can take your time, and the artist can personally assist you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Festival is part of the Craft Center’s mission to create and inspire a creative community by showcasing craft and artisan gifts for purchase - mobiles, wooden puzzles for adults and for children, glass and ceramic ornaments as well as wind chimes, wooden kitchen utensils, ceramics, soap and candles, wearables, jewelry, children’s toys and more—all handmade American work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“It is amazing that the Center has maintained true to the creative community for this long by continuing to provide a delightful, safe, and interesting space for artists to display their work,” said Craft Center executive director Honee Hess. “Fifty years of emptying the studios, putting up tents, lining up volunteers, providing parking, and then opening the doors to a winter wonderland of creativity for the people of Worcester and surrounding areas—well, that’s a lot of passion for a small organization, its staff and volunteers—but the dividends for the artists and our audiences are well worth the fifty years of work!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sponsored by <b>UniBank</b>, the Festival continues the tradition of the Worcester Center for Crafts as an economic engine for artists. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> “The Festival has become a tradition,” says Candace Casey. “It is our pleasure to promote the best of American handmade craft.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The year-round Worcester Center for Crafts Gallery Store will also be open during the Festival making work available by over 300 other artisans from all over the country including fine glass work by Simon Pearce. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Festival is also an opportunity to give the Gift of Craft: Festival goers can buy gift cards for use in the Gallery Store and to sign up for a variety of classes and workshops. The Craft Center offers instruction for adults and for youth in both six-week classes and shorter workshops where you can learn the skills of making with glass, metal, enamels, clay and more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England’s leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio – an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. In 2009, WCC became partners with Worcester State University and now hosts WSU visual arts program in its studios. The Craft Center’s mission is “inspire and build a creative community through the promotion, appreciation and teaching of craft.” It accomplishes this by providing high-quality craft education and training, by supporting craft artists in their professions, and through advocacy and public education initiatives including adult education classes and workshops, youth education and outreach programs, exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-81402889516688252082018-10-17T14:25:00.004-07:002018-10-17T14:25:58.481-07:00PRESS RELEASE: The Craft Center Goes UNDER FIRE Juried Enamel Exhibition on View in the Krikorian Gallery<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Worcester, MA—The Worcester Center for Crafts will present UNDER FIRE 2, a national juried exhibition of works solicited for show by the Enamel Guild North East beginning Sunday, October 21 through November 17, 2018 in the Center’s Krikorian Gallery. Over sixty artists from as far away as Washington State and the Virgin Islands and as close as Massachusetts and Worcester are featured in this exhibit which focuses on the artistic use of ground glass pigments fused on metal.<br /><br />Jennifer Davis Carey, a Worcester enamel artist and faculty member at the Worcester Center for Crafts, has three works in this exhibit including a wall piece entitled, “60 Million and More” made with antique slave shackles, enamel and copper. “My recent work,” says Jennifer Carey in her catalog entry, “considers the experience of the outside in the United States, and the expression of indigenous African religions in the Americas. The latter, elements of which survived the Middle Passage, have enabled a people to survive the former.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />The exhibit opens with presentations by artists in the Center’s Multimedia Studio on Sunday, October 21 at Noon with a reception honoring the artists beginning at 1pm. The public is invited free of charge.<br /><br />UNDER FIRE 2 organizes enamel works into three categories: Objects, Jewelry and Wall Pieces. Jurors for the show are Aurelie Guillaume, a young enamellist whose fresh approach is already winning many accolades; Bella Neyman, an independent curator and writer specializing in contemporary art jewelry; and Jan Harrell, a highly acclaimed enamellist, metalsmith, sculptor and educator. <br /><br />The jurors not only selected the work to be shown in the exhibit but they awarded three prizes. First place prize winner is Kat Cole’s “X Marks Necklace,” a wearable necklace made with steel and enamel. Second prize is given to Aaron Patrick Decker for his brooch, “Squished Guard,” made with copper, enamel, and nickel. Jennifer Marcson’s wall piece, “Claustrophobia,” made with copper, enamel, and aluminum won third prize.<br /><br />Jan Harrell, one of the jurors, is teaching a workshop on October 19-20 at the Craft Center called Under Fire with Jan Harrell. In this unique 2-day workshop, enamellists will learn some exciting new advances in mark-making with enamels. Harrell is an internationally known enamellist based in Texas. Registration is required for this workshop by calling 508-753-8183, x 301 or online at www.worcestercraftcenter.org .<br /><br />The title UNDER FIRE comes from the process of the enamel arts: vitreous pigments are applied to metal but then must go “under fire” (into a hot kiln) to fuse and become enamels. <br /><br />“At the Worcester Center for Crafts, enameling has been a mainstay of our Metals Department reaching back at least into the 1950s,” says Honee Hess, Executive Director. “The famed enamel artist Lilyan Bachrach (1917-2015) learned her craft here and Judith Danner guided its loyal and steadfast artistic crew for over 30 years.” Enamel at the Craft Center is considered a craft that has ancient roots and which has developed, changed and become more creative and more widely accepted by other craft artisans. “We thank the Enamel Guild North East for bringing this creative show to us,” said Hess.<br /><br />Hours at the Krikorian Gallery are Tuesday through Saturday, 10-5. Admission is free.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrants produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.<br /><br />The Craft Center's mission is "to inspire and build a creative community through the promotion, appreciation and teaching of craft." This mission includes the public education initiatives adult education classes and workshops, , exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-38883468187347977752018-10-05T08:20:00.003-07:002018-10-05T08:20:45.014-07:00PRESS RELEASE: Artists Report on their Journeys and their Work At Worcester Center for Crafts<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Worcester, MA—What influences a young person to start working in ceramics or glass? There are as many answers to that question as there are artists/makers in the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But on October 10 and 17, at two brown-bag lunches hosted by the Worcester Center for Crafts, the public will get a glimpse into the motivations of the Center’s current group of ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE. The talks which are free to the public will begin at Noon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Wednesday, October 10 the public will hear from <b>Faith Connor</b>, a second year resident who resides in Lancaster, MA. She is a ceramics artist. Also on the bill for October 10 are <b>Michelle Grey</b> (ceramics), <b>Phoebe Scott</b> (ceramics), <b>Meredith Collins</b> (glass), and <b>Angela McHale</b> (2nd year Glass resident).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Abby Nohai</b> (ceramics) and <b>Momo Shafer</b> (glass) will highlight the October 17 lunch talks—both are second year residents. Also speaking on October 17 are <b>Lindsy Marshall</b> (glass), <b>Molly Roderick</b> (glass), and <b>Kim Gardner</b> (ceramics).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Worcester Center for Crafts’ Artists in Residence Program is a way to sustain craft and insure the next generation of artists carrying on craft traditions. Open to aspiring artists in clay, and glass (and those who might work across more than one medium), the Worcester Center for Crafts’ Artists in Residence Program is designed to support the growth of pre-professional artists. Residents are chosen through a competitive process and are with the Center for 1 to 2 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Artists in Residence terms generally begin in September and go through 10 active months, culminating with a group exhibit in the Krikorian Gallery, which in 2019 year will be in May. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">About the Worcester Center for Crafts:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrants produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Craft Center's mission is "to inspire and build a creative community through the promotion, appreciation and teaching of craft." This mission includes the public education initiatives adult education classes and workshops, , exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-57275137331776920312018-09-06T07:53:00.003-07:002018-09-06T07:53:59.501-07:00PRESS RELEASE: Faculty Show it All At Worcester Center for Crafts<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Worcester, MA—The title of the new show at the Krikorian Gallery of the Worcester Center for Crafts is deceptively simple: FACULTY SHOW. True, the exhibit is about the faculty showing us what their craft is and how they practice their craft but it is also about showing what extraordinary talent is represented in the Craft Center’s artist/teachers. The show opens with a free public reception on <b>Thursday, September 13</b> from <b>5:30-7:30 pm</b> and is on view through October 13, 2018.<br /><br />“Our faculty is incredibly talented and versatile,” says Gale Scott, head of the Glass Program. “They have been both keepers of tradition and explorers of innovation in their fields. And they are so willing to share their expertise with our students!”<br /><br />Included in the show are Lauren Anabela Beaudoin (jewelry), Jennifer Davis Carey (enamels), McKayla Carville (glass), Meredith Collins (glass), Faith Connor (ceramics), Paul Dumanoski (photography), Pam Farren (metals), Kimberly Gardner (ceramics), Ginny Gillen (ceramics), Jon Glabus (ceramics), Peter Grigg (enamels), Erika Jorjorian (jewelry), Katherine Judd (photography), Kristen Kieffer (ceramics), Jeanne Kowal (stained glass), Lori Mader (ceramics and youth), Laura Marotta (multimedia and youth), Carol Tripp Martens (ceramics), Angela McHale (glass), Thomas O'Malley (Head of Ceramics Department), Ian M Petrie (ceramics), Ron Rosenstock (photography), Elizabeth Ryan- Belton (jewelry), Tomo Sakai (glass), Kristen Momoko Schafer (glass), Phoebe Scott (ceramics), Patti Sprague (multi-media and youth), Joshua Swalec (blacksmithing/forging), William Vanaria (metals), Toby Walters (glass), and Matthew K Wright (photography). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />“Craft is an intersection of materials, skill and creativity,” explains Tom O’Malley, head of Ceramics and Photography at the Worcester Center for Craft. “The work that our faculty does in their own studios shows prospective students the real range that the materials of clay, metals, glass and photography present to the creative maker.”<br /><br />Faculty talents are shown in work as diverse as Kristen Kieffer’s elegant ceramic mugs, vases, and presentation pieces to Tomo Sakai’s cool, polished cane glass bowls to William Vanaria’s damascus tools and innovative jewelry, each carrying on a traditional craft but adding their own personal interpretations and ideas into that craft. “It is important to note,” said Pam Farren, Manager of the Metals Studio, “ that our faulty are active makers—they are in the studio honing their skills and creating work on a very regular basis so our students get the advantage of that working knowledge.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Classes taught by faculty whose work will be on view include Forge a Magic Wand; Jewelry I: Introduction to Metals; Lost Wax Casting; Glassblowing I; Basic Venetian Assembly; Stained Glass; Wheel I; How to Make Better Pots; Steeped in Tea and Tradition; Introduction to the Lighting Studio; Cyanotype Workshop; Introduction to Digital Photography; Serving Ware for the Holidays; and Introduction to Darkroom Photography among others.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />About the Worcester Center for Crafts:</b><br /><br />The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrants produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.<br /><br />The Craft Center's mission is "to inspire and build a creative community through the promotion, appreciation and teaching of craft." This mission includes the public education initiatives adult education classes and workshops, , exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-14977728903279253922018-08-15T09:36:00.003-07:002018-08-15T09:36:24.982-07:00PRESS RELEASE: Become a Maker! Adults & Youth Classes & Workshops Open for Registration<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Worcester, MA-The Worcester Center for Crafts at 25 Sagamore Road, Worcester has opened its registration for fall classes and workshops for adults and youth and is receiving registration online by phone at 508-753-8183, x 301 or in person at the Craft Center. Online registration can be found at <a href="http://www.worcester.edu/WCC-Classes/">www.worcester.edu/WCC-Classes/</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i>Adult classes</i> are offered in ceramics, glass, metals including jewelry and enamels, and photography. These classes begin September 10. New this year in our photography department is a <b>Cyanotype Workshop</b> on September 29 taught by Paul Dumanoski. New on Tuesday nights in ceramics is a six-week class called "<b>Steeped in Tea and Tradition</b>" taught by Ginny Gillen; in this class you'll learn to hand-build tea bowls, cups and tea-related items while your designs are informed by a sampling of teas from around the world. New in our metals department is 4-week Friday evening/Saturday morning class on <b>Lost Wax Casting</b> and a 6-week class in <b>Sterling Silver Etching & Hollow Fabrication</b>. For people interested in exploring Glass at our New Street Glass Studio, there are many options including <b>Studio Sampler</b> that will introduce students to glassblowing, flameworking and fusing!<br /><br />Need a chance to take your potting skills to the next level? Enroll in November's <b>Potter's Bootcamp</b> taught by Ceramic Department Head Tom O'Malley. The ancient art of <b>Stained Glass</b> will be taught on Tuesday nights at the New Street Glass Studio.<br /><br />Visiting Artist <i>Bryan Randa</i> will teach two Intermediate to Advanced Weekend Intensives in Glass: Nov. 17-18, <b>Sculpting from the Flame</b> and Dec 8-9, <b>Hot Glass Sculpting</b>.<br /><br /><span id="goog_1394038889"></span><span id="goog_1394038890"></span><span id="goog_1394038892"></span><span id="goog_1394038893"></span>The <i>Youth Craft + Creativity</i> program is dedicated to presenting students ages 6-17 with opportunities to have fun exploring the materials and skills of craft while also learning about the math, science and engineering that are part of making ceramics, metals, glass and more work. Classes begin the week of October 1.</span><br />
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<br /><br />Six to nine year olds can participate in <b>Clay for Kids</b> with Lori Mader or <b>Old Paper, New Paper</b> with Bayda Asbridge. <b>Made with Metal</b> taught by Pam Farren is offered for 10-13 year olds as is Clay by Hand with Ginny Gillen.<br /><br />Teens can chose between a variety of six week classes including <b>Flameworking</b>, <b>Intro to Ceramics</b>,<b>Intro to Glass</b>, <b>Stained Glass for Teens</b> and <b>Enameling for Teens</b>. Each is two hours long, once a week and is taught by a practicing craftsperson/artist.<br /> <br />New this year are a variety of workshops being offered to students ages 12-17 and 14-17 at the New Street Glass Studio. These workshops are short introductions to working with glass and more product oriented. Workshops occur throughout the fall.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />Scholarships are available to both adult and youth students who may not have the financial means to attend classes at the Worcester Center for Crafts. Applications for scholarships can be found at <a href="http://www.worcester.edu/WCC-Scholarship-Program-and-Evaluations/">www.worcester.edu/WCC-Scholarship-Program-and-Evaluations/</a>. The Craft Center is appreciative of the support of the Lilyan Bachrach Scholarship Fund, the Barrett Morgan Scholarship Fund, the Schwartz Foundation, and the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for their support of our educational and scholarship programs. For more information see www.worcestercraftcenter.org or call 508-753-8183, x 301.<br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>About the Worcester Center for Crafts:</b><br /><br />The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrants produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.<br /><br />The Craft Center's mission is "to inspire and build a creative community through the promotion, appreciation and teaching of craft." This mission includes the public education initiatives adult education classes and workshops, , exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-463288570206057212018-08-03T10:58:00.002-07:002018-08-03T10:58:20.653-07:00PRESS RELEASE: Three Artists, Three Styles: Gentle Enough for Daily Use Opens August 9 at the Worcester Center for Crafts<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Worcester, MA- Work by Don Hartmann, Luis Fraire, and Robb Sandagata will be on view in the Worcester Center for Crafts Krikorian Gallery at 25 Sagamore Road, Worcester from August 9 to September 8, 2018 in an exhibition provocatively entitled, "Gentle Enough for Daily Use." Gallery Hours are Tues-Sat, 10-5pm. Admission is free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A reception honoring the artists will be held on Thursday, August 9 from 5:30-7:30pm at the Craft Center.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All three artists-Hartmann, Fraire, and Sandagata-- are painters but approach their artmaking using different styles and perspectives. All three are also musicians. Collectively in this exhibit, however, they purport to bring to the public a gentle but deeply cleansing collection of new and improved works of art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What does GENTLE ENOUGH FOR DAILY USE mean? In general it is a branding term in the modern American marketplace for products that typically are associated with having certain abrasive qualities but combined in such a way that there are no unpleasant aftereffects of the abrasion: gentle enough for daily use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Robb Sandagata is known for his narrative, sometimes grotesque figures that play with biomorphism and reference pop culture, punk and various styles of music. His recent work explores themes of politics, chronic illness, and masculinity. He studied at Sarah Lawrence College and has a MA in Secondary Education from the University of Phoenix (Tuscon, AZ). He works at Davis Publications in Worcester while living and maintaining a studio in Lowell. He recently co-curated Parallels, a series of exhibitions of Worcester and Lowell artists shown in both cities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Luis Antonio Fraire is a Worcester area musician, visual artist and Gallery Manager at The Sprinkler Factory in Worcester. In the "Gentle Enough for Daily Use" show at The Worcester Center for Crafts, he creates a single, large installation piece transporting the viewer to an urban Mexican street scene at night. His use of bold shapes, vibrant colors and re-purposed materials are inspired by Mexican folk art. In this work, he invites the viewer to share both the momentous and surreal in a typical scene from the Barrio Antiguo, the historical quarter of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Fraire is a 1st generation American with extended family living in and around the Monterrey metropolitan area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Don Hartmann is currently completing a series of 100 goat paintings and is known for his emotive, confrontational style of figure painting. Originally from Ohio, Hartmann has studied at Ohio State University and the University of Hartford. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Until we see the work come through the door," says Candace Casey, director of the Krikorian Gallery, with a laugh, "we won't know if it, indeed, is gentle enough for daily use! We're very excited to have these three creative artists and musicians in our space. The surprise element is a wonderful part of GENTLE ENOUGH FOR DAILY USE."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For more information or to arrange an interview, contact Honee Hess, hhess@worcester.edu</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>About the Worcester Center for Crafts:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrants produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Craft Center's mission is "to inspire and build a creative community through the promotion, appreciation and teaching of craft." This mission includes the public education initiatives adult education classes and workshops, , exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>AiR Jon Glabus helps a visitor throw clay</em></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">WORCESTER, MA - The fiery processes of craft and their transformative power will be on display at the Worcester Center for Crafts' free block-party style event, HOT NIGHT IN THE CITY on Friday, July 20 from 6-9pm. Many of the demonstrations and events will take place outside to accommodate visitors, and for dramatic effect. Also included in the event are music, food trucks, and artist displays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">HOT NIGHT IN THE CITY is organized by the Worcester Center for Crafts as a thank you to the public for supporting craft, artists and the Craft Center. The Craft Center can guarantee that there will be fire since fire and heat are essential elements to working with glass, clay and metal---three of the materials that will be demonstrated at Hot Night. Fire and heat are the elements which transform those more ordinary materials into wonderful works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dusk's darkness will give way to the warm glow of artists' illuminating demonstrations of the ancient arts of glassblowing, raku firing, flame working, and blacksmithing. The public will have an opportunity to try their hand at throwing pots in an area outside called Wheel Throwing Under the Stars. This will feature short introductory hands-on experiences with centering clay and throwing pots. Visitors can try it themselves!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Josh Swalec mans the anvil</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A portable glass furnace will be set up in the parking lot to demonstrate the glassblowing that goes on daily at the Worcester Center for Crafts' New Street Glass Studio (35B New Street).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blacksmith Joshua Swalec will forge metals outside, and the Raku artist Ginny Gillen and her class will do a pottery raku firing. Inside in the Metals Studios, faculty and students will be working and exhibiting their work in jewelry, enamels and more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New this year will be an activity outside in which the public will help to create some cylindrical, carved clay sculptures that will be displayed outside of the Craft Center once the works are fired after Hot Night. Also new this year is a free drawing for some very HOT Craft Center t-shirts. Each participant coming in the front "gate" will receive a free drawing ticket which they can drop into the drawing box in the Gallery Lobby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jubilee Gardens, a popular band from the area who play an all original, eclectic mix ofmusic with hints of world, pop, folk, and rock will provide the music for dancing, eating, and celebrating craft and the Worcester Center for Craft in the community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Hot Night gives us the opportunity to literally turn ourselves inside out in order to tell the community THANK YOU for being partners with us," said Honee Hess, executive director of the Crafts Center. "We have these 'hot' activities going on every day, but on HOT NIGHT we bring them out into the open for all to see and enjoy." Activities at HOT NIGHT are free to the public, although donations are accepted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Opening that night in the Krikorian Gallery of the Center is an exhibit of Tess Barbato's paintings. Tess won the opportunity for a one-person show at the Center as the first prize winner of NOW: New Work, New Artists, a joint exhibition between Arts Worcester and the Worcester Center for Crafts in 2016. Tess' work, meticulously painted in a photo-realist style, transform mundane objects into subjects that demand attention and invite conversation. Gallery Director Candace Casey remarks, "this show reminds us of the depth of talent in all of the visual art forms that we have in this area! Tess, our artists in residence, our faculty, our students...the list is very long of creatives who are involved with the Craft Center."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fueling the crowd will be the award-winning bbq purveyor, <b>BT's Smokehouse</b> of Sturbridge with its wood-fired BBQ, <b>Off the Hook Roadside Eatery</b> of Rutland which specializes in Lobster Rolls, Chowder, other New England favorites like hamburgers & hot dogs, <b>Sabor Latino</b> with its Latin-themed menu and vegetarian rice, beans, and empanadas, and a new favorite <b>Kettle Korn</b>.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Queen's Cups</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For dessert, Worcester State University alum, Renee King brings the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Queen's Cups</b>' award-winning cupcakes and desserts to the event. To top things off for the over-21 crowd, <b>Austin Liquors</b> has arranged a tasting of Worcester's newest brewery product, <b>Down the Road Brewery</b> beer. Food prices are set by vendors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Parking is available in the former L&J parking lot and on Sagamore, Grove, and Park. Handicapped parking is in marked spaces behind the Postal Union building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For more information or to arrange a photo opportunity, please contact Honee A. Hess, Executive Director of the Crafts Center at hhess@worcester.edu.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>About the Worcester Center for Crafts:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Craft Center's mission is "to sustain craft as a vital part of our community" by providing high-quality craft education and training, by supporting craft artists in their professions, and through advocacy and public education initiatives including adult education classes and workshops, exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-7798568728242991202018-07-02T06:42:00.004-07:002018-07-02T06:42:53.981-07:00PRESS RELEASE: Tess Barbato Opens July 12 at Worcester Center for Crafts Hyper-Realist Painter Winner of NOW 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Worcester, MA- An exhibit of oil paintings by Worcester artist Tess Barbato opens in the Krikorian Gallery of the Worcester Center for Crafts on July 12, 2018, and will be on view through August 4. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10-5 and admission is free. An artist celebration will be held as part of the Center's HOT NIGHT IN THE CITY event on Friday, July 20.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tess Barbato is a young, 21st century American realist oil painter whose work is painted in a traditional manner, but whose imagery and concept is anything but traditional. In 2016, her work "Cake" was chosen as first place winner of the ArtsWorcester/Worcester Center for Crafts NOW exhibition which qualified her for a one-person exhibit at the Worcester Center for Crafts.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Work by Tess Barbato</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Tess's work is very much in demand," said Krikorian Gallery Director Candace Casey. "Her paintings are absolutely breathtakingly beautiful and they draw you in immediately; then you start to think and wonder what are they really about?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The artist, Tess Barbato possesses a larger than life vision that results in incredibly detailed portrayals of the most mundane of objects. Pill bottles spilling their contents, packages of pork ribs supersized, a stack of coins, a cap from a prescription bottle turned upright like a fluted cake: these images and more inhabit her work, beatifying and beautifying at the same time.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Work by Tess Barbato</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Barbato inherited her artistic sensibility from a long line of family artists and graduated Summa Cum Laude in Fine Arts from Plymouth State University. She cites her lifelong struggle with dyslexia for her compulsion to make art and to use it as her preferred means of communication.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"I use art to communicate about certain current social topics which have caught my attention," reads her artistic statement. "The medium of oils allows me to create dimensionality and add suppleness that depicts an almost palpable rendering of the subject. This medium allows me to depict ordinary, often overlooked items in a distinctly tactile way." And, in a tactile way that produces a POW! In the viewer's brain as the viewer starts to relate to the work in a narrative way.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>"Cake", by Tess Barbato, 2016 winner of NOW: New Work, New Artists</em></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tess' paintings have been accepted for numerous juried exhibitions and have accumulated several awards and honors. Some of her recent showings have been in the Art of the Figure, juried by Philip Pearlstein in Setauket, New York; Less Is More: Small Works in a Great Space, juried by Jack Rasmuissen and Joann Moser in Annapolis; The New England Collective IV juried by Kaveh Mojtabai and Brian Goslow, the Publisher and the Editor-in-Cheif of ArtScope Magazine at Galatea Fine Art in Boston.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She is currently working out of her studio in Framingham, Massachusetts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For more information or to arrange an interview, contact Honee Hess, hhess@worcester.edu</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">About the Worcester Center for Crafts:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Worcester Center for Crafts (WCC) is one of the oldest non-profit institutions for craft study in the United States. Founded in 1856 as the Worcester Employment Society to help immigrant women produce and sell hand-crafted wares to support their families, the Center evolved over the past 155 years into New England's leading center for craft education, exhibition and entrepreneurship. In 2004, the organization expanded and opened the New Street Glass Studio - an off-campus, 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, multi-studio glass facility. The WCC offers the only comprehensive glass studio program in New England available to the public. Through an affiliation begun in 2009, the WCC is home to the Worcester State University visual arts studios and partners in community outreach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Craft Center's mission is "to sustain craft as a vital part of our community" by providing high-quality craft education and training, by supporting craft artists in their professions, and through advocacy and public education initiatives including adult education classes and workshops, exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, artist residencies, lectures, family events, studio rentals, Gallery Store, its Youth Craft + Creativity program and major events. The WCC is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454448516997889250.post-71954758365854385552018-05-03T08:57:00.000-07:002018-05-03T08:58:26.979-07:00Discover Clay at the Worcester Center for Crafts<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/266154264" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />
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<b><i>Video edited by Spring 2018 Graphics Intern, Nana Nakazwe</i></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0