Messler Gallery presents faculty work
“New Work by Faculty,” an exhibition of contemporary wood furniture, furnishings, turnings, sculpture, and stringed instruments, opened June 16 at the Messler Gallery of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, and will run through Sept. 6.
“New Work by Faculty,” an exhibition of contemporary wood furniture, furnishings, turnings, sculpture, and stringed instruments, opened June 16 at the Messler Gallery of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, and will run through Sept. 6.
The show features work by 24 makers who are current-year instructors at the Center, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
“Their collective expertise in design and fabrication is a major reason why the school’s educational programs are so effective and successful,” the Center said in a statement.
Exhibitors include Dixie Biggs of Gainesville, Fla.; John Bryan of North Yarmouth, Maine; Erik Curtis and Larissa Huff of Philadelphia; Heidi Earnshaw of Lanark, Ontario; Adrian Ferrazzutti of Guelph, Ontairo; Mark Gardner of Saluda, N.C.; Garrett Hack of Thetford Center, Vt.; David Haig of Nelson, New Zealand; Melanie Hamilton of Rothesay, N.B.; Reed Hansuld of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Rob Hiza, Peter Korn and Yuri Kobayashi of Rockland, Maine; Thomas Hucker of Jersey City, N.J.; Beth Ireland of St. Petersburg, Fla.; James Macdonald of Burnham, Maine; Matt Monaco of Springfield, Mo.; Erica Moody of Waldoboro, Maine; Malcolm Ray of Damariscotta, Maine; Tim Rousseau of Rockport, Maine; Libby Schrum of Camden, Maine, and Chelsea Witt of Cinnaminson, N.J.
For more, visit woodschool.org.
This article was originally published in the September 2023 issue.
