Philadelphia artist selected for winter residency

The Museum for Art in Wood and NextFab, two Philadelphia-based organizations, recently selected Adam Atkinson for their fourth annual Winter Residency Program. Atkinson is a Philadelphia-based artist who works in various mediums, a curator and educator.

The Winter Residency Program is a collaboration between the museum and NextFab, a membership-based maker space. Each year, the two organizations assemble a jury of makers and educators to award one fellowship to an artist in the region who works either solely in wood or other materials in combination with wood. The fellow receives a stipend for project materials and access to NextFab’s workshop space.

“Receiving the Museum for Art in Wood and NextFab residency has been a big dream of mine for the past several years,” Atkinson tells Woodshop News. “I look forward to connecting with the Philadelphia wood community and making a new body of work exploring mourning and remembrance through wood carving. I’m grateful for the time and space to explore this project.”

Atkinson received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studio Practices from Boise State University in 2013 and a Master of Fine Arts in Metal Design from East Carolina University in 2019. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Metal Museum in Memphis, Blowing Rock Museum of Art and History in Blowing Rock, N.C., and Nagoya Zokei University in Japan.

Learn more at museumforartinwood.org. 

This article was originally published in the March 2024 issue.