JCHS First Friday Speaker Series - Woodworking with Kimberly Winkle + The PT School of Woodworking

  • Fri, Jul 2, 2021 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Digital - Zoom

    Internet
    Port Townsend , Washington 98368
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Description

Join nationally recognized artist Kimberly Winkle and the PT School of Woodworking for a look at the fine arts side of woodworking. Winkle will share her story, creative process, and some of her crafting techniques. The event aims to inspire creativity and showcase new ways of making for casual artists and professional woodworkers alike.

 

Winkle is a maker who creates furniture and objects using wood and paint; her work displays a balance of form, color and surface pattern. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including SOFA Chicago, Wanted Design NYC and the Architectural Digest Home Show. Her work has been included in a number of publications, including Fine WoodworkingWoodworker, and Woodworker West magazines and the books 500 Tables500 ChairsFine Woodworking Design Book 8, among others. Winkle has completed several artist residencies, including the International Turning Exchange (I.T.E.) at the Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia, the Windgate Artist Residency at State University New York (SUNY) Purchase, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Vermont Studio Center and at the Appalachian Center for Craft. She has been awarded 4 Niche awards, a State of Tennessee Individual Artist Award in 2011 and the Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston) John D. Mineck furniture fellowship in 2014.

 

Winkle is a Professor of Art and Director of the School of Art, Craft & Design at Tennessee Technological University. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Ceramics from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Fine Art in Furniture Design from San Diego State University. Her workshop teaching experience includes, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Anderson Ranch Art Center, The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, John C. Campbell Folk School and the Appalachian Center for Craft.

Date & Time

Fri, Jul 2, 2021 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue Details

Digital - Zoom

Internet
Port Townsend , Washington 98368 Digital - Zoom
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