Residency Blog

This first week has been expectedly bursting with chaos, questions, discovery, awe, and more surprisingly with comfort, camaraderie, and utter silliness. Day 1 began as residents shared slides of histories, work, and goals. While some have defined expectations for...

In the days before I arrived in Philadelphia, I asked each of the resident artists to teach me something from their practice—big or small, technical or not—during my ten-day stay. The lessons I received were generous and various, reflecting the diversity of...

*this edition of the Museum for Art in Wood's residency blog is written by Adam John Manley, 2023 resident. With the Echo Lake Collaboration complete, and the settling in phase well underway, the 6 residents partook in an important tradition in the WARP (formerly...

*this edition of the Museum for Art in Wood's residency blog is written by Adam John Manley, 2023 resident. With the Echo Lake Collaboration, and the settling in phase well underway, the 6 residents partook in an important tradition in the WARP (formerly ITE)...

Hello from Philadelphia! The 2023 residents have arrived! The residents this year are: Artists: Emma Chorostecki | Toronto, Ontario Terry Holzgreen | Los Angeles, CA Adam John Manley | San Diego, CA Maiko Sugano | Ibaraki, Japan / Tainan, Taiwan Laura Zelaya |...

Week 8 was busy, but went really smoothly, thanks to the work of Alex Felix and everyone at the Center.  We had our work ready to go when they sent the van, we were able to pick up a large piece from Janice's house without trouble, and the day of the Opening went...

Week 7 of the Windgate Residency is all about the final touches before the install of the show.  It is an exciting, sometimes nerve-wracking, always fun, race to the finish for both the Resident Fellows and the folks at the Center for Art in Wood. On the resident...

Welcome back to the Windgate Residency Blog!  The residency officially ended the first week in August, but I have been traveling and catching up with the life and work I abandoned to spend a summer in Philadelphia with amazing artists and friends (worth it), and am...

Did I mention that Week 4 was a busy one??  It marked the midway point for the residency, and included two looonnnnggg and amazing field trip days as well as the Open House at Nextfab that Saturday.  We were all busy!  And since then we've been rolling along on our...