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October 5 - 7, 2001 SOFA Chicago
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CWA had a wonderful informal gathering at SOFA Chicago from October 5 to 7. It was with great trepidation that we planned the program due to the fact that SOFA came five weeks after the tragic September 11 events and one week before the Minneapolis historical retrospective.
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In fact, both SOFA and CWA were pleasantly surprised by the near normal turnout of artists, collectors, and galleries alike. More than 27,000 people attended SOFA and CWA had 100 members in attendance The galleries selling wood art included Blue Spiral, Del Mano, Finer Things, Materia, Duane Reed, Heller, Leo Kaplan Modern, and William Zimmer. Sales were surprisingly good.
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Alan Nachman
, in charge of the event, arranged for CWA sponsor/co-sponsor three very successful and well-attended events.
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Panel on creativity and how the artist,
collector, gallery, and museum collaborate to promote heightened awareness
of creativity in society. The panelists included David
McFadden, Chief Curator of the American Craft Museum, as
moderator and Doug Heller of Heller Gallery,
Bruce Pepich, Director of the Wustum Museum in Racine
Wisconsin, David Groth, artist, and Ron
Wornick Collector. The questioning and discussion was active, heated, and illuminating. The major theme was the need for real artistic criticism and how to produce it without hard feelings.
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As an appetizer for the Minneapolis Show,
David Ellsworth and Glen Adamson gave their view of the state of contemporary woodturning. In his talk, "Then and Now," David gave a comprehensive slide show of work he had admired over the years and illustrated its growth and change. Glen previewed the Minneapolis show and book, Woodturning in North America Since 1930.
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A dear friend of the wood movement, Sam
Maloof , spoke eloquently about his life's work, which was timely in view of the very successful retrospective of his work at the Renwick Gallery. Showing slides, Sam talked about his influences and inspirations in more than 50 years of making furniture. We also had the pleasure of meeting his wife, Beverly, who he married last summer.
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| CWA had an informal board meeting but the membership meeting was put off until the following week in Minneapolis. We are pleased with our decision to always have a presence at SOFA, both Chicago and New York |
