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Reception: 6PM Gallery Walk: 6:30PM
All are welcome to attend a free event at the Skinner Boston Gallery. Join us for a Gallery Walk with Jonathan Fairbanks, Director, Fuller Craft Museum and 20th Century Design Director Jane Prentiss. They will discuss contemporary artists’ works offered in the June 28th auction to benefit Fuller Craft Museum.… Read More
BOSTON, MA – May 27, 2014 – Skinner, Inc. announces a 20th Century Design auction on June 28 in Boston. Artists, craftspeople, and collectors donated fifty lots to the auction to support Fuller Craft Museum. “This is an excellent opportunity to support the arts and to find handcrafted, beautifully designed objects by contemporary artists,” said Jane Prentiss, department director. The sale also features pottery, glass, lighting, metalwork, and fine art, with a special focus on furniture, from the Art Nouveau period through contemporary design.… Read More
First come, first served. No appointment necessary.
One item $15, two items $25, three items $30. All proceeds will benefit Fuller Craft Museum.
Please join us for an Appraisal Day to benefit Fuller Craft Museum. Jane Prentiss, Director of the 20th Century Design Department and LaGina Austin, Director of Appraisal & Auction Services will be providing auction evaluations at the event.
Location: Skinner Marlborough 274 Cedar Hill Street Marlborough, MA 01752 Driving directions
Questions: Fuller Craft Museum 455 Oak Street Brockton, MA 02301 508-588-6000 visitorservices@fullercraft.org… Read More
Artists of the Studio Movement create furniture, pottery, glass, metalwork, textiles, and jewelry for individual enjoyment rather than mass production. The movement traces its beginnings to the period just after World War II, and I, personally, have been watching the movement develop and mature for more than 30 years.
Over the years, I have had the pleasure to meet many studio artists in person. Knowing and connecting with the person who created a piece provides a fuller experience and understanding of the work.… Read More
Skinner is proud to provide financial underwriting and in-kind support for exhibitions presented as part of this landmark project.
Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture unites eleven institutions in an unprecedented collaboration highlighting Massachusetts furniture making, from the 1600s to the present day, through a series of craft demonstrations, workshops, symposia, lectures, and much more. Now through Spring 2015, there are a multitude of exhibitions and events organized by participating institutions.… Read More
BOSTON, Mass. – September 13, 2013 – Skinner, Inc. is proud to announce its sponsorship of Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture. Through the sponsorship, Skinner is providing financial underwriting as well as in-kind support for the exhibitions presented by the participating institutions in the Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture project, including the Concord Museum, the Fuller Craft Museum, Historic Deerfield, the Massachusetts Historical Society, Old Sturbridge Village, and the Peabody Essex Museum.… Read More
Guest post by Brock Jobe, Professor of American Decorative Arts, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Who doesn’t love furniture? It can be practical or frivolous, plain or posh, historic or contemporary, but ultimately it is so essential. Furniture surrounds us. Without it, life would certainly be more of a struggle. Consider the challenges of writing this blog without a chair and a table. How long can one stand, hold a computer in one hand, and type with the other?… Read More