Ten Artists Exhibit at Kramer Hall in Hammonton

Hammonton, N.J. - When a red oak tree fell on Glen Guarino鈥檚 furniture workshop, he didn鈥檛 get mad, he got to work.

noyes guarinoAfter aging the wood, Guarino made it into a table called 鈥淪weet Revenge,鈥 a name suggested by a friend.

鈥淚鈥檒l get quite a few pieces out of that tree,鈥 Guarino said, as he displayed the ebonized red oak table now on display at 91视频鈥檚 Kramer Hall in Hammonton.

The table, and 28 works by nine other artists, are included in the Noyes Signature Artist Exhibition which runs through Sept. 2.  The participating artists are all members of the Noyes Museum of Art at 91视频.

Noyes Executive Director Michael Cagno said the exhibit intentionally features a variety of artistic styles and helps introduce the artists and their work to the public.

鈥淲e do what we can to help them promote their work,鈥 he said. 鈥淎n artist today also has to do their own marketing, and they don鈥檛 always have that skill set.鈥

Guarino, who taught woodworking at Mahwah High School, Kean University and William Paterson University is the only artist showing furniture. He sells his pieces through his web site, guarinofurnituresdesigns.com. He said he prefers working with recycled wood.

鈥淚nstead of putting it in the wood chipper Inoyes-thomas can use it,鈥 he said.  He鈥檚 been experimenting with ebonizing and bleaching techniques.   Another piece called the Shanghai Table is made of one plank of wood.

Skeffington Thomas of Monroeville, a ceramics artist who teaches at Rowan University, is displaying two pieces using a glaze he has been working on that gives the items a distinct texture based on a Japanese style. He said he was inspired by his teacher, the late Toshiko Takaezu

鈥淚 worked with the chemicals and recipes until I got the right composition,鈥 he said. 鈥淭here were a lot of failures.鈥

Other artists in the show are Bette Blank, Zenna Broomer, Lou Storey, Marie Natale, Lucretia McGuff-Silverman, Vincent Nardone, Anthony Migliaccio and Karen Starrett.

The exhibit is open to the public during Kramer Hall summer hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Friday. The gallery will also be open until 9 p.m. Thursdays through July 25. Kramer Hall is located at 30 Front Street in Hammonton across from the train station. Call 609 626-3840 or visit Stockton.edu/Kramer or noyesmuseum.org.

_ Reported by Diane D'Amico

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Contact:
Saskia Schmidt
Noyes Museum Director of Education
Galloway, N.J. 08205
education@noyesmuseum.org
(609) 626-3420