糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Welcomes Doug Stowe as Featured artWORKs Artist for Spring 2023
糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 School of Art and Design will host Doug Stowe as he leads both a lecture and a workshop as part of the artWORKs series.
Made possible through the Windgate Foundation, the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock artWORKs Series brings renowned artists to the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus where they can collaborate and craft a community that values learning and the visual arts.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6 p.m Friday, April 14, in room 101 of the Windgate Center of Art and Design, and a workshop open to the public will be held on Saturday, April 15.
Since 1976, Stowe has not only been active in the woodworking industry as a self-employed furniture and box maker, but he has also written over a dozen books on the topic, with his most recent book, 鈥淭he Wisdom of Our Hands: Crafting, a Life,鈥� published in 2022. In addition, as a former teacher, he created a woodworking program in K-12 schools that emphasizes hands-on learning called Wisdom of the Hands.
Stowe鈥檚 April 14 lecture will discuss his career in woodworking.
鈥淒oug will discuss his woodworking and teaching career and his beliefs on the importance of craft education,鈥� said Peter Scheidt, the Windgate assistant professor of furniture design and woodworking.鈥淗e鈥檚 an engaging and eloquent speaker.鈥�
Saturday鈥檚 workshop will be held in the Furniture/Woodworking Studio in the Windgate Center of Art and Design from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. where Stowe will be discussing small wooden box making techniques.
鈥淲e welcome anybody to attend the lecture and/or stop in Saturday to meet Doug, watch him work, and check out the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock woodshop,鈥� Scheidt said.
For more information on Stowe, you can visit his or his . For questions regarding the lecture or workshop, please contact Peter Scheidt at [email protected].