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Kathryn Gagermeier

Two-Door-ondack , 2008

reclaimed doors

48” x 25” x 43”

Jason Shirey

Untitled,  2008

Maple, poplar and cork,

42” x 18” x 32”


The Adirondack III: Transformation and Reinvention


The Adirondack III: Transformation and Reinvention, curated by Christopher Weiland and Steve Loar, opened at the University Museum of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in early spring of 2008, and included 33 chairs by students from 12 universities and colleges from across the country. Participants were challenged, “to revisit, explore, and redesign the century-old Adirondack chair.” The Adirondack III: Transformation and Reinvention, curated by Christopher Weiland and Steve Loar, opened at the University Museum of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in early spring of 2008, and included 33 chairs by students from 12 universities and colleges from across the country. Participants were challenged, “to revisit, explore, and redesign the century-old Adirondack chair.”


The exhibition at One Mellon Center presented a selection of chairs from the show that were designed by IUP students, along with four other student projects. The works featured represent a focus on green design developed through initiatives at CenterWorks, the Center for Turning’s professional development and business practice division. Through a series of models, sketches and documentary photographs viewers can learn about the student’s creative and green design processes. A catalogue documenting the complete exhibition is available in SCC’s Store and online for purchase for $10.



Past Exhibitions

Borne With Us

(March 6 - May 16, 2009)


This exhibition highlights fiber and mixed media quilts created by Missouri artist Kim Eichler-Messmer. Pieces with titles such as Exhuming the Anonymous and Barren reveal the artist’s interest in how past experiences relate to and shape the present and future. Through pattern, color, design and imagery, she explores her own personal history and how her feelings about family relate to her outlook on nature. Eichler-Messmer’s curiosity about the mystery and uncertainty of life comes across in her quilts as a darkness that is at once familiar and discomforting. The nine works in this exhibition demonstrate the artist’s talent and a wide range of skills. Eichler-Messmer uses many different surface treatments and quilting techniques including screen-printing, appliqué, discharge and embroidery. Utilizing a combination of approaches, she creates quilts that are rich with imagery and infused with visual and conceptual depth.


Click on the image to see Eichler-Messmer’s work!

Standing Room Only: A 15-Year Survey

Stephen Litchfield

(July 6 - September 1, 2009)


This exhibition presented a series of sculptural works by nationally known sculptor Stephen Litchfield. Featuring three distinct bodies of work and 12 unique objects, the show explores function, utility, and communication.


Click on the image to see Litchfield’s work!

Nailed and Riveted: New Works by Robert Villamagna

(December 11- March 14, 2010)


This exhibition features 14 works by assemblage artist Robert Villamagna.Combining found machine parts, hardware, toys, furniture parts, plumbing and building materials with art materials such as acrylic, oil and enamel paints, oil sticks, clay, wood and metal. Villamagna creates thought-provoking and often humorous compositions, giving these found materials new life and transforming them into art.


For more information or to purchase work, call

Kati Fishbein at 412.261.7003 x 26 or email at kati@contemporarycraft.org


Whisper-Romance: Day and Night

Jiyoung Chung

(September 5 - November 30, 2009)


Using the traditional Korean technique of joomchi, a paper felting process in which separate pieces of handmade paper are joined through agitation, Chung crafts delicate, simply-composed canvases that demonstrate extraordinary depth and skill.


Click on the image to see Jiyoung Chung’s work!