Second Thursdays with The Center for Art in Wood

Thursday, July 14th from 6 - 8 pm 

1800 North American St. in North Philly

NextFab North Philly is hosting the Windgate ITE Residency with The Center for Art in Wood, a prestigious residency program where fellows work either solely in wood or in other materials in meaningful combination with wood.

Join us at NextFab to meet the resident fellows and hear about their concepts and works-in-progress. This summer marks the 25th year that the Center has sponsored the international residency program. The resident fellows live, travel, and work independently and collaboratively in this intensive, 8-week program.

What are Second Thursdays?

For 17 years, the Crane Arts Building has hosted monthly art exhibitions, performances, and openings on the Second Thursday of every month. Similar to First Fridays in Old City, but not wanting to compete, Second Thursdays was created to highlight the creative community of the North Philadelphia neighborhood – and well it stuck!

American St. is becoming a booming street for artists, makers, and creatives of all types, and we invite you to come out to be a part of this. The Crane Arts Building, The Clay Studio, and the NextFab building at 1800 North will all be opening their doors on the second Thursday of every month. At 1800 N. American St. the creative work ranges from restoring historic neon, sourcing salvaged materials, empowering artists, building bicycles, supporting artisan businesses, and a restaurant mixing up amazing cocktails. All are welcome to this open house-style event!

While at the 1800 N. American St. building be sure to check out our neighbors:

• The Resource Exchange

• The Neon Museum of Philadelphia

• Sor Ynez

• Keystone Bicycle Co

• Beaty American Salvage

• Center for Creative Works