I am so proud and delighted to announce my first solo museum exhibition, The Longest Distance Between Two Points, is opening this Friday, March 7th at the Museum for Art in Wood in Philadelphia. The opening is from 5-8pm and there will be a gallery talk the following day from 11-12pm. I would love to see you there! Huge thanks to Sam Northcut, Mariah Moneda, Emma Senft, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison for giving me the space and help to make this happen. And, of course, huge thanks to Jennifer Navva Milliken, Amrut Mishra, and all the amazing staff at the Museum for this amazing opportunity. Photo by Mariah Moneda!
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Session 5 Class!
Serious Play: Exploring Mechanical Movements through Wooden Toys
I am so thrilled to be heading to the other coast to teach a class at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts again this summer during session 5 (August 10-22). This class will run for two weeks and focus on simple wooden mechanisms used in toys and automata! All Levels. Come play with us on this gorgeous campus!
Port Townsend School of Woodworking: Summer 2025
I cannot wait to get back to the Port Townsend School of Woodworking and make bandsaw box cabinets with students this summer! In this class, which runs July 28th to August 1st, I will teach students my version of making bandsaw boxes, specifically to create unique, wall-hung cabinets with doors or drawers. Some basic wood shop skills are required. Check out the link to see more and sign up!
Corsicana Now Magazine, February 2025
I was delighted to receive a copy of the Corsicana NOW Magazine with a photo and blurb about me in the Zoomed In section on page 14. Thanks a ton to Virginia Riddle for coming to the Corsicana Artist & Writers Residency Open House this past fall and for sharing a little bit of my story with Corsicana. And thanks again to the amazing folks at Corsicana Artist & Writers Residency (looking at YOU, Lou!) for doing so much for their residents, past, present and future!
Vilas Associates Competition Awardee
I am absolutely thrilled and honored to have been named a Vilas Associates Competition Awardee this year through the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am deeply grateful to the UW Art Department for their support and nomination for this award and cannot wait to share the results! This award will fund research and travel for the next two summers as I explore a new body of furniture work based on boat forms. Stay tuned! Meanwhile, check out another amazing UW Art Dept. faculty member and awardee this year - the amazing Julie Chen!
Corsicana Artist Residency, Fall 2024
I had the absolute pleasure of being an artist in residence at the Corsicana Artist and Writer’s Residency in Corsicana, TX this past fall. You can read a little bit about me and my fellow artists here. Huge thanks to Keiran, Michaela, Cody and all the amazing folks of Corsicana for making this so special.
Play Is Work Exhibition at University of Michigan
I’m thrilled to be sharing a gallery with Ellie Richards and Toomas Toomepuu in Ann Arbor, Michigan this fall. Play is Work was curated by Ray Wetzel and John DeHoog, and features artists working in the furniture-ish realm whose finished works suggest and often highlight an unusual path to completion. Opens September 5th!
Class at Penland School of Crafts, June 4 - 16, 2023
I’m teaching a two week workshop at Penland School of Crafts on surface textures, treatments and finishes and I can’t wait! Come spend a few weeks geeking out with me and my amazing assistant Emma Senft in the mountains of North Carolina!
Class at Pinecroft Woodworking School, July 10-14 2023
This summer I will be teaching a bandsaw box class at the lovely Woodworking School at Pine Croft in Berea, KY. Come take a class with me in July!
Dubuque Museum of Art Craft Invitational - open through October 2022!
I have work in a lovely exhibition at the Dubuque Museum of Art in Iowa - the exhibition features remarkable craft artists from all over the region. My Chess Set will be there on display through October. Go visit!
The chess set container only partially opened
Wharton Esherick Museum Exhibition: Home As Self
I am delighted and honored to have a piece in the annual Wharton Esherick Museum exhibition. This year’s show, called Home As Self, is all about self portraits and my piece CHAIRchair received second place! The show runs through the end of August, and is worth a visit, for all of the works as well as seeing Esherick’s home and studio! For more information check out their website here.
And if you’d like to hear how Wharton Esherick’s furniture and work have influenced my own, tune in on zoom to a conversation between me and the magical Emily Zilber, the Museum’s Director of Curatorial Affairs. July 12, at 3pm EST. The link to sign up is here, and it’s free and open to the public!
Boxing Match: Tom Loeser and Katie Hudnall
The amazing Tom Loeser and I have a two-person exhibition up in Gallery #5 at Abel Contemporary Gallery in Stoughton, WI! The exhibition runs through July 17th and if you want to see a bit of the thinking behind me and Tom challenging each other to a boxing match, check out the lovely video of our artist talk in the space!
Container for A Lost Year at the Fuller Craft Biennial, Spring 2022
I’m delighted that my piece, A Container for A Lost Year, will be part of the Fuller Craft Biennial Exhibition this year in Brockton, MA. Check out their website for details and a list of all the artists!
The Longest Distance Between Two Points: Sculptural Furniture show at the Joan Derryberry Gallery of Art in TN
I am thrilled to have a solo exhibition of my work at the Joan Derryberry Art Gallery at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN. If you’re in the area, I would love it if you would stop by! Masks are required and the gallery is limited to ten visitors at the time, but is easy to socially distance in and very accommodating! For more information on the location, visit the website here. The show runs from October 26th through November 20th.
Installation View
Installation View
Out of Bounds: The Art of Croquet
I am thrilled to have work included in a new croquet-themed exhibition at the Messler Gallery, part of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, ME!
For information on the exhibition and the artists featured, go to the Messler Gallery here: https://www.woodschool.org/wood-school-gallery/current-exhibitions
Check out the virtual tour here: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=g5JJZ4KsDA7
World Wood Day 2019 Video
The wonderful folks behind World Wood Day used footage from the 2019 WWD event to make this video about me and my process there as part of the Wood Design Team. Many thanks again to Wendy Maruyama for the opportunity, and to the wonderful team for making it so much fun.
Maine College of Art Visiting Artist Lecture - February 6th!
I’m delighted to be meeting with MECA students all day Thursday and giving a lecture that evening in Osher Hall! Free and open to the public, if you’re in the area please stop in! More info can be found here https://www.meca.edu/event/katie-hudnall/
The Woodworker's Journey: Concept to Creation
I’m absolutely thrilled to have four small wall-hung cabinets included in this exhibition in Maui at Schaefer International Gallery! January 7 - February 23, please stop by if you happen to be in Hawaii!!!
Popular Woodworking Interview!
I did a sweet, little interview with the kind folks of Popular Woodworking about the amazing Making A Seat at the Table Exhibition - follow the link to my interview!
Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking
I am so delighted and proud to have work included in this excellent exhibition at the Center for Art in Wood. If you are in or near Philadelphia between now and mid-January, stop in and see this show! Keep your eyes open for a book project coming out on this work by the magical Laura Mays and Deirdre Visser (the co-curators of this exhibition) - to find out more go to womenwoodworking.org.
Photo by John Carlano
Photo by John Carlano
Photo by John Carlano