After a 27-year history of hosting fellowship residencies through the Creative Glass Center of America to artists who are experienced in using glass processes, WheatonArts is awarding its first three-month residency designed specifically for an emerging or mid-career American artist who would like to explore glass as an art medium. In an effort to further diversify and enrich its community with artists using a variety of mediums, WheatonArts worked with the Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia, to solicit applications from accomplished artists who work with wood. WheatonArts is pleased to announce the first Wheaton Exchange Fellowship has been awarded to New Jersey artist, Jack Larimore.

Jack Larimore grew up in the cherry orchard region of northeastern Michigan. He attended Michigan State University earning a degree in Landscape Architecture in 1973. After a few years in the field Jack drifted into small scale contracting where he began his life as a designer/builder while refining his career in furniture making. Since 1983, Jack has been self employed designing and building furniture, installations and interiors. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in major private and public collections. Additionally, he has served as an Associate Professor in the Crafts Department at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and Adjunct Professor at Moore College of Art and Drexel University. 

Jack explains, “I am approaching the Fellowship with the intent to explore the relationships and dialog between objects made of distinctly different materials. The essence of this work is about what happens between objects that, when considered individually, may have little or no content. This kind of dialog has been a significant part of my recent personal work and I am keen on the glass/wood potential. Glass promises to be an ideal partner to wood in this dialog, the dramatic differences in the attributes of the materials and the depth of their cultural associations offers an exciting array of possibilities.”