Making It: A Celebration of 30 Years of the Camosun College Fine Furniture Program and Tour

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Cam Russell, Morning Coffee in the Sun - Afternoon Tea in the Shade, White Oak and Bicycle Parts, 2018.

New works from Camosun alumni.

The Chair Experience Tour: An interactive tour with curators Ken Guenter & Cam Russell

Join the curators from Making It: A Celebration of 30 Years of the Camosun College Fine Furniture Program to learn about furniture design in wood by west coast designers. This tour will have you moving around the exhibition to take a closer look and -- in a bold move to bust museum stereotypes — to actually sit on a few of the innovative pieces in the show.

Thurs. August 9th, 2018, 5pm - 6pm & Thurs. August 23rd, 2018, 7pm - 8pm

Performance: Open Action Collective Founders Live Performance in Making It Saturday, August 25th, 2018 | 2pm - 4pm

If you like design in wood, this exhibition is for you. In the past 30 years, the Fine Furniture program at Camosun College has produced over 500 graduates, many of which have gone on to contribute to the furniture-making industry on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. Thirty-seven of these exceptional artists have been invited to create new works that celebrate the process of designing and building seating, a foundational component and tradition of the program.

The UVic Legacy Galleries has a longstanding relationship with the instructors and students of the program including hosting the first exhibition of local furniture-makers in 1982, which helped to found the Vancouver Island Woodworkers Guild and the renowned Camosun program. Visit us and get inspired by the latest in local furniture design!

Organized by Ken Guenter & Cam Russell, (retired instructors) Camosun College