Artist Talk with Lisa Marie Patzer and Sophie Glenn
Please join us at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, December 3rd, for a two-person artist talk with Sophie Gleen and Lisa Marie Patzer in the Oar Pub, Park Towne Place. Light refreshments will be served.
Schedule
6:00p | Open doors
6:15p | Artist talk begins
7:15p | Tour of Bespoke Matter Exhibition
Both Glenn and Patzer are feature in the current rotational exhibition at Park Towne Place, Bespoke Matter. Lisa Marie Patzer’s artistic practice celebrates memory and history by reimagining archival materials in new visual forms. Sophie Glenn recreates classic furniture designs completely out of steel as a means of self-discovery
About the Artists
Sophie Glenn is a metalworker and furniture maker currently based in Reading, PA. She makes classic furniture designs recreated out of steel to give voice to women in both the woodworking and metal fields, and she utilizes steel in the making of her work to explicitly expand upon the materials that are considered to be part of the fine furniture making field.Sophie received her MFA in Furniture Design and Woodworking from San Diego State University, and BFA in Sculpture and Drawing from SUNY Purchase College. She has exhibited her work across the country, including Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC, the Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA, and the Metal Museum, Memphis, TN, and has been fortunate to receive several grants, fellowships, and residencies to help advance her career, including the John D. Mineck Fellowship in 2022. Sophie currently teaches at Kutztown University, and has taught workshops at A Workshop of Our Own, Penland School of Craft, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, the Appalachian Center for Craft, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
Lisa Marie Patzer is a digital media artist, designer, and entrepreneur who creates site-specific art that integrates light, pattern, historic imagery, and vibrant color. Having access to early digital video cameras and editing equipment, Lisa Marie began integrating analog and digital processes in the early 2000’s. She went on to earn an MFA in film and media arts from Temple University in 2013 while simultaneously studying interactive video in New York City. In recognition of her contributions to new media art, she received the prestigious Pew Fellowship in the Arts in 2019. The following year, she was awarded the Sachs Arts and Innovation grant from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2022, Lisa Marie founded her company Lisa Marie Patzer Studio, where she works with private clients, interior designers, and individual business owners to create site-specific work for bespoke commercial settings and private residences. Lisa Marie is a member of InLiquid Gallery. Her studio is located at the Studios @ The Delaware Contemporary Art Museum in Wilmington, DE.
