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  • 4/26 Benton: Art Furniture Designing

    Designing Art Furniture

    Friday, April 26, 2019
    5:00pm – 7:00pm
    5pm – Reception; 5:30 – Talk
    FREE.  Donations are appreciated.  

    John Dunnigan, Professor, Rhode Island School of Design will talk about the History and Design of Art Furniture.

    John Dunnigan is a designer, maker and educator. His studio work has been shown in more than 100 exhibitions, including 10 solo exhibitions, and is included in such private and public collections as the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

    Dunnigan has been a member of the faculty at RISD in the Departments of Industrial Design, Interior Architecture and Furniture Design and previously served as interim dean of the Division of Architecture + Design. He is a former Mellon Fellow in the RISD Museum and currently holds the Schiller Family Endowed Chair in Furniture Design.

    If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please leave a message at 860-486-4520 no later than five days before the event.

    THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
    University of Connecticut
    School of Fine Arts
    245 Glenbrook Road
    Storrs, CT

    www.benton.uconn.edu

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