Fall Newsletter 2001
Hello all,
This is the first in a series of quarterly email newsletters that will keep you apprised of my most recent creations.  It will include information on my latest works, along with the specifics of ongoing and future exhibitions.  During the next few months, I will be exhibiting my work over a wide area :  from Seattle, WA, to Chicago, to Carlisle, England.

Two new pieces, and one not so new, are on exhibition in Carlisle, England, at the Tullie House Museum, from Friday Sept 21st - Sunday November 18th, 2001.  The interesting thing about this, is not only that it is overseas, but it is a box show.  Creating a decorative "lidded vessel" was a  nice change of pace from building furniture.  The exhibit, entitled "Celebrating
Boxes", will travel to a number of different venues over the next two years.  It will stay in England and France for awhile, before coming to the U.S., and then off to Australia.  A hardback book was also written to go along with the show, and should contain some mention of me and my pieces.  Information on this exhibit can be found at < http://www.celebratingboxes.com >.
Also, images of my boxes in the exhibit can be viewed at <http://home.attbi.com/~jackalberti/3inastre.htm> ("Ina's Treasure"), and at < http://home.attbi.com/~jackalberti/3greatescape.html> ("The Great Escape" and "The Greater Escape").

I created one other box, "Jericho", for a show in Seattle, WA, at the Fine Woodworking Gallery.  It is located at 101 S. Jackson St. (at Pioneer Square).  This will be their "22nd Annual Box and Container Show" (November 1 - December 31, 2001).  Both this exhibit, and the box show in England, will feature works by some of the finest box makers around.  "Jericho" can be seen at < http://home.attbi.com/~jackalberti/3jericho.html> .  It should be fun getting feedback on this new work.

Since I really am a furniture maker more than I am a box maker, I am excited about exhibiting two pieces in Chicago at the SOFA Expo: These two pedestals are called "The Dance".  This is an extremely high quality show, where
galleries from around the world exhibit the works of the artists they represent.  This year I am being represented by Snyderman
Gallery of Philadelphia.  The show runs from October 5-7.  The SOFA web site can be found at <http://www.sofaexpo.com/> .  These two pedestals that I'm showing, can be viewed at  < http://home.attbi.com/~jackalberti/3dance.html > .

Not all my time over the past year was spent on speculative pieces.  One of my favorites was a commission for clients in New Orleans.  I had previously created a small side table for them, named "Tete a Tete a Tete" <http://home.attbi.com/~jackalberti/3tete.html > .  Now they were needing a chair to finish off their collection of studio furniture for their bedroom.  Although all these pieces in this room could be considered artwork, it is all functional and used daily.  My chair designed for them, entitled "The Big Easy", can be seen at < http://home.attbi.com/~jackalberti/3bigeasy.html> .

I hope that this has been interesting for you, and I look forward to writing you all again this winter.  Feel free to let me know what you think, and to forward this on to anyone you feel might be interested in seeing my work.  Enjoy the Fall!

My best,
Jack

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Jack Alberti Furniture Studio
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