Eight North Street
P.O. Box 235
Petersham, Massachusetts 01366
www.petershamcraftcenter.org
Tel.: 978-724-3415
Gallery and Shop Hours:
Wednesdays - Sundays
12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
Spring 2009 Classes!
Click on the Classes and Events link.
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E. Thor Carlson:
Mad About Color:
Tapestries, Needlepoint, and Other Fiber Techniques
Exhibition on display from June 28 to July 30, 2009.
E. [Edward] Thor Carlson was born in Gardner, Massachusetts in 1925. He attended the Art School of the Worcester Art Museum until his studies were interrupted by WWII and a hitch in the Navy as a Sea Bee in the South Pacific.
While overseas, Carlson took his entrance exams for Yale's School of Fine Arts and began his studies there in 1946. Before graduation, he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for a year at the Academia in Florence to study fresco painting. Returning to Yale, he studied with Josef Albers and Willem DeKooning. Upon graduation in 1951 with a BFA in painting, he went to New York City, working first at the advertising firm of McCann-Erickson and, later, as a free-lance mural painter. In 1957, Carlson returned to Massachusetts to teach art, in addition to creating it.
Over the years, Carlson has taught at the Worcester Art Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum, Athol Public Schools, and Petersham Craft Center. He founded the art departments of Mt. Wachusett Community College and Massasoit Community College. He was an Artist in Residence at the Applewild School in Fitchburg. His last full-time position was as the instructor for the commercial art program at Montachusett Regional Technical School in Fitchburg.
Carlson taught a variety of popular classes at the Petersham Craft Center n the 1960s including free form pottery and oil painting.
In 1986, Carlson moved New Hampshire where he continues on with a wide variety of projects and work. Along with his love for textiles, Carlson paints, draws, works in sculpture, and murals. Tapestry weaving his occupied much of the artist's work during the past thirty- four years. His grandmother taught him Scandinavian methods for tapestry.
His works are in many public and private collections in the USA, Europe, and North Africa.
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More than one hundred New England artists are featured at the Petersham Craft Center. We feature a myriad of unique art and craft at affordable prices -- with something for everyone!
Ceramics
Paintings
Textiles
Jewelry
Pottery
Clothing
Ironwork
Paperworks
Photography
Glasswork
Woodwork
Utilitarian Housewares
Original Notecards
Books by Area Authors
and much more
fill the Craft Center Shop!
The Craft Center Gallery is home to a revolving selection of exhibitions by area artists throughout the year.
The public is welcome to the Receptions which open each exhibition.
The Center organizes and hosts special events and offers a diverse roster of classes throughout the year.
The volunteer-run Petersham Craft Center is located near the center of Petersham, off of Rt. 32, and is just a short walk from Petersham Common.
Call for more information about the Shop and Gallery, classes and teaching opportunities, upcoming exhibitions, membership information, and volunteer opportunities.
c2007-2009 Petersham Craft Center, Petersham, Massachusetts.
Last edited 29 June 2009 1038EDT -- rcwh.
