Lancaster Arts Hotel Art

“Art to me is about discovery….I encourage [my students] to not get 'precious' with their work, [to] be ready to always risk it for something new. Once we get too precious, then we stop growing the work. It is a metaphor for life.”
- Susan J. Gottlieb, Lancaster artist

Explore the creative fruits of Lancaster in the hotel's first floor art gallery. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is home to a host of creative talent and our art gallery is proud to promote their fine work. Director, Lisa Clemens provides a passport to inspiration with a selection of both historic and contemporary works by Lancaster artists. The brick-lined streets of our eclectic little city and the rolling farmland surrounding it have inspired artists such as Charles Demuth, Blanche Nevin, Jacob Eichholtz, and David Brumbach, to name a few. The Arts Hotel is proud to display over $300,000 dollars worth of fine art throughout and on its historic walls. Enjoy a visit to our renowned art gallery and experience some of Lancaster, Pennsylvania's finest talent.

On Display in the Art Gallery:
Kevin Bedgood
January through March, 2012 

THE ARTS HOTEL GALLERY at the Lancaster Arts Hotel, is pleased to present    Kevin Bedgood  

Kevin had early exposure to woodworking.  As a child he would sweep up in his father’s hobby furniture making shop.  However, it really wasn’t until after spending time in the US Marine Corps that he began building some furniture of his own.  In the last 25 years, he has moved from designing and building furniture to more artistic woodturning and sculpting.

        There are four basic goals that Kevin strives for in his work:

-Design and create pieces that compliment the wood.

-Explore the concept of creating a sense of movement with an inanimate object.

-Design pieces is such a way as to visually “stretch” portions of the piece to appear either larger, smaller or a different shape than it actually is.

-Be as ecologically responsible as possible in his woodwork.

“I truly began my journey in woodworking when I started to make Native American Flutes.  I did that for a number of years and have had flutes purchased by several Grammy winning Native American Artists.  Then about 15 years ago, I turned to the lathe as the primary tool to express my ideas.  I started with simply bowls and grew to more elaborate pieces. Now, much of my energy is spent pushing limits and breaking old preconceived ideas of what is possible to achieve on a lathe.”

My greatest explorations lately have been in pushing some boundaries of what is normally created on a wood lathe.  Most of my wall hangings are created by turning multiple pieces of wood, generally in unusual shapes like squares or rectangles, then cutting them apart and reassembling the pieces in such a way as to integrate the disparity of design into a coherent piece that creates a sense of movement or evokes an emotional response or memory.

  THE LANCASTER ARTS HOTEL GALLERY is open daily, and is a popular space for Board Meetings and Cocktail Parties.  It is suggested you call the Hotel prior to your visit if you are making a special trip to be sure the Gallery is not occupied at 717.299.3000.  The Arts Hotel Gallery endeavors to expose the work of established Artists to a broader audience and promote the rich fabric of the Arts in Lancaster County.  For more information, refer to our website, www.artshotelgallery.com.

 For more information on current and upcoming exhibits and to see event images, please visit: http://www.artshotelgallery.com