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Warren Kimble Exhibit at Shelburne Museum
April, 2008. Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont is holding Warren Kimble’s first major museum retrospective from May 18 through October 26, 2008. Warren Kimble is the country’s best known contemporary folk artist. He has been published by Wild Apple since 1991.
Titled Warren Kimble’s America, the exhibit includes the best of his folk art works including barns, flags, landscapes, and delightfully whimsical animals. Kimble’s works will be on view in the museum’s Round Barn, a favorite subject of the artist. In addition to Kimble’s trademark folk art, visitors will glimpse another side of the Vermont artist through lesser known abstract works and the strikingly different Widows of War series.
Located in Vermont's scenic Lake Champlain Valley, Shelburne Museum is one of the nation's finest, most diverse and unconventional museums of art, design and Americana. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in a remarkable setting of 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the Museum grounds.
More information on Warren Kimble’s America and Shelburne Museum is available at www.shelburnemuseum.org.
2008 Catalogue and 2008 Collection One Available
January, 2008. Wild Apple has shipped a new master 2008 Catalogue and separate 2008 Collection One. Both are in a compact, easy to use, portable format. They are free to the trade. Customers can order a hard copy of the catalogue or download an online version.. The Catalogue and Collection One offer over 800 images by over fifty artists.
Janna Ugone Tabella Collection Intoduced by Lenox
November, 2007. At the New York Tabletop show, Lenox introduced a dinnerware
collection from artist Janna Ugone called Tabella. Ugone, noted for handmade heirloom quality lighting, clocks and switch plates, worked closely with the product development team at Lenox to craft a collection for the table that reflects the appeal of Janna’s art, which features painterly graphics, attention to detail and eclectic inspirations. The Tabella collection includes three distinctive dinner plate options, three separate salad/dessert plates, soup bowls, mugs, cup and saucer, and serving pieces. The design combines matte, gloss and textured glazes and showcases Ugone’s popular pomegranate pattern, which is accented by pleated borders in glossy celadon, little vases, detailed midlines and graceful botanicals.
Licensing Industry Pro Jeff Grinspan Joins Wild Apple
July 2, 2007. Wild Apple announced today that Jeff Grinspan has joined the company as Director of Licensing. Previously Grinspan ran licensing and sales at Sakura, a division of Oneida, Inc., manufacturer of fashion dinnerware, flatware and tabletop accessories. He has worked with dozens of top name licensing agents and artists to bring art & design to a wide range of products. As an acknowledged industry pro, Grinspan was recently tapped to run the licensing seminars and conference component of the 2007 Surtex Show. He has spoken frequently at licensing conferences and guest lectured on licensing, most recently at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
Grinspan will succeed Charlie Kimbell, who has started his own company, Kimbell Sales & Marketing, a phone & internet based business focusing on launching clients’ new products and new markets.
“Wildly thrilled is what we are,” said John Chester, Wild Apple owner. “Jeff Grinspan is ideal to lead our licensing business. He has a strategic mindset, loves sales and marketing, and eats and breathes art & design. He is ‘dual-brained,’ adept in the commercial and creative worlds. Jeff brings a licensee’s perspective to our expanding business and understands what is most important to customers. And he meets the important Wild Apple criteria of a good sense of humor and love of chocolate.”
Grinspan will run Wild Apple Licensing from his office in New York, maintaining close and frequent contact with customers. “This is an exciting move for me,” Grinspan commented. “Wild Apple has a treasure trove of artists, it has invested heavily in state of the art technology, and has cultivated an incredibly creative and productive staff. I look forward to contributing to the company’s growth and to strategically craft great programs for licensees.”
For additional information on Jeff Grinspan and Wild Apple Licensing, please contact John Chester.