Events
Sat, Jul 09
|The Dalles
Tony Furtado: The Whale in the Room
The interplay of music and clay has brought a new awareness of creativity that Tony Furtado shares with his wife and musical partner Stephanie Schneiderman.
Time & Location
Jul 09, 2022, 5:00 PM – Jul 31, 2022, 5:00 PM
The Dalles, 220 E 4th St #2206, The Dalles, OR 97058, USA
About The Event
The Dalles Art Center is proud to present Tony Furtado a musician and sculptor based in Portland, Oregon. As the winner of the juried exhibition at the Biennial Exhibition Beyond The Construct, Furtado received a solo exhibition at TDAC. This body of work represents an exploration of the natural world in reaction to the human impact on the delicate balance of thriving vs. struggling species.
Tony Furtado is an acclaimed folk and roots musician who has recorded 20 albums under his own name as well as played with the likes of Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien, Kelly Joe Phelps. Prior to his career as a musician, he was a ceramic sculptor in college. This work was cut short after winning the National Bluegrass Banjo Championship. As his music career progressed with tours with Gregg Allman David Lindley, Derek Trucks and Sonny Landreth, he returned to Portland to expand on…