Warren Kimble To Speak At IFDA's October Design Seminar

Furniture World Magazine

Warren Kimble will be featured as guest speaker of IFDA's October Seminar on Saturday, October 16, 1999. The seminar will be entitled "At Home with Warren Kimble.' As "America's Best Known Living Folk Artist," Warren Kimble draws on more than 40 years of experience as a fine artist, teacher, collector, craftsman, and antique dealer to create a casual but sophisticated style of American folk art. Warren Kimble is best known for his paintings of highly stylized animals and rural Vermont scenes using antique architectural wood as his canvas. His subjects and whimsical style evoke the spirit of the tranquil Vermont countryside. Warren Kimble is also the design leader for the new Folk Art trend in Home Furnishings. With some thirty licensees, including a major collection with Lexington Furniture, Warren Kimble represents the best of this traditional and accessible approach to home furnishings, which has also taken the market by storm. The seminar and luncheon are scheduled for Saturday, October 16, 1999, 12:00 p.m. IHFC® Green Wing, 11th Floor, International Ballroom B. The event is sponsored by IHFC® and The International Furnishings and Design Association Educational Foundation. $15.00 includes lunch. Advance registration recommended. For reservations mail check to Gaye McCraw, IHFC®, P.O. Box 828, High Point, NC 27261. Tickets will be held at the door and must be picked up by 12: 10 p.m. on the day of the seminar.