{"id":2737,"date":"2011-06-14T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2011-06-14T07:00:50","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T11:00:50","slug":"curt-schmitt-81-fine-furniture-inspired-by-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2011\/06\/14\/curt-schmitt-81-fine-furniture-inspired-by-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Curt Schmitt &#039;81 \u2013 fine furniture inspired by nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The art of Curt Schmitt &#8217;81 is fine hand-crafted wood furniture.\u00a0 He will show his work at the The New Harmony [Indiana] Gallery of Contemporary Art exhibit, &#8220;Natural Elements,&#8221; June 25-August 14.<\/p>\n<p>Curt uses wood&#8217;s natural\u00a0color and grain in his furniture creations.\u00a0After graduating from Wabash College and Yale University, he taught philosophy, religion, literature, and art in Memphis, TN for 23 years.\u00a0\u00a0A hobby while teaching became a profession in retirement, and today he designs and builds custom made furniture and cabinetry in a woodshop next to his home in New Harmony.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curtschmittcabinetry.com\/about.html\">Click here<\/a> for his web site, <em>Curt Schmitt Cabinetry and Fine Furniture<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2740\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/06\/Curt-Schmitt-bench.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2740\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/06\/Curt-Schmitt-bench.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo copyright Curt Schmitt Cabinetry and Kats Web Designs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you plan to visit the exhibit,\u00a0go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhgallery.com\/\">www.nhgallery.com<\/a> for hours and directions.<\/p>\n<p>Story courtesy of the<br \/>\nUniversity of Southern Indiana<br \/>\nand HT Media Ltd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The art of Curt Schmitt &#8217;81 is fine hand-crafted wood furniture.\u00a0 He will show his work at the The New Harmony [Indiana] Gallery of Contemporary Art exhibit, &#8220;Natural Elements,&#8221; June 25-August 14. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"w_featured_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}