Podcast 144: Luthiers Linda Manzer, David Wren and Tony Duggan-Smith

On today’s podcast, acclaimed luthiers Linda Manzer, David Wren
and Tony Duggan-Smith gather around Manzer's kitchen table
to talk to us about their new Group of Seven guitar
project. 


The Group of Seven consisted of Canadian landscape painters
Lawren Harris, J.E.H. MacDonald, Arthur Lismer, Franklin
Carmichael, Frank Johnston, F.H. Varley and A.Y. Jackson.
These seven artist friends were prolific through the 1920s
and early '30s and are now considered highly influential. 


Manzer saw similarities between the bond these seven
legendary artists had and the one she shares with fellow
luthiers and friends who studied under Jean Larrivee, decades
ago. She decided to pay homage by having seven guitars
built. Each luthier would focus on a different Group of
Seven member.


The luthiers participating include Manzer, Sergi de Jonge,
Duggan-Smith, Wren, George Gray, Grit Laskin and Jean
Larrivée. The luthiers also built an eighth guitar as a
group to pay tribute to painter Tom Thomson. 


The project launches May 6, 2017 at the McMichael Canadian Art
Collection outside of Toronto and the guitars will be on display
through October in a room right next to the art that inspired
them. 


http://mcmichael.com/event/the-group-of-seven-guitar-project-summer-2017/

http://www.manzer.com/guitars/
http://www.wrenguitarworks.com
http://www.tonyduggan-smith.com
https://www.fretboardjournal.com


This episode is sponsored by our friends at Retrofret and Dying
Breed Music.