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WoodWorks
WoodWorks events are open to the public and handcrafted to satisfy woodworkers of all skill levels. At a WoodWorks show you can interact with and learn from woodworking experts from around the world, see and purchase new tools, supplies and equipment from leading manufacturers and inventors, network with other woodworkers, or wander through inspiring galleries of fine work. In addition to free demonstrations, you may also register for seminars or workshops given by some of the best woodworking names in the industry. Individual show dates and locations are listed by state below.
Visit www.woodworksevents.com or email info@woodworksevents.com or phone 215-862-7157 for more information.
The Woodworking Shows
The Woodworking Shows, the nation's premier event for woodworking enthusiasts, professionals and do-it-yourselfers, will hold numerous events during the year. Each event offers attendees an opportunity to try out and see demonstrations of tools, supplies and equipment by top manufactures. Also, each event will feature an expanded lineup of America's top woodworking artisans teaching seminars and leading free demonstrations. Individual events are listed by state below.
Phone: 800-826-8257
Email: info@thewoodworkingshows.com
Web site: www.thewoodworkingshows.com
Woodcraft Supply Corp. Woodworking Demonstrations and Seminars
Woodworking demonstrations and seminars are scheduled to take place at many retail locations nationwide. The sessions -- ranging from beginner to intermediate to advanced-level classes -- will be held on dozens of topics, including woodcarving, whittling, furniture making, scrollsawing, and tool sharpening. For a schedule of offerings in your area, visit www.woodcraft.com and click on the Education link at the top of the page.
Call for Entries
Art in the Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival 2010
Artists are invited to apply to the 14th Annual Art in the Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival 2010. The festival is held during Labor Day weekend Sept 4-6, 2010 in the North Blocks setting of Portland, Oregon. Applications are accepted Dec 15, 2009 - midnight March 15, 2010 using ZAPP online application system. For more info visit: www.artinthepearl.com.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
9/11/09 - 10/18/09, Sebastopol
Ancient Shapes: Vessels in Wood
Exhibit of turned vessels by Robert Gauthier
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
6780 Depot Street
Phone: 707-829-4797
Web site: www.sebarts.org
9/12/09 - 10/17/09, Los Angeles
Maloof Furniture
Furniture by Larry White, Mike Johnson and David Wade, Sam Maloof's assistants, continue the Maloof legacy.
Craft in America Study Center
8415 W. 3rd Street
Phone: 310-659-9022
9/26/09 - 10/17/09, Los Angeles
Solo Exhibit: Bert Marsh, English Woodturner
delMano Gallery
11981 San Vicente Blvd
Phone: 310-476-8508
Web site: www.delmano.com
9/26/09 - 10/11/09, Modesto
17th Annual exhibition of the Tuolumne River Woodworkers Association
Show will feature handcrafted cabinets, furniture, turned bowls and more
McHenry Museum
1401 I Street
Phone: 209-577-5366
Web site: www.mchenrymuseum.org
10/16/09 - 10/08/09, Pasadena
18th Annual Craftsman Weekend
Tours of Craftsman-era homes, a silent auction, and the Furnishings & Decorative Arts Show.
Masonic Temple
200 S. Euclid
Phone: 626-441-6333
Web site: www.pasadenaheritage.org
11/28/09 - 11/29/09 and 12/5/09 - 12/6/09, San Francisco
31st Annual Celebration of Craftswomen presented by The Women's Building
Holiday shopping of works by some of the countries best female artisans.
Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason Center
Buchanan St and Marina Blvd
Phone: 650-615-6838
Web site: www.celebrationofcraftswomen.org
Colorado
9/26/09 - 12/12/09, Colorado Springs
24th Annual Exhibition of Quilts and Fine Woodworking
Show features furniture and decorative items by woodworkers and quilters from Colorado
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
215 S. Tejon Street
Phone: 719-385-5990
Web site: www.springsgov.com
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
10/10/09 - 10/11/09, Dalton
Prater's Mill Country Fair
200 artists and craftsman exhibiting woodcarving, spinning, weaving, country food, and lots more
Prater's Mill Foundation
500 Prater's Mill Road
Web site: www.pratersmill.org
Hawaii
11/10/09 - 12/23/09, Maui
Roots of Inspiration: Contemporary Functional Furniture
Exhibition of furniture, carvings, inlay and turnings by woodworkers from the state of Hawaii
Schaefer International Gallery
1 Cameron Way
Phone: 808-242-2787
Web site: www.mauiarts.org
Idaho
Illinois
11/6/09 - 11/8/09, Chicago
16th SOFA Chicago
International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA) features galleries and dealers from around the world presenting decorative and fine arts.
Navy Pier's Festival Hall
600 E. Grand Avenue
Web site: www.sofaexpo.com
11/7/09 - 1/31/10, Chicago
Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago
First Arts & Crafts exhibit at the museum in more than 30 years includes works by William Morris and Charles Robert Ashbee to Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Ave
Phone: 312-443-3600
Web site: www.artic.edu/aic
Indiana
5/23/09 - 2/21/10
Eighteenth-Century Furniture Design
Exhibition of more than 30 prints of furniture designs from France, Germany and England, as well as related furniture pieces. Chippendale, Hepplewhite, and Sheraton among others will be represented.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
4000 Michigan Road
Phone: 317-923-1331
Web site: www.imamuseum.org
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
7/5/09 - 11/15/09, Saco
A Treasured Ten: A Decade of Collecting at the Saco Museum
Exhibit featuring an array of additions to the museum including rare and important furniture from the early 1800s Saco area
Dyer Library/Saco Museum
371 Main Street
Phone: 207283-3861
Web site: www.sacomuseum.org
9/11/09 - 11/27/09, Rockport
Boxes and Their Makers
Tabletop-size containers by 31 woodworkers from across the globe.
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
Messler Gallery
25 Mill Street
Phone: 207-594-5611
Web site: www.woodschool.org
Maryland
Massachusetts
5/3/08 - 11/29/09, Deerfield
Into the Woods: Crafting Early American Furniture
60 examples of furniture including works by Duncan Phyfe, Samuel McIntyre and others, showing the materials, tools, skills, design and ornamental techniques that woodworkers used between 1675 and 1840. This long-term show will have changing elements.
Historic Deerfield
80 Old Main Street
Phone: 413-775-7214
Web site: www.historic-deerfield.org
7/15/09 - 10/18/09, Boston
A "New and Native" Beauty: The Art and Crafts of Greene & Greene
An exhibition that provides a chronological survey of the lives of Charles and Henry Greene over a nearly 90-year period. The show features 140 objects from 30 of the brothers' commissions.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue
Phone: 617-267-9300
Web site: www.mfa.org
10/9/09 - 11/7/09, Boston
Hank Gilpin: New Furniture and a Display of Commissioned Projects
Gallery NAGA
67 Newbury Street
Phone: 617-267-9060
Web site: www.gallerynaga.com
10/24/09 - 12/31/2010, Sturbridge
Convenient and Fashionable: Furniture of Inland Massachusetts 1790-1830.
Exhibit that spotlights the work by previously overlooked but now famous Massachusetts rural furniture makers and artisan-farmers
Old Sturbridge Village
Rt 20
Phone: 508-347-3362
Web site: www.osv.org
11/6/09 - 11/7/09, Boston
17th Annual Open House
North Bennet Street School
39 North Bennet Street
Phone: 617-227-0155
Web site: www.nbss.org
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
10/9/09 - 10/12/09, Stone Ridge
Hudson Valley Furniture Makers Group Show
Reception: Friday, 6-9; Exhibition hours: Sat & Sun 10-6, Mon 10-4
High Meadows School
Routes 209 & 213W
Web site: www.hvfurnituremakers.com
10/17/09, Hurley
3rd Annual Mid-Hudson Woodworkers Woodworking Show
Exhibit includes furniture, boxes, bowls, and more. Demonstrations, and a Children's Workshop
Hurley Reformed Church
Web site: www.midhudsonwoodworkers.org
10/25/09, Garrison
Open House
Thomas J Ptacek Furnishings
Featuring new line of furniture made from reclaimed materials
273 South Mountain Pass
Phone: 845-424-4833
Web site: www.thomasjptacek.com
11/14/09 - 11/15/09, Old Bethpage
14th Annual Woodworking and Furniture Show of the Long Island Woodworkers
Exhibition, demonstrations and seminars
Exhibition Hall at Old Bethpage Village Restoration
1303 Round Swamp Road
Phone: 631-656-5423
Web site: www.liwoodworkers.org
North Carolina
10/2/09 - 10/4/09, Asheville
WoodWorks
Vendors, demonstrations, seminars, exhibition gallery (bring your work to show)
Asheville Civic Center
Phone: 866-749-4988
Web site: www.woodworksevents.com
10/23/09 - 10/25/09, Greensboro
North Carolina Woodturning Symposium
International, National & Local area demonstrators and vendors
Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Web site: www.northcarolinawoodturning.com
10/30/09 - 10/31/09, Hickory
9th Annual Klingspor's Woodworking Shop Extravaganza
Hickory Metro Convention Center
Web site: www.woodworkingshop.com
2/19/10 - 2/21/10, Asheville
23rd National Grove Park Arts & Crafts Conference
Seminars and hand-on workshops
Phone: 828-628-1915
Web site: www.arts-craftsconference.com
Ohio
9/25/09 - 11/22/09, Athens
The Far Side of Function: Contemporary Works in Wood
Exhibit featuring 20 artists from around the US and Canada
The Dairy Barn Arts Center
8000 Dairy Lane
Phone: 740-592-4981
Web site: www.dairybarn.org
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
9/14/09 - 12/31/09, Paoli
Step Right Up: Library Ladders
16th annual thematic woodworking competition of the Wharton Esherick Museum
Wharton Esherick Museum
Phone: 610-644-5822
Web site: www.whartonesherickmuseum.org
10/9/09, Philadelphia
Steve Madsen: A World in Wood
Gallery Talk and opening reception
Wood Turning Center
501 Vine Street
Phone: 215-923-8000
Web site: www.woodturningcenter.org
10/9/09 - 12/19/09, Philadelphia
Steve Madsen: A World in Wood
Exhibit displays 3 decades of work by wood artist Steve Madsen
Wood Turning Center
501 Vine Street
Phone: 215-923-8000
Web site: www.woodturningcenter.org
10/23/09 - 10/24/09, Harrisburg
35th International Antique Tool Sale & Auction
Close to 100 dealers of antique and user tools
Sheraton Inn
Phone: 800-248-8114
Web site: www.FineToolJ.com
11/13/09 - 11/15/09, York
WoodWorks
Vendors, demonstrations, seminars, exhibition gallery (bring your work to show)
York Expo Center
Phone: 866-749-4988
Web site:www.woodworksevents.com
Rhode Island
10/23/09 - 10/25/09, Providence
Fine Furnishings and Fine Craft Show
Handcrafted furniture, accessories and fine art. Traditional and contemporary. Local and national exhibitors.
Rhode Island Convention Center
Web site: www.finefurnishingsshows.com
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
10/9/09 - 10/11/09, Fredericksburg
17th Annual Texas Mesquite Art Festival
Juried artists from around Texas exhibiting furniture, turned lamps, scroll work, ornaments and more, all made from Mesquite.
Fredericksburg's Market Square
Phone: 830-997-8515
Web site: www.texasmesquiteassn.org
10/16/09 - 10/18/09, Wichita Falls
18th Annual SWAT Woodturning Symposium
Southwest Association of Turners symposium includes demonstrations, vendors, an instant gallery, raffles and more. This is the 2nd largest gathering of woodturners in the world.
MPEC Events Center
1000 5th Street
Web site: www.swaturners.org
10/22/09 - 12/5/09, Kerrville
10th Annual Texas Furniture Makers Show
A juried exhibit featuring the best furniture makers in Texas. Judges include Fine Woodworking's consulting editor, Jonathan Binzen, and Texas furniture makers Spider Johnson and Curtis Whittington.
Kerr Arts & Cultural Center
228 Earl Garrett Street
Phone: 830-895-2911
Web site: www.kacckerrville.com
11/7/09, Kerrville
Texas Furniture Makers Show Reception & Awards and Continuing Education
Presentation by Jonathan Binzen: "The Contemporary Scene in Handmade Furniture"
Kerr Arts & Cultural Center
228 Earl Garrett Street
Phone: 830-895-2911
Web site: www.kacckerrville.com
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
1/13/2010 - 1/16/2010 and 1/17/2010 - 1/20/2010, Williamsburg
Thomas Jefferson's Furniture and Woodwork
12th Annual Woodworking in the 18th Century conference
Colonial Williamsburg
Phone: 800-603-0948
Web site: www.history.org
Washington
Washington, DC
Wisconsin
Wyoming
International
Australia
Canada
10/31/09, Roberts Creek, BC
Celebrate James Krenov's Life
History, slide show and open mike for alumni and faculty to say a few words about the woodworker.
Inside Passage School of Fine Woodworking
#1 - 1055 Roberts Creek Road
Web site: www.insidepassage.ca
11/27/09 - 11/29/09, Ottawa
Wood Objects and the Ottawa Woodworking Show
Wood Objects is a juried exhibit held in conjuction with the Ottawa Woodworking Show
Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park
1015 Bank Street
Web site: www.ottawawoodworking.ca
Web site: www.woodobjects.ca
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