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Updated: 9/10/19

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: [email protected]thewoodworkingshows.com
Website: 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, scroll sawing, 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

CraftForms 2019 – Wayne Art Center, PA
25th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft runs December 6, 2019 – February 1, 2020. An exhibition to enhance the public’s awareness of fine contemporary craft while providing a venue for artists to share their creative endeavors. Various media accepted including furniture and wood art. $10,000 in prizes. Entry deadline is September 15, 2019. Visit this website or the Wayne Art Center for more info and to enter.

 

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

3/3/19 – 8/11/19, Rancho Cucamonga
Explorations in Wood: Selections from the collection of The Center for Art in Wood
This exhibition originated at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and includes turned vessels and sculptural pieces. Also on view is a Maloof-designed chair made from rescued wood from Sam’s favorite avocado tree.
Joe and Vi Jacobs Education Center
Maloof Foundation
5131 Carnelian Street
Website: www.malooffoundation.org

8/31/19 – 9/29/19, Willits
Made in Mendocino III
Exhibition of works by 15 members of the Mendocino Coast Furniture Makers and paintings by Robin Coomer.
Willits Center for the Arts
71 E. Commercial St
Website: www.willitscenterforthearts.org

9/13/19 – 9/14/ 19, Oakland
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
The Crucible
1260 7th Street
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

9/27/19 – 9/28/19, Norwalk
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
Cerritos College
11110 Alondra Blvd
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

Colorado

11/1/19 – 11/2/19, Denver
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
Austin Hardwoods of Denver
975 Mississippi Ave.
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

Connecticut

12/22/18 – ongoing, Hartford
Design in the American Home, 1650 – 1850
Focusing on objects from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries—from costly furnishings and paintings to inexpensive household necessities—this exhibition shows how the quest for color, texture, and splendor propels artful design.
Wadsworth Atheneum
600 Main Street
website: www.thewadsworth.org

9/7/19, Manchester
19th Annual Open House
Demonstrations in furniture making, woodturning, plane making, guitar building, inlay, and more. Antique tools for sale.
Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking
249 Spenser Street
Phone: 860-647-0303
Website: www.schoolofwoodworking.com

9/7/19, Manchester
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking
249 Spencer Street
Phone: 860-647-0303
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

Delaware

Florida

10/16/18 – _____, Winter Park
American Arts and Crafts
Works in this gallery, all selected from the Morse collection, illustrate the simple beauty of the objects created by American art potteries, furniture makers, metalworkers, and others who took up the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement.
The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
445 North Park Avenue
Website: www.morsemuseum.org

Georgia

10/2018 – 8/2019, Athens
Hand to Hand: Southern Craft of the 19th Century
This exhibition focuses on a selection of masterworks from the High’s holdings of 19th century Southern decorative arts, examining the great achievements in traditional, rural forms of quilts, ceramics, basketry and furniture.
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree St NE
Website: www.high.org

11/16/19 – 3/15/20, Athens
Material Georgia 1733 – 1900: Two Decades of Scholarship
This exhibition will review 20 years of scholarly activity at the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts. It will include numerous examples of furniture, textiles, pottery and metal work.
Georgia Museum of Art
90 Carlton Street
Website: www.georgiamuseum.org

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

9/19/19 – 9/22/19, Chicago
21st Annual Arts and Crafts Conference
Talks, site visits, and collections tours in Chicago and the surrounding area.
Initiatives in Art and Culture
Glessner House
1800 South Prairie Ave
Phone: 646-485-1952
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.artinitiatives.com

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

9/20/19 – 9/21/19, Covington
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
Lost Art Press
837 Willard Street
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

Louisiana

Maine

6/14/19 – 9/11/19, Rockport
New Work by Faculty
Messler Gallery
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
20 Mill Street
Website: www.woodschool.org

9/20/19 – 1/2/19, Rockport
Contemporary Greenwood
Exhibition includes pieces by Curtis Buchanan, David Fisher, Peter Galbert, Tim Manney and others.
Messler Gallery
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
20 Mill Street
Website: www.woodschool.org

Maryland

10/25/19 -10/26/19, Saint Michaels
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
Chesapeake Bay Maritme Museum
213 N. Talbot St.
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

Massachusetts

now – 11/8/20, Brockton
Object Lessons: Selections from Fuller Crafts Museum’s Permanent Collection
Exhibition that delves into the relationship between maker, material, and object in a cultural context. The show is divided into 5 categories: ceramics, metal, wood, fiber, and glass.
Fuller Craft Museum
455 Oak St
Phone: 508-588-6000
Website: www.fullercraft.org

5/18/19 – 8/11/19, Brockton
Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America
Exhibition that chronicles the history of American basketry from its origins in Native American, immigrant, and slave communities, to its presence within the contemporary fine art world. 93 pieces from 81 artists.
Fuller Craft Museum
455 Oak Street
Website: www.fullercraft.org

7/11/19 – 9/1/19, Boston
2019 Artist Awards
The Artist Awards aim to honor and reward New England based craftspeople. Furniture maker John Cameron,  ceramicist Gabrielle Schaffner, and  jewelry maker Arthur Hash are this years recipients. The exhibition will showcase works from these artists’ recent past as well as newly crafted pieces.
Society of Arts and Crafts
100 Pier Four Blvd
#Suite 200
Website: www.societyofcrafts.org

9/17/19 – 3/14/20, Boston
Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
“Required Reading” will tell the story of colonial Bostonians’ quest for “essential knowledge”—and invite visitors to reflect on their own “must-read” lists. In 1698, the set of 221 books crossed the Atlantic on HMS Deptford, a fifty-gun man-of-war, to serve as a compact library of necessary works for King’s Chapel, the first Anglican church in Boston. Cached safely when the minister, loyal to the British Crown, fled Boston in 1776, the books re-emerged after the American Revolution, and were deposited at the Athenæum in 1823. The exhibit features a full-scale replica of the massive, ark-like bookcase designed in 1883 to house the historic collection. The replica, built in 2019 by exhibition designer Brent Budsberg , is an achievement in contemporary fine woodworking. It will be modified in an innovative way, enabling visitors to immerse themselves in the rich contexts of the cabinet, its books, and their legacy.
Boston Athenaeum
10- 1/2 Beacon St
Website: www.bostonathenaeum.org

12/6/19 – 12/7/19, Beverly
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
The Furniture Institute of Massachusetts
116 Water Street
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

Michigan

9/15/19 – 12/31/19, Traverse City
Explorations in Wood: Selections from the Center for Art in Wood
Exhibition of more than 70 pieces, collected over a 30-year period, from the Center for Art in Wood. These works display a rich variety of wood and processes, including turned vessels and sculptural forms.
Dennos Museum Center
1701 E. Front St.
GPS: 1410 College Drive
Website: www.dennosmuseum.org

1/18/20 – 5/16/20, Saginaw
Explorations in Wood: Selections from the Center for Art in Wood
Exhibition of more than 70 pieces, collected over a 30-year period, from the Center for Art in Wood. These works display a rich variety of wood and processes, including turned vessels and sculptural forms.
Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Saginaw Valley State University
7400 Bay Road
Website: www.marshallfredericks.org

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nevada

New Hampshire

10/5/19, Manchester
The Main Event: annual fundraising gala of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters includes an exhibition of work by the members.
Currier Museum of Art
150 Ash Street
Website: www.furnituremasters.org

New Jersey

9/28/19 – 9/29/19, Augusta
49th Annual Craft Fair
Presented by Peters Valley School of Craft
Sussex County Fair Grounds
Website: www.petersvallerygallery.org

New Mexico

New York

9/21/19, Hurley
13th Annual Mid-Hudson Woodworkers Show
Displays of fine wood crafts by members including: furniture, bowls and other turned items, scroll saw art, carvings and much more. Demonstrations. Gifts for children. Make a pen. Raffle and door prizes.
Hurley Reformed Church
11 Main Street
Website: www.midhudsonwoodworkers.org

North Carolina

7/5/19 – 8/31/19, Asheville
W.O.W. – Wood Only Work
Wood exhibition in conjunction with the AAW Woodturner’s Symposium in Raleigh. The show features the work from over 20 wood artists from the southeast (and beyond), including Stoney Lamar, Robyn Horn, Pascal Oudet, Harvey Meyer, Betty Scarpino.
Blue Spiral 1
38 Biltmore Ave
Phone: 8258-251-0202
Website: www.bluespiral1.com

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

8/2/19 – 9/21/19, Philadelphia
allTURNatives: Form + Spirit
Exhibition of the 24th Windgate ITE International Residency program.
The Center for Art in Wood
141 N. 3rd Street
Website: www.centerforartinwood.org

9/8/19 – 12/30/19, Malvern
26th Annual Woodworking Exhibition:  2019 Theme: Lighting
Wharton Esherick Museum
1520 Horseshoe Trail
Website: www.whartonesherickmuseum.org

10/4/19 – 10/5/19, Oxford
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
Hearne Hardwoods Open House
200 Whiteside Drive
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

10/4/19 – 1/18/20, Philadelphia
Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking
All over the country and in all kinds of genres, women are making fantastic work in wood. Understanding that the field has historically been dominated by males, this exhibition intends to showcase some of these women. This exhibition presents the breadth of perspectives and practices that North American women and women-identifying woodworkers in the furniture tradition are employing. The show  presents works by 43 artists and makers from throughout North America.
Center for Art in Wood
141 N. 3rd Street
Website: www.centerforartinwood.org

10/5/19 – 10/6/19, Philadelphia
25th Philadelphia Furniture Show
Exhibition and sale of one-of-a-kind, hand-made pieces by 50 artisans from around the country. Also, workshops: designing with light, the business side of furniture making, and women in woodworking.
23rd Street Armory
Website: www.philadelphiafurnitureshow.com

Rhode Island

11/8/19 – 11/10/19, Providence
24th Annual Fine Furnishings Show
American made, handcrafted decor for the home, office and garden. Includes furniture, accessories and art.
WaterFire Arts Center
475 Valley Street
Website: www.finefurnishingsshows.com

South Carolina

Tennessee

11/1/19 – 1/3/19, Knoxville
20th Master Woodworkers Show
The show strives to highlight the finest woodworking in the region. Hosted by the East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild and the Arts & Culture Alliance of Knoxville.
Emporium Center
100 S. Gay Street
Website: www.masterwoodworkers.org

Texas

12/6/19 – 12/7/19, Austin
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
Austin School of Furniture and Design
3508 E. Cesar Chavez St
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

1/16/20 – 1/19/20, Williamsburg
Working Wood in the 18th Century: Down the Great Wagon Road: Furnishing the Southern Backcountry
22nd Annual Working Wood in the 18th Century will focus on the migrants who traveled down the Great Wagon Road into Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and the wood crafts they brought with them. Presenters include Daniel Kurt Ackermann, from the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Fine Woodworking author Elia Bizzarri, and Contributing Editor Steve Latta. From Colonial Williamsburg historic trades: Bill Pavlak, Brain Weldy, John Peeler, Tara Chicirda, Richard Sullivan, Chris Swan, Ted Boscana, Amanda Doggett, Peter Hudson, Steve Krogh, Steve DeLisle.
Colonial Williamsburg
Website: www.colonialwilliamsburg.com

Washington

10/18/19 – 10/19/19, Seattle
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
Filson Company
1741 1st Ave South
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

Washington, DC

Wisconsin

Wyoming

International

Australia

Canada

France

9/19/19 – 9/23/19, Epinal
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
Epinal Wood & Habitat Exhibition
Centre des Congrès
7 Aveune de Saint-Die
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

Ireland

11/8/19 – 11/9/19, Kildare
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
The Carpentry Store
M7 Business Park, Newhall
Naas, Co
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

New Zealand

Russia

9/27/19 – 9/28/19, St. Petersburg
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
The Joiner Festival 2019
ArtPlay Center
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

United Kingdom

10/26/19 – 10/27/19, London
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
London International Woodworking Festival
London Design & Engineering UTC
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

11/15/19 – 11/17/19, Harrogate
Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event
An opportunity to try a wide array of hand tools and learn how great tools can make your woodworking easier. Ongoing demonstrations at interactive stations will help you learn valuable techniques.
The North of England Tool Show
Great Yorkshire Showground
Phone: 800-327-2520
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com