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FROM THE DIRECTOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFUL

t is my distinct pleasure to announce the successful conclusion he Center’s $2.4 million Capital Campaign, which official- of our $2.4 million Capital Campaign. This newsletter includes ly began in July 2001, successfully concluded on February I a full listing of campaign T1, 2004. The fundraising effort received $2,466,208 in donors and volunteers, whom I gifts and pledges from 399 private donors, over 50% of whom cannot thank enough for their were first-time contributors to the school. generosity, enthusiasm and By reaching the campaign goal on schedule, the Center ful- trust. filled the terms of two separate $250,000 challenge grants, one The Capital Campaign was of which was from the Kresge Foundation of Troy, Michigan. an incredible, two-and-a-half In all, the school received 11 gifts totaling $467,317 from year effort that reshaped the its Board of Directors; 17 gifts totaling $1,155,575 from founda- tions, 28 gifts totaling $123,682 from corporations; and 343 school in many ways. Some of gifts totaling $719,634 from individuals, including alumni. these were stated campaign goals, such as new facilities and Construction of new buildings and implementation of new programs. Others were less visi- programs have proceeded as planned: ble. Outstanding among the lat- ter has been the involvement of ■ The Fine Library opened in November and its a corps of committed individuals collection has grown significantly through the generosity of who served as campaign volunteers and who will remain (we hope) publishing companies and individuals. a significant resource for the school in years to come. Equally important, the campaign required us to clearly communicate our ■ The Messler Gallery opened on December 4 with an invita- mission and philosophy—a healthy accomplishment that engen- tional show called “New Work in a New Gallery.” More than ders unity of purpose among Board, staff, students and supporters. 200 people attended the reception. “Woodworkers of With new buildings coming on line and new programs starting Midcoast Maine” opened on March 19 with more than 300 up, I have the pleasure of witnessing what is meant by “the whole people attending. Both exhibits received excellent press being more than the sum of its parts.” The gallery, for example, is coverage. energizing the classroom in many ways. Professional woodworkers ■ The 5,600-square-foot Main Building opened in February with delivering their work are taking time to give slide shows and partic- a Twelve-week Intensive and contains a long-awaited lumber ipate in discussions. Students are closely examining examples of storage area. work they aspire to. And many more makers and members of the public are visiting the school, forging stronger links between the ■ The third and final building funded through the Capital Center and the communities it serves. Campaign, the Thomas Miller Jackson Building, is under The history of the school over the past twelve years has been construction and will be open before the end of the year. one of hard-earned growth leading to unanticipated opportunities. Repeatedly, we have climbed a steep path, only to find a broader ■ The $600,000 Fellowship Endowment and the $300,000 landscape revealed than we had previously imagined. By the end of Long-term Capital Maintenance Endowment will be fully this year we will have completed the third and final new building funded as capital campaign pledges come due over the next funded through the capital campaign–the Thomas Miller Jackson several years. Building–and will have launched the first Nine-month Comprehen- ■ The Center retired its mortgage and is now debt-free. sive course and the full Studio Fellowship Program. Beyond that, I look forward to seeing what this school, and the remarkable com- ■ Enrollments are being taken for the Nine-month munity of people it represents, will accomplish. Comprehensive course that will be launched in September. The future is an open book. ■ Applications are being taken for the expanded Studio — Peter Korn Fellowship Program that starts in December.

SPRING 2004 C ENTER for F URNITURE C RAFTSMANSHIP is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization. Our mission is to provide the best possible education for people who want to design and build functional, beautiful, expressive furniture out of wood to the highest standard of craftsmanship.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS The new Thomas Miller Jackson Building, currently under construction, will provide space for the Studio President Fellowship Program. Craig Satterlee Marietta, GA Vice-president STUDIO BUILDING NAMED Richard C. Kellogg, Jr. Houston, TX Treasurer n recognition of the generosity of alumnus Bob Jackson, the 4,600-square-foot Jim Bowers Washington, ME building currently under construction to house the Studio Fellowship Program will be named the Thomas Miller Jackson Building, in honor of Bob’s father. Secretary I Bob Jackson is a pilot and amateur woodworker who has participated in the Jeremy Morton, M.D. Portland, ME Center’s workshops since 1997, when he took a two-week course with Alan Peters. Robert Fippinger New York, NY His father was a patternmaker for the automotive industry and eventually became an engineer working in plastics for Ford, as technologies changed. Mark Horowitz Weston, MA “My father loved woodworking and was forever doing projects at home. Helping Thomas Lie-Nielsen Waldoboro, ME him is where I got my start. He would have been particularly enthusiastic about the fellowship program because it helps young craftsmen find their footing,” says Bob. Karin Thomas Camden, ME Patternmakers build the wood patterns from which metal components are sand- John Tuton Philadelphia, PA cast. They are among the most highly skilled of woodworkers, building and carving intricate shapes in wood to tolerances measured in thousandths of an inch. HONORARY BOARD Bob plans to build a display case for the new building to exhibit his father’s tools along with explanations of their uses and a photo of his parents. Art Carpenter Bolinas, CA Patternmakers’ tools can appear somewhat arcane to the lay woodworker, and Scottsdale, NY Bob tells a good story about building a project with one of his fathers rulers, not realizing until too late that it was a shrink scale, elongated by 1/4" to the foot to James Krenov Fort Bragg, CA compensate for the way metal shrinks as it cools. John Makepeace Beaminster, England San Diego, CA GALLERY CHRISTENED Thomas Moser Auburn, ME he Center’s new 1,000-square-foot gallery has been named the Messler Gallery, Alan Peters Cullompton, England in recognition of Dyke Messler. Dyke is a Camden, Maine resident, an ardent Martin Puryear Accord, NY Tand generous supporter of the school, and a partner in Phi Home Designs, makers of custom handmade furniture. His strong interest in woodworking and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR design dates from childhood visits to his grandparents’ house in Pasadena California Peter Korn —the Gamble House—designed by Charles and Henry Green in 1908 and now a National Historic Landmark. SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR Recently, Dyke curated the “Woodworkers of Midcoast Maine” exhibition, which Kate Fletcher features furniture, carving, and turning by 23 professional makers. “The gallery STUDENT SERVICES is a fantastic plus for our community,” says Dyke, “I am delighted to participate in Joyce Steel its success.”

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Center for Furniture Craftsmanship does not discriminate on the basis of Dyke Messler at the race, color, religion, gender, “Woodworkers of national origin or sexual orientation. Midcoast Maine” exhibition in the Messler Gallery F ACULTY NEWS SPRING 2004 TED BLACHLY (Warner, New Hamp- Messler Gallery. ■ Furniture by JOHN Development Agency. ■ A serpentine shire) has designed a production bench DUNNIGAN (West Kingston, Rhode table by GARRETT HACK (Thetford for distribution to 55 New Hampshire Island), TOM HUCKER (Jersey City, New Center, Vermont) has been juried into artists, who will each customize one for Jersey), and JIM KRENOV (Fort Bragg, the upcoming Curv-iture show, spon- an auction to benefit The Friends California) was included in The Maker’s sored by . The show Program. ■ BRIAN BOGGS (Berea, Hand, a seminal exhibition at the takes place at the Society’s eighth annual Kentucky) is building a custom sawmill Boston Museum of Fine Arts this past conference, June 24-26, at the Savannah with a 24" by 8' capacity to cut chair winter. ■ CHARLIE DURFEE (Woolwich, College of Art and Design, in Georgia. ■ parts along the grain for steaming. ■ Maine) has written an article on making STEPHEN GLEASNER (Appleton, Maine) LYNETTE BRETON (Harpswell, Maine) is a Shaker blanket chest with a drawer, is being featured in an episode of Maine working in her new 960-square-foot to be published in an upcoming issue Public Television’s Made in Maine series workshop, located just 40 feet from her of Fine Woodworking. ■ MICHAEL that will air on May 20 and 22. ■ This house. ■ JERRY CURRY (Union, Maine), FORTUNE (Lakefield, Ontario) has won a past February, the Wexler Gallery in RICHARD DUNHAM (Appleton, Maine), competition to build a reception area for Philadelphia had a show of work by STEPHEN GLEASNER (Appleton, Maine), Sir Sanford Fleming College in TOM HUCKER (Jersey City, New Jersey) JOHN MCALEVEY (Tenants Harbor, Haliburton, Ontario. Sir Sanford was the and Kalle Fauset, called “The Academy Maine), JIM MACDONALD (Burnham, inventor of the time zone. Michael also Timbers Project.” ■ SILAS KOPF Maine), TIM ROUSSEAU (Appleton, spent two weeks in Guyana this winter, (Northampton, Massachusetts) is just Maine), and LIZA WHEELER (Belfast, encouraging local manufacturers to completing an instructional videotape, Maine) are exhibiting in “Woodworkers develop products for export as part of a “Marquetry Master Techniques” which of Midcoast Maine” at the Center’s project with the Canadian International can be ordered through his web site: www.silaskopf.com. Silas spent much of the past winter watching Peter Korn’s UPFILL-BROWN JOINS FACULTY video, “Twelve Steps to Championship Croquet,” hoping to perk up his sagging oted Australian furniture maker and educator David Upfill-Brown will game. ■ JIM MACDONALD (Burnham, join the staff of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in September as Maine) will be displaying several exam- Nthe primary instructor for the new Nine-month Comprehensive course. ples of marquetry on guitars at the For the last four years he has been Academic Director and Principal of the World Guitar Congress in Baltimore this Australian School of Fine Furniture in Tasmania, Australia. June. ■ A piece by BECCA MASSANARI “We did a world-wide search and David (Worcester, Massachusetts) is in the was the ideal candidate to lead the Nine-month show “Cubbies, Drawers, and Doors” at Comprehensive,” says Peter Korn, Executive Boston’s Gallery Katz, opening May 7. ■ Director of the Center for Furniture JULIE MORRINGELLO’s (Stonington, Craftsmanship. Maine) Seachair will be exhibited by the A South African by birth, David was intro- Furniture Society at the International duced to stone carving by the Shona sculptors Contemporary Furniture Fair, at the of Zimbabwe in the early 1970’s and became a Jacob Javits Center in New York, May successful sculptor himself, working both stone 15-18. ■ MICHAEL PURYEAR (New York, and wood and exhibiting in South Africa. New York) appeared on the cover of the In the early 1980s David turned from Winter issue of BKLYN Magazine for an sculpture to furniture making. After graduating article titled, “Furniture Makers Carve from Parnham, John Makepeace’s School for out a Niche.” In April he participated Craftsmen in Wood in Dorset, England, David as an exhibitor at the Philadelphia and his wife Hermione moved to Canberra, Furniture & Furnishings Show. ■ CHRIS Australia. There, he quickly established a repu- PYE (Hereford, England) has received the tation for production and one-of-a-kind work, David Upfill-Brown great honor of becoming an associate as well as for major public commissions for member of England’s Master Carvers clients such as the parliaments of Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Association. ■ An article by KEVIN Islands and the Solomon Islands. RODEL (Pownal, Maine), titled “The In addition to furniture making, David engaged for many years in an exten- Evolution of the Morris Chair” appears sive study of different timbers and their properties through his involvement in the May, 2004 issue of Old House with a timber agency specializing in Australian and exotic species. He also Interiors magazine. ■ PETER SHEPARD taught extensively, both in his own (Harvard, Massachusetts) and PETER purpose-built workshop and at the TURNER (South Portland, Maine) are Canberra Institute of the Arts, prior both exhibiting at CraftBoston, May 21- to his engagement at the Australian 23. ■ CRAIG STEVENS (Sunbury, Ohio) School of Fine Furniture. participated in two shows this Spring: Of his move to the States, “Ohio plus Five” at the Dairy Barn in David says, “I’m delighted to be Athens, Ohio and “The Art of Bliss” joining the team at the Center for at The Works Gallery in Newark, Ohio. Furniture Craftsmanship, very ■ ROD WALES (East Sussex, England) excited to be teaching full time, wrote an article about the Center for and hope to be making some pieces Furniture Craftsmanship, titled “The for exhibition while in Maine.” Maine Chance “, for the March 2004 issue of Furniture & Cabinetmaking magazine, published in England. Pair of Chairs by David Upfill-Brown CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DONATIONS William and Elisabeth Pugh Suzanne Coffin Ed Reed Matt Cohn We are deeply grateful to the following individuals, founda- Mrs. Sarah B. Rheault Mr. Woodward W. Corkran, Jr. tions, and companies for making our $2.4 million Capital Rockler Woodworking and Alan and Lorna Crichton Campaign a success through their generous contributions. Hardware Mark Dalsin We have made every attempt to insure the accuracy of this Che Rudko and Stephanie Hill Alex Dasher list and would appreciate being notified of any mistakes or Jessie M. L. Satterlee, in honor William C. Davis omissions. of Craig Satterlee Michelle H. Dee Larry and Shirlee Schaffer John DeMott Ebony: gifts of $100,000 and more Don Seeley Paul Denckla Rosewood: gifts of $50,000 to $99,999 Hope H. Seeley Mark DeOrsay Lacewood: gifts of $10,000 to $49,999 Daniel Shapiro Chris Dolan Boxwood: gifts of $1,000 to $9,999 Toni Sikes and Bill Kraus Robert Douty Teak: gifts up to $999 Matthew and Ellen Simmons Dede Draper Nancy Inge Simpson John Dunnigan Scott Slater Dave Duty EBONY Suzanne and Toof Brown Don Stein and George W. Edmondson Robert C. Jackson Mary Sue Butch and Lane Williamson Robert S. Edwards Edward C. Johnson Fund Ron Grosser Enid Stone Robert J. Englund, M.D. Richard C. Kellogg, Jr. Camden National Bank Mort and Jean Strom David and Ellie Erdman The Kresge Foundation Jody and Hope Carr John S. Taylor Brenda Erickson Joseph D. Messler, Jr. Mary I. Caulkins Karin Thomas Eric Espinosa Messler Family Foundation Rod Chelberg John Tuton Linda Facci Windgate Charitable Garretson Chinn Carl Ulaszek, in memory of Stuart Fall Foundation Dale Christopher Ben S. Ulaszek Fannie Mae Foundation Edward E. and Betsy Z. Cohen United Maine Craftsmen, Inc. Arlene Farrey ROSEWOOD Pat and Bill Crosby Viking Lumber Peggy and Stephan Fekete The Betterment Fund Gordon H. DeFriese Frank and Shirley Wheeler Alan Fishman Mr. Robert A. Fippinger Joe Delafield Tom and Dennie Wolf Kate, David and Devin Fletcher Frances Alexander John DeLuca Rubin-Wollman Foundation Robert and Birthe Flexner Foundation Jimmy and Lynne DeWitt The Wornick Family Alexandra Wolf Fogel Jeremy Morton, M.D. Nat Emery Foundation Judson Flanagan and Craig B. Satterlee Richard Erickson Len Young Marya Fogel-Flanagan A. Herbert Ershig Foster Woodworking LACEWOOD Martin and Norine Everett TEAK Ned and Donna Fouste Anonymous Mark and Cathy Feirer Anonymous (4) Gary Frantz Robert and Sandra Bahre Richard Fink Marianne Albanese Richard D. Freeze Martha B. Bonzi Robert A. Fox Mr. And Mrs. Charles Ames Connie Fulkerson Garrett and Cecilia Boone Marc and Diane Grainer Amgen Foundation Eli Gallaudet Robert J. Campbell Walt Greiner Arnold Auger Wade Garnto Caulkins Family Foundation Bruce D. Haims Mark K. Balmer Robert and Susan Gell Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. David Robert and Joyce Hamilton Bank of America Linda and Arch Gillies Davis Family Foundation Robert Hammer and Robert E. Barber, Jr. John Glenn Peter and Judy Dubrawski Susan Crowe Fred Barstow Richard J. Gotz Martin and Norine Everett Naomi M. Hopkins, in honor Alf Bashian John R. Goyer Nathan Geurkink of Dwayne Sperber Xenia Bateman Ward Graffam Agnes Gund and Daniel Mark Horowitz Robert L. Beachy Gordon Grant Shapiro, in honor of Martin H. Alan and Dorothy C. Hume George and Connie Beasley Brant Greene and Michael Puryear David and Nancy Jackson Robert and Paula Beck Milton and Connie Greenfield, David R. and Nancy L. Holmes Marshall and Carlyle Jones Pam Behn in honor of Jerry Robinson Mattina R. Proctor Foundation Ken and Katarina Keoughan Ellen Benkin William Greenwood Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust Dudley H. Ladd Carol J. Bershad Limond and Kim Grindstaff Steve Roach Steve Lanier Brent Bledsoe Eric Grossman, M.D. and Rohlen Foundation Don Leeber Jim Borman Jill Bressler Ernie and Connie Rose Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc. Peter Bowen Karen Gundersheimer The Schooner Foundation Nigel and Judy MacEwan Karen Brace Monroe B. Hall Taunton Press Mainstream Fund of the Maine Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Bromley Ellie and Tom Hamburger Community Foundation at Michael Brown Edward Harrow BOXWOOD the request of Wickham Nancy Bruce and William Hartman Anonymous and Alice Skinner Duane Deming Fred Hathaway Matt Adler Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Hilton Bruch and Jonathan Havercroft Helen Albert Martin Jan Bailey-Bruch Peter Havercroft David and Toni Alexander MBNA Foundation Ann Bumpus John Heath Mr. and Mrs. Charlton H. Ames Merrill Lynch and Co. Karen L. Cadbury Jim Heard and Arete Foundation Foundation, Inc. Richard J. Campbell Misty van Kennen Mark and Nissa Avery Mitchell Family Trust John Chandler and Albie Davis Tom and Lou Hellmich Rob and Sandy Baker James A. and Lloyd A. Mitchell James Childress Lee and Priscilla Henderson Jerry W. Beaver Once A Tree, Inc. Bill Childs Alan Hernried Fred and Gail Birkeland Philip and Alison Montgomery Deborah Churchill Art Hesford Byron Blomquist Phillips Green Foundation Tom Ciccarello Jane Hilary Jim Bowers Paul and Virginia Cabot Louis Clark Karen Hodgdon Alan C. Brown, MD Charitable Trust Pete Cocks Craig Holch Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. William Ploog and Lee and Leslie Winston Sunset Books Hottentot Patricia Erwin Catherine Wolf Sweet Sensations Rusti Icenogle Robert Pobjecky Irene Wolf Taunton Press Ursula Ilse-Neuman Frank and Laura Poltenson J. Becket Wolf Tormek/SharpTools USA Donna Janville and Dan Pope Nicholas Wolf Vacuum Pressing Systems, Inc. John Gillespie Richard M. Powell Woodcraft Supply Corporation Richard Warner Joe D. Johnson Barrie Pribyl Julie Morton Yeo Warren Auto Barn/Joel Gay Philip and Kay Karsell Martin Puryear Herbert C. Yost, CSC Werner Ladder Co. Luke Kautz Leslie Ravey Jack Zimmermann Windsor Chairmakers Ann Keefe Phil Recht Woodjoy Tools/Glenn David Kennedy Sylvia Redmond INKIND Livingston Frank L. Kennedy Laura B. Reilein Matt Adler Marvin Wortell Gary Kennedy Weber Roberts and Brooks Adjustable Clamp Company www.japanesetools Mark Kimble Crane, Benchdogs, Inc. Astragal Press Reid and Jessica Kinney Jerry H. Robinson Barr Specialty Tools CAMPAIGN Rev. Pierce W. Klemmt Liz and Todd Rogers Basic Woodworking Class COMMITTEE Peter Korn Jerry Rogoff – July 28, 2003 Richard C. Kellogg, Jr., Chair Ed Kuramoto Dora Galitzi and Biesemeyer Manufacturing, Inc. Craig Satterlee, Vice-Chair Jeff and Lynn Lang Jan Rosenbaum David Cadbury James S. Bowers Dirk Leach Rustic Arts David L. Rosenbloom Karen Cadbury Mark Horowitz The Levitties Foundation Nathan Rosenschein Cambium Press Thomas Lie-Nielsen Dr. Adrian L.H. Long Greg W. Rothman Robert J. Campbell Jeremy Morton, M.D. Hilliard and Aileen Lubin Peter Rowley Certainly Wood John Tuton The Lunder Foundation John Ryan Civil & Structural Design Carol Ann Lundquist Laura San Giacomo CMT USA, Inc. CAMPAIGN John Macaluso Lowrie and Nancy Sargent Cooper Tools VOLUNTEERS John D. and Catherine T. Justin Scheffner Creative Publishing, Inc. Bernice Berger MacArthur Foundation William and Julie Schirmer D.L. Geary Brewing Company Clive and Odie Brown Merritt Malin Jerry and Ronda Schomburg Michelle H. Dee Jim Brown Floyd and Josephine Mann Libby Schrum Delmhorst Instrument Co. Lynette Breton M. Marcano Nelson and Mirtie Sessler DeWalt Industrial Tool Bob Campbell Antonio Martinez-Baez, Jr. Charles Shackleton Miranda Company John Collins Wendy Maruyama Thomas, Ltd. DMT/David Powell, Pres. Marc Craig Curtis Mason John and Judy Sherman Ducktrap River Fish Farm Bernard David Harv Mastalir John Silverio Architect EBS Michelle Dee Ed and Priscilla Matthews Frank Simon II Dawn Epstein Joe Delafield Andrew McKee Carter Sio Festool Tooltechnic Systems, Dede Draper William and Constance Valdemar Skov LLC Jackie Dunham McKnight Ann C. Slocum Fidelity Foundation Richard Dunham Nick Medwid Ted Small Forrest Manufacturing Co., Inc. Chris Fasoldt Bob Melton Rod Smart French and Brawn Rick Gallion Ben Mesick Laura Smith Dora Galitzi & Jan Rosenbaum Andrew Garton Peggy and Lou Meyer Patricia Smith Douglas Green Jim Heard Harry Mikkelsen Dwayne Sperber Grizzly Industrial Ann Hedly Russ Mitchell Jim Stafford Hammond Lumber Joanne Henderson Bill Monteforte Eyrich Stauffer Bruce Hampton H. Alan Hume, M.D. Carol Montgomery Joyce Eames Steel The Home Depot Nondas Iacovou Hugh and Marcia Montgomery Fred Stehman Tom Hopps Mark Kimble Dennis W. Moore, Jr. William P. Stengel H. Alan Hume, M.D. Tamme Lehman Mike Morford Robert and Celia Teare Anne Kilham Gillian Little Julie Morringello James D. Thomas Nancy Koenigsberg Nancy Lubin Thomas Moser Carol and Bill Tierney Ed Kuramoto Doug MacLennan Mark Moskovitz Barbara Tober Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc. Mardi McTeer Clare Murphy, in memory of Lee and Jan Toman Lily, Lupine and Fern Paul Parisi her father, Robert T. Charles Tourtual Linden Publishing Co. Betty Plimpton Murphy Susan Townshend Peggy Liss Phil Recht Richard Myers Andrew Tripp Steve Loar Steve Roach Kevin Nadeau Clare Tully Charles Morecraft Tim Rousseau Anne Nicklin Anya Tuton Norton, Co. Che Rudko Gerald and Mary Ann Harley Ulbrich Oh! Bento Lowrie Sargent O'Connor Timothy Ungs Once A Tree, Inc. Libby Schrum Ed and Shirley O’Keefe Bill Van De Linder Paul Parisi Don Seeley Owen Olpin Jacques Vesery Pella Windows and Doors Toni Sikes Jack Orr Jeff Vierling Pentair Tools Group: Sue Simmons Roger Osborn, MD Paul, Waltraud & Elias Wallach Delta/Porter-Cable Nancy Simpson George R. Owen Joseph Watkins Steve Roach Ted Small Thomas Parchman, for Sandy Theron Wentworth and Rockler Company/Ann Rockler Patty Smith James S. Patterson Leslie Allen Jackson Bill Stengel Wayne Pearson Janet Williams Kevin Rodel Sheila Tasker Jaye Peterman Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Robert Schick Mike Taylor Ronald Peyton Williamson John Grew Sheridan Clare Tully Walter N. Plaut, Jr. Dick and Gina Wilson Shaw's Supermarkets Pen Williamson ALUMNI NEWS SPRING 2004 Boxes” published by Lark Press. In addition, Tami is MAINE FELLOWSHIP teaching wood- working at Austin ENDOWED Community College and her hrough the generosity of the work received Betterment Fund of New York, Honorable Tthe Center has established a Mention in the “Maine Fellowship” to encourage the Christmas participation of Maine woodworkers Furniture Show at in the Studio Fellowship Program. the Kerr Arts & The purpose of the Fellowship Cultural Center in Program is to provide emerging and Kerrville, Texas. ■ established furniture makers with JOCK SNAITH’s a stimulating environment that (Townsend, encourages the exploration of new Massachusetts) work. It provides year-round, free company, Bridge shop space for six Studio Fellows in & Snaith the Thomas Miller Jackson Building, Cabinetmakers, and will eventually grow to provide Future alumni at a recent winter pot luck in the Messler Gallery exhibited at the housing, materials, and financial New England support. Individual fellowships are MARIANNE ALBANESE (Collegeville, Home Show in Boston this February. ■ awarded on a competitive basis for Pennsylvania) has built a two-level REID SUGGS (Asheboro, North Carolina) periods ranging from one month workshop in a barn behind her house. ■ was awarded a grant in November from to one year. CHRIS CAIN (Cincinnati, Ohio) has the Central Piedmont Regional Artist The Maine Fellowship will give been named Executive Director of the Hub in Greensboro, North Carolina. The preference for one of the six fellow- Cincinnati Preservation Association. funds are being used to purchase a ship positions to Maine-based ■ MEI-YING HO (Taichung, Taiwan) is veneer press from VacuPress Systems of woodworkers who fit the program’s traveling to Germany for an apprentice- Maine. “The grant was given based on guidelines and intent, with particular ship in restoration of historical windows skills that I learned and a project I built emphasis on encouraging the profes- and doors. ■ KURT KARWACKY in the veneering workshop taught by sional development of emerging (Richmond, Maine) has taken a position Darryl Keil at CFC.” ■ JOHN TUTON furniture makers. making furniture at Thomas Moser (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) exhibited The recently completed Capital Cabinetmakers. ■ Recent commissions his rustic furniture at the Germantown Campaign established a $600,000 by DAVID ROSENBLOOM (Los Angeles, Friends School Craft Show in March. ■ endowment fund to support the California) can be seen on his web site, JOE WATKINS (Tempe, Arizona) is build- Fellowship Program of which www.uarts.com. David reports that the ing furniture professionally from his $100,000 has been designated to web site has become a successful market- workshop in Phoenix. ■ BRIAN WEIR support the Maine Fellowship. ing tool and greatly expanded his geo- (South Dartmouth, Massachusetts) will graphic client base. ■ Two small boxes be an exhibitor at the Philadelphia Application information is built by TAMI SHEFFER-BRACHA Furniture and Fine Furnishings Show in available on the school’s web site: (Austin, Texas) have been juried into an April. His new web site is www.brian- www.woodschool.org.

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