When the nonprofit Center For Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine kicks off its 13th year of woodworking courses next month (June), it will be in spacious new facilities funded by a successful $2.4 million capital campaign. Expanded programs for novice, intermediate, advanced, and professional woodworkers include Workshops, Twelve-week Intensives, a Nine-month Comprehensive, a Studio Fellowship Program, and exhibitions in the Messler Gallery.

The Center's curriculum encourages individual excellence in furniture making, design, and related skills such as turning, carving, marquetry and finishing. The school has an international teaching staff of more than 40 professional woodworkers. Students have round-the-clock shop access, with class sizes generally limited to twelve students served by two full-time instructors. Facilities include three fully independent workshop buildings, a turning studio, a library and a gallery on an 11-acre campus.

For more information, visit the Center's Web site www.woodschool.org.
You also can send an e-mail or call 207-594-5611.

2005 Class Schedule

BASIC WOODWORKING
with Peter Korn and guest instructors - offered five times per year

INTERMEDIATE FURNITURE MAKING
with Kevin Rodel - June 20-July 1

JAPANESE HAND TOOLS
with John Fox - July 11-15

CABINETS & CASEPIECES
with Miguel Gomez-Ibanez & Tim Philbrick - July 18-29

LIGHT THROUGH NATURAL WOODS
with Clifton Monteith - July 18-22

REALLY BASIC WOODWORKING
with Julie Morringello - July 25-29

HAND TOOL SKILLS
with Philip Lowe - August 1-5

EXQUISITE SURFACES AND DETAILS
with Garrett Hack - August 8-12

ADVANCED FURNITURE MAKING
with John Fox & Craig Stevens - August 15-26

SCULPTURAL FURNITURE
with Tom Hucker & Peter Pierobon - September 12-23

DESIGN AND CRAFTSMANSHIP
with Ted Blachly & Jere Osgood - Sept. 26-October 7

VENEERING
with Darryl Keil - October 10-14

ORNAMENTAL CARVING
with Chris Pye - June 20-24

RELIEF CARVING
with Chris Pye - June 27-July 1

CARVING TUTORIAL
with Chris Pye - July 4-8

FINISHING
with Teri Masaschi - August 29-September 9

INTRODUCTION TO TURNING
with Stephen Gleasner - June 6-10

TURNING OPEN BOWLS AND PLATTERS
with Alan Stirt - June 13-17

TURNING FOR BEGINNERS
with Beth Ireland - August 15-19

TURNING: A CANVAS OF GOOD FORM
with Jacques Vesery - August 22-26

WOODTURNING FUNDAMENTALS: BOWLS, BOXES, SPINDLES
with Alan Lacer - September 12-16

WOODTURNING II: THE CONTINUING STORY
with Alan Lacer - September 19-23

TURNED BOXES FOR BEGINNERS
with Matthew Hill - September 26-30

CREATIVITY ON THE LATHE
with Michael Hosaluk - October 3-7

TURNING GAMES WEEKEND
with Hosaluk, Kopf & Vesery - October 1-2

TWELVE-WEEK INTENSIVE
If you are considering furniture making as a profession, a sabbatical from your present career, or simply a life-enhancing skill, this course is for you - twelve straight weeks of hands-on woodworking in a fully equipped shop with daily personal instruction. The curriculum offers drawing and design, joinery and construction, hand and machine skills, finishing and shop maintenance. With enrollment limited to twelve participants, and two full-time faculty in attendance, you are encouraged to develop an individualized series of projects to fit your interest and level of experience.
June 13 - September 2, 2005
November 7, 2006 - February 3, 2006
February 20 - May 12, 2006

NINE-MONTH COMPREHENSIVE
This curriculum is designed for aspiring professional furniture makers and dedicated amatuers who seek in-depth training at the highest standard of excellence. It covers all the topics in the Twelve-Week Intensive in greater depth, plus chair making, marquetry, carving, turning, furniture history, business practice, production of multiples, and more. The course is limited to fifteen participants, who enjoy the same high teacher/student ratio we provide in all courses.
September 12, 2005 - June 2, 2006

STUDIO FELLOWHIPS
This program offers advanced creative opportunities to emerging professional and established woodworkers interested in exploring new work. Participants share free studio space in a dedicated workshop facility and benefit from full access to all of the Center's resources: equipment, faculty, the Messler Gallery, the Fine Woodworking Library, and most importantly, each other. Six fellowship positions are available for terms ranging from a month to a year.