This two-week woodworking program will provide emerging conservators who identify as historically marginalized from the fields of woodworking and/or art conservation with the knowledge and confidence to apply woodworking skills to augment conservation benchwork applications across a variety of specialties. Historically marginalized identities may include but are not limited to, those who identify as BIPOC, gender-nonconforming, and/or female.

Applications for this opportunity are now closed.

Notification of award: May 14, 2024

Learn the essential processes of building a post & rung chair while learning how to instruct a chair class. Utilizing machines and hand tools, we’ll use the 2-Slat Post & Rung Side Chair to teach future teachers.

Applications for this opportunity are now closed.

Scholarship and Application Details are Forthcoming

Build a comb-back stick chair – one of the most popular forms. The construction process is a combination of heavy hand-tool use with some assistance from the bandsaw. The emphasis of this class is on building beautiful chairs with few tools – and even fewer jigs.

Who should apply: All applicants must identify as historically excluded or under-represented in the field of woodworking.

Class Details and Scholarship Information is Forthcoming

2 Full Scholarships (covers Tuition and Housing). This application is not yet available.

Build a Windsor Balloon Back or Fan Back Side Chair with Chairmaker Luke A. Barnett. Students will join us for a 5-day class. Students can choose to build either a balloon back or a fan back side chair. You will learn both techniques in class. We will start with logs on Monday morning and finish with a balloon back OR fan back side chair on Friday.

Who should apply: All applicants must identify as historically excluded or under-represented in the field of woodworking. Additionally, we encourage individuals who would not normally have an opportunity like this to apply.

6 Full Scholarships (covers tuition and materials). This application is not yet available.

Build a handsome tool chest as a great three-day introduction to several bedrock hand-tool joinery techniques: dovetails, dados, and rabbets. Plus, learn how to cut a fingernail molding, raise a pane, and use cut nails as you explore rules for carcass construction. By the end of Day 3, you'll be able to pop all your tools in your new chest (which fits in the back of almost any car) for your drive home.

Who should apply: All applicants must identify as historically excluded or under-represented in the field of woodworking. Beginners are welcome.