Since retiring last January, Bill Hardy built up some inventory and has taken on more retail shows.  Over a December weekend he again did the Laura Nichols house show in Great Falls.  He again did a weekend show Blacksburg, VA, and added two new ones: the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival in Berryville last September and the Fairfax High School Craft Show over the November 19-20 weekend.

Tom Boley teaches Turning Natural Edge Bowls on Saturday, January 21, Turning a Three‑Legged Stool on Saturday, February 25^th, and Bowl Turning on Saturday, March 24^th.  Nate Johnson teaches the Art Of Wood Burning on Saturday, March 31^st.  All classes run 10:00 AM ‑ 5:00 PM at WoodCraft of Leesburg, VA.  Call 703‑737‑7880 or see:   www.woodcraft.com/stores/store.aspx?id=575&page=classes

Don’t be shy!  Promote yourself.  Tell us about your woodturning activities in the CAW Newsletter.  Send your information by the 22^nd of the previous month to Phil Brown, philfbrown@comcast.net, or call 301‑767‑9863.

Mark Supik’s workshops at 1 N. Haven Street in Baltimore are:

Open Studio, $30 for 3 hours:  Saturdays 9 am to noon or 1 pm to 4 pm: Jan 21st, March 24^th, and Wednesday evening 6‑9 pm: Feb 29^th.

The Right Start, Spindle Turning:  $150/day from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.  All materials and lunch provided on Saturday January 28^th, March 10^th, and Sunday Feb. 12^th.

Bowl Turning on Saturday Feb 11^th, Sunday January 29^th and March 11^th. 

Small class sizes and all skill levels welcome.  Advanced turners, please let us know the specific skills you’d like to work on so that we can have the materials ready for you. More details are at: www.marksupikco.com (click on Get Schooled Here), or call 410‑732‑8414.  There is always a 20% discount for woodturning club members.  For directions to the shop see:  www.marksupikco.com/links/directions%20to%20shop.pdf

Arrowmont offers 18 week-long classes offered from June into October. Many of the classes have unique design or carving aspects taught by well known and nationally regarded wood turners. View course listings and descriptions in the catalog at: http://www.arrowmont.org/workshops-and-classes.  About 15 years ago, CAW members donated more than $5,000 over a three-year period toward construction of the wood studio at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN, where you now take these classes.
 
The John C. Campbell Folk School offers a woodturning class nearly every week of the year. Browse the classes at: https://www.folkschool.org/index.php?section=subjects&subject_id=46
 

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New Support for Renwick Gallery Curator

"The Smithsonian American Art Museum has received a gift from noted craft collector and local arts patron
Fleur Bresler to create an endowment to support the current curator of craft position at the museum.
"Fleur Bresler exemplifies the meaning of philanthropy, supporting our craft program through her myriad
contributions of time, expertise and resources," said Elizabeth Broun, Director of the Smithsonian American Art
Museum. "We are honored to commemorate her and her late husband Charles's contributions to the Renwick
Gallery through this gift."

"The creativity that has filled my life as a Renwick Gallery docent has been deeply satisfying," said Bresler.
"The excellent shows produced and displayed at the Renwick educate the public and fulfill the artists' desire to
benefit generations of viewers. I believe it is important to see these inspiring projects continue."
Fleur and Charles Bresler assembled one of the leading collections of American craft with an emphasis on
textiles and objects of turned wood. The 2010 Renwick Gallery exhibition "A Revolution in Wood: The Bresler
Collection" celebrated their gift of 66 pieces of turned and carved wood to the museum. The Breslers' gift, one of
the largest of wood art to any American museum, established the Renwick Gallery as one of the preeminent
public collections of wood art in the United States.
Nicholas R. Bell, the current curator at the Renwick Gallery, will hold the title The Fleur and Charles Bresler
Curator of American Craft and Decorative Art."
Additional text of the press release can be read at:
http://www.artnowmag.com/Magazine/World/2011/Sep/World_Sep1111.html

Philadelphia Opening

The Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia, PA, has changed its name to The Center For Art in Wood, and is
relocating to 141 N. 3rd Street, a neighborhood of galleries and high foot traffic. There is an opening
celebration party from 5:30 to 8:30 pm on Friday, November 11, followed by an open house and activity days on
Saturday and Sunday from noon to 6 pm. At 6:30 pm on Saturday. November 12, an annual meeting will be held
followed by a reception for Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show Artists. Learn more about this 25 year old
wood turning organization at: http://www.centerforartinwood.org/

At SOFA, the Center will release a new book, Turning to Art in Wood: A Creative Journey. This is a limitededition
Portfolio which contains 284 pages featuring Illustrated Essays, Exhibition Cards and objects from The
Center's Museum Collection. This volume chronicles the first 25 years of The Center's "creative journey" and its
historic role in fostering worldwide recognition of the finest contemporary art in wood. See:
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101203895418-39/CAW_25Book_Sell+Sheet_web.pdf

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