Studio Fellowships

Celebrating the Studio Fellowship in the Messler Gallery (03/08)The Studio Fellowship Program provides emerging and established furniture makers, carvers, and turners with a stimulating environment for the exploration of new work. The program offers free studio space and other benefits to individuals who are willing to commit anywhere from a month to a year to expanding their creative abilities.

Facility

Six Studio Fellows share the 5,400-square-foot Thomas Miller Jackson Building, which contains a bench room, a machine room with full dust collection, and a drafting room. The bench room is outfitted with European-style workbenches and the machine room is equipped with 10" tablesaws, a 12" sliding table saw, 8" and 12" jointers, 15" thickness planers, 14" and 20" bandsaws, Oneway 1640 lathes, a shaper, a router table, a combination sander, an oscillating spindle sander, a chopsaw, a scrollsaw, drill presses, grinders, and a horizontal slot mortiser.

Benefits

2009 Studio Fellow Andrew Tarnawsky, from Karabar, Australia

• Free studio space in a well-equipped, dedicated facility
• Round-the-clock shop access, including weekends
• Open attendance at demonstrations and lectures by more than 40 outstanding professionals who teach at the school annually
• Critiques by faculty and visiting instructors
• Access to the Center’s library and gallery
• Interaction with hundreds of professional and amateur furniture makers who participate in the Center’s instructional programs
• Exhibition opportunity in biennial Messler Gallery alumni show

Responsibilities

Studio Fellows are expected to contribute six hours per week to the school, helping out with tasks such as:

• facilities and grounds maintenance
• gallery staffing and cleaning
• assistant teaching
• special events, such as gallery openings

In addition, Fellows are responsible for their own housing, materials, and transportation.

Qualifications

Thomas Huang, from Lawrence, Kansas, with a bamboo canoe that he built during his 2009 Fellowship

Applicants must:

• be experienced furniture makers, capable and ready to explore new work on their own initiative
• possess good interpersonal skills
• know how to use machinery and hand tools competently and safely
• have a record of creative achievement

Application2009 Studio Fellow, Yuri Kobayashi

The six Studio Fellowship positions are awarded on a competitive basis for periods ranging from one month to one year. Applications are accepted anytime, and positions are awarded as vacancies arise.

To apply, please send the following:

1. A resume
2. Digital images of your work
3. A letter stating your reasons for applying and your goals as a woodworker
4. The names and telephone numbers of three references
5. An indication of the dates for which you are available

Applications should be e-mailed to: fellowship@woodschool.org

To see exhibitions of work by former Studio Fellows, follow these links:

• Celebrating the Studio Fellowship 2010
• Celebrating the Studio Fellowship 2009