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North Bennet Street School Programs - http://www.nbss.org/
Training people for employment since 1885 for work in fields that require craftsmanship and skillful use of hand tools and power equipment. |
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Red Rocks Community College - http://www.rrcc.edu/
Located in Lakewood,Colorado. Provides woodworking programs for beginners and professionals. Offers several vertificates and degree. |
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Chippendale International School of Furniture - http://www.chippendale.co.uk/
Full breadth curriculum in a 30-week format that takes the student from timber identification to setting up a business. Located in Edinburgh Scotland. |
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Rhode Island School of Design - Furniture Design - http://www.risd.edu/furniture.cfm
Undergraduate and Graduate degrees are offered in Furniture Design. Located in Providence, RI. |
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North House Folk School - http://www.northhouse.org
In addition to folk studies and crafts, this non-profit school offers various entry level woodworking, timberframing, and boatbuilding classes. Most classes are three days in length or less. Located in Grand Marais, MN. |
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Center for Furniture Craftsmanship - http://www.woodschool.org/
Offers workshops, twelve-week intensives, and a nine-month comprehensive, taught by an international faculty in Rockport, Maine. |
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Kelly Mehler's School of Woodworking - http://www.kellymehler.com/
Offers a variety of hands-on woodworking classes that cover an array of techniques and various finished pieces. |
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American Woodworking Academy - http://www.awacademy.com/
Woodworking trade school featuring instruction in cabinet making, furniture building,and hands-on woodworking. Located in Fenton, Missouri. |
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Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery - http://www.roberto-venn.com/
Since 1977, school has offered 5-month long master craftsman level classes in guitar making and repair. |
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Furniture Design, Product Design And Woodworking - http://art.nmu.edu/department/Furn_Product_Wood.html
Art and Design Department of Northern Michigan University offers four-year B.S., B.A. and B.F.A. degrees in furniture design, product design and woodworking. |
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Heartwood School - http://www.heartwoodschool.com/index.html
Teaching skills and knowledge for building energy-efficient homes with programs dealing in all aspects of the homebuilding crafts, including timber framing, cabinet making, and finish carpentry. |
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The Windsor Institute - http://www.thewindsorinstitute.com/
Exclusively dedicated to teaching Windsor chair-making this school founded by chair maker Mike Dunbar in 1980, offers five day classes two to three times each month. Located in Hampton, NH. |
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WoodWorker Academy - http://www.woodworkeracademy.com/
Offering regularly scheduled classes in fundamentals, hand tool, power tool, cabinet making, furniture design, and box making. Located in Alameda, CA (Bay Area). |
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American School of Lutherie - http://www.americanschooloflutherie.com/
Offering training in lutherie, specifically guitar building and repair. Courses are available for both beginning and experienced lutheirs. |
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Marc Adams School of Woodworking - http://marcadams.com/
Instructional classes on every form of woodworking from basic design to finishing techniques. Located in Franklin, Indiana, but offers lectures and seminars across the country. |
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Rob Cosman Workshops - http://www.robcosman.com/
Noted Canadian woodworker, Rob Cosman, offers four and five day hand tool workshops in Oakville, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta. |
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The Northwest Woodworking Studio - http://www.northwestwoodworking.com/
Offers a variety of seminars and workshops. Also, five- and ten-week courses and a 2-year comprehensive program are also available. Located in Portland Oregon. |
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Willam Ng School of Fine Woodworking - http://www.wnwoodworks.com
Offers classes in all areas of woodworking, but with an emphsis on furniture building. School is located in Anaheim, California. |
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Palomar College Cabinet & Furniture Technology - http://www.palomar.edu/woodworking/
Offers courses ranging from Furniture Design, Timber Framing, Guitar building, to Production Cabinetmaking. Four full-time and sixteen part-time instructors teach at this 2,000 student school located in San Marcos, California. |
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Olde Mill Cabinet Shoppe - http://www.oldemill.com/
Olde Mill Cabinet Shoppe specializes in 18th c American Furniture and wood restoration supplies along with offering classes in "Philadelphia Style" cabinet making. Occasional classes and courses offered by Gene Landon of Fine Woodworking Magazine. |
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Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking - http://www.schoolofwoodworking.com/
Offering one- to 5-day classes in furniture making, woodcarving, woodturning, furniture finishing and related crafts. Located in Manchester, Connecticut and associated with the local Woodcraft store. |
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Barry Gordon Woodcarving - http://www.barrygordon.com/
Classes in carving contemporary and classic wooden utensils and decorative spoons. Located near Syracuse, NY, |
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Rosewood Studio - School of Fine Woodworking - http://www.rosewoodstudio.com/
Offering one-day to nine-month woodworking classes in all aspects of woodworking including furniture making and a "tutored build" program, where students receive one-on-one instruction on a flexible time schedule. Located in Almonte, Ontario, Canada (Ottawa). |
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Jack Teegarden Woodcarver - http://www.jackteegarden.com
Offers carving classes in Atlanta, Michigan. Gallery of carvings and student testimonials. |
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American Sycamore Woodworkers Retreat - http://www.americansycamoreretreat.com
Offers classes from one- to six-days teaching a variety of skills, with an emphasis on furniture. School also provides on-site lodging. Located in central Indiana. |
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College of the Redwoods - http://www.crfinefurniture.com/
Fine furniture woodworking school located in Northern California, offering 1-2 week summer workshops as well as a nine-month comprehensive program. Founded in 1982 by James Krenov. |
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Furniture Institute of Massachusetts - http://www.furnituremakingclasses.com/
Both Full-time (20 months) and part-time (2- to 10-day) classes in furniture making are offered by Phil Lowe at his Beverly, MA studio. |
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Country Workshops Woodworking School - http://countryworkshops.org
Focusing on traditional craftsmanship with hand tools. Classes offered in chairmaking, carving, boxmaking, and spoonmaking. Located an hour from Ashville, NC |
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American Woodcarving School - http://www.americanwoodcarving.com/
Holds regular day and evening classes 52 weeks out of the year, and approximately 6 weekend workshops per year. Founded in 1974 by Sculptor Michael Denike. |
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Andrew Crawford - fine decorative boxes - http://www.fine-boxes.com/courses
Offering a range of box making classes. Located in Acton Scott, Church Stretton, Shropshire, UK. |
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North Country Studio Workshops - http://northcountrystudioworkshops.org/
Offering woodworking classes for intermediate and advanced woodworkers. Located in Deerfield, NH |
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David Charlesworth Fine Furniture Making Courses - http://www.davidcharlesworth.co.uk
Noted author David Charlesworth offers both short (5-days) and long (12-week) furniture making courses at his workshop in Hartland, Devon, UK. |
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The Wild Earth School - http://www.aboutwildearth.com/
Offering classes in basic skills, wood turning, cabinetmaking, chair-making, carving, and furniture making. Located near Hudson, WI. |
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Homestead Heritage Woodworking School - http://www.homesteadheritage-woodworking.com
Offers classes from one- to twelve-days in hand-tool woodworking. School is part of a larger homestead training facility located near Waco, Texas. |
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Homestead Woodworking School - http://woodschoolnh.com
Schedule of courses, registration procedure, location, and information concerning Homestead Woodworking School in New Hampshire. |
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David Savage - Fine Furniture Maker - http://www.finefurnituremaker.com/
Offering six-month to one-year length courses in contemporary furniture making and design. Located in the Village of Shebbear, UK. |
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Philadelphia Furniture Workshop - http://philadelphiafurnitureworkshop.com/
Offering a broad range of seminars, workshops, and classes ranging from one to three days. Students learn on traditional joiners benches. Located in a 1920s factory building in Philadelphia, PA. |
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The Acanthus Workshop, LLC - http://www.acanthus.com/
Woodworking education offered for all levels, from basic wood finishing to Master level classes. Located in East Coventry (Philadelphia area), PA |
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New England School Of Architectural Woodworking - http://www.nesaw.com/
Offering a 37 week architectural training program, and 10 week evening classes in woodworking. Located in Easthampton, MA. |
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Lonnie Bird's School of Fine Woodworking - http://www.lonniebird.com/
Hands-on woodworking instruction by author Lonnie Bird. Classes include furniture making, carving, joinery, and chair making. School is located in Dandrige, Tennessee. |
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Pocahontas Woods - http://www.pocahontaswoods.com
Degree and non-degree job skills courses such as hand tools and basic machines, drawing, design and technical writing. Located in Marlinton, West Virginia. |
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John Lloyd Fine Furniture - http://www.johnlloydfinefurniture.co.uk/
Offering a series of two to five day classes in furniture making. Classes for beginners through advanced studies. Located in East Sussex. |
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Bruce Luckhurst Workshops - http://www.bruceluckhurst.co.uk
Instructor in furniture restoration, conservation, and fine furniture making teaching in North America, Great Britain, Europe, and Scandinavia. |
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J D Lohr School of Woodworking - http://www.jdlohrwood.com/services.htm
Pennsylvania-based woodworking school offering machine-based woodworking instruction. Focus is on practical, tablesaw, jointer, planer, and router production techniques for beginner through advanced levels. |
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American School Of French Marquetry - http://www.wpatrickedwards.com/newschool.htm
Offering both week-long and weekend classes teaching the classical French 18th century marquetry method using a chevalet. Class sizes are limited to six students. Located in San Diego, California. |
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Passion for Wood - http://passionforwood.com
Classes, group seminars, and individual training offered in various woodworking techniques. Courses of one-to-three weeks in length are offered that are both project-based and skills-based. Located in Acton, Ontario CA |
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Alpine School of Woodcarving - http://www.chipcarving.com/school.htm
Founded and operated by Wayne Barton and specializing in the education of chip carving. Located in Park Ridge, Illinois. |
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The Woodworking School - http://www.thewoodworkingschool.com/
Offering classes in cabinetmaking, chair building, wooden canoe building, and longbow construction, among others. Located in Sumner, WA (Tacoma). |
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RVP~1875 Furniture Classes - http://www.rvp1875.com/classes.html
Six-week long furniture making classes are held in an historical furniture shop setting using methods in use circa 1875. Classes are held in Story City, Iowa at the workshops of Robby V. Pedersen. |
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Le nombre d'or - http://www.nombredor.com/home.htm
Offering lectures and technical training, for up to one year, for all levels of skill in restoration and conservation of wooden gilded objects. Located in Paris. |
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Conover Workshops - http://www.conoverworkshops.com/
Teaches traditional woodworking and woodturning techniques with noted author Ernie Conover and other expert instructors. |
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Four Sisters Woodworking Instruction - http://www.foursisterswoodworking.com/4s_holdy.html
Offering custom taylored, one- to two-week long, one-one-one instruction for beginning to advanced students. Located in Fort Bragg, CA. |
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Dogwood Institute of Fine Woodworking - http://www.dogwoodwoodworking.com/
Provides information on classes schedules and directions. |
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Woodsmith Woodworking Seminars - http://www.woodworkingseminars.com
One-hour seminars held weekly in a 200-seat woodworking shop/classroom. Also, free "how to" videos are available on their website. Seminars are presented by the editors of Woodsmith, ShopNotes, and Workbench magazines. Located in Des Moines, Iowa. |
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Rustic Videos - http://www.rusticvideos.com/
Videos of the construction techniques for building adirondack rustic furniture and decorative decoys |
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The Windsor Workshop - http://www.thewindsorworkshop.co.uk/
Offering 5-day classes in various styles of Windsor chair making. Located in West Chiltington, Pulborough, West Sussex, UK |
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White Mountain Designs - http://www.whitemountdesign.com/
Offers an interactive CD based woodworking course containing 35 lessons, including hand tools, machines, veneering, and joinery. |
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Fine Furniture Maker School of Woodworking - http://www.finefurnituremaker.com/schools_of_woodworking_index.htm
Classes offered in contemporary furniture design and construction by a working craftsman. Located in Devon, UK. |
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Academy of Innovative Woodworking, Inc. - http://www.woodworkingacademyraleigh.com/
Instruction and training in all phases of Woodworking. Custom and speciallty woodworking of all kinds. |
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The Breed School - http://www.allanbreed.com/
Offering four-day to two-week long classes teaching design and construction of American 18th century furniture using hand tools. Located in South Berwick, Maine |
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JSR School of Woodworking - http://www.jsrwoodworking.com/
Classes offered from the woodworking basics to the Maloof style rocking chair in a part-time professional shop environment. Located in Hickory, NC. |
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Woodstyle Design - http://www.woodstyledesign.co.uk/
Extensive instruction offered in woodworking and furniture making. |
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Outdoor Craftsman School - Bjorklund Ranch Sawmill - http://www.bjorklundranch.com
Learn how to mill wood from a log to finished lumber at this outdoor working sawmill. Beginning timber framing classes are also offered. Located near Santa Barbara, California. |
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Ted Harlan Woodworking School - http://www.tedharlan.com
Instruction includes wood basics, advanced joinery, lutherie, furniture, guitar making and construction. Located in Louisville, Kentucky |
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Old English Furniture & Cabinet Co. - http://www.oefcc.com/
Offering one- to four-day classes and workshops on tool use, finishing, joinery, frame and panel construction, etc. Located in Selmer, TN |
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The Home Shop Woodworking School - http://www.shakerovalbox.com/school/aboutschool.htm
One to four day long woodworking classes offered in Shaker box making, plane making, dovetails, and paddle making. Classes held in Charlotte, Michigan. |
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Spring Harvest Fine Woodworking - http://www.springharvestfww.com/school.htm
One to six day classes offered primarily for the beginning woodworker. School is located in San Antonio, Texas. |
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The Woodworking Academy and Routing Academy - http://www.woodworkingacademy.co.uk
Provides courses and tuition in all aspects of woodworking and Routing. Located in Nottinghamshire, UK. |
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By Jimeny Solid Custom Furniture - http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/4/w4qo/byjimeny/
Provides selective instruction in woodworking and also teaches numerous classes throughout the Atlanta area. |
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Appalachian Center for Craft - http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/about.html
Offering a B.F.A. with a woodworking concentration in a series of seven classes including design and woodworking. Typical projects include chairs, tables and cabinets, with an emphasis on joinery, bending, veneering, turning, and finishing. Located in Smithville TN. |