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    The Nuts & Bolts of Running Your Business

    From Passion to Profit: Build­ing a Mean­ing­ful, Sustain­able Busi­ness as a Maker

    Spring 2025 | 5 Sessions | Febru­ary 25 — March 27, 2025 | Various Times

    Join us for our first program of the series — Finding Meaning in Your Work w/​Leah Hough­tal­ing & Teresa Audet

    Tuesday, Febru­ary 25, 12:00 – 1:30pm ET
    OR
    Thurs­day, Febru­ary 27, 7:00 – 8:30pm ET

    Learn More & Register
  • Jimmy carter

    President’s Day: Tribute to Jimmy Carter, Furniture Maker

    On this Pres­i­den­t’s Day we want to share an incred­i­bly inspir­ing and moving inter­view between Craft in America founder, Carol Sauvion, and Pres­i­dent Jimmy Carter. After Carter left the Office of the Pres­i­dency, he took up furni­ture making and wood turning. Please enjoy this moment of under­stand­ing and insight about our field from a wonderful human. 

    Credit to @craftinamerica. All episodes avail­able on https://​www​.pbs​.org/​c​r​a​f​t​-​i​n​-​a​m​e​rica/

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  • FS25 SU Nancy Cantor Warehouse

    Save the Date!

    FS25 Confer­ence - Syra­cuse, NY
    June 26 – 28, 2025

    “You Are Here: Makers, Place, and Impact“
    Explor­ing the inter­sec­tion of indi­vid­u­als, their creative endeav­ors, and the places that shape them.


    Stay tuned as we roll out more infor­ma­tion about the confer­ence:

    Call for propos­als
    Members exhi­bi­tion
    Presen­ta­tions
    Profes­sional devel­op­ment
    Demos
    And more!

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  • FS25 Conference Promo

    FS25: Conference Sponsorships

    We invite you to become a 2025 Confer­ence Sponsor of The Furni­ture Society. Our confer­ences present a signif­i­cant market­ing oppor­tu­nity for busi­nesses and nonprof­its inter­ested in the field of furniture.

    Become an FS25 Conference Sponsor
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    Featured Member

    Each month we cele­brate the work of one or more of our talented members.


    This week’s featured member — Mike Newins

    Febru­ary 17 — March 2, 2025


    Mike Newins (he/​they) is an Amer­i­can designer based in North Carolina. Newins is a self taught craftsper­son and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary designer working primar­ily with wood and stone. Their work has been in Dwell, Design Milk, Inte­rior Design and Aspire. Mike’s prac­tice is char­ac­ter­ized by metic­u­lous atten­tion to detail, a broad visual vocab­u­lary and endless playfulness.

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    Community Calendar

    Check out events, appli­ca­tion dead­lines, grant oppor­tu­ni­ties and more!

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  • Peters Valley Wood Studio

    So Many Opportunities!

    Check out our oppor­tu­ni­ties page for the most current list of classes, work­shops, and jobs avail­able to you.

    Opportunities

Our Mission

To advance the art of furni­ture making by inspir­ing creativ­ity, promot­ing excel­lence, and foster­ing an under­stand­ing of this art and its place in society. 

Our vision is to culti­vate a diverse commu­nity and conver­sa­tion around furni­ture in all its forms.

Limestone Cloud Table
 Mike Newins
February 17 — March 2, 2025

Featured Member: Mike Newins

Mike Newins (he/​they) is an Amer­i­can designer based in North Carolina. Newins is a self taught craftsper­son and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary designer working primar­ily with wood and stone. Their work has been in Dwell, Design Milk, Inte­rior Design and Aspire. Mike’s prac­tice is char­ac­ter­ized by metic­u­lous atten­tion to detail, a broad visual vocab­u­lary and endless playfulness.

In Mike’s words: ​“I discover raw mate­ri­als and am captured — I need to see them processed by my hands and tastes. My studio furni­ture emerges from this inti­mate, explorative relationship.”

What he’s listen­ing to right now: ​“Parts Dept (podcast). Two fab shop owners (one amer­i­can one australian) who are deeply commit­ted to running lean, smart shops chat each week about the less thrilling parts of their studios.”

Who he’s looking at: ​“I recently met Ellie Richards, and was uplifted by her work and ethos.”

Pineapple Table
 Nils Berg
Membership

Become a Member

With access to members-only sections of our website, discounts on work­shops, members-only events and much more, becom­ing a member is both a strate­gic and finan­cial value. Follow the link below about the bene­fits of each type of member­ship and why you should join.

Opportunities

  2. Events

    Spotlight Talk: Reuse to Repair- Renewal in Wharton Esherick’s Work

    Wharton Esherick Museum

    2025 is set to be a year guided by the theme of renewal here at the Wharton Esher­ick Museum. Join us on Tuesday, Febru­ary 25th at noon for a virtual talk about the differ­ent ways that Wharton Esher­ick prac­ticed renewal in his own life and work. The topic of renewal runs through Esherick’s entire career, from prac­ti­cal reuse of cheap mate­ri­als during the Depres­sion era and creative explo­ration of the twen­ti­eth century’s new mate­ri­als and tech­nolo­gies, to the neces­sary work of making repairs for his clients.

  3. Calls, Call for Entry

    CraftTexas 2025

    Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

    Artists working in clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and found/​recycled mate­ri­als are encour­aged to apply to Craft­Texas 2025, on view Septem­ber 6, 2026 — January 31, 2026. This year’s juror is Abraham Thomas, the Daniel Brodsky Curator of Modern Archi­tec­ture, Design, and Deco­ra­tive Arts at the Metro­pol­i­tan Museum of Art in New York.

    High­light­ing regional contem­po­rary craft, Craft­Texas 2025 will provide an intro­duc­tion for the general public to develop an appre­ci­a­tion for the depth and breadth of craft being made in their local commu­ni­ties and across the state. This unique show also provides Texas artists with the oppor­tu­nity to be consid­ered for inclu­sion in major national museum and private collections.

  4. Events

    Lecture by Mira Nakashima

    Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement

    Please join us for a special presen­ta­tion by our honored guest, Mira Nakashima; renowned archi­tect, furni­ture maker, and daugh­ter of iconic wood­work­ing artist George Nakashima as she shares her fathers artis­tic influ­ences and legacy, expe­ri­ences working side by side with him, and her current role in leading the historic George Nakashima Wood­work­ing Complex. Guests are also invited to view George Nakashima’s iconic ​“Arlyn” table currently on view in the gallery that bears his name.

  5. Degree-Granting Opportunity

    North Bennet Street School Priority Application Deadline

    North Bennet Street School, Boston MA

    If making useful things by hand is one of your career goals, then NBSS may be a good fit for you.

    We seek indi­vid­u­als who are ready, willing, and able to train for careers in craft and trade indus­tries. The programs are rigor­ous and space is limited, so we are selec­tive in our admis­sions process. We strive to break down barri­ers with a commit­ment to diver­sity, equity, and inclu­sion. We also have grown our finan­cial aid offer­ings, which helps make our School more accessible.

    Complete your appli­ca­tion by Febru­ary 15 and you’ll be included in our first round of admissions decisions.

Sponsors

  1. Bresler Foundation
  2. The Schooner Foundation
  3. American Craft Council
  4. The John & Robyn Horn Foundation
  5. The Maxwell Hanrahan Foundation
  6. Sara Little Turnbull Foundation
  7. Schooner Foundation
  8. Maxwell Hanrahan Foundation
  9. The Schooner Foundation
  10. The Schooner Foundation
  11. The Moeller Family Foundation
  12. Sara Little Turnbull Foundation