Corey Wellik

Corey Wellik joined the ​“Wood­work­ing and Furni­ture Design” Master of Fine Arts program at the Univer­sity of Wiscon­sin, Madison, in the Fall of 2024. Corey grad­u­ated from the Univer­sity of Michi­gan in 2017 with a degree in Plant and Soil Ecology, rooting their prac­tice in a deep connec­tion to the land, and has spent the last 7 years teach­ing, learn­ing, playing with wood, growing food, and growing commu­nity in Detroit. They use wood and wooden furni­ture to create expe­ri­ences of commu­nity- and self-belong­ing, resilience, and liber­a­tion. They build work inspired by our collec­tive connec­tion to land and place.