The Furni­ture Society has made the diffi­cult deci­sion to post­pone our confer­ence and the Craft for a Greater Good program with a new date in June of 2021. 

Thank you to our part­ners UNC Asheville, STEAM Studios @ The RAMP, and BeLoved Asheville who have gener­ously made accom­mo­da­tions to welcome us next year on the UNCA Campus. We are commu­ni­cat­ing with presen­ters to shift the program lineup for FS20 to FS21. 

FS20 to FS21 Registration 

For those of you who have already regis­tered for FS20, please email: info@​furnituresociety.​org. Include your name and request one of the following options:

1. Request a refund. We under­stand that some members attend the confer­ence on grants that only apply to this confer­ence, and many, in this time of economic upheaval, need to conserve their money right now. The previ­ous cancel­la­tion dead­line of Date and Month, 2020 has been voided. 
2. Apply the regis­tra­tion fee for the 2020 confer­ence to next year’s 2021 confer­ence. The price of this year’s confer­ence will carry over, even if the price of next year’s confer­ence increases. Doing so will help us get through the cash flow chal­lenges we will face.
3. Donate the amount paid for your 2020 confer­ence regis­tra­tion to TFS. We will arrange for you to get a tax deductible receipt. 
4. Make a finan­cial dona­tion whether you had regis­tered for this year’s confer­ence or not. Any amount is helpful! It will imme­di­ately be put to good use.

Visit our new COMMU­NITY RESOURCES page for contin­u­ously updated infor­ma­tion for makers, small busi­nesses, educa­tors, and organizations. 

Stay tuned for more infor­ma­tion about these online expe­ri­ences, stories, and opportunities. 

Funda­men­tally, furni­ture exists to ready a space for occu­pancy or use. Its mere pres­ence can signal the purpose of a space or invite a partic­u­lar action. Its mate­r­ial, form, and surface design reveals a lot about how it is meant to be used, who made it, as well as provide a connec­tion with the past, a culture, or idea. Recog­niz­ing the essen­tial role that furni­ture fulfills in daily life and in society-at-large, the field of furni­ture wields tremen­dous poten­tial to have a posi­tive impact worldwide.

UNC Asheville and STEAM Studio in Asheville, NC will be our hosts for this year’s annual confer­ence. In an effort to deeply connect with and serve the commu­ni­ties in which we hold our confer­ences, we are thrilled to re-intro­duce the Craft for a Greater Good (CGG) work­shop through UNC Asheville’s STEAM Studio. This year, CGG will be part­ner­ing with STEAM Studio to make furni­ture for BeLoved Asheville, a local non-profit build­ing a micro-home village address­ing the housing crisis in Asheville. Read more about the project and loca­tion HERE.