Women of Woodworking Programming
The Furniture Society has partnered with Katie Thompson, founder of the Women of Woodworking Project, to bring you interviews, conversations, and programs that support, promote, and will educate you about women woodworkers — past & present!
Past Programming
Instagram Live w/Janine Wang
Wednesday, March 27, 12pm EDT
Join us for an Instagram Live interview with furniture maker and educator Janine Wang as she and Katie talk about the chair she has included in the exhibition Seating Assignment: Women in Contemporary Chairmaking and Craft Education and why this exhibition is relevant for women furniture makers.
Instagram Live w/Kimberly Winkle
Thursday, March 28, 2pm EDT
Join us for an Instagram Live interview with furniture maker and educator Kimberly Winkle as she and Katie talk about the bench she has included in the exhibition Seating Assignment: Women in Contemporary Chairmaking and Craft Education and why this exhibition is relevant for women furniture makers.
Instagram Live w/Joyce Lin
Wednesday, April 3, 12pm EDT
Join us for an Instagram Live interview with furniture maker and educator Joyce Lin as she and Katie talk about the chair she has included in the exhibition Seating Assignment: Women in Contemporary Chairmaking and Craft Education and why this exhibition is relevant for women furniture makers.
Instagram Live w/Christina Boy
Thursday, April 4, 12pm EDT
Join us for an Instagram Live interview with studio artist and educator Christina Boy as she and Katie talk about the chair she has included in the exhibition Seating Assignment: Women in Contemporary Chairmaking and Craft Education and why this exhibition is relevant for women furniture makers.
Instagram Live with Sophie Glenn
Monday, November 13, 2023, 12:00pm EST
Women of Woodworking Project founder and TFS Board Member Katie Thompson talks with metalworker and furniture maker Sophie Glenn about how her work gives a voice to women in both the woodworking, metal fields, and more.
Instagram Live VWS Studio Tour with Cat Emil
Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 12:00pm EST
Take a tour of the Vermont Woodworking School with director and furniture maker Cat Emil and learn how and why she became a maker, her role as the school’s director, and why VWS students receive a membership to The Furniture Society with their tuition.
Instagram Live with Aspen Golann
Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 2:30pm EST
Join Katie Thompson as she talks with Aspen about her life as a maker, an educator, and how receiving the John D. Mineck Fellowship and the Maxwell Hanrahan Award in Craft helped her found The Chairmakers Toolbox
Zoom Interview with Woodcarver Mary May
Thursday, November 16, 2023, 6:00pm EST
Katie Thompson & Mary May will talk about Mary’s journey into carving, her influences, and her studies with European master carvers. She’ll discuss her drive to open an online school and her passion to carve!
Instagram Live with Annie Evelyn
Friday, November 17, 2023, 12:00pm EST
Katie Thompson talks with furniture maker, educator, and Crafting the Future Co-Founder Annie Evelyn about her work, how receiving the John D. Mineck Fellowship has helped her practice, and why serving on the TFS board is meaningful to her.
Interview with Craig Edelbrock About Joyce Anderson
Friday, November 17, 2023, 6:00pm
Learn about the life and legacy of Joyce Anderson (1923 – 2014), an American woodturner, and furniture maker, through the eyes of Craig Edelbrock — educator, craft historian, and biographer.