The 2026 John D. Mineck Fellowship — $25,000 Unrestricted Fellowship for Emerging and Early-Career Furniture Makers
The Furniture Society is honored to announce its stewardship of the $25,000 unrestricted John D. Mineck Fellowship supporting emerging and early-career furniture makers.
Established through the John D. Mineck Foundation and previously administered by the Society of Arts + Crafts in Boston, the fellowship has supported a generation of influential makers whose work continues to shape the field of contemporary furniture making.
Past Recipients include:
Will Tracey (2009), Libby Schrum (2010), Bart Niswonger* (2011), Vivian Beer (2013), Kimberly Winkle (2014), Sarah Marriage* (2015), Annie Evelyn* (2016), Jack Mauch (2017), Tom Shields (2018), Beatriz Mayorca (2019), Aspen Golann* (2020) Jamie Herman (2021), Sophie Glenn* (2022), Sarah Watlington (2023), Charles Thompson (2024), and Joyce Lin* (2025)
*Denotes current or former Furniture Society board members.
Call for Applicants
The John D. Mineck Fellowship supports artists at a formative stage in their careers, when financial support can meaningfully expand what is possible.
Are you an emerging furniture maker building your first significant body of work?
Are you an early-career artist developing your studio practice and looking for support to take a major step forward, pursue a new project, or expand your work in meaningful ways?
Former fellows have gone on to become leading educators, studio artists, designers, and contributors to the broader field of craft and design.
Applications for the next John D. Mineck Fellowship cycle will open the week of June 15, 2026.