Schools and Instruction

Academy of Innovative Woodworking, Inc.
Instruction and training in all phases of Woodworking. Custom and speciallty woodworking of all kinds.
http://www.woodworkingacademyraleigh.com/

The Acanthus Workshop, LLC
Woodworking education offered for all levels, from basic wood finishing to Master level classes. Located in East Coventry (Philadelphia area), PA
http://www.acanthus.com/

Alpine School of Woodcarving
Founded and operated by Wayne Barton and specializing in the education of chip carving. Located in Park Ridge, Illinois.
http://www.chipcarving.com/school.htm

American School Of French Marquetry
Offering both week-long and weekend classes teaching the classical French 18th century marquetry method using a chevalet. Class sizes are limited to six students. Located in San Diego, California.
http://www.wpatrickedwards.com/newschool.htm

American School of Lutherie
Offering training in lutherie, specifically guitar building and repair. Courses are available for both beginning and experienced lutheirs.
http://www.americanschooloflutherie.com/

American Sycamore Woodworkers Retreat
Offers classes from one- to six-days teaching a variety of skills, with an emphasis on furniture. School also provides on-site lodging. Located in central Indiana.
http://www.americansycamoreretreat.com

American Woodcarving School
Holds regular day and evening classes 52 weeks out of the year, and approximately 6 weekend workshops per year. Founded in 1974 by Sculptor Michael Denike.
http://www.americanwoodcarving.com/

American Woodworking Academy
Woodworking trade school featuring instruction in cabinet making, furniture building,and hands-on woodworking. Located in Fenton, Missouri.
http://www.awacademy.com/

Andrew Crawford - fine decorative boxes
Offering a range of box making classes. Located in Acton Scott, Church Stretton, Shropshire, UK.
http://www.box-making.com

Appalachian Center for Craft
Offering a B.F.A. with a woodworking concentration in a series of seven classes including design and woodworking. Typical projects include chairs, tables and cabinets, with an emphasis on joinery, bending, veneering, turning, and finishing. Located in Smithville TN.
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/about.html

Art's Wood Shop & School of Woodworking
Offers three separate six-day courses entitled Fundamentals of Woodworking, Fundamentals of Cabinet Making, and Furniture Making. Located in Niagara Falls, NY.
http://www.awsnf.com/

Barry Gordon Woodcarving
Classes in carving contemporary and classic wooden utensils and decorative spoons. Located near Syracuse, NY,
http://www.barrygordon.com/

The Breed School
Offering four-day to two-week long classes teaching design and construction of American 18th century furniture using hand tools. Located in South Berwick, Maine
http://www.allanbreed.com/

Bruce Luckhurst Workshops
Instructor in furniture restoration, conservation, and fine furniture making teaching in North America, Great Britain, Europe, and Scandinavia.
http://www.bruceluckhurst.co.uk

By Jimeny Solid Custom Furniture
Provides selective instruction in woodworking and also teaches numerous classes throughout the Atlanta area.
http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/4/w4qo/byjimeny/

Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
Offers workshops, twelve-week intensives, and a nine-month comprehensive, taught by an international faculty in Rockport, Maine.
http://www.woodschool.org/

Chippendale International School of Furniture
Full breadth curriculum in a 30-week format that takes the student from timber identification to setting up a business. Located in Edinburgh Scotland.
http://www.chippendale.co.uk/

College of the Redwoods
Fine furniture woodworking school located in Northern California, offering 1-2 week summer workshops as well as a nine-month comprehensive program. Founded in 1982 by James Krenov.
http://www.crfinefurniture.com

Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking
Offering one- to 5-day classes in furniture making, woodcarving, woodturning, furniture finishing and related crafts. Located in Manchester, Connecticut and associated with the local Woodcraft store.
http://www.schoolofwoodworking.com/

Conover Workshops
Teaches traditional woodworking and woodturning techniques with noted author Ernie Conover and other expert instructors.
http://www.conoverworkshops.com/

Country Workshops Woodworking School
Focusing on traditional craftsmanship with hand tools. Classes offered in chairmaking, carving, boxmaking, and spoonmaking. Located an hour from Ashville, NC
http://countryworkshops.org

The Craft Connection
Courses offered in woodworking, routing and woodturning.
http://www.wood-working.info/

David Charlesworth Fine Furniture Making Courses
Noted author David Charlesworth offers both short (5-days) and long (12-week) furniture making courses at his workshop in Hartland, Devon, UK.
http://www.davidcharlesworth.co.uk

David Savage - Fine Furniture Maker
Offering six-month to one-year length courses in contemporary furniture making and design. Located in the Village of Shebbear, UK.
http://www.finefurnituremaker.com

Dogwood Institute of Fine Woodworking
Provides information on classes schedules and directions.
http://www.dogwoodwoodworking.com/

Fine Furniture Maker School of Woodworking
Classes offered in contemporary furniture design and construction by a working craftsman. Located in Devon, UK.
http://www.finefurnituremaker.com/schools_of_woodworking_index.htm

Four Sisters Woodworking Instruction
Offering custom taylored, one- to two-week long, one-one-one instruction for beginning to advanced students. Located in Fort Bragg, CA.
http://www.foursisterswoodworking.com/4s_holdy.html

Furniture Design, Product Design And Woodworking
Art and Design Department of Northern Michigan University offers four-year B.S., B.A. and B.F.A. degrees in furniture design, product design and woodworking.
http://art.nmu.edu/department/Furn_Product_Wood.html

Furniture Institute of Massachusetts
Both Full-time (20 months) and part-time (2- to 10-day) classes in furniture making are offered by Phil Lowe at his Beverly, MA studio.
http://www.furnituremakingclasses.com/

Heartwood School
Teaching skills and knowledge for building energy-efficient homes with programs dealing in all aspects of the homebuilding crafts, including timber framing, cabinet making, and finish carpentry.
http://www.heartwoodschool.com/index.html

The Home Shop Woodworking School
One to four day long woodworking classes offered in Shaker box making, plane making, dovetails, and paddle making. Classes held in Charlotte, Michigan.
http://www.shakerovalbox.com/school/aboutschool.htm

Homestead Heritage Woodworking School
Offers classes from one- to twelve-days in hand-tool woodworking. School is part of a larger homestead training facility located near Waco, Texas.
http://www.homesteadheritage-woodworking.com

Homestead Woodworking School
Schedule of courses, registration procedure, location, and information concerning Homestead Woodworking School in New Hampshire.
http://woodschoolnh.com

J D Lohr School of Woodworking
Pennsylvania-based woodworking school offering machine-based woodworking instruction. Focus is on practical, tablesaw, jointer, planer, and router production techniques for beginner through advanced levels.
http://www.jdlohrwood.com/services.htm

Jack Teegarden Woodcarver
Offers carving classes in Atlanta, Michigan. Gallery of carvings and student testimonials.
http://www.jackteegarden.com

John C. Campbell Folk School
Classes for adults in a variety of folk arts including woodworking, woodcarving, and woodburning. Located in Brasstown, North Carolina.
http://www.folkschool.com/

John Lloyd Fine Furniture
Offering a series of two to five day classes in furniture making. Classes for beginners through advanced studies. Located in East Sussex.
http://www.johnlloydfinefurniture.co.uk/

JSR School of Woodworking
Classes offered from the woodworking basics to the Maloof style rocking chair in a part-time professional shop environment. Located in Hickory, NC.
http://www.jsrwoodworking.com/

Kelly Mehler's School of Woodworking
Offers a variety of hands-on woodworking classes that cover an array of techniques and various finished pieces.
http://www.kellymehler.com/

Le nombre d'or
Offering lectures and technical training, for up to one year, for all levels of skill in restoration and conservation of wooden gilded objects. Located in Paris.
http://www.nombredor.com/home.htm

Lonnie Bird's School of Fine Woodworking
Hands-on woodworking instruction by author Lonnie Bird. Classes include furniture making, carving, joinery, and chair making. School is located in Dandrige, Tennessee.
http://www.lonniebird.com/

Marc Adams School of Woodworking
Instructional classes on every form of woodworking from basic design to finishing techniques. Located in Franklin, Indiana, but offers lectures and seminars across the country.
http://marcadams.com/

New City Arts Woodworking
A cooperative woodworking school and shop offering one- to six-day woodworking classes for beginners and intermediate skill levels. Located in downtown Seattle, Washington.
http://www.newcityarts.com

New England School Of Architectural Woodworking
Offering a 37 week architectural training program, and 10 week evening classes in woodworking. Located in Easthampton, MA.
http://www.nesaw.com/

North Bennet Street School Programs
Training people for employment since 1885 for work in fields that require craftsmanship and skillful use of hand tools and power equipment.
http://www.nbss.org/

North Country Studio Workshops
Offering woodworking classes for intermediate and advanced woodworkers. Located in Deerfield, NH
http://northcountrystudioworkshops.org/

North House Folk School
In addition to folk studies and crafts, this non-profit school offers various entry level woodworking, timberframing, and boatbuilding classes. Most classes are three days in length or less. Located in Grand Marais, MN.
http://www.northhouse.org

The Northwest Woodworking Studio
Offers a variety of seminars and workshops. Also, five- and ten-week courses and a 2-year comprehensive program are also available. Located in Portland Oregon.
http://www.northwestwoodworking.com/

Old English Furniture & Cabinet Co.
Offering one- to four-day classes and workshops on tool use, finishing, joinery, frame and panel construction, etc. Located in Selmer, TN
http://www.oefcc.com/

Olde Mill Cabinet Shoppe
Olde Mill Cabinet Shoppe specializes in 18th c American Furniture and wood restoration supplies along with offering classes in "Philidelphia Style" cabinet making. Occasional classes and courses offered by Gene Landon of Fine Woodworking Magazine.
http://www.oldemill.com/

Outdoor Craftsman School - Bjorklund Ranch Sawmill
Learn how to mill wood from a log to finished lumber at this outdoor working sawmill. Beginning timber framing classes are also offered. Located near Santa Barbara, California.
http://www.bjorklundranch.com

Palomar College Cabinet & Furniture Technology
Offers courses ranging from Furniture Design, Timber Framing, Guitar building, to Production Cabinetmaking. Four full-time and sixteen part-time instructors teach at this 2,000 student school located in San Marcos, California.
http://www.palomar.edu/woodworking/

Passion for Wood
Classes, group seminars, and individual training offered in various woodworking techniques. Courses of one-to-three weeks in length are offered that are both project-based and skills-based. Located in Acton, Ontario CA
http://passionforwood.com

Philadelphia Furniture Workshop
Offering a broad range of seminars, workshops, and classes ranging from one to three days. Students learn on traditional joiners benches. Located in a 1920s factory building in Philadelphia, PA.
http://philadelphiafurnitureworkshop.com/

Pocahontas Woods
Degree and non-degree job skills courses such as hand tools and basic machines, drawing, design and technical writing. Located in Marlinton, West Virginia.
http://www.pocahontaswoods.com

Red Rocks Community College
Located in Lakewood,Colorado. Provides woodworking programs for beginners and professionals. Offers several vertificates and degree.
http://www.rrcc.edu/

Rhode Island School of Design - Furniture Design
Undergraduate and Graduate degrees are offered in Furniture Design. Located in Providence, RI.
http://www.risd.edu/furniture.cfm

Rob Cosman Workshops
Noted Canadian woodworker, Rob Cosman, offers four and five day hand tool workshops in Oakville, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta.
http://www.robcosman.com/

Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery
Since 1977, school has offered 5-month long master craftsman level classes in guitar making and repair.
http://www.roberto-venn.com/

Rosewood Studio - School of Fine Woodworking
Offering one-day to nine-month woodworking classes in all aspects of woodworking including furniture making and a "tutored build" program, where students receive one-on-one instruction on a flexible time schedule. Located in Almonte, Ontario, Canada (Ottawa).
http://www.rosewoodstudio.com/

Rustic Videos
Videos of the construction techniques for building adirondack rustic furniture and decorative decoys
http://www.rusticvideos.com/

RVP~1875 Furniture Classes
Six-week long furniture making classes are held in an historical furniture shop setting using methods in use circa 1875. Classes are held in Story City, Iowa at the workshops of Robby V. Pedersen.
http://www.rvp1875.com/classes.html

Spring Harvest Fine Woodworking
One to six day classes offered primarily for the beginning woodworker. School is located in San Antonio, Texas.
http://www.springharvestfww.com/school.htm

Swann Woodwork School of Woodwork
Offering one-on-one and small classes focused on beginning woodwork and finishing techniques from a working fine furniture builder located in Tampa, Florida.
http://www.swannwoodwork.com

Ted Harlan Woodworking School
Instruction includes wood basics, advanced joinery, lutherie, furniture, guitar making and construction. Located in Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.tedharlan.com

Tillers International - Woodworking
This homesteading training center offers classes in practical historical woodworking, such as timber framing, chairmaking, wheel wrighting, cart wrighting, and coopering. Located on 450 acres near Scotts, MI
http://www.tillersinternational.org/skills/woodworking.html

Turning Point Studios
Offering 3-day to month-long classes in furnituremaking, boxmaking, chairmaking, and carving. Located in Atlanta, GA.
http://turningpoint.werdupsoftware.com/

White Mountain Designs
Offers an interactive CD based woodworking course containing 35 lessons, including hand tools, machines, veneering, and joinery.
http://www.whitemountdesign.com/

The Wild Earth School
Offering classes in basic skills, wood turning, cabinetmaking, chair-making, carving, and furniture making. Located near Hudson, WI.
http://www.aboutwildearth.com/

Willam Ng School of Fine Woodworking
Offers classes in all areas of woodworking, but with an emphsis on furniture building. School is located in Anaheim, California.
http://www.wnwoodworks.com

The Windsor Institute
Exclusively dedicated to teaching Windsor chair-making this school founded by chair maker Mike Dunbar in 1980, offers five day classes two to three times each month. Located in Hampton, NH.
http://www.thewindsorinstitute.com/

The Windsor Workshop
Offering 5-day classes in various styles of Windsor chair making. Located in West Chiltington, Pulborough, West Sussex, UK
http://www.thewindsorworkshop.co.uk/

Woodsmith Woodworking Seminars
One-hour seminars held weekly in a 200-seat woodworking shop/classroom. Also, free "how to" videos are available on their website. Seminars are presented by the editors of Woodsmith, ShopNotes, and Workbench magazines. Located in Des Moines, Iowa.
http://www.woodworkingseminars.com

Woodstyle Design
Extensive instruction offered in woodworking and furniture making.
http://www.woodstyledesign.co.uk/

WoodWorker Academy
Offering regularly scheduled classes in fundamentals, hand tool, power tool, cabinet making, furniture design, and box making. Located in Alameda, CA (Bay Area).
http://www.woodworkeracademy.com/

The Woodworking Academy and Routing Academy
Provides courses and tuition in all aspects of woodworking and Routing. Located in Nottinghamshire, UK.
http://www.woodworkingacademy.co.uk

The Woodworking School
Offering classes in cabinetmaking, chair building, wooden canoe building, and longbow construction, among others. Located in Sumner, WA (Tacoma).
http://www.thewoodworkingschool.com/