From AAW:
The American Association of Woodturners (AAW), a nonprofit group devoted to advancing the artwork and craft of woodturning worldwide, will launch its first-ever three-day on-line “Virtual Symposium” July 10-12, 2020.
The all-online event will function reside academic woodturning demonstrations, particular curiosity periods, panel discussions, reside auctions, Instant Gallery, prizes drawings for attendees, a virtual commerce present, and extra.
* Demonstrators for the event will embrace woodturning execs Trent Bosch, Cindy Drozda, Rudy Lopez, Glenn Lucas, Mike Mahoney, and Craig Timmerman. Topics can be introduced. * Panel discussions will embrace social media/enterprise, inventive observe, and an Instant Gallery critique. * Special Interest Sessions will embrace Gizmos and Gadgets, a presentation of “best of the best” woodturning ideas, and a Women in Turning (WIT) presentation. * Each registered attendee could ship a picture to incorporate within the Virtual Instant Gallery. * The price for all three days of programming is $20.20 (nonrefundable), which incorporates entry to a replay of recorded Virtual Symposium content material for as much as two weeks following the event.
The official schedule and extra particulars can be obtainable quickly. Registration opens June 5 and closes July 3. Click here for more information and to register.
AAW’s Executive Director Phil McDonald acknowledged, “We are excited to present an AAW Symposium in a virtual format. And, we have taken a brave approach to registration costs to make the event available to as many people as possible. This format will enable our members and other woodturners to enjoy an affordable learning experience from the comfort and safety their own homes. Additionally, it will be a perfect opportunity for people interested in woodturning to get a feel for the craft at a low price.”
The AAW’s Annual International Symposium, which takes place in a brand new metropolis yearly, was scheduled for June 4-7, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky. However, that in-person event needed to be cancelled as a result of COVID-19 pandemic to guard the well being and security of members, demonstrators, commerce present distributors, companions, and different event attendees.
ABOUT THE AAW The American Association of Woodturners (AAW) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) group, headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, devoted to advancing the artwork and craft of woodturning worldwide by providing alternatives for training, info, inspiration, and neighborhood to these eager about turning wooden. Established in 1986, AAW presently has greater than 16,000 members and a community of over 365 chapters globally representing professionals, amateurs, artists, hobbyists, gallery house owners, collectors, and others. The AAW possesses the one largest assortment of woodturning info anyplace and its award-winning journal, American Woodturner, is the foremost publication on the artwork and craft of woodturning on the earth. To be taught extra, go to woodturner.org.
ABOUT WOODTURNING Woodturning is a recent craft with roots courting again 2,500 years. The course of entails a lathe, a machine that securely holds and spins wooden at excessive speeds, whereby artists and craftspeople form objects utilizing specialised gouges and chisels. Traditionally, woodturning has been used to create purposeful gadgets, comparable to chair legs, candlesticks, and bowls. Today, lathe-turned work can be understood as an artwork kind and automobile for particular person enrichment, creativity, and expression, and embraces range in each style and makers. The objects produced are simply as diverse because the individuals who flip them. From purposeful objects, like bowls, to summary sculptural kinds, woodturning could embrace floor carving, embellishment, and ending strategies, and specialised strategies comparable to segmented, multi-axis, decorative, pen turning. The artwork and craft of woodturning has a modest studying curve and engages individuals from age eight to 108. Learn extra about woodturning, go to AAW’s Discover Woodturning online resource.
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