Maine celebrates their own

Maine Wood 2024 opened at the Messler Gallery at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship (CFC) in Rockport, Maine. The biennial exhibition showcases the breadth, creativity, and excellence of Maine’s woodworking community and runs through April 17.

“It’s fitting that we wrap our 30th anniversary year with the opening of Maine Wood 2024. This show of talented Mainers highlights what CFC strives to accomplish: amplifying and exemplifying the value of craftsmanship as it enriches the life of the maker as well as the communities in which they work and reside,” said Matt Hoggle, the center’s executive director.

The show features furniture makers Virginia Blanchard (Thomaston); David Boyle (Bath); Richard Chalmers (Camden); Sam Cotton (Hope); Andy Glenn (Waldoboro); Rob Hiza (Rockland); Saer T. Huston (Kennebunkport); Terry Kelly (Presque Isle); John Rogers (Woolwich); Osamu Sassa (Camden); Ethan Stebbins (Woolwich); Olivia Van Oot (Portland); Kristina Varshavskaya (Waldoboro); Paul Wanrooij (Harpswell), and Geoffrey Warner (Stonington).

The show also features John Bryan (North Yarmouth); Danielle Rose Byrd (Bar Harbor); Clara Cohan (Cape Elizabeth); Dennis Curtis (Augusta); Jeff Enck (Cumberland Center); Crockett Lalor (Lincolnville); Jim Macdonald (Burnham); Max Miller (Thomaston); and Julie A. Vogel (Harpswell).

Jurors are Dixie Biggs, a woodturner and instructor in Gainesville, Fla; John Cameron, a furniture maker in Gloucester, Mass., and Adam John Manley, associate professor of furniture design and woodworking at San Diego State University.

Sponsoring organizations include the Eastern Maine Woodturners, Maine Crafts Association, and Maine Woodturners. Learn more at woodschool.org.  

This article was originally published in the March 2024 issue.