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Carving & Woodworking Classes at The Vesterheim 2020

Vester­heim Nor­we­gian-Amer­i­can Muse­um,  Dec­o­rah, IA

  • March 12–14 — Begin­ning Kuk­sa Carv­ing — Tra­di­tion­al Scan­di­na­vian Drink­ing Cup — Alexan­der Yerks 
  • March 16–18 — Intermediate/Advanced Kuk­sa Carv­ing — Alexan­der Yerks 
  • March 19–21 — Hooked on Spoons—Carving in the Scan­di­na­vian Tra­di­tion — Fred Livesay 
  • March 26–29 — Advanced Spoon Carv­ing — Fred Livesay & Alexan­der Yerks 
  • April 18–22 — Wood Chest with Forged Hard­ware — Derek Olson & Tom Latané 
  • May 13–17 — Carved Por­tals Mas­ter­class for Vesterheim’s Her­itage Park — Jock Hol­men 
  • May 27–31 — Carved Por­tals Mas­ter­class for Vesterheim’s Her­itage Park — Jock Hol­men 
  • June 5–7 — Old World Chip Carv­ing — Jan Jenson
  • June 13–14 — Con­tem­po­rary Carv­ing of Tra­di­tion­al Char­ac­ters — Charles Banks 
  • July 26–30 — Carv­ing Nordic Drag­ons in 3‑D — Phillip Odd­en 
  • Oct. 4–6 — Scan­di­na­vian-Style Cut­lery — Mike Schelmeske & Harley Ref­sal 
  • Oct. 16–18 — Scan­di­na­vian Style Flat-Plane Fig­ure Carv­ing — Harley Ref­sal (or Nov. 6–8 in Mt. Horeb, WI)
  • Nov. 5–8 — Drag­on Style Carv­ing — Becky Lusk
  • Nov. 6–8 — Scan­di­na­vian Style Flat-Plane Fig­ure Carv­ing — Harley Ref­sal (in Mt. Horeb, WI)

All class­es in Deb­o­rah, IA unless oth­er­wise not­ed.  On-line reg­is­tra­tion now avail­able.  For more infor­ma­tion, call the Vester­heim at 563–382-9681 or click HERE

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Conewa­go Carvers   2020 Seminars 

East Berlin Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter, 405 North Ave. East Berlin, PA  (Unless oth­er­wise noted)

50% Deposit required at signup; remain­ing 50% due 60 days pri­or to the class. 

Prices list­ed are Mem­ber/Non-mem­ber     

Date
Instruc­tor
Project
Cost: Mem­ber/Non-Mem­ber
March 28 & 29
Jim Feath­er
Car­i­ca­ture
$90/$100
April 4 & 5
Mike Dieter
Shore Bird
$95/$105
April 17, 18 & 19
Ron Dowdy — web­site
Car­i­ca­tures
$175/$200
May 9, 10 & 11
Vic Hood
Real­is­tic Bust — Mal­let & Gouge
$200/$225
May 30 & 31
Jim His­er — web­site
Car­i­ca­tures
$90/$125
June 6 & 7
Bob Her­shey — web­site
Car­i­ca­ture Animals
$90/$125
June 20
Don Kar­nas
Begin­ning Chip Carving
$45/$55
June 27 & 28
Sean Lacey
Folk Carv­ing — Bird & Farm Animal
$100/$110
July 10, 11 & 12
Adi­na Huck­ins — web­site
Var­i­ous Project
$250/$275
July 18
Don Kar­nas
Intermediate/Advanced
​Chip Carving
$45/$55
August 1 & 2
Bruce Stake
Car­i­ca­ture Face or
​Fig­ure from Block of Wood
$75/$85
August 29 & 30
Ang­ie Freeman
Wood Burn­ing on a Gourd
$90/$100
Sep­tem­ber 25 (eve), 26 & 27
Wayne Laramore — web­site
Car­i­ca­tures
$150/$175
Octo­ber 3 & 4
Dave Park­er
San­ta
$90/$100
Octo­ber 10 & 11
Gary Peif­fer
Penn­syl­va­nia Dutch Critter
$90/$100
Novem­ber 7 & 8
Lin­da Murphy
Wood Burn­ing
$90/$100

For sem­i­nar sta­tus or more infor­ma­tion vis­it the club web site HERE, or con­tact Mike Nowakows­ki 717–761-7121 or conewagoseminars@gmail.com

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Lan­cast­er Coun­ty Wood­Carvers’ 47th Annu­al Wood­carv­ing & Wildlife Art Festival

March 21 & 22, 2020 — Sat­ur­day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.& Sun­day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Stu­dent Memo­r­i­al Cen­ter, Millersville Uni­ver­si­ty, oppo­site side of street from 101 Shenks Ln, Millersville, PA 17551

Free Park­ing, Fes­ti­val Admis­sion: $5.00

Free Admis­sion for those with Mil­i­tary ID!, Free Admis­sion for Stu­dents with High School or College/Higher Ed ID!

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Wood Carv­ing Show, Com­pe­ti­tion and Sales, Greater Lans­ing Wood Carv­ing Club and Red Cedar Carvers Guild

April 18, 2020

Lib­er­ty Church, 12745 Geor­gia Avenue, Grand Ledge, Michi­gan 48837

Admis­sion: adults $3.00, chil­dren under 16 free.

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Robert Stro­bel, 517 410–8731or rstrob@aol.com.

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Mid-Wis. Chip­pers 46th Annu­al “Artistry in Wood” Wood­carv­ing Show, Com­pe­ti­tion & Sale

Sun­day May 3, 2020. 9:00 am — 4:00 pm

Oshkosh Con­ven­tion Cen­ter, 2 N. Main Street, Oshkosh, WI 

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Paul Wolters, 920–727-2139, or www.midwisconsinchippers.weebly.com

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Mon­tana Carv­ing Corral

Date & time: May 4th to 8th, 2020

Mis­soula — MT — 2537 3rd St. West — 59804 — “Orchard Homes Coun­try Life Center”

Cost varies with class — see our Face­book page for details

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Thomas Collins — 406–529-0239 — tomcollins875@gmail.com, or click HERE

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Evart Roundup

June 3–6, 2020 — Wednes­day-Fri­day 8:00 am — 4:00 pm, Sat­ur­day ’till noon

Osce­o­la Coun­ty Fair­grounds, Evart, MI

A host of nation­al and region­al instruc­tors, class­es are free on a first-come, first-served basis.  Mate­r­i­al fees may apply.

A vari­ety of ven­dors for tool sharp­en­ing, rough outs, equip­ment and supplies

Under 18 years of age must be accom­pa­nied by par­ent or guardian

Camp­ing avail­able at fair­ground; $20 w/ elec­tri­cal, $17 with­out, pets per­mit­ted but must be con­fined to camp­site at all times, no drugs or alco­hol per­mit­ted.  For more camp­ing infor­ma­tion click HERE.   For area accom­mo­da­tions or Roundup infor­ma­tion click HERE

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North­west Carv­ing Academy

July 13–17, 2020

Ellens­burg, WA, Kit­ti­tas Coun­ty Fair­grounds Event Center

Instruc­tors will be teach­ing week long sem­i­nars. Class size is limited.

For more infor­ma­tion click HERE

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Rene­gade Wood­carv­er Roundup

March 23–27, 2020

 James E. Ward Ag Cen­ter in Lebanon TN

Taught by well known Car­i­ca­ture Carvers, carve one day with each.

For more infor­ma­tion  con­tact Steve Brown, Freeport, FL — sbrownwoodcarvin@bellsouth.net   or 270–871-4239
Or click HERE 

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Floyd­fest Wood Carv­ing Seminar 

June 8–13, 2020

The Osce­o­la 4‑H/FFA Fair­grounds — Evart, MI

 fol­low­ing the Evart Wood Carvers Roundup,

The sem­i­nar is open to all wood carvers.

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact  rhads134@comcast.net  or 734–649-3259, or click HERE

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Lake Placid Wood­cav­ing Expe­ri­ence — NY

Sep­tem­ber 9 — 13 and 16 — 20, 2019

Held at the Hotel North Woods in Lake Placid

For more infor­ma­tion click HERE

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Spit & Whit­tle Week­end — infor­mal carv­ing get together 

Sep­tem­ber 13–19, 2020

Osce­o­la Coun­ty Fair­grounds, Evart, MI

For more infor­ma­tion click HERE

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Last update 2–25-20

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