Other Resources

We thought you might like to know of these resources in and around Boston, and on-line, as you pursue your training in woodworking, sewing, crafts and fine arts. Let us know of additional resources you think we should add.

Professional Associations & Guilds • Neighborhood Artists’ Associations • Community Art Centers • Specialized Classes, Workshops & Training • Summer Craft Intensives • Exhibitions • Publications & Blogs • Other Resources

Associations

Professional Associations & Guilds

• American Association of Woodturners
  Information, networking, support
• Eastern Massachusetts Guild of Woodworkers
  Skill-sharing, demonstrations, charitable projects
• Furniture Society
  Annual conference, professional resources
• Proper Bostonian & Other Quilt Guilds
  Make, exhibit and donate quilts
• Sisters in Stitches
  New England’s African American quilting guild

Neighborhood Artists’ Associations

• Brookline Artists
• Dorchester Artists’ Network
• Fort Point Arts Community
• Hyde Park Art Association
• Jamaica Plain Artists Association
• Roslindale Arts Alliance

Other Classes

Community Art Centers

• Brookline Arts Center (Brookline, MA)
• Dot Art (Dorchester, MA)
• Menino Art Center (Hyde Park, MA)
• New Art Center (Newton, MA)
• United South End Settlements (South End/Boston, MA)

Specialized Classes, Workshops & Training

• Boston Building Materials Resource Center (Roxbury, MA)
  Home carpentry & repairs
• Boston Carpenters Apprenticeship Program (Dorchester, MA)
  Training for union carpenters
• Center for Furniture Craftsmanship (Rockport, ME)
  Professional cabinetry
• Diablo Glass School (Roxbury, MA)
  Stained glass, glass blowing and fusing
• Feet of Clay (Brookline, MA)
  Ceramics
• Metalwerx (Waltham, MA)
  Jewelry and metals
• Mudflat Studio (Somerville, MA)
  Ceramics
• North Bennet Street School (Beacon Hill/Boston, MA)
  Professional cabinetry, bookbinding, violins
• Stitch House (Dorchester, MA)
  Knitting, crocheting
• Stonybrook Fine Arts (Jamaica Plain, MA)
  Welding, casting, mold making, stone carving, sculpture, jewelry

Summer Craft Intensives

• Fiber College (Searsport, ME)
• Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, ME)
• Snow Farm: New England Craft Program (Williamsburg, MA)

Exhibitions

• Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton, MA)
  Contemporary crafts
• Jamaica Plain Open Studios
  Annual community-wide exhibition each September
• Society of Arts & Crafts (Newbury St./Boston, MA)
  Fine contemporary crafts
• Mobilia Gallery (Cambridge, MA)
  Contemporary decorative arts

Publications & Blogs

• Apartment Therapy
  Inspiration and do-it-yourself
• Fiber Arts Magazine
  Contemporary textile arts
• Fine Woodworking Magazine
• HandEye Magazine
  Artisans around the world
• SchoolArts Magazine
  Ideas and resources for art teachers
• Threads Magazine
  Clothing, quilting, home decorating

Other Resources

• Art Deadlines List
  Jobs, scholarships, festivals, more
• Artist Link
  Connecting artists and spaces in Massachusetts
• Artist Space Initiative
  Announcements for Boston artists
• ArtSource
  Jobs, training, studios, exhibition opportunities
• Boston Handmade
  Local artisans selling work locally and on-line
• Etsy
  On-line marketplace for handmade crafts