BIPOC Woodworking 1F21
We encourage Black/Indigenous/People of Color femme-identifying students, traditionally under-represented in our woodshop, to join a group of folx who want to build an inclusive community and gain confidence in the woodshop through learning new skills and taking creative risks.
Learn fundamentals as you work a plan through to completion. With a focus on six essential power tools, learn properties of wood and shop etiquette, interpret a plan, cut and mill stock and use basic machine joinery. Alison Croney Moses, a skilled wood-based artist, will combine the goals of the Eliot School’s basic box class and her own community building strategies to create a radically welcoming woodshop where everyone is supported in participating.
Completion of this experience qualifies students for intermediate classes and for Woodworking Open Shop. Complete attendance is required to fulfill this requirement. See our withdrawal policies online.
Through the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Art’s Scholarship Fund, we are able to offer this experience at a sliding scale. Please pay what you can and if you can pay more, you will be supporting others to participate in Radically Welcoming Initiatives. Donate Now
No class on Friday, November 26th. Masks must be worn at all times indoors. Vaccinations required. Limited to 8 students to accommodate social distancing requirements.
Alison Croney Moses
Alison Croney Moses combines coopering and bending techniques to create objects that encourage interaction. She was featured in the December 2018/January 2019 issue of American Craft Magazine.
Formerly Program Director for our School & Community Partnership Program and currently Associate Director of the Eliot School, through it, Alison has also taught woodworking and visual arts at McCormack Middle School – as well in our schoolhouse. Earlier, as Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (Denver CO), she developed, managed and taught art programs for all ages. She has also been Wood Shop Assistant at Anderson Ranch Art Center (Snowmass Village CO), Catalyst Arts Fellow at Rhode Island School of Design and Fabrication Assistant for Situ Studio (New York City). As Education Director for Red Rabbit (New York City), she developed and led interactive cooking and gardening programs for teachers, parents and children.
Alison holds a Preliminary License to teach Visual Art to Grades 5–12. She earned her MA in Sustainable Business & Communities from Goddard College and BFA in Furniture Design from Rhode Island School of Design.
All materials provided in class. Materials cost included in tuition.