Woodworking Classes Are Back

Step by step, our woodworking classes and studios are opening up for registration. Take classes with some of your favorite woodshop teachers.

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. 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). 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.

Dan Paret
Dan Paret has been a maker for more than thirty years and a teacher for 15 of those years. 
“I find satisfaction in making functional objects people will use or encounter daily. I hope that people who own my pieces will connect with me through the objects, and experience with me the intimacy of simple, useful things. In my classes I employ equal measures of seriousness and levity to connect with people who are interested in making objects, manipulating materials and exploring the work. Teaching informs my work, which informs my teaching.”

Frank Pettorossi
Frank Pettorossi started as a cabinetmaking apprentice at age 14 in Baselice, a small town in the Naples region of Italy. After moving to the US, he graduated from Boston Trade High School and joined Cabinetmakers Local 51. He worked in architectural millwork shops throughout the Boston area, did construction for Bar & Bar Co. and installed displays for Filenes department stores. His experience as a cabinetmaker and carpenter spans five decades. “I have been working at the Eliot School for over 12 years and I find it very rewarding helping others with my craft.”

Joe Stanewick
Joe Stanewick has been associated with the Eliot School since 1984 as a student and instructor. He learned cabinetmaking at Wentworth Institute and North Bennet Street School, and worked as a furniture restorer at Trefler & Sons.