Irish Woodturners Guild

The IWG will be at RTE's "Reflecting the Rising" event on Easter Monday. We will be located in Smithfield and will be giving demonstrations and offering free woodturning lessons throughout the day. You can find out more about the event here.

John J. Ronayne Limited are holding a Woodworking Show at their store in Thurles on April 9th 2016. It will include woodturning demonstrations by Seamus Cassidy and Donal Ryan.

Here are some forthcoming events around our chapters - see the links for more details:

East Central Chapter Seminar - 9 April 2016 - With Sue Harker


Cork Chapter Seminar - 16 April 2016 - With Colwin Way


Dublin Chapter Seminar - 7/8 May 2016 - With Jason Breach


Limerick and District Chapter Seminar - 14 May 2016 - With Liam Flynn, Christien Van Bussel and Donal Ryan

Journal 76 will be dropping through members' letterboxes next week...

Business to Arts have sent us some news that may be of interest to members aged between 18 and 30, regarding Sky Academy Arts Scholarships which have a prize of €40,000 on offer to emerging artists. The deadline is 5pm on 10 March 2016. To find out more see this link.

The French Association of Art on Wood Turning (AFTAB) are holding a four day showcase of woodturning with the support of the municipality of Combloux ( France ) between 21 and 24 April 2016. The programme features a host of world class French and foreign demonstrators, exhibitions, dealers and much more. For more information see www.aftab-asso.com and http://aftab-asso.fr/documents/Programme-Citab2016.pdf