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Rochester Woodcarvers!
The Rochester Woodcarvers Club is a gathering of individuals from around the Rochester Minnesota area who are interested in woodcarving. Everyone is welcome whether they are just interested in learning about woodcarving, are considering starting to carve, or are beginner, experienced or master carvers.
Join us at the next meeting of the 2023-2024 season
Visitors welcome!
For general meeting information and location check out the Club Information menu above.
Upcoming Meetings & Speakers
September 21: Jock Holmen – Using drawings to prepare for acanthus carving (details below)
October 19: Steve Speltz – His painting and finishing process
16-Nov-24: To Be Announced
21-Dec-24: Holiday Potluck
18-Jan-25: Jennifer Felton – Q & A about Bird Carving
Weekly Carve-Ins on Tuesday and Wednesday (details here)
Please invite your spouse, family, friends and neighbors to our meetings!
Remember to bring your “Show and Tell” items to let us know what you have been doing!
Beginning Woodcarving Class
The fall will start off with a Beginning Woodcarving class presenting through Rochester Community Education. This evening class will be on Tuesdays from October 1st through October 22nd. The instructors are a wonderful Father/Daughter team of expert woodcarvers (hint: Ev & Jolene) who have taught classes around the country.
To see more information and register for the class, visit the Community Ed website.
Recent Club Events
Our 48th Anniversary Annual Show was fun for both visitors and exhibitors. Details about the show including links to media coverage and photos at the show are on the 2024 Annual Show page.
“Dala Horses Ride into Rochester” started with a call to members to create Dala horses. A summary with photos is on the Events>Dala Posse page.
A Call for Carvings – The Dala Posse is headed to the Festival of Trees. People are invited to carve decorations for this year’s tree. See the details on the Dala Posse page.
New Set of Officers
Annual club elections took place at the monthly May meeting. Our new President is Steve Elliott and the new Vice President is Ron Lyman. The previous Secretary and Treasurer (Bev Stupca and Mike Snyder) had volunteered to continue in their offices and were elected without any objections. There was no need to elect any new Executive Board members this year (Jan Glowacki, Lori Murray and Andre Lapeyre).
These people are the grease that keeps the club running smoothly. Please let them know that you appreciate them.
And remember, your help is valuable to the club. We count on you members to step up to maintain the club so please consider volunteering in the future.
Next Monthly Meeting – September 21
Steve Speltz
His painting and finishing process
Details of Steve’s presentation will be listed here as soon as we can confirm them.
