2010 Symposiums

[KurtB]

With help from the WoW Forums, this list of symposiums is reproduced here in the hopes that everyone will find something in their area in 2010:

Jan 15-17 Florida Symposium
Jan 29 Tennessee Association of Woodturners
March 26-28 Turnfest 2010, Queensland, Australia
March 27-28 Totally Turning, Saratoga Springs N.Y
April 23-35 Southern States Woodturning Symposium
Gainesville, Ga.
May 6-8 Utah Woodturning Symposium
June 18-20 AAW Symposium , Hartford, Conn
June 14-17 Australian Woodturning Symposium
July 17 Mini-Symposium, San Diego
Aug 20-22 Turn-On Chicago
Aug 27-29 SWAT Southwest Association of Turners
Waco, TX

Sepember 10 - 12 West Coast Round-up, Vancouver, BC
Mid-September 12th Rocky Mountain Woodturning Symposium
Loveland, CO
Sept 17-19 Ornamental Turning Symposium, San Jose, CA
Sept 17-19 Turning Southern Style, Helen, GA
Oct 23-24 2010 Virginia Woodturners Symposium - A Hands-On Event, Fishersville, VA
Nov 11-14. Segmented Turners Symposium
Arrowmont in Gatlingurg, TN
Nov. 21-23 Turners Anonymous, Pittsburgh
Feb 18-20, 2011 Desert Woodturning Roundup, Mesa, AZ.


While I don't think this list is complete, feel free to add new or corrected info.

 

[Ed Davidson]

You can also find woodturning related events like these (including links) listed on the main site's Events Calendar.

 

[hockenbery]

Kurt,
Thanks, I matched your list to my map of regional symposiums.

I encourage every turner to attend a symposium in 2010. I really enjoy the small intimate atmosphere of the Florida Symposium where I can have the time to visit with people. I also really enjoy the three ring circus atmosphere of the AAW symposium so many things to do and only 3 days. I think any turner would enjoy the AAW or a regional.

The biggest problem most attendees have is deciding what which demonstrations to see and what tools not to buy. The numbers of possible schedules is mind boggling.

If you don't like choices and decsions avoid sympsoiums.

sympsoium ______ Demonstrations Choices**____ vendors______Demonstrators
____AAW____________ 500 trillion_______________ 60_____________55
SWAT class ___________ 2 million_________________20_____________20
Florida Class ___________ 2,500__________________10______________8

** assuming you would watch a different demonstrator each rotation period.

Hope to see you in Eustice or Hartford.
Al