The Annual AAW symposium is the highlight of the woodturning year. We meet in
a different location each year, rotating throughout the regions of the
continental United States. The symposium has become the most attended
woodturning event in the world.
Each symposium features three days of woodturning demonstrations and meetings. These are lead by numerous talented experts:
- Internationally known woodturners
- The highest quality woodturning instructors
- Knowledgeable local talent
Multiple rotations are held simultaneously so the attendee has many different types and styles of woodturning demonstrations available. Many of the demonstrations are held multiple times so the attendee has the opportunity to attend sessions they may have missed.
Each symposium has had a unique flavor, but most of them have had the following features:
- A rotation schedule of more than 100 class-room type demonstrations and panel discussions, hosted by the world's best woodturning professionals.
- An instant gallery like no other on earth. This gallery includes pieces brought to the event by the attendees.
- A banquet in the middle of the weekend.
- Special interest night, where like-minded turners get together for some fun.
- An auction of tools, wood, and fine woodturnings. Funds from the auction fund scholarships for woodturning education.
- The largest woodturning trade show anywhere. This includes tool and lathe manufacturers, or their representatives as well as vendors of wood and other materials, and supplies related to woodturning.