Calls, Projects & Grants

Grants

  • WIT/Other Under-represented Populations Events & Exhibitions Grant: The purpose of this grant is to help fund activities that promote diversity in woodturning and to encourage participation in the AAW by traditionally under-represented populations. Audiences include but are not limited to Black, indigenous, other peoples of color, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ and disabilities communities. Click here for details and to apply.  
  • AAW Membership Grant: The AAW's Women in Turning (WIT) Committee is “dedicated to encouraging and assisting women in their pursuit of turning, sharing ideas and processes to further member’s skills and creativity, and increasing participation of women in the field of woodturning.” Currently, women comprise less the 9% of AAW membership. To encourage women to join AAW, the WIT Committee offers a limited number of WIT-sponsored AAW memberships to women for a one-year AAW General membership. Click here for details and to apply.

Projects & Opportunities

Wig Stand Project In follow-up to a member’s suggestion, AAW WIT is encouraging WIT groups to join in a national project to turn wig stands, at no expense for the recipients. Our goal is to give back to our communities in this worthwhile effort, especially since cancer has likely impacted each of us, our family, and/or our friends. We are partnering with local/regional groups who provide free wigs for distribution of the wig stands to get them to recipients in need while minimizing the expense to WIT members. Some entire AAW clubs have already been doing this project for some time and we are following in their knowledgeable footsteps. Read more here.

Turned Connections is an initiative of Women in Turning to foster stronger relationships within the woodturning community. By turning and exchanging small beads, we can forge new connections at symposiums, classes, and club meetings. Our mission is to unite turners and build a more connected community, one bead at a time. Read more here.

Calls

Click here for AAW calls.