ANU School of Art

The Furniture Workshop provides comprehensive skills-oriented courses of study aimed primarily at students wishing to work as designers craftspersons. Students are provide with a program which comprises real and hypothetical design briefs, and are encouraged to investigate all aspects of professional practice by making contact with established professionals, workshop and studio visits, and by workshop projects focussing on issues such as exhibiting and marketing work. As part of the ANU Faculty of Arts, with professionally active academic staff, advanced technical facilities, and located close to Australia’s national collecting institutions, the School of Art Furniture Workshop provides an excellent environment for study and research.

	Rodney Hayward (head of workshop)
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Rodney Hayward (head of workshop)
telephone: +612 6125 5835
For general enquiries please contact
Faculty of Arts Student Administration Office
by telephoning +612 6125 5711/52898
email: enquiries.arts@anu.edu.au
Written enquiries can be sent to:
Faculty of Arts Student Administration Office
Building 22
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT, 0200
Australia

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Equipment includes all facilities required to undertake design and construction in wood including lathes for wood and metal, jointers, thicknessers, veneer presses, a spray booth, resaw, band saw, dimension saw and equipment for laminating. Each student is allocated an individual work space and is expected to supply their own hand tools. In addition, through the Complementary Studies Program, students can access the resources of other Workshops within the School and University, including the three dimensional modelling and design facilities offered by the School’s Computer Art Studio.

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The Workshop has an active program program of distinguished visitors and artists-in-residence from Australia and overseas whose specialist expertise complements the teaching of the full-time Workshop staff. Visiting artists and other professionals in the field interact with students through workshops, lectures and demonstrations. They bring to the Workshop a contemporary approach to design and making, based on the highest standards demanded by the craft. Art Forum, SofA Gallery, Foyer Gallery and Photospace provide additional stimulus from a wide range of visiting artists, crafts people and theorists.

Images from Howard Archbold Chair Workshop 2005

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Henry Wilson

Applications are invited from school leavers and mature age students from Australia and overseas. Prospective students are strongly encouraged to visit or make contact with the Workshop to discuss the various courses with staff. Students are especially encouraged to visit the Workshop on ANU Open Day, held in September each year, to talk with staff and students, see the Workshop facilities as well as exhibitions of staff and student work. All applicants are interviewed and must present evidence of relevant work.

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	Enquiries: Faculty of Arts Student Administration Office +612 6125 5711/52898 email: enquiries.arts@anu.edu.au Written enquiries: Faculty of Arts Student Administration Office Building 22 Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia

Students are encouraged to exhibit their work. In the past students have exhibited in Parliament House, the High Court of Australia, the Link and Beaver Galleries in Canberra, and interstate at Melbourne's Meat Market Craft Centre and the Crafts Council Gallery in Sydney. The Workshop also plays a leading role in the life of the ACT arts and crafts community. The expertise and knowledge of staff and senior students is always in great demand for lectures and practical workshops.

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David Moses