Australian National University
School of Art Furniture Workshop
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.
www.anu.edu.au/art/wood/

Sturt School for Wood
Despite a rapidly growing interest in fine woodworking, very limited opportunities exist in Australia to learn the craft and design skills necessary for its practice. To meet this need the Sturt School for Wood was established in 1985 to operate independently of the state tertiary system. The school runs a full-time (Certificate IV) course, two twelve-week courses and evening-classes on a three-hour per week basis.
The school is under the direction of Stuart Faulkner and offers fee-paying students the opportunity to gain a sound foundation in both the making and design of fine woodwork.

Three 12 week courses in fine woodworking are being offered in 2010.
February 1st - April 23rd with Tim Rousseau (no class Good Friday 2nd April, but class on Easter Monday 4th April)
May 3rd - July 23rd with Tim Foster (class on Monday 14th June)
August 9th - October 29th with David Upfill-Brown
www.sturt.nsw.edu.au/woodschool.htm

Australian School for Fine Furniture
Offers a 2-year associate degree course is available full time, on-campus by the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology and is available at Launceston through the School of Architecture. The course is aimed specifically at the needs of furniture designers and makers and aims to equip students with the knowledge, skills, competencies and awareness, that are necessary for graduates to practice their profession.
To complete the Associate Degree in Furniture Design successfully, students are required to demonstrate competencies in the analysis, synthesis, judgment and communication of concepts and ideas in furniture, as well as the ability to apply successfully the acquired theoretical knowledge, and technical and professional skills.
www.utas.edu.au/asff/

Richard Bowes Hare
Offers 7 to 12 day Chairmaking Workshops held in a peaceful woodland setting at Richard Bowe Hare's Wildwood Gallery at Fitzroy Falls in the NSW Southern Tablelands. With a maximum of six students per course using only hand tools and a freshly felled tree, under the guidance of a Master Craftsman you will have the experience of a lifetime, creating memories to share with your family as well as taking home a beautiful Windsor Chair.
This unique and challenging yet highly rewarding workshop for experienced woodworkers and the inexperienced alike resonates deep in your soul, a step back in time hard to describe with words, it is experiential. Challenge yourself... do something out of the ordinary

www.rbhchairs.com