List of Indiana Woodcarving Clubs, Schools & Associations
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Annual Indiana Woodcarving Events
Duneland Show - Woodland Park - Portage - April 16-17, 2011
Raintree Show - Fairgrounds - Muncie - April 2, 2011
Plymouth Good Time Show - Marshall County Council on Aging - Plymouth - April 9, 2011
Eastern Woodland Carvers Club Show - Converse - 3rd Weekend of July
Eastern Woodland Carvers Halloween Christmas Carve - Converse - October
Indiana Woodcarvers Summer Camp - Pla-Mor Campground - Bremen - August 17-20, 2011
Tri-State Woodcarving Club Show - Evansville - November - Weekend of Thanksgiving
Woodcarving Clubs in Indiana
*BANKS STALEY'S WEST CENTRAL WOODCARVERS - FRANKTON
Contact: Larry Fox
6956 W. 900 N., Frankton, IN, 46044
Phone: (765) 754-8547
Email: goatcarverATaolDOTcom
Meetings: Mondays 9:00AM -11:00AM and Wednesdays 7:00PM - 9:00PM at Larry Fox’s home -
6956 W. 900 N. in Frankton.
Annual Show: 5th Annual Show at Frankton Heritage Days - September
Members: 20
*CHIP N CHAT WOODCARVERS - NORTH WEBSTER
Contact: Wayne Johnson - (574) 453-2163 or Don Scearce - (574) 528-5080
North Webster Community Center - SPEC Room 301 - North Main Street, North Webster, IN 47362
Email: Nitro1703ATkconlineDOTcom
Meetings: Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 6:30PM - 8:30PM. Entrance on East side
of building.
*CINCINNATI CARVERS GUILD - Cincinnati, Ohio - (Club at Indiana Border)
Contact: Lee Thompson
25522 Ennis Ridge Rd., Guilford, IN 47002
Phone: (812) 576-4233
Email: lcruseATnaluDOTnet
*CIRCLE CITY CARVERS - INDIANAPOLIS
President: Ron Kern
4542 Caroline Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46205
Phone: (317) 253-2523
Email: rkernATindyDOTrrDOTcom
Website: www.circlecitycarvers.org
Webmaster: rautisonATjunoDOTcom
Meetings:
3rd Monday each month at 6:30PM
Southeastern Christian Fellowship Church 4751 E. Minnesota Street
Every Saturday 9:00AM -12:00PM at Woodcraft
Woodcraft of Indianapolis, 7330 East 86th Street (Castleton) Indianapolis, IN Phone: 317-578-3400
Every Saturday 1:00PM - 3:00PM at Rockler
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware, 8452 Castleton-Corner Dr., (Castleton) Indianapolis, IN
Phone (317) 578-9750
Annual Show: September
Members: 25
*COUNCIL OAK WOODCARVERS - SOUTH BEND
President: open
Treasurer: Teri Mersich
Secretary: Carol Cuthbertson
Website: Marcia Yrineo
318 Teri Street, South Bend, IN 46614
Phone (574) 204-2856
Email: carvingMywayATgmailDOTcom
Website: www.cowcsb.com and www.counciloakwoodcarvers.com
Meetings: Alternate Saturday mornings at South Bend Chocolate Café 8:00AM - 12:00PM (Downtown)
and Alternate Saturday mornings at the St. Joseph Valley Public Library - Centre Township Branch
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Corner of Miami Street and Kern Road). South Bend, IN
Schedule: www.cowcsb.com/meetings.html
Annual Events: Plymouth Good Time Woodcarvers Annual Show April 9, 2011
and Indiana Woodcarvers Summer Camp August 17th - 20th, 2011
Members: 55
*COUNTRY CARVERS CLUB - MARTINSVILLE
Leroy Postel
460 Holden St., Martinsville, IN 46151
Phone: (765) 342-3711
Email: leepostelATiquestDOTnet
Meetings: 2nd Monday every month - contact Lee for time and place
Members: 11
*CRYSTAL VALLEY WOODCARVERS - MIDDLEBURY
Contact: Larry Slessman at (269) 663-6096 or (574) 536-1853
Meetings: Middlebury Library 6:00 PM on the 2nd Thursday of each month
*DUNELAND WOODCARVERS - HAMMOND, PORTAGE, VALPARAISO & Northwest Indiana
President: Ron Muskina
7425 Arizona Ave., Hammond, IN 46323
Phone: (219) 845-2695 Frank Kik Treasurer
Website: www.dunelandwoodcarvers.com
*EWCC - EASTERN WOODLAND CARVERS CLUB - CONVERSE
President : Tom C. Brown (see below)
Chairman: Gary A. Freeman (see below)
P.O. Box 139, Converse, IN 46919
Phone: (765) 395-3023
Email: carversATcomteckDOTcom
Website: www.ewcc.wordpress.com
Meetings: Tuesday night at 6:00pm
*Gary A. Freeman
P.O. Box 29, Converse, IN 46919
Cell Phone (765) 251-3663
*CARICATURE CARVERS of AMERICA at EWCC - CONVERSE
Tom and Suzi Brown
118 N. Madison Street - PO Box 221, Converse, IN 46919
Phone: (765) 395-3461
Email: suziq2848ATsbcglobalDOTnet
Website: www.cca-carvers.org
FORT WAYNE WOODCARVERS CLUB - FORT WAYNE
Ralph Wehnert
919 Pemberton Dr.
Fort Wayne IN 46805-5325
Phone: (260) 422-1729
*GOOD TIME CARVERS CLUB - PLYMOUTH
Contact: Bob Snare
Meetings: Every Monday 9:00AM to 12:00PM
at Marshall County Council On Aging - Life Enrichment Center - Phone (574) 936-9904
1305 W Harrison Street, Plymouth, IN 46563
Phone: (574) 936-1180
Email: rsnare1ATyahooDOTcom
Webpage: Plymouth Goodtime Carvers
Annual Show: April
Members: 25
*HOOSIER CARVERS CLUB - COLUMBUS
Contact: Larry Carter
5015 Flintwood Circle.
Columbus, IN 47203
Phone: (812) 372-1956
Email: larrycarter1215ATsbcglobalDOTnet
Meetings: 2nd Monday of each month - 6:00PM - 8:00PM at the East Side Community Center on
McClure Road.
*JAYLAND CARVERS - PORTLAND
Contact: Joe Gutshall
Phone: (765) 768-6622 I have a answering machine - leave message - I will get back with you.
Email: jgutshallATlocalnetDOTcom
Meetings: We meet on Tuesday at 10-12 AM and at 6-8 PM on Wednesday meeting at the Community Center Boys Club building in Portland, Indiana.
Members: 18
Info: Our dues are $12 per year for members (dues for seniors over 60 yrs are $6). All carvers are
welcome and we have individuals from beginners to accomplished as members.
*KOSCO WOOD CARVING CLUB - WARSAW
Contact: Michael Foreman (574) 267-4652 or Cell (574) 527-5560 or Todd Yocum (574) 594-2165
or Cell (574) 453-7333
3307 E. Center, EXT., Warsaw, IN 46580
Meetings: Every Tuesday at 6:30PM - 9:00 PM - West side of Brouwer's Carpet
*LAFAYETTE INDIANA WOOD CARVERS - LAFAYETTE
Contact: Carl Hager
1304 Columbia Street, Lafayette, IN 47901
Phone: (765) 409-5748
Email: cjhager35ATcomcastDOTnet
Meetings: Every Tuesday at 6:30PM - Morton Center on Chauncey Street across from the West Lafayette Public Library. (Closed on Snow Days & Holidays)
Members: 40
*RAINTREE WOODCARVERS - MOUNT SUMMIT & MUNCIE
President: Jay Kokena
P.O. Box 201, Mount Summit, IN 47361
Phone: (765) 354-6695
Email: kokena3ATmsnDOTcom
Meetings: Every Thursday from 6:30PM - 8:30PM at the Mount Summit Community Building on State
Road 36 in Mount Summit.
Annual Show: April at Muncie, Indiana Fairgrounds
Members: 50
*REDBUD WOODCARVERS - MIDDLETOWN & ANDERSON
President: open
233 S. 13th Street, Middletown, IN 47356
Phone: (765) 354-9091
Email: woodcarver98AThotmailDOTcom
Meetings: Anderson Public Library 3rd floor - Mondays 6:00 PM - 7:30PM
Members: 12
*RICHMOND WOODCARVERS - RICHMOND
George Chaney
Phone: (765) 962-0415
Richmond Senior Center - Starting 1st Tuesday in February at 6:30 PM
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOODCARVING CLUB
(Bordering Indiana & Kentucky.... Falls Cities Woodcarvers Guild, Louisville, Kentucky)
Palmyra, Indiana behind the Country Trace Senior Housing Complex off of Hwy 135
Meetings: the 2nd & 4th Monday of the month at 7:00PM
For information contact: Tom at 812-364-4521 or Charlie at 812-472-3472
*TRI_STATE WOODCARVERS CLUB - EVANSVILLE
President: Neil Ward
1025 E. County Road 550 S., Winslow, IN 47598-8878
Phone: (812) 789-2433
Email: rward3ATearthlinkDOTnet
Website: www.tristatecarvers.com
Meetings: 6:00PM to 7:30PM on the 2nd Tuesday each month in the Banquet Hall at the Vanderburgh
4-H Center, 201 E. Boonville-New Harmony Road, Evansville, Indiana
Annual Show: Weekend of Thanksgiving - 35-40 Exhibitors - (2008 vendors: Boxes & Such,
The Woodchip Shop, and Wilcox Woodworks.)
Membership: 165
*WHITEWATER VALLEY WOODCARVERS - CONNERSVILLE
President: Frank Slim
1905 E. Woodside Village Dr., Connersville, IN 47331
Phone: (765) 827-4923
Email: artodawoodsaATcomcastDOTnet
Meetings: Every Monday from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the Duke Energy Building
on Veterans Memorial Drive in Connersville.
Members: 12
Chainsaw Carvers in Indiana
*Scott Brown and Lori Bruning - members of EWCC
1770 w 600 s
Marion, IN 46953
Phone: (765) 677-0646
Email: labruningAThotmailDOTcom
Stephan and Lesa Garrison
LaPorte, IN
*Paul Kiesel
10140 Lindar Lane
Evansville, IN 47712
Phone: (812) 453-2748
Email: Husky3501ATaolDOTcom
*Dayle K. Lewis
1892 Reservoir Road
Richmond, IN 47374
Phone: (765) 962-9663
Email: dklchainsawmanATaolDOTcom
*Rick Nasby
South Central Indiana
Phone: (812) 350-0053
Email: paintedbearsATyahooDOTcom
Website: www.ricknasby.com
*David Polk
5405 S. Floyd Drive
Muncie, IN 47302
Phone: (765) 282-0389
Cell Phone: (765) 730-1157
Email: lucypolkATiquestDOTnet
*Doug and Nancy Ricks - at Koontz Lake
D&N Woodcarvings & Chainsaw Sculptures
9075 E. 700 N.
Walkerton, IN 46574
Phone: (574) 586-7175
Email: ricksATgalaxyinternetDOTnet
Classes and Schools in Indiana
*American Sycamore Woodworkers' Retreat
Furniture Building School and Bed & Breakfast
Contact: Michael Van Pelt
7559 East County Road 950 South
Cloverdale, IN 46120
Phone: (765) 795-4044
Email: aswrATccrtcDOTcom
Website: www.americansycamoreretreat.com
*Bavarian Chalet Woodcarving Studio
Bruce G. Downs
61191 U.S. 31 South
South Bend, IN 46614
Phone: (574) 299-1808
Email: BavarianwoodATattDOTnet
*Marc Adams School of Woodworking
5504 E. 500 North
Franklin, IN 46131
Contact: Marc Adams
Phone: (317) 535-4013
Fax: (317) 535-1713
Email: marcATmarcadamsDOTcom
Website: www.marcadams.com
Woodcraft of Evansville - Eastland Place Shopping Center
721 North Green River Road, Evansville, IN 47715
Phone: 812-479-9663
Email: evansville-retailATwoodcraftDOTcom
Woodcraft of Fort Wayne
5329 Coldwater Road, Ft. Wayne, IN 46825
Phone: (260) 373-0161
Email: fortwayneATwoodcraftDOTcom
Woodcraft of Indianapolis
7330 East 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46256
Phone: (317) 578-3400
Email: indy-retailATwoodcraftDOTcom
Individual Carvers in Indiana
The BLOG of Jerry Hartzell - Photography, Technology, Woodcarving and much more
*Linda Allen
Carving Santas and Angels - Member of Tri-State Woodcarvers
6501 N. Green River Road
Evansville 47725
Phone: (812) 867-5734
Email: BrulinallenATaolDOTcom
*Sharon Teska - Teska Studio - Member of Council Oak Woodcarvers and Co-founder of the
Wildlife Artisans Association in Massachusetts (New England's Premier Bird Carving Association)
Carving Birds on Commission
South Bend, IN
Phone: (574) 246-0916
Email: TeskaStudioATsbcglobalDOTnet
*Rick Woodward
Custom Carved - High End Doors, Mantels, Tables, Cabinetry & Home Décor
402 East Smith Street, P.O. Box 391
Oxford, IN 47971
Phone: (765) 385-2746
Email: rcarvesAThotmailDOTcom
*Bill Yeakle - Looking for club or other interested carvers to carve with - near Angola
or NorthEast Indiana.
Vestil Mfg.
2999 North Wayne St.
Angola, Indiana 46703
Phone: 260-665-7586 x317
Fax: 260-665-1339
Email: bsyeakleATmetalinkDOTnet
Web: www.vestil.com
*Marcia Yrineo - Member of NWCA and Council Oak, Good Time, EWCC and Duneland Woodcarvers
318 Teri Street
South Bend, IN 46614
Phone (574) 204-2856
Email: carvingMYwayATgmailDOTcom
Bob Koressel - member of Tri-State Woodcarvers
3901 Rose Ave.
Evans, IN 47720
Phone: (812)
Email: icarve4funATaolDOTcom
Marvin Daniels - Past President & Member of Tri-State Woodcarvers
823 Agathon Dr.
Evansville, IN 47712
Email: crvnmrvnATaolDOTcom
Jules or Brian Bouillet
Phone: (812) 882-0747
Vincennes, IN
Associations in Indiana
*SCANDIANA - Scandinavian Style Woodcarvers
Meetings: Every Thursday morning at 9:00 AM until whenever we feel like stopping.
Darlene Henderson's workshop. Call for directions. (219) 926-7443
*Chiselers & Turners Of N.E. Indiana (Woodturning Club)
Contact: Robert Bahr
5130 Forest Grove
Fort Wayne, IN 46835
Phone: (260) 485-2117
Email: bigbob36ATverizonDOTnet
Meetings: Sundays at 1:30PM (No meetings July and August)
*Home Craftsman Forum
A Woodworking group known for the Toy Project for Charity
President:: Bill Dickinson
1841 N. Delaware
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 326-4539
Email: treasurerAThomecraftsmenforumDOTcom
Website: www.homecraftsmenforum.com
Website: www.homecraftsmanforum.org
Meetings: The third Wednesday evening each month at 7:00PM, at the Knights of Columbus Hall
on the southside of Indianapolis - 511 E. Thompson Rd (corner of Thompson and US 31).
*Hoosier Woodworkers Guild
Contact: Edward Culy Phone: (765) 489-4300
Contact: Don Solomon Phone (765) 529-6941
Email: solomon1190ATattDOTnet
Meetings: 2nd Monday every month
(Location varies at members homes or New Castle Library Annex.)
Members: 12
Int'l. Wood Collectors Society
Bill Cockrell
Rte. 6 Box 122
Greencastle, IN 46135
Kokomo Woodworkers Club
Address: 3205 Tallyho Drive - Kokomo, IN 46902
Phone: 317-453-6378
*NIWA - Northwest Indiana Woodworkers Association
President: Marcie White
P.O. Box 271
Schererville, IN 46375
Email: TurntonATyahooDOTcom
Meetings: (Verify meeting times and places on website Calendar of Events)
www.niwoodworkers.org/calendar.htm
4th Thursday each month 6:00 PM for Chip Carving and 7:00 PM for Woodworking Membership
Meeting at Clifford Pierce Middle School - 199 E. 70th Place, Merrillville, IN. 2 Blocks East of Broadway. During construction please park on the west side of building and use Main entrance.
Members: 53
Solitude Carving Days
June 3-4, 2000
Mt. Vernon Conservation Club
Solitude, IN
*Wabash Valley Woodworkers
President: Scott Culver
PO Box 6
Lafayette IN 47902
Email: presidentATwvwwDOTnet
Website: www.wvww.net
Women's Woodworking Guild of Indiana
c/o Merre Mather
5852 N New Jersey Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220
Meetings: second monday of the month. Location varies
Website: www.womenswoodworking.com
