DOUGLAS W. JONES

EDUCATION

Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI
MFA with Honors, Furniture Design (1990-1992)

Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT
BA with Honors in American History (1978-1982)

Bucks County Community College - Newtown, PA
Completed Fine Wood Program (1985-1987)

Penland School of Crafts - Penland, NC
Summer workshops in furniture making (1986, 1989)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Santa Fe Community College , Santa Fe, NM
Instructor - Fine Woodworking Program (8/2006-Present)

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Co-owner - Design and construction of studio furniture and decorative objects; managed a gallery and showroom space for several years (1992-Present)

Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne, VT
Wood Resident - Directed and taught woodworking program for adults (1/2000-8/2006)

Yestermorrow, Warren, VT and Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA
Instructor - Woodworking workshops (1997, 2002, 2005)

St. Michael's College , Colchester, VT
Adjunct Professor - Graduate education class (2000)

Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
Adjunct Professor - Advanced wood class (1999)

Rhode Island School of Design , Providence, RI
Teaching Assistant (1990-1992)

James Van Etten Furniture by Design, Perkasie, PA
Furniture Maker/Cabinetmaker (1987-1990)

AWARDS AND GRANTS

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Best in Show and First Place, Custom/Studio Furniture 2006, Vermont Fine Furniture and Wood Products Design Competition

Second Place, Production Turnings 2006Vermont Fine Furniture and Wood Products Design Competition

Niche Award Winner, Recycled category (2005)American Craft

Educational Opportunity Grant (2005)The American Association of Woodturners

2004 Award of AchievementAmerican Craft Council San Francisco

Third Place, Wharton Esherick Museum, "Chess Champions" (2004)

Artist-in-Residence (2004, 2003)
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT

PUBLICATIONS

Woodwork Magazine (October 2006, Number 101) "Gallery" p.45

San Jose Mercury News (Nov 19, 2005, 1F) "House and Home: Holiday Designs"

Bobby Hansson,The Fine Art of the Tin Can, rev. ed (Asheville, NC: Lark Books) 2005

Niche Magazine (Spring, 2005) "In Good Company: Niche Awards" p. 85

Fuller Craft Museum Show Catalog 2005 "Trashformations East"

Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader Hip Handbags (Asheville, NC:Lark Books) 2005

Baltimore Sun (Feb 20, 2005) "Scrap Art", 1N, 6N

American Craft (Oct/Nov 2004) "Awards of Achievement" p. 104

Tom Palmer, ed, American Art Collector, Vol 1, Book 3 (Berkeley, CA: Alcove Books) 2004

Tony Lydgate, ed, 400 Wood Boxes (Asheville, NC: Lark Books) 2004

Burlington Free Press (Sept 26, 2002) "Wood Designs from a Random Orbit"

American Craft (April/May 1993) "Gallery" section, p. 81

The Providence Journal-Bulletin (May 15, 1992) "A Chance to Show..."

International Lathe-Turned Objects :Challenge IV Show Catalog (1991)

Woodshop News (Dec. 1990) p. 30

American Woodworker (July/August 1989) "Gallery" section