Founded in 1993, the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship is a non-profit school for people who want to design and build functional and expressive work out of wood to the highest standard of craftsmanship. At the heart of the Center’s mission is the belief that design and craftsmanship are processes of discovery that contribute to individual fulfillment and cultural transformation. The Center offers year-round woodworking instruction with four distinct programs: one- to two-week Workshops, Twelve-week Intensives, Nine-month Comprehensives, and Studio Fellowships. Courses are available for novice, intermediate, and advanced woodworkers in furniture making and design, wood turning, carving, and finishing. Located in beautiful Rockport, Maine, the campus consists of four buildings on 12 acres of meadow and woods along the Oyster River, and is also home to the Messler Gallery, a 1,000 square-foot space that is New England’s only venue dedicated to year-round exhibition of studio furniture and contemporary wood art.