PTSW Scholarship Fund
Creating the next generation of craftspeople
Your gift to the PTSW Future Scholarship Fund will allow us to greatly increase access to fine woodworking education for a diverse population of makers.
Piper Tamler, Foundations of Woodworking, Winter 2022
In the words of recipients:
"I feel like with a few months of dedicated study I could return to the industry much stronger, more confident and better equipped. That is why I would love to be able to take the woodworking immersion course in January with you folks at the Port Townsend School of Woodworking."
- Ali Malone (Fall 2015 Foundation Scholarship Recipient)
"I am so grateful to PTSW for giving me the spaciousness to develop skills that are so life-changing for me personally, and am equally excited to continue spreading these skills to my own community!”
- Piper Tamler (Winter 2022 Foundations Scholarship Recipient)
How you can help
$350 pays for a weekend course
$850 pays for a one week course
$8500 pays for one intensive
$300 pays for materials
Where your dollars will go
Our 12-week Foundations of Woodworking and Furniture Making courses, offered in fall, winter and spring, are intensive; students work from 9-5, Monday through Friday, under the guidance of highly skilled woodworkers. After-hours work is required if students expect to stay on track.
Full and partial scholarships are also available for all other courses.
Why is this important?
Woodworking shop classes are disappearing from high schools, and not every student is suited to going to college. We believe it is vitally important to provide alternative routes for individuals to develop as craftspeople and to preserve the traditional skills and values of woodworking for future generations. Students will find these opportunities at Port Townsend School of Woodworking, and your generous support will help make their participation possible.
Please give generously!
Donate online or send a check to us at:
Port Townsend School of Woodworking
200 Battery Way
Port Townsend, WA 98368
If you have questions, or looking for other ways to help, please feel free to contact us at (360) 344.4455 or via email.
The Port Townsend School of Woodworking is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit institution.
Donations to the School are tax deductible to the extent provided by law.