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• Community Meeting: Commercial Upholstery

  • When
    May 26, 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Restaurants, libraries, and waiting rooms - oh my! Abrasive cleaners have done a number on commercial spaces. Here comes the emails to upholstery shops. How do you bid, price, resource materials for commercial upholstery jobs?

  Bring some stories of your experience and we'll learn from each other!

  
  

  Community Meetings are open to the public and held as a live Zoom meeting where colleagues get a chance to discuss the monthly topic. This is not a webinar where only the presenter talks. Bring your knowledge or questions on the monthly topic, then share and learn from other shops and upholsterers!

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• Upholstery Workshop: Bulk, Bulges, and Raw Edges

  • Start
    June 06, 2022
  •  
    (CDT)
  • End
    June 10, 2022
  •  
    (CDT)
  • Location
    Anderson Ranch in Colorado

  Upholstery Workshop: Bulk, Bulges, and Raw Edges

  Woodworking Workshop | June 6 – 17, 2022 | 9AM-5PM

  
  

  Located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Anderson Ranch welcomes artists of all levels from across the country and around the world to explore new ideas, hone their skills and engage in meaningful dialog.

  Located 15 minutes from downtown Aspen in Snowmass Village, CO | 970/923-3181 | info@andersonranch.org

  Furniture Society Members receive 20% off tuition for 2022 Furniture Design & Woodworking Workshops

  CONCEPT The art of upholstery is visual, tactile and logistical. This workshop presents the tools, techniques and materials used to create and restore upholstered furniture. Students strip a piece to the frame, which reveals how it was constructed.

  Participants then reverse the process, building the layers back up to recreate the original or modify with new flourishes. Students bring a piece of furniture  approved by the instructor. The unique challenges of each piece are used to teach the whole class the many variations of the craft.

  SKILL LEVELS Beginner to intermediate

  MEDIA Students strip, repair, build up and upholster a chair they bring or find in a thrift store nearby–with the instructor’s approval.

  FACULTY Tina Ortman has been upholstering furniture for over 26 years. The craft combines her love of furniture design, sewing, restoration and learning. The techniques she finds that solve an element in one piece create the learning opportunity she applies to her next job, making upholstery an ever-expanding skill.

  She recently expanded her practice to the challenges of applying upholstery to metal frames. sturdystitchingupholstery.com

  THE STUDIO Anderson Ranch’s Furniture Design & Woodworking Studio blends contemporary and traditional techniques, offering an inspiring range of courses for all levels in topics such as cabinetry, wood bending, kinetics and carving.

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• Webinar

  • When
    June 14, 2022
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  This webinar is only open to members. Members: check your email for the registration link. Non-members:  Join the NUA today!
  

  Registration information for the webinars is emailed to members two weeks prior to the event. All webinars are hosted through Zoom, so members will need to download the Zoom client (free) to participate. 

  Zoom allows participants to view the webinar as well as ask questions real-time. Each webinar is recorded and made available for members to view for at least one month after the original broadcast date.

  
  

  
  

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• Furniture Manufacturing Expo

  • Start
    July 20, 2022
  • End
    July 21, 2022
  • Location
    Hickory Metro Convention Center, Hickory, North Carolina

  

  We at National Upholstery Association would like to personally invite you to be our guest at

  Furniture Manufacturing Expo 2022!

  

  

  Use promo code NUA22 when registering online at www.FurnitureManufacturingExpo.com
  for a Complimentary Exhibit Hall Badge On Us!

  Register Now

  Show Highlights:

  • Two-day Exhibit Hall Badge where you will discover new products, machinery, equipment, and more.
    
  • Expanded Education Program offering three tracks: Technology, Woodworking and Upholstery. Attend all sessions in one track for two days or attend multiple sessions in different tracks. All included with your registration.
    

  • Exhibitor Demonstrations taking place on the show floor, providing a hands on look at the latest technology and techniques.

  Schedule at a Glance:

  Wednesday, July 20, 2022

  10:00 am - 5:00 pm.............Exhibit Hall Opens
  11:00 am - 3:45 pm.............Educational Program
  10:30 am - 3:30 pm.............Exhibitor Demonstrations

  Thursday, July 21, 2022

  10:00 am - 4:00 pm.............Exhibit Hall Opens
  10:30 am - 2:15 pm.............Educational Program
  10:30 am - 2:30 pm.............Exhibitor Demonstrations

  To register and for full show details, visit www.FurnitureManufacturingExpo.com
  

  

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• NUA Sponsored CWC Pre-Event: Field Trip to Colonial Williamsburg

  • When
    October 10, 2022
  •  
    8:45 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Hampton, VA
  • Spaces left
    17
  • Registered
    23 registrants

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  The NUA is excited to host an event in conjunction with the Custom Workroom Conference in Hampton, Virginia! Registration is now open!

  
  

  Join us Monday, October 10, 2022 for a Field Trip to Colonial Williamsburg!

  Learn about historic upholstery and soft furnishings and the preservation of historic furniture pieces at Colonial Williamsburg. Small group presentations by three staff members:

  Leroy Graves – Senior Conservator of Upholstery

  Tara Chicirda – Curator of Furniture

  Gretchen Guidess – Conservator of Textiles

  Registration includes three presentations, admission to two art museums in Colonial Williamsburg, and coach bus transportation from CWC event location (Embassy Suites Hilton Hotel & Hampton Roads Convention Center). Lunch is not included.
  
  

  Schedule:
  8:45 am: Meet in hotel lobby to board the bus
  9 am: Last minute instructions for event - on the bus
  9:15 am: Coach Bus leaves hotel for Colonial Williamsburg
  9:45 am: Arrive Colonial Williamsburg
  10 am - 12 pm: Presentations by Colonial Williamsburg curatorial staff
  12 - 1 pm: Lunch in Colonial Williamsburg (bring your own, or enjoy one of the many eateries within walking distance)
  1 - 2:45 pm: Time to explore two art museums, include the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.
  2:45 pm: Meet at the bus for transportation to hotel
  3 pm: Coach Bus leaves Colonial Williamsburg for hotel
  3:30 pm: Arrive hotel

  

  Audrey Lonsway  2:37 PM
  

  Leroy Graves' book EARLY SEATING, Upholstery-Reading the Evidence will be available for purchase for $66. (Don't pay the outrageous prices on line ). Buy his book and get it autographed while you're there!For more information about Leroy Graves:
  https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/explore/art-museums/current-exhibitions/upholstery-csi-reading-evidence/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/upholstery-csi-preserving-antique-furniture-at-colonial-williamsburg/

  Schedule:

  8:45 am: Meet in hotel lobby to board the bus
  9 am: Last minute instructions for event - on the bus
  9:15 am: Coach Bus leaves hotel for Colonial Williamsburg
  9:45 am: Arrive Colonial Williamsburg
  10 am - 12 pm: Presentations by Colonial Williamsburg curatorial staff (All registrants will be put in groups of 15 (max) to allow for a more personal learning experience and time to talk with each presenter.)
  12 - 1 pm: Lunch in Colonial Williamsburg (bring your own, or enjoy one of the many eateries within walking distance)
  1 - 2:45 pm: Time to explore two art museums, include the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.
  2:45 pm: Meet at the bus for transportation to hotel
  3 pm: Coach Bus leaves Colonial Williamsburg for hotel
  3:30 pm: Arrive hotel
  

  Pricing information:

  NUA Members: $50
  Non-NUA Members: $75
  
  Click here to reserve a room at the Embassy Suites Hilton Hotel & Hampton Roads Convention Center, (host of Custom Workroom Conference) for the special NUA rate of $139. 

  Leroy Graves' book EARLY SEATING, Upholstery-Reading the Evidence will be available for purchase at the museum store for only $66. Buy his book and get it autographed while you're there! (optional)

  
  For more information about Leroy Graves:

  https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/explore/art-museums/current-exhibitions/upholstery-csi-reading-evidence/

  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/upholstery-csi-preserving-antique-furniture-at-colonial-williamsburg/

  
  

  For more information send us an email here.

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• Custom Workroom Conference

  • Start
    October 11, 2022
  • End
    October 13, 2022
  • Location
    Hampton, VA

  

  The Custom Workroom Conference (CWC), held at Embassy Suites Hotel & Hampton Road Convention Center, in Hampton, VA. CWC is hosted by Susan Woodcock and Roger Walker (owners of Workroom Tech). With two days of instruction and an Exhibitor Marketplace, CWC is a great place to learn about upholstery, drapery, and soft furnishings fabrication! 

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