Designing and Building a Sustainable Future
April 2010 Newsletter

Woodworking Intensive Graduation This Friday
Help us celebrate the completion of our first Woodworking Intensive program with an open house and graduation ceremony on Friday April 9th from 4:00-6:00 pm. The Woodworking Intensive is a unique program that gives amateurs and aspiring professionals a solid grounding in practical woodworking and furniture making techniques. Led by Yestermorrow's talented and nationally recognized faculty, including Peter Buley, Eyrich Stauffer, Skip Dewhirst, Larry Jacquette, John McCown, Mark Krawczyk, and others, the program offers students exposure to a wide range of woodworking styles and techniques. On Friday each of the 8 students will present their work from the past 10 weeks. The public is welcome and light refreshments will be served.

Architects Take Center Stage
Architects take center stage this May as Yestermorrow board member and instructor Kyle Bergman presents June Finfer’s play The Glass House at The Clurman Theater at 410 West 42nd Street in New York. The design and building of Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson’s Glass House is the background for The Glass House's penetrating plot that entwines the epic conflict between artist and patron. The play, performed by the Resonance Ensemble, explores the classic dramatic struggles of ambition, passion and betrayal. Performances will run May 9 through June 5. Friends of Yestermorrow can get special ticket pricing ($15.00) with the coupon code 'GLSS'  through Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or at www.ticketcentral.com.

Certificate Student Organizes Volunteer Project
As part of his Practicum project, current Sustainable Building & Design Certificate student Spencer Warnock is organizing volunteers for a home renovation and environmental clean-up in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  Warnock has spent the last ten years developing relationships with several Native American families in South Dakota and has used the Certificate in Sustainable Building and Design to connect his passion and love for finding a better way to live, with his passion to create, renovate and build things. He is looking for volunteers for help with this project in May and June. More information on how to join...

Moving Forward with Semester Program
We’re thrilled to embark on the planning and design of Yestermorrow’s new semester program in sustainable design/build, scheduled to launch in Fall 2011.  This innovative new program will bring college students to Yestermorrow for a semester-long immersion in the world of design/build, learning core concepts of ecological design along with hands-on building skills.  With start-up funding from an anonymous foundation we have hired Jonathan Mingle to work with us over the next 8 months as a consultant and Semester Program Coordinator. More information on Jon... 

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