As part of our goal to make our campus facilities universally accessible, Yestermorrow needs your help to raise $25,000 to install a vertical platform lift. Our main building is nearly ADA accessible, but we don’t have any way for someone with a wheelchair or walker to go between the two floors without going outside and through the parking lot.

We want our classes to be open to everyone, regardless of their mobility challenges.

To do this, we need to raise $25,000 from our alumni and supporters by December 31, 2009 to come into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Vermont Access Board, and to do it WE NEED YOUR HELP.

Please donate today to the “Give us a Lift” campaign—all donations are tax deductible. If each one of our alumni gives just $10 we can reach our goal!

Donate online today at:

Or you can send check, cash or money order to:
“Give Us a Lift”, Yestermorrow, 189 VT Rte 100, Warren, VT 05674

Yestermorrow Featured in New York Times "T Magazine" Design Issue

We were thrilled to host journalist Mark Rozzo back in July for a few days on campus, and he wrote a great article about Yestermorrow for the New York Times T Magazine. The issue finally hit the newsstands last Sunday (10/4 issue), but if you missed it, the article "Hammer Time" is available online.

Woodworking Intensive 2010

Yestermorrow will be launching its new 10-week Woodworking Intensive program in January 2010. The intensive is designed to give amateurs and aspiring professionals a solid grounding in woodworking and furniture making techniques. With two instructors at all times and a maximum of eight students, each participant will receive individualized instruction and guidance throughout the program. The 60-day Woodworking Intensive curriculum – running from January 31 through April 9, 2010 -- begins with an analysis of trees and the wood they produce, followed by a week of Cabinetry to orient students to the tools of the woodshop and basic principles of joinery, wood movement, and layout. Additional units include Beginning Furnituremaking, Green Ladderback Chairs, Joinery, Small Scale Design/Build, Wood Finishes, among others, and culminates in a three-week studio where each student will design and build a piece of their own choosing. Skills learned in the program include design and drafting, wood selection and preparation, joinery, traditional hand skills, sharpening, power tool techniques, and finishing. The curriculum has a strong focus on the integration of design in the woodworking process, part of Yestermorrow’s core philosophy of design/build.

To reserve your spot call (802) 496-5545 or email shannon@yestermorrow.org.

Architecture & Design Film Festival a Success!

Thank you to all those that made the inaugural North American Architecture & Design Film Festival such a great success! The four-day event took place at the Big Picture Theater and Café in Waitsfield, and included thirty-three movies, several film-maker Q & A sessions, and a house tour. Over 1,000 people attended, and all proceeds from the Festival directly benefited Yestermorrow! Special thanks to Yestermorrow instructor and board member Kyle Bergman, who birthed the concept and brought it to fruition. Keep an eye out for the Festival in New York City in 2010.