Our January HSV Woodworkers meeting is Wednesday, January 8th at 6:30 pm held in the Ouachita room, Ponce Center.
We are thrilled to welcome Keenan Rowe to the Hot Springs Village Woodworkers meeting. Keenan is an artist and designer whose work bridges the realms of art, craft, and design. With a passion for exploring life through making, his creations focus on materiality, culture, humanity, and our intricate relationship with the world.
Keenan holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Ball State University and a Master of Fine Arts in 3D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He is the founder of RVA Urban Wood, a collaborative dedicated to educating communities and reducing wood waste. His work has been featured in prestigious exhibitions such as THE END: Expanded Field Art and Punx Not Dead during NYCxDesign.
Currently serving as Assistant Professor of Woodworking at the Windgate School of Art and Design at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, Keenan continues to create meaningful furniture and sculptural pieces inspired by imagined worlds.
We look forward to learning from Keenan’s unique perspective and expertise during his visit!
The Hot Springs Village Woodworkers Inc club is incorporated as an IRS 501(c)3 non-profit organization to provide fellowship and education for members and community service using member’s woodworking knowledge and skills. Monthly club meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month from 7 to 9 PM. Before the meeting, 6:30 to 7 PM is meet & greet time for visitors, new members & current members. Meetings are held in the Ponce De Leon Center (1101 Desoto Blvd) Ouachita Activities Building (next to the Woodlands Auditorium) in Hot Springs Village (HSV) Arkansas. These meetings are short on business and long on interesting woodworking topics. Family membership is $25 per year, and we welcome visitors to our meetings. Membership Application
You can download the membership application at this link. Fill it out (it is a pdf that you can fill out in most pdf readers. then you can print it) and bring it to a meeting or mail it to the treasurer: Irene Sandhaus, 24 Tamayo Way, HSV, AR. Make your check out to HSV Woodworkers. Remember this is a family membership so be sure to include your spouse’s information also.
Club Monthly Meetings
The first hour of the meeting is used for the introduction of visitors and new members, and brief discussions of pending and new matters. Show-and-tell presentations follow with members presenting their favorite projects. Construction and finishing techniques are described and any questions are answered. After a short break, the second hour is devoted to a special topic often conducted by a visiting expert. When a special topic requires an extended discussion or demonstration, the meetings are held in a member’s large shop or commercial shop. To view the current and/or past club monthly meeting newsletters, click on the “Newsletter button” on the left side of this webpage.
Additional Club Activities
Another activity, that has taken hold, is the forming of special project groups within the main club that provide more frequent get-togethers of members who have common interests or those working on group projects. Examples include the Christmas Toy project teams, School Bookcase project teams, and other teams formed for community-specific build projects. Examples of these project activities can be seen by clicking on the “Xmas Toys button” and “Bookcases button” on the right-hand side of this webpage.
The club’s biggest annual project is making Christmas toys & gifts for deserving area children. In past years increasing numbers of toys and gift items were built with recent efforts resulting in over 500 toys and gifts donated to local groups. Garland, Saline and Pulaski County groups have included head start programs, children in foster care, and shelters.