Welcome Fellow Woodturners

The Florida Woodturning Symposium Committee would like to thank all attendees, vendors, donors and others that supported our tenth annual symposium (2011) and made it such a great success. There was record attendance and we received some very constructive feedback which will help to improve our future symposiums.

Join us at Florida's largest event to showcase the art and craft of woodturning.

The Florida Woodturning Symposium (FWS) is the largest woodturning event in Florida and is held each year at the Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center. A self contained, wooded campus where you are immersed in nothing but woodturning for 2 1/2 days. This is one of the best ways to take the next step in your woodturning.

The Florida Woodturning Symposium began in December 2001 through the efforts of three Florida Chapters of the American Association of Woodturners. Attendance has grown each year thanks to the high quality of our demonstrators and our Hands-on-Workshops.

A large trade show offers the woodturning "goodies" you've been looking for, a great auction and raffle and the chance to win an Education Grant to one of the great national Craft Schools or a one-on-one workshop with a talented Florida woodturning teacher.

The FWS's mission is to promote the art of woodturning through the annual symposium and other events.

Florida Woodturning Symposium, Inc. Coordinating Chapters and Representatives:

Central Florida Woodturners - Harvey Driver - John Russell
Florida West Coast Woodturners - Holly Albright - Paul Vedder
Space Coast Woodturners - Terry Justice - Read Johnson
Woodturners of Polk County - John Kriplean - Robert Varner
Hands-on Woodturners - Frank Sospenzi - Richard Levine
Tri-County Woodturners - Donald Watson - Roland (Ed) Bice
N.E. Florida Woodturners Association - Bob Hunt - Ed Malesky
Member-at-Large - Ron Browning