Education
2008-2010 MFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
1975-1979 BFA, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Exhibitions
2005-24 Faculty Show, Messler Gallery, Rockport ME
2023 Turning it All Around, Messler Gallery, Rockport ME
2019-23 POP exhibition, Landmark Center, Minneapolis MN
2021 Straight from the Heart, Messler Gallery, Rockport ME
2018-22 Faculty Show, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg TN
2017 Smooth, The Mangle Board exhibition, Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia PA
2017 Gender Bender, Fuller Museum, Brockton MA
2015 Doodads and Stringamajigs, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville TN
2014 Considering the Kylix, Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Layton NJ
2014 Turning Twenty, Messler Gallery, Rockport ME
2013 Cores, Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia PA
2013 From Function to Fetish, Richard and Dolly Mass Gallery, Purchase NY
2011 International Turning Exchange, Philadelphia PA
2010 Self Portrait, Bakalar Gallery, Boston MA
2009 Women in Woodworking, Arrowmont Art Gallery, Gatlinburg TN
2008 Works in Wood, Messler Gallery, Rockport ME
2007 Toklat Gallery Celebrates Anderson Ranch, Snow Mass CO
2005 Time Being/Being Time, Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown MA
2005 Faculty Work, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton NJ
Teaching/Fellowships
2014-24 Twelve Week Woodturning Intensive, CFC, Lead Instructor ME
2014 Windgate Resident, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana PA
2013 AAW 27th National Symposium, Demonstrator FL
2013 Windgate Resident, SUNY Purchase NY
2012 Sanctuary Trailer Project, 5 States
2012 EMMA Lake, Collaborative art Gathering, Canada
2011 Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Fellow ME
2011 International Turning Exchange Residency, Philadelphia PA
2010-11 Turning Around America, 30 States
2004-24 Guest instructor: Arrowmont, Anderson Ranch, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Appalachian Center for Craft,
Haystack school of Craft, Port Townsend School of Woodworking, Peters Valley School of Craft
Articles
“Smoke A Bowl, Literally” by Beth Ireland, American Woodturner, June 2024
“Making A Stool With Stretchers” by Beth Ireland, American Woodturner, April 2024
“Offset Turning Fundamentals” by Beth Ireland, Fine Woodworking #299, Nov/Dec 2022
“Spindle Turning Basics” by Beth Ireland, Fine Woodworking, #296 - May/June 2022
“Make An Elliptical Vessel” by Beth Ireland, American Woodturner 37 Issue 1, Feb 2022
“Turn A Wooden Tea Strainer” by Beth Ireland, American Woodturner 36 Issue 2, April 2021
“Driving The Point” by Kristen Müller, American Craft Inquiry, Volume 2, Issue 1, Oct 2018
“Spindle-Turned Pencil Box” by Beth Ireland, American Woodturner 33 Issue 4, Aug 2018
“Craft And Art: The Expressive Realm of Beth Ireland” by Betty Scarpino, American Woodturner 30 Issue 4, Aug 2015
“Turning And Carving Architectural Acorns” by Beth Ireland, American Woodturner 30 Issue 4, Aug 2015
Books
1 x 1: A Legacy of Craft, Community, And Art In Wood, Wonderfull Design Co., 2019
Making Good: An Inspirational Guide To Being An Artist Craftsman by Jacklyn Scott, Kristin Müller, Tommy Simpson, 2017
Tiny Homes On The Move by Lloyd Kahn, 2014
Video
“Cherry, Cultivating Life,” WGA America TV, 2009
“Walnut, Cultivating Life,” WGA America TV, 2009
“Turning Outside the Box,” DVD, Produced by Jenn Moller, 2005