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Tables, spoons, pens, sculptures, carvings and much more – all made by hand using local woods – will be on display at the first annual ‘Virgin Islands Woodworkers Expo,’ to be held December 8-9, 2006 at the UVI Sports and Fitness Center on St. Thomas. You won’t want to miss this one-of-a-kind event. Some of the finest woodworkers in the territory will display and sell their pieces. Demonstrations will be conducted by master woodworkers, including Avelino Samuel of St. John, Afreekan Southwell of St. Thomas, and Bien Brignoni of St. Croix.

The Expo opens at 1:00 p.m. on December 8th and 10:00 a.m. on December 9th. There will be a special showing for junior and senior high school carpentry, woodworking and art vocational classes at 10:00 a.m. on December 8th. Make plans to be there and get you holiday gifts early!

Admission to all sessions is FREE!

For more information contact Carlos Robles at
340-693-1083, 340-693-1080 or via email at crobles@uvi.edu.

St. Croix woodturner, Rodger Nickell's, wood craft at January 2006 presentation.

The Expo is sponsored and funded by the UVI Cooperative Extension Service in partnership with the West Indian Company Limited, the V.I. Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the V.I. Department of Agriculture, and the V.I. Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc.

University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service

V.I. Department of Agriculture Urban & Community Forestry Program

Avelino Samuel demonstrates his wood turning technique at the May 2006 St. Croix Wood worker's Expo.

Afreekan Southwell discusses his wood turning art at the February 2006 Wood turner's presentation in St. Thomas.

Bien Brignoni demonstrates his wood turning technique at the St. Croix RC&D wood working presentation in January 2006.