GRab A Hard Hat! We need More Hands!
Your DONATION will be the hands raising Handshouse toward the future.
We brought together a team of traditional carpenters and students from across the United States to build a replica of Notre-Dame de Paris’ choir truss #6 using traditional tools and materials. Notre-Dame Project participants are pictured here raising one of the shear legs used to hand lift our full-scale Notre-Dame Project truss. (DC, 2021)
To ensure Handshouse has the financial and administrative capacity
to continue making the inspiring hands-on projects we have become known for:
Handshouse often Creates Things that are Larger Than Life.
When we dream of helping reconstruct Notre-Dame de Paris or recreating a 17th century synagogue from the ashes, we don’t let the fact that it seems impossible dictate if it's worth a try. We call upon community. We work our vision toward reality with the intellect of many hands.
Handshouse continues to lead remarkable collaborations:
Notre-Dame Project,
Toys for Animals,
Wooden Synagogue Digital Archive Project
and SO MANY MORE.
We take on daunting challenges together and make problem-solving a joyful collaboration.
Since 2002, Handshouse has depended on volunteerism to create unique and ambitious hands-on educational experiences across the globe. The scale of what we have become over these 22 years—and the growing demand for our projects—can no longer be held by volunteers alone. To continue to offer the programs and projects Handshouse is known for…
we are growing our organizational leadershiP!
Click here to learn more about our talented leadership!
and strategically planning for the future!
The scale of what Handshouse has become and the growing demand for our programs and projects can no longer be held by volunteers alone.
We have expanded our Board of Directors and Advisors!
And now, we need to invest in building our organizational structure and paid staff to carry the work of creating our remarkable projects forward. We need your donation to become the hands that build and raise Handshouse.
The Group Lift Campaign Goals:
Fund a robust, responsive, and sustainable organizational structure with paid staff supported by a strong board and volunteers.
Continue to engage participants, educators and institutions in one-of-a-kind collaborations that inspire connection, curiosity and community.
Create innovative hands-on projects that illuminate history, explore science, and perpetuate the arts for another 22 years and beyond.
Cardinal Wilton Gregory was among the participants hand-raising the Notre-Dame Project full scale reconstruction of Choir Truss # 6, at Catholic University, DC 2021.
Join the Group Lift Campaign today!
To ensure Handshouse has the financial and administrative capacity to continue making the inspiring hands-on projects we have become known for, we need to raise $250k by June 30th, 2025 to fund a 2-year plan.
Now more than ever, we need your help to carry Handshouse forward!
Other WAYS YOU CAN GIVE/
We have come together to continue to cultivate Connection, Curiosity, and Community through the mission of Handshouse Studio. We Hope you to Join us!
Caption: Board or Directors, and Advisor members, with Executive Director, Marie Brown, gathered for a 3-day intensive Strategic Planning session at Handshouse headquarters in March of 2024 to work with professional consultant Lisa Mount of Artistic Logistics. We came together to take a closer look at what makes Handshouse Studio so meaningful to so many people, what we need to continue our mission, where we hope Handshouse will be in 5 years, and what we need to do RIGHT NOW to make that future possible.
If you'd like to learn more about our work, or have any questions, please reach out to:
Marie Brown, Executive Director
Handshouse Studio Board of Directors:
Rick Brown and Laura Brown (Co-founders)
Nat Crosby (Chair)
Joel McCarty, Rob Duarte, Adriana Katzew, Marc Holland,
Eric Lemont, Kurt Steinberg, Justin Brazier, Bob Chabot, Brenda Baker,
Yari Wolinsky, Rashin Fahandej, and Krista Lima.
Handshouse Studio Board of Advisors
Amber Alyn, Michael Burrey, Lorenzo DeAlmeida , Carmon Colangelo, Dr. Lindsay S. Cook, Michael Cuba, Rosemary Driscoll, Jackson DuBois, Andrea Finnerty, Cathy Frankel, Helena Gindi, Alexander Goldowsky, Matthew Hincman, Donna Hassler, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Bruce Lindsey, Sophie Linnell, Jason Loik, Laurie Macrea, Krisen Odle, Tonya Ohnstad, Anna Slafer, David Trachtenberg, Laura Viklund, C. Hanyen Wu.