HANDSHOUSE PROJECTS ARE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY!

Participating INstitutions /

Ann Arbor Arts Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Asselin Inc, Thouars, France

Charpentiers sans Frontières, France 

Columbia University, New York, NY

Historic Preservation Training Center of the National Park Service, Frederick, Maryland

Millenium Gate Museum, Atlanta, GA

National Building Museum, Washington DC

North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA

Penn State University, University Park, PA

Preservation Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute Adrian, MI

SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville, SC

Timber Framers Guild Alstead, NH

The Catholic University of America, Washington DC

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Athens, GA

MEET OUR TEAM / BIOS

Handshouse Notre-Dame Project Leadership

Rick and Laura Brown, Co-Founders of Handshouse Studio

Marie Brown, Executive Director, Handshouse Studio, Notre-Dame Project Manager

Nat Crosby,  Project Manager of La Forêt Model Project, Member of Handshouse Board of Advisors

Lindsay S. Cook, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor of Art History, School of Art, Ball State University, Project Historian and BSU Faculty for La Forêt Model Project, Member of Handshouse Board of Advisors

Jackson DuBois, professional timber framer, executive director, Timber Framers Guild, (Alstead, NH) owner/operator of DuBois Timber Frames (Cooperstown, NY)

Michael Burrey, Faculty, Preservation Carpentry Program, North Bennet Street School, Member of Handshouse Board of Advisors

Project Participating Institution Representatives

Alexis Boutrolle, U.S. Director of Operations for Asselin, Inc (Thouars, France)

Tonya Ohnstad, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies at The Catholic University of America, Project Partner Faculty of La Forêt Model Project, Member of Handshouse Board of Advisor

Cathy Frankel, Vice President for Exhibitions and Collections, National Building Museum, Member of Handshouse Board of Advisors

Dr. François Calame,  Ethnologist at the Ministry of Culture, Founder, Charpentiers sans Frontières

Moss Rudley, Superintendent, Historic Preservation Training Center of the National Park Service

Winnie Smith, Associate Director, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Martijn Van Wagtendonk, Area Chair of Sculpture, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Luke Barnett, Founder/ Director Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute, Adrian, MI

La Forêt Model Project Team Experts

Sophie Linnell Preservation Carpentry Teaching Assistant, North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA

Justin Brazier: Architectural Designer, M. Arch Graduate, MIT Architecture, Cambridge, MA

The Rooster Project Experts

Joe Wood: Metalsmith, Professor Emeritus, Fine Arts 3D Department, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

Chuck Stigliano: Sculptor, Professor Emeritus, Fine Arts 3D Department, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

Truss Project Experts

Alicia Spence, 2021 Full-Scale Truss Reconstruction Project Manager, Timber Framer in Florence, MA

Mez Welch, Lead Carpenter, Owns and Operates Rockbridge Timber Frames in Lexington, VA

Gerald David, Lead Carpenter, Owns and Operates  GFD Woodworking, LLC in Duluth Minnesota

Jordan Finch, Lead Carpenter, Owns and Operates Finch Woodworks in Virginia

Hank Silver, Lead Carpenters, Owns and Operates Ironwood Timberworks in Hatfield, MA

Grigg Mullen Jr. and Grigg Mullen III Truss Rigging and Raising Engineer and Leader

Peter Henrikson, Lead Carpenter, Owns and Operates

Miles Jenness, Lead Carpenter, Owns and Operates

Rob Duarte, Associate Professor in the Department of Art at The Florida State University, Member of Handshouse Board of Directors

PROJECT DONORS /

Irene Pletka

Alex & Betty Smith Donor Advised Endowment Fund

John & Mary Franklin Foundation

Clarence Smith Family Fund

Rick & Laura Brown

Mike & Cierra Weatherly

Amanda Brown

Patricia Hainer

Allison Jolly

Kendrick & Caryl Smith Charitable Fund

David DeGhetto

Nathan Spunt Family

Jane Radocchia

Carter Thompson

Patrick Muckleroy

Brenda Baker

Deborah Sink

David Stewart

Brooke Goodwin

Laurie Macrae

Alice Bova

Dori Bova

Jennifer & Marty Flanagan

Rawson Grobety

Anthony Smith

Jesse Sasser

Janice Wormington

Paula Gauthier

Scott Carlson

Patrick Muckleroy

Cary Wolinsky

CS Goodwin Charitable Fund

Adriana Katzew

David Brody

Joel McCarty

Charles Anthony Stigliano

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

Daniel Kagay

Douglas Okun

Jean Lightman

David Blackwell

Alyssa Okun

Richard Wilkinson

Benjamin Cox

Barbara Lippman

Jacques Marcotte

Stephen Morrison

Annie Offen

Scott Offen

Stevenson Richardson

Kurt Steinberg

Richard Walker

Paschal Corrigan

Mark Niemeyer

Julia Jeffs

Peter Moriarty

Bill Quern

Barbara Wolinsky

Rebecca Sethi

Jacques Moore

Thomas Brodersen

Barclay Walsh

Gloria-Jean Brown

Penny Schwartz

Michael Lynch

Thomas Russell

Robert Zinsmeister

Allan Kauders

Edward Ryerson

Alvin Barshefsky

Jane Mangold

Audrey Tepper

Robert DeSimone

Amelia Andrews

Kimberlee Jamieson

Chris Shannon

Ronald Blair

Kiernan Goodman

Jeff Wyatt

Pamela & Francis Maloney

Thomas Rinaldi

Debra Nauta-Rodriguez

Robert Magner

Bryan Fischer

Logan Sears

Greg Wilson

Peter Bancroft

Gee Mcvey

Nan & David Partlett

John Miles

Drew Sims

Will Harris

Raleigh Mason

John Moncure

Adam Christie

Lyle Gillespie

Aaron Bennington

Kurt Rosenberger

Robbie Faulkner

Will Barry-Rec

Jimmy Smith & Mary Anne Walser

Don Maver

Rob and Ellen Allen

Richard Meyer

Ada Augustyniak

Anthony Palazzolo

Eric Fleenor

Kathy Anderson

David Jones