HANDSHOUSE PROJECTS ARE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY!
Represented Institutions/
Participating INstitutions /
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Chesterwood National Trust, Stockbridge MA
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
Paul Revere Museum, Canton, MA
Virginia Tech (WAAC), Alexandria, VA
Washington University, St Louis, MO
Asselin Inc, Thouars, France
Charpentiers sans Frontières, France
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