Gulf Coast Woodturners Association

Welcome to the web home of The Gulf Coast Woodturners Association (GCWA), serving Houston, southeast Texas and the upper Gulf Coast. We have over 175 members who live from Lake Charles to Columbus, and Galveston to College Station. 

Our club has been affiliated of the American Association of Woodturners for over 20 years, and we are one of the oldest organizations dedicated to woodturning in Texas. We meet the third Saturday of every month, rotating our meeting locations around the Houston metropolitan area to accomodate our widely-spaced membership. Our meetings run from 9:00 to noon, and include a demonstration, instant gallery and raffle. Please check the Calendar on this website, or the current newsletter, for specific meeting details.

The mission of the GCWA is to further the art and craft of woodturning in all its forms though education, community outreach and a shared sense of the beauty of the turned form. Our community of turners encourages the development of skills and techniques that helps interested artists achieve their potential. The GCWA sponsors the largest club-organized woodturning retreat in the nation each May, with hands-on classes offered by skilled craftspeople to dozens of students. We encourage the artistic and career development of wood artists through regular instant gallery critiques, museum shows and juried exhibitions.

Please come and visit us, visitors and novices are always welcome.

      Reggie Keith
         President

GCWA is a chapter of the American Association of Woodturners, the largest organization in the world dedicated to the advancement of woodturning.  

May Newsletter

April Meeting
Gallery

Bill Kloepping handouts on laminated turning are now available in the Resources section!

Spring Retreat
Information
* Who doing what at the Retreat (Word doc)
* Retreat Class Schedule (Excel spreadsheet)
Registration Form (fillable PDF)
The retreat registration form is a “fillable” form, i.e., you can open it in Adobe Reader and fill in the blanks right on your computer.  After you complete the form, please use “Save As” to save it under a name that can be identified, like you last name and/or initials.  E-mail the saved form to Ed Peine at the address at the bottom of the form.  Please DO NOT click “Submit Form” (usually near the top, right hand side below the tool bar) because it will not go to Ed for proper processing if you do that. 

Another option is to just print out a hard copy after you fill it out, or there is always the old-fashioned way of printing out the blank form and fill it in by hand and either snail-mail it to Ed or hand deliver it to him at the April meeting.
 

GCWA has a new home!
The Gulf Coast Turning Center in Westchase
11391 Meadowglen La.
Suite F
Houston, TX 77082

Want to engage in
some informal
"turning and conversation"?
  Check out Open Shop Nights. 
See the Calendar for details.

 Check this column often for special club  announcements and to learn about new website features.