Overview

The Center focuses on artistic designs and fine craftsmanship. It remains the only university program in the nation to offer a studio emphasis in furniture design and woodworking that includes access to a complete turning facility and digital tooling.

Graduates are familiar with traditional cabinetmaking and furniture design/building processes,
as well as, contemporary technologies and their capabilities. As a division of the Department
of Art and the College of Fine Arts at Indiana University of Pennsylvania the undergraduate
BA and BFA and the graduate MFA degrees are available in Studio Art.

The Center is dedicated to specific curricular goals:
· Synthesis of Traditional and Contemporary Technologies
· Research and Development
· Artists-in-Residence and Visiting Artists
· Recycle/Reuse/Reinvent
· Interdisciplinary Projects
· Community Outreach
· Exhibitions

A 2003 grant allowed the existing woodworking and furniture design program to be
re-envisioned and significantly expanded into the Center for Turning and Furniture Design.
In 2005, Steve Loar joined the Center as Director with instruction beginning in the new
facilities in January 2006. In 2009, well known furniture maker and educator Alphonse Mattia joined the Center.

CenterWorks is the applied research and development arm within the Center. It creates
in-house Co-Op and entrepreneurial experiences for select students. Several significant commissions have been completed using materials almost entirely reclaimed from the
campus. CenterWorks is also developing self-initiated and marketed projects.