The Furni­ture Society has taken stew­ard­ship of the $25,000 unre­stricted John D. Mineck Fellow­ship that is awarded to support emerg­ing and early-career furniture makers.

Estab­lished through the John D. Mineck Foun­da­tion and previ­ously admin­is­tered by the Society of Arts + Crafts in Boston, the fellow­ship has supported a gener­a­tion of influ­en­tial makers whose work contin­ues to shape the field of contem­po­rary furniture making.

Past Recip­i­ents include:

• Will Tracey (2009)
• Libby Schrum (2010)
• Bart Niswonger* (2011)
• Vivian Beer (2013)
• Kimberly Winkle (2014)
• Sarah Marriage* (2015)
• Annie Evelyn* (2016)
• Jack Mauch (2017)
• Tom Shields (2018)
• Beatriz Mayorca (2019)
• Aspen Golann* (2020)
• Jamie Herman (2021)
• Sophie Glenn* (2022)
• Sarah Watling­ton (2023)
• Charles Thomp­son (2024)
• and Joyce Lin* (2025)

*Denotes current or former Furni­ture Society board members.

Call for applicants
The John D. Mineck Fellow­ship supports artists at a forma­tive stage in their careers, when finan­cial support can mean­ing­fully expand what is possible.

Artists interested should consider:

• Are you an emerg­ing furni­ture maker build­ing your first signif­i­cant body of work?
• Are you an early-career artist devel­op­ing your studio prac­tice and looking for support to take a major step forward, pursue a new project, or expand your work in meaningful ways?

Former fellows have gone on to become leading educa­tors, studio artists, design­ers, and contrib­u­tors to the broader field of craft and design.

Appli­ca­tions for the next John D. Mineck Fellow­ship cycle will open the week of June 15, 2026.