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Education
2019 Cabinetry & Furniture . North Bennet Street School . Boston MA
2014 Progressive Teaching . Progressive Education Lab . Boston MA
2010 B.A. Literature & Sculpture . Kenyon College . Gambier OH
Professional Experience
2022 . Blue Hills Press, Author: “The Handmade Brush” (in progress)
2021 - present . Wharton Esherick Museum . Resource Council Member
2021 . Laurence Carr Design . Featured Artist: Salon de la Circularite . High Point Market
2021 . Shaper Tools . Sponsored Designer / Maker . San Francisco CA
2020-present A Workshop of Our Own . Board of Directors . Baltimore, MD
2019-2021 Penland School of Crafts . Wood Shop Coordinator . Penland, NC
2020 Austin School of Furniture . Curriculum Committee . Austin TX
2019 Thomas Moser . Guest Maker . Boston, MA
2019 Harvard Design Project . Collection Design & Build . Boston, MA
2019 Beata Heuman Design . Custom Commission . London UK
2019 Archipedia New England . Custom Commission . Boston MA
2019 Architectural Conservation Trust . Custom Commission . Boston MA
2019 The North Bennet Street School . Custom Commission . Boston MA
2019 Peter Galbert & Aspen Golann . Settee Design & Build . Nantucket, MA
2019 Building Preservation Associates . Custom Commission . Nantucket MA
2018 Bloomberg Philanthropies . Custom Commission . New York City, NY
2009 Christie’s New York . American Furniture Department Show Layout . New York, NY
Equity Work: Fundraising & Organization
2022 . The Chair Tour: Southeast Edition . Free & sliding scale classes for historically excluded makers
2021 . Tool Redistribution Program . Tool scholarship Program (in progress)
2021 . The New Windsor Toolbox . Toolmaking Equity Project: National (in progress)
2020 . A Workshop of Our Own . WOO Pit Crew: Rebuild Project: Raised 15k . Baltimore MD
2020 . Crafting the Future . Raffle series: Raised 10k
Selected Artist Talks & Interviews
2021 . Fine Woodworking Magazine . Webinar: Contemporary Hitchcock Imagery
2021 . The Furniture Society . Collaborations: Aspen Golann, Anne Briggs, Greg Pennington
2021 . The Furniture Society Conference . Building Equity & Building Furniture + Panel Discussion
2021 . Wharton Esherick Museum . Creatives on Esherick: Aspen Golann . Malvern PA
2021 . Colonial Williamsburg . Presenter: Jefferson Settee Build
2021 . A Workshop of Our Own . Panelist, Four Years of WOO . Baltimore MD
2021 . Cut the Craft Podcast . Featured Guest . Podcast w/ Amy Umbel & Brien Biedler
2021 . The LSU Museum of Art . Sit and Learn Series / CONTEMPORARY MAKERS . Baton Rouge LA
2020 WGBH Open Studio with Jared Bowen . Guest Artist S9 E13 . Boston MA
2020 Crafting the Future . Guest . In The Making Series
2020 The New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers . Presenter . Annual Meeting
2020 In The Making . Interview & Studio Tour . Boston, MA
2020 BRAHMS Museum . Artist Lecture . Boone, NC
2020 San Diego State University . Advanced Furniture Interview . San Diego, CA
2020 Herron School of Furniture & Design . Furniture Department Interview . Indianapolis, IN
2020 Modern Woodworkers Association Podcast . Featured Artist
2020 Appalachian State University . Artist Lecture . Boone NC
2020 Cumberland Furniture Guild . Artist Lecture & Guest Maker . Nashville TN
2020 Women of Woodworking . Profile “WOO Pit Crew”
2019 Woodworkers Guild of RI . Lecturer & Guest Maker . Providence RI
2019 The North Bennet Street School . Artist Lecture
2019 The Woodworkers Podcast . Guest Artist
2019 The North Bennet Street School . Profile & Interview
Selected Publications
2021 . Elle Magazine . The Feed: Wavy Lady Brush . Aspen Golann
2021 . American Period Furniture . The Living Tools Project . Aspen Golann
2021 . Houzz . 10 Furniture Trends . Kyle Troutman
2021 . The Furniture Society . Mixed Media Challenge Feature . Pam Robinson, FS Edu Chair
2021 . Making Things Work . Women in Woodworking, Parts 1-3, Nancy Hiller
2021 Business of Home . A Designer’s Guide at High Point: Aspen Golann
2021 Customs House Museum . Practice Makes Perfect: Twenty Years of the Furniture Guild
2021 Popular Woodworking . Spotlight: Aspen Golann: Marrying Traditional & Conceptual Work
2020 Architectural Digest . Best New Collections…At High Point Market, Author: Mel Studach
2020 Designers Today . She Who Works With Wood, Author: Jane Dagmi
2020 Popular Woodworking . Woodworking In America: Aspen Golann, Author: Collin Knoff
2020 Pyrography 2020 . Extreme Burning, Author: Hannah Carroll
2020 Luxe Magazine . Home Grown: A Fresh Crop of Furniture Artists, Author: Brittany Chevalier McIntyre
2020 Lost Art Press . Meet The Comet: Aspen Golann, Author: Nancy Hiller
2020 Fine Woodworking Magazine . Faces of the Craft: Aspen Golann, Author: Asa Christiana
2020 Furniture Today . Mineck Fellowship Announcement . News Digest
2020 Business of Home . Cue Applause: Mineck Fellowship
2020 Woodshop News . Aspen Golann Wins Mineck Fellowship
2020 Furniture, Lighting & Decor Magazine . Mineck Fellowship Profile . Luxury Issue
2020 Fatherly.com . Nick Offerman’s Five-Step Plan to Get You Into Woodworking, Author: Eric Alt
2020 American Period Furniture . The Art and Application of Clock Imagery . Author: Aspen Golann
2020 Society of American Period Furniture Makers Journal . Back Cover Feature . Author: Bob Ellis
2019 Fine Woodworking Benchmarks . Aspen Golann: Building Without Boundaries, Author: Asa Christiana
2019 The Furniture Society . Featured Maker . September
2019 Fine Woodworking Magazine . Reader’s Gallery . Issue #275
2019 Women of Woodworking . Pit Crew Profile, Katie Thompson
2019 The North Bennet Street School . Profile & Interview . Boston MA
2019 Woodshop News . Profile . January Issue
Teaching
Postponed . Penland School of Craft . Spoons Carving co teaching w/ Julian Watts . Penland NC
Postponed . Marc Adams School of Woodworking . Glass Fronted Cabinet . Franklin IN
Postponed . Lie-Nielsen Toolworks . Shaping Cabriole Legs . Warren ME
2022 . Haystack School of Craft . Hard & Soft: Sculptural Brush Making . Deer Isle ME
2022 . Port Townsend School of Woodworking . Windsor Chair Making . Port Townsend WA
2021 . Florida School of Woodwork . Twin Windsors . Tampa FL
2021 . Pinecroft School of Woodworking . Carving: Traditional Techniques & Contemporary Applications . Berea KY
2021 . Penland School of Craft, Community Collaborations . Broom Making . Penland NC
2020 . A Workshop of Our Own . Broom Making: A Broom of One’s Own . Baltimore MD
2020 . Pocosin Arts . Sculptural Brush Making . Columbia NC
2020 The School of Woodwork . Intro to Brush Making . Tampa FL
2020 A Workshop Of Our Own . A Broom of One’s Own . Baltimore MD
2020 Pocosin Arts . Sculptural Brush Making . Columbia NC
2020 Women’s Woodshop . Chip Carving . Minneapolis, MN
2020 Austin School of Furniture & Design . Chip Carving . Austin TX
2020 Austin School of Furniture & Design . Relief Carving . Austin TX
2020 Peter Galbert Chairmaker . Comb-Back Chairs . Rollinsford NH
2019 The North Bennet Street School . Acanthus Leaf Carving Demo . Boston MA
2019 American Craft Council . W/ Sarah Marriage @ Center for Art in Wood . Philadelphia PA
2019 Haystack School of Crafts . Assisting Julian Watts . Deer Isle ME
Awards & Grants
Upcoming . Windgate AIR @ SDSU . Artist in Residence . San Diego, CA
2021 . Winterthur Museum . Critical Craft Studies . Winterthur DE
2021 Wharton Esherick Museum . First Place. Wood And . Malvern PA
2020 Society of Arts & Crafts . John D. Mineck Fellowship . Boston MA
2020 Manifest Gallery . Best in Show . Cincinnati OH
2020 Bank of the Arts . Merit Award, 2020 National Juried Exhibition . New Bern NC
2019 Mass Cultural Council . Professional Grant, Assets for Artists . Boston, MA
2019 Vermont Studio Center . Artist Grant . Johnson, VT
2019 Center for Furniture Craftsmanship . Fellowship . Rockport ME
2018 Society of Period Furniture Makers . Professional Grant . Boston MA
2018 200th Anniversary Craft Expo . Best in Show & Committee's Choice Award . Topsfield MA
2018 Fine Furnishings . Best in Show - Traditional Student Furniture . Pawtucket, RI
2018 Haystack Mountain School of Craft . Beverly Warner Scholarship . Deer Isle ME
2018 Anderson Ranch Arts Center . Maloof Fellowship . Aspen CO
Residencies
2021 Winterthur Museum . Critical Craft Studies . Winterthur DE
2021 Proyectos de Residencia MX (PRMX - PGMX) . Residency . Mexico City, Mexico
2019 Winterthur Museum . Assist Steve Brown Maker/Creator Fellowship . Winterthur DE
2019 Vermont Studio Center . Artist Grant, Residency . Johnson VT
2019 Center for Furniture Craftsmanship . Fellowship . Rockland ME
2019 Monson Arts . Residency . Monson ME
2019 Penland School of Craft . Winter Residency . Penland NC
2016 & 2017 Vermont Studio Center . Residency . Johnson VT
Selected Exhibitions
2021 . High Point Furniture Market . AspenGolann x LaurenceCarr at HighPoint Market . High Point NC
2021 . Davenport Gallery, Wayne Art Center . CraftForms . Wayne PA
2021 . American Craft Council . ACC: Atlanta/Southeast Craft Week . Online Marketplace
2021 . Pacific Northwest Sculptors . Emergence . Online Exhibition
2021 . TRAC . Fresh Produce: Penland School of Craft Studio Coordinator Team . Spruce Pine NC
2021 Mill Collective . High Point Furniture Show . High Point NC
2021 Emporium Center . Master Woodworker’s Show . Knoxville TN
2021 1078 Gallery . Imagine Together . Chico CA
2021 Wharton Esherick Museum . Wood and . Malvern PA
2021 Mississippi State Art Museum . Crafted Identities . Mississippi State MS
2021 Slocumb Galleries . Art Now America . Johnson City TN
2021 2021 American Association of Woodturners Invitational . Elements . St Paul MN
2021 International Contemporary Craft Competition & Exhibition . Materials: Hart & Soft . DentonTX
2021 Messler Gallery, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship . Alumni & Fellows 2021 . Rockport ME
2021 American Association of Woodturners Invitational . Elements . St. Paul MN
2020 Materials Hard + Soft : International Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition . Denton TX
2020 Penland Gallery . Please Serve Yourself . Penland NC
2020 CraftHiltonHead2020 . 7th National Juried Fine Art Craft Exhibition . Hilton Head SC
2020 Floyd Center for the Arts . Art Appalachia . Floyd VA
2020 Mill Collective . High Point Market 2020 . High Point NC
2020 Center for Contemporary Arts . 2020 Juried Competition . Abilene TX
2020 LHUCA . American Contemporary Craft: A National Juried Exhibition . Lubbock TX
2020 Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery . Artists Who Teach 2020 . Fayetteville NC
2020 TAG Gallery . California Open 2020 National Juried Exhibition . Los Angeles CA
2020 d’Art Center . Tiny But Mighty . Norfolk VA
2020 Bank of the Arts . 2020 National Juried Exhibition . New Bern NC
2020 Alexandria Museum of Art (AMoA) . 33rd Annual Competition . Alexandria LA
2020 Manifest Gallery . Rites of Passage . Cincinnati OH
2020 Fine Line Creative Arts . Living in Color, Functional & Decorative Art for the Home . St. Charles IL
2020 Artspace NC . Fresh 2020 . Raleigh, NC
2020 Site: Brooklyn . Craft in Contemporary Art . Brooklyn, NY
2020 ExpoArtists . Gallery Feature . New York City NY
2020 BRAHM Museum . Branching Out: Works in Wood . Blowing Rock, NC
2020 Penland Gallery . At Hand, Tools for Everyday Use . Penland NC
2019 Bascom Arts . Craft to Art . Highlands NC
2019 Haystack Mountain School of Craft . Faculty Exhibition . Deer Isle, ME
2019 The Furniture Society National Conference . Member Exhibition . Milwaukee WI
2019 North Bennet Street School Gallery . 20th Annual Celebration of Craft
2019 The Lincoln Center . Contemporary Art Survey . Fort Collins, CO
2018 Pawtucket Fine Furnishings Show . Providence RI
2018 International Place . Celebration of Craft . Boston Financial District
2018 200th Anniversary Craft Expo . Topsfield Fair, MA
2018 Fine Woodworking Live . Southbridge MA
2017 Craft Boston . Hynes Convention Center, Boston MA
2015 Little Berlin . My Dream House . Philadelphia PA
2014 Thompson Gallery . Strange Glue w/ Michael Oatman . Boston MA
Affiliations
Ambassador to the Editorial Board . Fine Woodworking Magazine . Newtown CT
Resource Council . Wharton Esherick Museum . Chester County PA
Board of Directors . A Workshop of Our Own . Baltimore, MD
Board of Directors . New England Society of Alternative Furniture Makers . Boston, MA
Member, Demonstrator . Cumberland Furniture Guild . Nashville TN
Founding Member . Thousand Artist Collective . Philadelphia, PA
Member, Grant Recipient, Featured Artist . The Furniture Society
Member, Grant Recipient . The Society of American Period Furniture Makers
Member, Grant Recipient . Society of Arts & Crafts