Jewelry graduate Cornelia Goldsmith, JM '91 was chosen as one of five 'Rising Stars' by JCK Magazine and will exhibit at the JCK event in Las Vegas in May. Read the announcement here.

Bookbinding graduate and former instructor Mark Andersson, BB '92 was featured in Arizona Daily Star.

Kate Dumont, JM '07 was filmed working on championship rings for the Stanley Cup 2012 victors, the LA Kings, while working at Tiffany & Co. Watch the video here. (Kate, pictured here, two-minutes into the video).

Paul McNulty, PA '80 was featured on TV in the Czech Republic where he lives and makes pianos. The fascinating program can be watched on YouTube (with subtitles).

Greg Brown, CF '10 won an educational grant from The Furniture Society. He will use the grant is to study carving with Dimitrios Klistas.

North Bennet Street School graduate and teacher Will Neptune, CF '81 is the latest recipient of the Cartouche Award presented by Society of American Period Furniture Makers. Will is shown holding his award. To his right is former student, John Rexroad, and on his left is Freddy Roman, his current shop partner and Bob Van Dyke, who runs the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking, where Neptune sometimes teaches. Read the story in Fine Woodworking here.

Daniel Phillips, CF '07 is one of four woodworkers featured in a an article about Dallas Texas woodworkers in the Dallas Morning News. Read the story here.

Erin Fletcher, a 2012 graduate of the bookbinding program and current workshop instructor, represents NBSS at the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design in NYC on a panel discussion at the College Art Association on February 14. The title of the panel is 'Towards a New Apprenticeship Model: The Case for Experiential Learning.'

Read more about Erin's experiences as bookbinder working today at her blog Flash of the Hand: Exploring the Handmade Life

Before leaving for winter break, students, faculty, staff and friends enjoyed the annual holiday party planned and organized by students. The event was held at the new North Street building and was decorated by generous student and staff volunteers. Food was donated by students and by local North End businesses and there was a lottery of books, supplies and donated items. Entertainment was supplied by the musical stylings of the 'All school one-day band' and a marathon of table hockey matches, concluding with the final match-up for the Andersson Cup.

The finalists in the tournament - Francesco Rowe (left) and Garrett Becker (right) - both violin making and repair students, played an intense and close final game with Becker emerging as the winner, 2-1. Read more about the tradition of the hockey tournament and the Andersson Cup on the NBSS website.

Special thanks to the North End businesses that supported the party.

Boston Common Coffee Co.
Lulu's Sweet Shoppe
Theo's Cozy Corner
Ernesto's Pizza
The Cheese Shop
Alba's Produce
Beacon Hill Athletic Club
Ferrara's Kitchen & Bar

The new Boston Architectural College (BAC) building at 951 Boylston Street opened last month. The space was designed by the Institute for Human Centered Design and features the work of five NBSS graduates -- Al Amigo, CF '94, Barbara Brown, CF '05, Shaun Bullens, CF '05, Michael Fitzpatrick, CF '06 and Mark Fletcher, PC '00. The lobby of the building, featuring some of the graduate's work is shown here. They also made new front doors, based on the original historic doors, interior partitions and a sliding 'teaching wall' system. For more photographs and more on the project, visit the BAC website.

Michael Fitzpatrick, CF '06 is featured on a FineHomebuilding video showing how he makes copies of historic architectural details. Watch the video here.

Pick up a copy of the Winter 2012-13 Woodwork magazine and read a story about the Fort Point Cabinetmakers, the woodworking collaborative that was founded by NBSS alumni in 1979 and currently includes seven NBSS alumni. The magazine article isn't online yet. Until it is, visit the Fort Point Cabinetmakers' website.

Peter Michelinie, CF '08 recently completed hiking the Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada. He had already hiked the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail. He is one of 170 hikers in the world to finish all three trails. Read his story in the Andover Townsman here.

Megan Holst, a graduate of the jewelry making and repair program, 2001, and owner of Lucky Elephant in Marblehead, Massachusetts was featured in the Fall 2012 issue of Marblehead Home and Style.