SPSW posts March 2026 calendar listing first mini-symposium March 19

The South Puget Sound Woodturners (SPSW) posted an online March 2026 events calendar that lists a range of mentoring sessions, a monthly membership meeting and the club’s first mini-symposium on March 19. The calendar was current for March 2026 when viewed in early March, and the March 19 entry stands out as the club’s first event described as a mini-symposium.

SPSW’s calendar entry language that noted the club’s “first mini‑symposi” appears completed in the posted schedule as the first mini-symposium on March 19, while the rest of the month’s lineup includes multiple mentoring sessions and the regular monthly membership meeting. The posted calendar is the club’s primary event notice for March programming; no fees, times or presenter names were included in the calendar summary available in the listing excerpts.

Regional event aggregators corroborate SPSW activity. Icosawood Work’s upcoming events list includes “South Puget Sound Woodturners — Demo and hands-on workshop,” alongside local entries such as “Olympia Woodturners Demo,” “Seattle Woodturners” and “Port Townsend School of Woodworking — Exploring Form, Texture, and Finish in Woodturning.” The Icosawood listing also catalogs national and international events that will populate the 2026 calendar, including John C. Campbell Folk School courses, the Alaska Woodturning Symposium, Rocky Mountain Woodturning Symposium and Turnfest - Ottawa.

Broader planning for the season is already visible: the Southwest Association of Woodturners site posts “Get Ready! SWAT 2026 Aug 28 -30th” and notes logistics for attendees, stating “Four Hotels will have Rooms for us this year. Room reservation links will be available March 1, 2026.” The SWAT site further frames the symposium with the organization’s mission: “The SWAT organization exists to promote the craft of woodturning through training, demonstrations, hands on experience and exhibits. SWAT offers something for all levels of experience from hobbyists to professionals. All levels of experience are welcome to participate in our yearly symposium each August.”

Taken together, SPSW’s March calendar entry for a first mini-symposium on March 19, the Icosawood Work listing of SPSW demos and the SWAT 2026 dates of Aug 28-30 lay out a clear sequence of club-level programming feeding into regional symposium season. The March postings position SPSW’s mentoring sessions and the March 19 mini-symposium as the opening local events ahead of the larger SWAT gathering in late August.