Christopher Dewart has taught Furniture Making in the Department of Architecture at MIT since 1987 and assisted students in building large and full scale model sections for architecture studios using steel, concrete, wood and glass.
He received a BA degree from Marlboro College focusing on the aethetics of furniture design and architecture. His furniture for galleries and commissions include Person's Gallery, Marlboro, VT, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Church of the Advent, Boston, St. Pauls Church, Brookline, MA, and Church of the Good Shepherd, Waban, MA. Dewart continues to work professionally with sculptors and artisans in the Boston area creating works for First Night, Cambridge River Festival, Cambridge Public Schools, and the Cambridge Arts Council with installations at Babson College Chapel, Resolve of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, and Harvard University's Art Museums.

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Education
1995
Coursework at Department of Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1984
Northeastern University, School of Education
1980
Apprenticeship, Kingsley Brooks
1978
Bachelor of Arts, Marlboro College
Professional Experience
1982-present
Wilder Woodworking Proprietor
1997
Installation, Babson College Chapel, Wellesley, MA
1995
Installation, "Jerusalem's Gate," Birmingham, AL
1992
Exhibition, "Thinking the City," Construction Supervisor
1992
First Night Gateway, Boston City Hall Plaza
1991
Graham Parks School Playground, Cambridge, MA
awards
1992
Graduate Student Council Teaching Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology