The gold standard for fine woodworking in Québec
A fine-woodworking school-workshop
The École d’ébénisterie d’art de Montréal (ÉÉAM) is a school-workshop that offers technical applied-arts college training, in collaboration with the Cégep du Vieux Montréal, as well as woodworking courses for the general public. Following in the footsteps of Jean-Marie Gauvreau’s École du meuble, ÉÉAM is a place where tradition and innovation meet, and where creativity and expertise are developed.
Postsecondary studies
Technical college training in fine woodworking
- Open to people with at least a high-school diploma
- Training balanced between technical and artistic skills
- Learning about the design, fabrication, and marketing of original fine woodwork pieces
- Learning about the safe use of hand tools and specialized machine tools
- More than 1,965 hours of specialized training, spread over three years
- Diploma of College Studies (DSC, or DEC)
Recreational courses
Woodworking courses for the general public
- Open to everyone
- Courses adapted to different needs and focused on concrete learning
- Acquisition of practical knowledge and production of woodworking projects
- Learning about the safe use of hand tools and specialized machine tools
- Courses lasting from 6 to 86 hours
- Possibility of obtaining an attestation of training
Meet our graduates
Young fine woodworkers to discover
Discover the talent and creativity of the next generation of woodworking artists: look at the projects they produced during their fine-woodworking training at ÉÉAM.
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Frequently asked questions
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Want to learn fine woodworking?
Find out which woodworking program is right for you
We offer two different kinds of training, both aimed at learning fine woodworking in a specialized, safe, and respectful environment. No matter your level or your goals, there’s a course for you.
