The President’s challenge was created by our late President Susan Shane. It was her wish to tempt, prod and push the members out of their Turning comfort zone and try new techniques, styles and project type.
In her memory, we are not only keeping this new tradition alive, we have formed the President’s Challenge Iron-Man. Each year all members that complete ALL 6 Presidential Challenges will be honored by being named a Presidential Iron-Man and have their name engraved on the Memorial celebrating the President’s Challenge and the spirit of its creator Susan Shane.

Presidential Challenges 2025
To get credit for completing each of your challenges, just send an email with a photo of your submission to our president and webmaster;
– Julie Schmidt, <president at baltimoreareaturners dot org>
– Dave Maidt, <webmaster at baltimoreareaturners dot org>
- 1st President’s Challenge
– Turn a Lidded Bowl - 2nd President’s Challenge
– Turn an egg! - 3rd President’s Challenge
– Turn a - 4th President’s Challenge
– Turn a - 5th President’s Challenge
– Turn a - 6th President’s Challenge
– Turn a
| Member Name | #1 Lidded Bowl | #2 Egg | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Ford | X | |||||
| Bruce Lamb | X | X | ||||
| Dave Maidt | X | X | ||||
| Skip Slomski | X | |||||
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