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Celebrating American Craft Week Across the Country Oct 1-10, 2010 September 22
plus ‘Crafting a Nation’ conference in Washington, DC
Craft is an American tradition, and no matter where you live you will find crafters in your community. American Craft Week, which runs through the first ten days in October, is all about digging a little deeper into your local craft scene. Artist studios, small galleries, workshops, and nonprofit institutions all over the US are inviting the public to discover just how vibrant American craft is today.
A list of participating organizations and events can be found HERE. If you don’t see your state on the list, contact a local craft organization and encourage them to sign up. (I know for a fact that Van Buren has some mad crafting going on; no reason Arkansas shouldn’t be on that list!)
‘Crafting a Nation‘ will be presented at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC on October 8 + 9. The conference “will explore how craft practitioners, both professional and self-taught, are a valuable national resource and an integral part of the American economy, running businesses and producing products unique to our nation and important to our economic growth in the twenty-first century.”
American Craft Week is a project of Craft Retailers & Artists for Tomorrow (CRAFT) in partnership with Craft in America.
