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Pandemic Redefines 'Disaster': CERF+ Offers Artists a Helping Hand
October 2022, by Diana Jones
Since 1985, CERF+ has been working hard to help craft-based artists in times of crisis. You may be familiar with their name, and you may have heard they provide grants to artists hit by disasters…
Six Decades of Arts and Crafts - New York Festival Attracts Thousands
October 2022, by Angie Landsverk
An outdoor art show that began years ago to raise funds for a library in a small community now draws the interest of artists from throughout the country and continues to support programs, technology…
Playing With Price Points
October 2022, by Angie Landsverk
When Shields Long took his custom, craftsman lamps to an art show in one of the wealthiest parts of the country, he figured that if someone was going to buy a $1,000 floor lamp from him, it was going…
Life on the Road Blog: Stormy Weather
October 2022, by Scott Obernberger
Summer show season is wrapping up as I write this month’s installment, and the last two shows I participated in experienced significant weather drama. The first had straight-line winds of 60 to 70…
Sweetness and Light
October 2022, by Diane Sulg
It is so wonderful to meet an artist who is breaking all the expected norms and succeeding like crazy! Allow me to introduce Toni Chirico, a sweet and successful fused glass artist. Toni grew up in…