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Holiday Directory Now Being Judged

Applications are no longer being accepted for the 2009 Holiday Directory of Early American Crafts. All entries must have been postmarked by June 15, 2009.

If you have already entered, now is time to relax. Do not contact us until we call, write, or email you after the judging is complete, sometime around the middle of July (depending on how critically each juror examines your work). We will notify you as soon as the jurors' decisions have been finalized. We won't have anything to tell you if you call us before we notify you.

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Show Report: Colonial Craftsmen’s Faire

The Colonial Craftsmen’s Faire at Endview Plantation, Virginia, on May 16 and 17, had some top-of-the-line crafters in period attire demonstrating their skills. Despite the valiant efforts of the 7th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line, Mother Nature took charge of the event with the threat of storms early Saturday and a steady rain on Sunday. Attendance was not what the promoters had hoped.

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Show Report: Designer Craftsman at Sturbridge

For its second year as an annual show, the Gallery of Designer Craftsman Show/The New England Historic Home Show in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, the weekend of April 17-19, had a slightly larger turnout. I suspect the first weekend of beautiful spring weather in that region kept some folks away. The organizer reported a gate of about 1000 and the majority of the dealers were delighted with sales, although a few were disappointed. Leonard Marschark of 18th Century Clocks reported that the crowd was very savvy, well-educated, and knew what they wanted.

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Gunston Hall to Host Directory

Gunston Hall Plantation, the home of George Mason, will host the 2009 Directory of Traditional American Crafts. Many of the works selected by our jurors for this year's Directory will be photographed in the manor house, outbuildings, or on the grounds of this elegant colonial-era mansion, which celebrates the 250th anniversary of its construction this year. One of the most beautiful plantations preserved in Virginia, Gunston Hall overlooks the Potomac River not far from George Washington's Mount Vernon.

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