Shopping Top Dealers and Artisans, New Books, and “American Utopia”: Inside the 39th National Arts and Crafts Shows
by Kate Nixon
The 39th National Arts & Crafts Shows
The Omni Grove Park Inn
Friday, February 20th – Sunday February 22nd
Friday – 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Saturday – Noon – 6:00pm
Sunday – 11:00am – 4:00pm
There’s a reason that The New York Times calls our show “The most important weekend of the year for Arts & Crafts collectors.”
For the 39th year, the National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows returns with the top dealers and contemporary artisans in the Arts and Crafts style. Expect a variety of jewelry, rugs, furniture, pottery and tiles, artwork, furniture, and metalware, showcasing hand craftsmanship and simple yet elegant designs. While you peruse the vintage and contemporary works available at the shows, there are additional activities to view during the shows!
One of the many antique furniture pieces Kindred Styles Antiques is bringing to the 2026 National Arts and Crafts Shows.
Ragsdale Home Furnishings is currently preparing beautiful handcrafted Mission lighting to sell at the 2026 National Arts and Crafts Shows.
Japanese print from Japanese Woodblock Print Gallery, 2026 Antiques Show exhibitor
The many Arts & Crafts Antiques of California Historical Design by Gus Bostrom from Alameda, California.
A one of a kind handcrafted work from Mission Guild Studio, a 2026 National Arts and Crafts Contemporary artisan.
The handcrafted leather artistry of Tom Ciminelli of The Buffalo Creek Leatherworks.
A beautiful brooch from Drucker Antiques, a jewelry dealer and 2026 Antiques exhibitor
The booth space of Brian Brace of Brian Brace Fine Furniture, specializing in handcrafted furniture inspired by the style of Greene & Greene.
Landscape painting by the artist Shawn Krueger of Shawn Krueger Fine Art.
Craftsman Studios provides lighting like this example at the National Arts and Crafts Shows at the Grove Park Inn.
The exquisite antique art pottery of dealers Barbara Gerr and Arnie Small provide something for everyone.
A new set of porcelain pieces, including this one, are created for the show by Stephanie Young of Calmwater Designs.
Antiques dealer Sandie Fowler provides a wide variety of tiles and other Arts and Crafts antiques through her business Artique Articles.
A small selection from the wide inventory Bryan Mead of Hammered and Hewn has to offer during the 2026 National Arts and Crafts Antiques Show.
For 39 years, the Grove Park Inn has been host to three gorgeous shows: the National Arts and Crafts Antiques Show, the National Arts and Crafts Contemporary Show, and the National Arts & Crafts Books and More show. For decades, our highly respected antiques dealers have made the Grove Park Inn a tradition in the month of February drawing their many dedicated customers to the Grove Park Inn. Inside the historic Grove Park Inn hotel, the grand ballroom is where many collectors head first to not only see the new inventories of their favorite dealers and artisans, but to connect with other collectors in the shows. This show in particular hosts dedicated dealers and artisans who have spent decades coming to the Grove Park Inn from all corners of the country to sell at this truly unique show.
The dedicated
For their dedication to the show for 20 years or more, the following dealers are recognized:
39 years of dedication!
- Oberkirsch Design: Jean and Mark Oberkirsch (Hillsboro, MO) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 39 years!
- JMW Gallery: Jim Messineo (Cambridge, MA) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 39 years!
Nancy and Raymond Hunt (Manakin-Sabot, VA) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 38 years!
Arts & Crafts Period Textiles: Dianne Ayres (Oakland, CA) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 37 years!
The Clinker Press – Andre and Ann Chaves (Tualatin, OR) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 36 years!
Emerson and Terri Manning (Statesville, NC) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 34 years!
Spotted Horse Collectibles: Tina and Mark Richey (Knoxville, TN) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 33 years!
Antique Articles: Sandie Fowler (Dunstable, MA) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 33 years!
Joe and Tina Tunnell (Bristol, TN) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 31 years!
Rago Arts and Auctions (Lambertville, NJ) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 31 years!
Patti Bourgeois of PatsPots and Japanese Woodblock Prints Gallery (Westport, MA) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 31 years!
Dard Hunter Studios (Chillicothe, OH) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 30 years!
Barbara Gerr Antiques (Galloway, NJ) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 29 years!
Eastwood Gallery (St. Paul, MN) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 29 years!
Jack Pap Antiques and Redinger’s Antiques (West Simsbury, CT) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 29 years!
California Historical Design (Alameda, CA) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 27 years!
Seaside Mission: Larry Delehanty (Riverton, RI) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 26 years!
Van Ostrand Metal Studio (East Aurora, NY) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 25 years!
Katrich Studio (Sylvan Lake, MI) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 24 years!
Carol Eppel Antiques (Stillwater, MN) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 23 years!
Kindred Styles Antiques: Gene and Jody Zwiefel (Rock Island, IL) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 22 years!
Mission Guild Studio (Cooperstown, NY) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 21 years!
Craftsmen Studio: Brett Johnson (Keytesville, MO) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 20 years!
The Persian Carpet (Durham, NC) for selling at the Grove Park Inn for 20 years!
Be sure to congratulate all these exhibitors for their dedication to the show and be sure to support our additional exhibitors and new faces who are on their way to 20 years at the Grove Park Inn!
The Arts and Crafts Research Fund Silent Auction
Photo by Ray Stubblebine
Started by Conference founder Bruce Johnson, this beloved addition to the show is truly a must see for collectors: it’s held for collectors supported by collectors.
Held through the beginning of the shows on Friday, February 20th at 1:00pm through end of day Saturday, February 21st at 6:00pm, this fundraiser silent auction gives collectors the chance to bid on gently used items donated by collectors and supporters of the conference. Interested buyers can try their luck on bidding for a variety of beautiful antiques and contemporary items for a good cause.
Proceeds of the silent auction go to The Arts and Crafts Research Fund, a non profit established by Johnson with the goal of providing financial assistance to researchers and writers involved in the Arts & Crafts Movement. Past examples of books that benefited from the ACRF’s funding are: MORE Stickley Homes, Redux, The Manufacture of Arts and Crafts Furniture by Gustav Stickley, Eloise Roorbach, Creating Beauty: Jewelry of the Arts and Crafts Movement, The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest, Marblehead Pottery, and many more projects dedicated to bringing new research to light.
If you’d like to donate to the silent auction or have more questions about the Arts and Crafts Research Fund, please feel free to contact Bruce Johnson at [email protected].
The 2026 Arts and Crafts Demonstrations:
Building Arts and Crafts Furniture and Pottery Surface Design & Techniques
The Taft Room, Vanderbilt Hallway 8th floor
See times below
Building Arts and Crafts Furniture with David Van Epps: What goes into the building of contemporary Arts & Crafts furniture? Is the process the same as it would have been more than 100 years ago? What are the similarities to the work of the last-century furniture makers and what changes has the passage of time brought to the current production of the still popular and much appreciated Arts & Crafts line? Longtime Arts & Crafts Conference demonstrator and conference supporter David Van Epps will answer your questions in this new offering.
Friday, Feb 20th : 2:30pm & 4:00pm
Saturday, Feb 21st: 1:30pm & 4:00pm
Sunday, Feb. 22nd: 12:30pm & 2:00pm
Pottery design and techniques will be one demonstration happening during the 39th National Arts and Crafts Shows.
Pottery Surface Design and Techniques with John Post of Hog Hill Pottery: Demonstrations will be on Tiles and 3D forms, including slips, wax resist, cuerda-seca, carving, sgraffito and mishima. Hog Hill Pottery, the studio of John & Scottie Post, is located in the Historic Pottery District of Catawba County, Vale, North Carolina. Their expertise in potting, surface design, glazing, and firing continues to explore every aspect of the art of Studio Pottery.
Friday, Feb 20th: 2:00pm & 3:30pm
Cuerda Seca, Slip Trailing, Stains & Glazes
Saturday, Feb 21st: 2:00pm & 3:30pm
Scrafitto, Mishima, and Wax Resist
Sunday, Feb. 22nd: 1:00pm & 2:30pm
Relief Carving and Sprigging, Revue
Saturday, February 21st – A Full Author Book Signing Schedule
Author Ray Stubblebine will return to sign copies of his book MORE Stickley’s Craftsman Homes on Saturday, Feb. 21st.
Every year, the National Arts and Crafts Books and More Show celebrates both new authors and favorite authors by offering a schedule of author book signing sessions. Attendees can find the authors next to the Gamble House bookstore booth to the left hand side of the Antiques show entrance.
You may or may not have heard the news that renowned author and scholar of the Arts and Crafts movement David Cathers is releasing his new book Helen Albee and Marion Volk: Arts & Crafts Hooked Rugs of New Hampshire and Maine. Mr. Cathers will be on hand to sign copies of his new book, making an early debut at the National Arts and Crafts shows.
Recently, the publication of Thomas Guiler‘s The Handcrafted Utopia: Arts and Crafts Communities in America’s Progressive Era brought the beauty of the Colony-made and the Arts and Crafts philosophies which sought to reform economic and social policies of the era, to the forefront. Author Thomas Guiler will follow up his Friday night seminar with book signings. Fellow speaker and author Lisa Schrenk will also sign her book The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright on Saturday following her Friday night seminar.
Author and Photographer Ray Stubblebine returns to the Grove Park Inn to sign copies of his visually stunning coffee table book MORE Stickley’s Craftsman Homes, including rarely seen images of catalogs Stickley used from 1910 to 1913. Ray will be on hand to sign his beautiful tome of Bungalow homes — the follow up to his 2006 work Stickley’s Craftsman Homes. Dedicated authors and conference supporters Jill Thomas Clark and Michael McCracken will sign their books
Author signing Schedule
Noon: Lisa Schrenk, speaker and author of The Oak Park Studio
1:00 PM: Thomas Guiler, speaker and author of The Handcrafted Utopia: Arts & Crafts Communities
in America’s Progressive Era
2:00 PM: Jill Thomas-Clark, author J.M. Young Arts & Crafts Furniture
3:00 PM: Ray Stubblebine, author MORE Stickley’s Craftsman Homes: Blueprints, Catalogs,
Photographs
4:00 PM: David Cathers, author Helen Albee and Marion Volk: Arts & Crafts Hooked Rugs of New Hampshire and Maine
5:00 PM: Michael McCracken, author Oscar Onken and the Shop of the Crafters
A painting by an artist from the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony, one of many pieces displayed in the new American Utopia display. Photo courtesy of collector Henry Ford.
American Utopia: Exploring “Paradise” Through the Lens of Arts and Crafts Colonies
A New Educational Display
Open during all show hours, free to view for all
The American Arts and Crafts movement fought against the industrialization of the country and embraced the idea of hand craftsmanship using native materials. Naturally, the movement also resulted in social and economic reform, affecting labor laws and factory conditions — and valued the creative process of the individual. As communities came together with similar philosophies and the need to create, plans for an Art Colony came to be. At the historic Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, the study of Utopia explored through these historic art colonies will further educate on the evolution of American creative minds at the turn of the century. See the pottery, metalwork, prints, photographs, and additional small works that represented an early 20th Century paradise.
Our 2026 educational display “American Utopia: Exploring ‘Paradise’ Through the Colonies of the American Arts & Crafts Movement” will be located on the 8th floor of the Vanderbilt wing the Vanderbilt Wing. The display brings together a curated grouping from four collections: the Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum, the Rose Valley Historical Society Museum, the personal collections of Byrdcliffe Colony-made works from collector Henry Ford, and visuals from the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, the home and personal “utopia” of famed furniture maker and icon from the American Arts and Crafts Movement — Gustav Stickley.
It is our hope that these historic works can enhance your understanding of the Arts and Crafts movement as well as the historic idea of paradise as interpreted by these early 20th century artists.
Visit Arts-CraftsConference.com for more information