Show & Tell: Arts & Crafts Style
by Bruce Johnson
As much as we all lament not being able to see each other face-to-face in the Great Hall, at the seminars, and in the shows at the Omni Grove Park Inn Resort, we have found a few silver linings inside the dark Covid…
Preserving Our Past — and Our Future
We have now officially completed Week One of our four-week virtual 34th National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows, and everyone seems pleased with the opportunity to continue learning even more about the Arts and Crafts movement…
Making Lemonade
I’m writing this week’s column on Monday morning, the first day of our 28-day virtual 34th annual National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows.
As of right now the shows are both open, as we have nearly 100 exhibitors, equally…
Looking Back – and Forward
Even though we won’t be meeting in February at the historic 1913 Grove Park Inn for the 34th National Arts and Crafts Conference, I could not resist the opportunity to make another trip back up Sunset Mountain last week to the iconic…
Growing Stronger
This year’s virtual 34th National Arts and Crafts Conference is a far cry from what our conference and show looked like in 1988, or what any conference or show looked like three decades ago. Long after vaccines, face masks, and stringent…
About Us
ArtsandCraftsCollector.com is a website dedicated to exploring the works, artisans, historical origins and the contemporary revival of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. The historic movement started as a response to the country’s Industrial Revolution and encouraged simple design paying tribute to the natural world over the intricate design of the Victorian era.