Little Journeys

Conference Report: Sunday Morning

As I explained to our seminar crowd gathered in the Grand Ballroom last night, in the early years of the National Arts and Crafts Conference, we always had a seminar scheduled for Saturday evening, but as more people elected to leave the Grove…

Conference Update: Saturday

After thirty years, who would have thought we could have set yet another attendance record? Especially in an era when antiques shows are struggling to stay alive. As I mentioned several times this past year, I was worried that after our record-breaking…

Conference Update: Friday

Thursday was exhibitor load-in day, and for many the first opportunity to see Arts and Crafts friends they only encounter at the Grove Park Inn. But as Don Treadway said when he stepped into the Grand Ballroom, “It’s like I never left.” It’s…

Conference Update: Thursday

If you had walked into the Grand Ballroom at the Grove Park Inn yesterday, you would have seen several of us walking around with large paper floor plans, for some things just don’t fit on a computer screen. Over the course of the past year…

Conference Report: Wednesday

While the conference itself is still a couple of days away, for us Tuesday afternoon is our setup day and “soft open.” Kate and I packed our vehicles with tubs, computers, tote bags, name badges and six file boxes of folders, and headed…

Conference Week: Tuesday Update

As much as I would like to think that the National Arts and Crafts Conference is the highlight of the year for the Grove Park Inn, I was reminded yesterday that we are just one weekend for them in a very busy year. But as most of the staff…

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