Bruce Johnson
Conference Director
(828) 628-1915
Dear Arts & Crafts Collector,
When, in 1988, I organized the first Arts & Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn, I had just one person in mind: the typical Arts & Crafts collector.
Twenty-two years later, my focus has not changed.
Every aspect of this three-day event is designed with you in mind. From each of the eight major seminars to the daily Small Group Discussions to the 125 exhibitors, every activity and each event for these three days have been selected with you, your Arts & Crafts education, your home, and your enjoyment in mind.
And after twenty-two years of organizing this event, I can promise that you will hear more, do more, and see more Arts & Crafts in these three days than most people can in an entire year.
At the Grove Park Inn, you will hear seminar speakers who combine groundbreaking research with personal experience fueled by their unbridled enthusiasm for their subject. Just like you, they each began as collectors. You can take hands-on workshops, attend daily discussion groups, join both walking tours and house tours, watch demonstrations, and study educational exhibits. And you can browse the booths of fifty of the country's leading Arts & Crafts antiques dealers, fifty of the finest artists and artisans, and twenty-five book sellers, authors and magazine publishers.
Its all Arts & Crafts - and it only takes place once a year.
I hope you will take a few moments to learn more about the national Arts & Crafts Conference in this web site, but if you have any remaining questions, just give us a call or send me an email.
We look forward to seeing you in February!
Bruce Johnson Sarah Urquhart
Conference Director Conference Registration Manager
bj1915@charter.net (828) 628-1915
PS - Don't miss the slideshow here on the site!
