Bruce Johnson
Director
25 Upper Brush Creek Road
Fletcher, NC 28732
(828) 628-1915
bj1915@charter.net
People don't collect Arts & Crafts because it's different.
People collect Arts & Crafts because they're different.
Welcome to the website for the 25th National Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference.
What began twenty-five years ago as a small gathering of Arts & Crafts antiques dealers and collectors at the historic Grove Park Inn overlooking Asheville, North Carolina has grown into what the New York Times has declared "the most important weekend of the year for Arts & Crafts collectors."
If you are thinking about coming to the Arts & Crafts Conference for the first time, let me assure you: this three-day educational conference is designed for you.
Every event, from the daily Small Group Discussions to the Seminar Presentations to the three shows -- Antiques, Contemporary Craftsfirms, and Books, Magazines & More -- is organized and structured with the typical Arts & Crafts collector in mind.
Here you have the opportunity to do more, hear more and see more Arts & Crafts in three days than the average person could in an entire year.
The cost of the Seminar Package -- all three days of seminars, discussion groups, walking tours, displays, demonstrations and entry to the three daily shows -- is just $145. If you reserve a room at the Grove Park Inn, the $145 per person cost is included in their Arts & Crafts Weekend Package. If you stay elsewhere in Asheville, you can register for the Conference Events by calling our office or using the form on this website.
Details of every aspect of the conference, from lodging to lists of exhibitors is included under the headings on this page. We are continuing to update various aspects, so if you find an out-dated entry, bear with us as we work to insert the 2012 information.
Meanwhile, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us.
And for those of you who have attended in the past, we would love to have you join in on our 25th anniversary celebration, which will be noted with nightly deserts and champagne, Dancing on the Terrace, the Asheville debut of a new Carl Sandburg documentary film and scores of gifts to be given away by our antiques and contemporary craftsfirms exhibitors.
Come join us for what will be a once-in-25-years celebration!
Bruce Johnson
Director
Alexandra Fisher
Registration Manager
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