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Among the most popular events during the Arts & Crafts Conference are the daily Small Group Discussions. Intended to give you the opportunity to sit down for an hour with other collectors, homeowners and enthusiasts who share your passion and your interests, these sessions can enable you to establish a network of Arts & Crafts friends and resources who will remain with you for years to come.
Each session is led by a volunteer, often one of our antiques dealers, craftspersons or a collector, who has a special interest or background in the topic. The volunteers are not asked to make seminar presentations or slide shows, but, instead, are there to get the discussion started and to keep it moving forward. Often they bring examples and are always excited when you bring either a photograph or an actual item with you to their discussion group.
No advance registration is required for any of these Small Group Discussions, but we purposely schedule them in small meeting rooms so that the group typically consists of fifteen to twenty-five people - an ideal number for a lively discussion. The final list of Small Group Discussions will be published in the Conference Catalog, but I will continue to update this list as I confirm titles with each of the volunteer leaders.
And if you have an idea or suggestion for a Small Group Discussion, please email me at bj1915@charter.net.
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Here are the Small Group Discussions held in February of 2010. The final list for 2011 will appear later in this space. This will give you an idea, however, of what our Small Group Discussions traditionally include.
FRIDAY
Collecting Arts & Crafts ("Brown") Metalware
Beyond the Living Room: Decorating Ideas For an Arts & Crafts Family Room and More
Arts & Crafts Prints: Not Just Color Woodblocks
Arts & Crafts Furniture Design
Arts & Crafts Tiles
Making Room For Rustic
Saturday Evening Girls Pottery
SATURDAY
Designing & Building and A&C House
Arts & Crafts Silver: Chicago's Contribution
The A&C Philosophy: What Are the Basics?
Collecting British Arts & Crafts
Restoring Your A&C House
Ideas For Revitalizing Your A&C Business
Pots, Pots, Pots: Where To Begin?
A GPI Furniture Walking Tour
SUNDAY
Getting Published
Women in the Arts & Crafts Movement
The Art & Craft of Wild Gardening
Choosing Craftsman Paint Colors
Collecting Stickley
Progressive Politics and the A&C Movement
Identifying Pottery Fakes and Forgeries
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