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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
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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