Mosaics

Hands On in Baltimore

|February 25, 2009

|Categories: Web Exclusive, Baskets, Beadwork, Book Arts, Ceramics, Design, Enamels, Fashion, Fiber, Found Objects, Glass, Jewelry, Lighting, Metal, Mosaics, Paper, Stained Glass, Wood, Workshops, Furniture, Mixed Media, Sculpture

Hundreds of exhibiting artists from all across the country (plus a few for the first time from Canada) are excitedly preparing to offer visitors to the American Craft Council's Baltimore Show an unparalleled opportunity for total immersion into everything and anything handmade at the city's convention center beginning Friday, February 27, through Sunday, March 1.

Dispatches from the Land of Obama: SOFA Chicago, Opening Night Impressions

by Andrew Wagner

|November 07, 2008

|Categories: Web Exclusive, Design, Conferences, Fiber, Found Objects, Furniture, Glass, Lighting, Metal, Mosaics, Paper, Sculpture, Symposia, Tiles, Travel, Wood, Workshops

Can Chicago sustain its frenzied fervor over the election of hometown hero, President-Elect, Barack Obama? Can SOFA Chicago maintain its momentum on its 15 year anniversary? Can you drink wine while walking the aisles at any other time other than opening night? Some thoughts on these queries and more follow. What do you think?