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Christmas In July
Its not too early to start preparing for the Holiday/Christmas selling season. Many non-profit art and craft centers have special holiday sales. Most are open to non-members as well as members and almost all of them will take your work on consignment for the length of the sale. A partial list is below. If you have information about other holiday/seasonal consignment sales, please let us know.
Location Details and Information Contact Person/Jury Info
Brookfield Craft Center
286 Whisconier Road
Brookfield, CT 06804-0122
203.775.4526
www.brookfieldcraftcenter.org
Holiday Sale begins on November 3 and runs through December 31. All work must be handmade and originally designed by American artists. Judith T. Russell, Retail Manager, P.O.Box 122, Brookfield, CT 06804. Send slides or photos of work to be considered.
Creative Arts Workshop
80 Audubon St.
New Haven, Ct 06510
203-562-4927
Celebration of American Crafts, a six-week holiday exhibition and sale of the finest in contemporary craft. Vassiliki Giannopolouos Public Relations Director Send SASE to CAW/Celebration Slide submission deadline June 30
Guilford Art Center
411 Church Street
Guildford, CT 06437
203-452-5947
www.guilfordartcenter.org
Artistry 2007, the 29th annual holiday sale. Features one-of-a-kind work by more than 350 artists and attracts shoppers from throughout Connecticut. All work must be handmade in the USA or Canada and be of high quality. An application form is available on the website. Deadline is August 1 and work is to be delivered Oct 1 - Oct 6.
Peters Valley Craft Center
19 Kuhn Road
Layton, NJ 07851
(973) 948-5200
e-mail: pv@warwick.net
www.petersvalley.org
A special reception starts off the Holiday sales season the first Saturday in December. The sale runs concurrently with the "Wearable Art and Gift" exhibition in the gallery. Mikal Brutzman, Gallery Manager. Requested: A short bio and description of work, at least two images. Non-members accepted. Limited space availability.
Silvermine Guild Art Center
103 Silvermine Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
203.966.9700
Mary Nichols, Gallery Manager Further information was not yet available.
Society of Arts and Crafts
175 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
617-266-1810 x11
www.societyofcrafts.org
retailgallery@societyofcrafts.org
A spectacular array of ornaments is displayed in the window of the Society of Arts and Crafts retail shop. . George Summers Jr., SAC Retail Gallery Manager If you would like your ornaments to be considered please send jpgs to retailgallery@societyofcrafts.org.
Wesleyan Potters
350 S. Main St. (Route 17) Middletown, Ct 06457
860-347-5925
potters@snet.net
www.wesleyanpotters.com
Entries are being accepted for the 52nd Wesleyan Potters Annual Exhibit and Sale Nov 24 - Dec 15. Seeking all studio crafts except pottery. No jury fee, but please send us three to five examples of artist's work with return postage.
Worcester Center for Crafts
25 Sagamore Road
Worcester, MA 01605
508.753.8183
www.worcestercraftcenter.org
wcc@worcestercraftcenter.org
They're holiday season starts with the 25th Annual Festival of Crafts on November 23, 24 and 25th. An application for this three-day event is available on their website. Candace Casey, Krikorian Gallery & Gallery Store Manager, extension 3006 ccasey@worcestercraftcenter.org for information about consigning work in the gallery.
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