Jan Cannon on sat 16 may 98
PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT: Martha Fitch 802-223-3380, fax 802-223-7974
e-mail vt1crafts@aol.com, web site: http://www.vermontcrafts.com
PO Box 938 , Montpelier, Vt 05601
SIXTH ANNUAL VERMONT CRAFT OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND: MAY 23-24
Named one of Vermont's top ten summer of 1997 events by the Vermont
State
Chamber of Commerce, the Sixth Annual Open Studio Weekend will be held
May
23-24 from 10:00 - 5:00 in studios throughout Vermont. One hundred
thirty-five
Vermont craftspeople will invite the public to visit them at work in
their
studios during Memorial Day Weekend. Among those participating are glass
blowers, printmakers, potters, furniture makers, weavers, ironworkers
and wood
carvers.
Sponsored by the Vermont Crafts Council, the Open Studio Weekend offers
the
public a rare opportunity to visit members of Vermont's nationally known
crafts community in the environment where they create their work.
Although
work will be for sale, this is not just another craft marketing event.
These
two days have been set aside by participants, many of whom are only open
to
the public during this weekend, as a time when they will make themselves
available to answer questions, and to demonstrate the skill and
processes
used to make their work.
The Crafts Studio Tour Map, containing directions to participants'
studios,
will serve to guide visitors through the state not only during the event
but
also through the summer and fall of 1998 . Those wishing to visit
studios
during the Open Studio Weekend should pick up a free Map from one of 12
regional information centers around the state or from Vermont State
Tourist
Information Centers, and Welcome Centers at Rte 4, Fair Haven, I-91 at
the
Massachusetts border, and at the Canadian border in Highgate. A copy of
the
Map can be ordered by contacting the Vermont Crafts Council, PO Box 938,
Montpelier, Vt. 05601, (802)223-3380. vt1crafts@aol.com
Also find maps, directions and examples of participant's work on the
Open
Studio Weekend section of the Vermont Crafts Council web site at:
http://www.vermontcrafts.com
OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTERS:
The Craft Studio Tours Map is available at the following crafts centers
and
shops, where the work of area participants is also displayed. Those
marked
with (*) will also host demonstrations during the weekend.
Brattleboro - Vermont Artisan Designs; Greg Worden, 802-257-7044
*Windsor - Vermont State Craft Center at Windsor, Susan Harwood
802-674-6729
Woodstock - Northwind Artisans' Gallery, Kathy Spear 802-457- 4587
*St Johnsbury - Northeast Kingdom Artisans' Guild, Jean Gallerani,
802-748-0158
*Montpelier - The Artisans' Hand, Alicia Lorenzo, 802-223-4948
Waterbury - Shimmering Glass, Stephen Fishman, 802-244-8134
No. Hero - Island Crafts Shop, Mary Jane Healy, no phone
*Burlington - Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow on the
Marketplace,
Annie Perkins 802-863-6458
*Middlebury - Vt State Craft Center at Frog Hollow, Rick Davis
802-388-3177
Rutland - The Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts, Deedee Erb,
802-775-0356
*Manchester - Vt State Craft Center at Frog Hollow at the Equinox,
Denise
Macksoud, 802-362-3321
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Jan Cannon Phone: 802-425-6320
19 Garen Road email: jcannon@together.net
Charlotte, VT 05445 http://www.together.net/~jcannon/
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