Its Over, But the Memories Live On

Well, we just wrapped up another successful Arts &Crafts Conference, and everyone seemed to be heading home loaded with greatmemories, stories to tell, experiences to relate, brains teeming with newinformation and, of course, lots and lots of goodies.

The Arts & Crafts Conference has dominated these pagesin recent weeks, not simply because I am involved with both the conference andthis website, but because it has evolved from an ‘annual’ conference into our‘national’ conference.

For those of you who attended, I hope you will share some ofyour thoughts and experiences on the Discussion Forum here at ACC.com. One ofthe most valuable aspects of the Arts & Crafts Conference are our SmallGroup Discussions and I envision our Discussion Forums here being a 365-daySmall Group Discussion.

Also, for those of you who did not make it this year, weplan to have photos and possibly video clips up soon atArts-CraftsConference.com. I will keep you posted both here and there.

Right now we are making plans for next year and have alreadydecided that on Friday night, February 18, we will have two simultaneousopening seminars. At eight o’clock I will lead one seminar just for first-through third-year attendees entitled “Arts & Crafts.101 – A Beginner’sGuide” while a yet-to-be-named speaker will be presenting a seminar for themore experienced attendees on a different topic. At nine o’clock we will pushback the dividing wall, enabling both groups to enjoy the remaining seminarspeakers the rest of the weekend as one large group.

The next major events on the Arts & Crafts radar screenis the annual American Art Pottery Association Convention, which will be heldin Cleveland on April 21-25. This important event is a must-do for art potterycollectors, as it includes exhibitor sales, an auction, seminars, banquet andtours.

For more information, go to www.AAPA.info.

Hope to see you there!

Bruce Johnson