CRAFTBOSTON Holiday features over 90 of the most innovative craft artists of our time, showcasing one-of-a-kind and limited-edition pieces in baskets, ceramics, decorative fiber, art-to-wear, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper and wood. It’s an amazing opportunity for creative shoppers, collectors and those who looking for the perfect gift to complete their holiday shopping!

CRAFTBOSTON Holiday

WHEN:

• Friday, December 13, 2009
• Saturday, December 14, 2009
• Sunday, December 15, 2009 

WHERE:

• The Cyclorama at Boston Center for the Arts
   

ADMISSION:

• General Admission: $15
• Senior Citizens & SAC Members: $12
• Children 12 years & under: Free

Admission tickets valid for readmission throughout the weekend.

For more information, please call 617-266-1810 or visit www.craftboston.org
                

About Us

CRAFTBOSTON is presented by The Society of Arts and Crafts. Incorporated in 1897, The Society of Arts and Crafts, America’s oldest nonprofit craft organization, has been at the forefront of the American craft movement, fostering the development, sales, recognition and education of crafts for over one hundred years. Our programs foster the development, sales and recognition of craft; and educate and promote public appreciation of craft. Proceeds from CRAFTBOSTON benefit the outreach and educational programs of SAC and enable the continuation of a tradition of excellence. For more information about SAC, please visit www.societyofcrafts.org.

Gala Preview

• Thursday, November 12, 5:30-9:30 pm

Enjoy fine food, delicious wine, festive music, and of course, the first choice of a dazzling array of fine art. Complimentary catalog and re-admission throughout the weekend. Valet parking available. Details to be announced soon.

Weekend Show

• Friday, November 13, 1 pm - 9:00 pm
• Saturday, November 14, 11 am - 8 pm
• Sunday, November 15, 11 am - 5 pm

Enjoy a bistro cafe throughout the weekend at the show. Complimentary catalog, lecture program, coat check and re-admission.
Admission: $15 at the door (under 12 Free)

For exhibitor and general show information: 617-363-0405 or www.fineartboston.com

The Boston International Fine Art Show is produced by Fusco & Four/Ventures, LLC, Boston.

View the Library’s ongoing calendar of events here.

The Central Library is located at 700 Boylston Street in Copley Square. Visit www.bpl.org or call 617-536-5400 for more information.

Author Allison Bartlett will discuss her new book, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession (Riverhead Books, September 2009). Ms. Bartlett exposes the profound role books play in all of our lives, the reverence in which these everyday objects are still held, and the craving that makes some people willing to stop at nothing to possess the books they love. Her book stars Ken Sanders as the biblio-detective on the case of John Charles Gilkey, noted book thief.

• Chris Morgan, Ticknor Society President (moderator)

Three New England collectors will share their collecting passions and adventures. There will be time for the audience to ask questions and to get a close look at some special books and works of ephemera. Ticknor Society President Chris Morgan will moderate this ever-popular event.

• Bob Clark, Supervisory Archivist, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the first of the presidential libraries. It was conceived and built under President Roosevelt’s direction during 1939-1940 on 16 acres of land in Hyde Park, New York, donated by the President and his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt. The Library resulted from the President’s decision that a separate facility was needed to house the vast quantity of historical papers, books and memoribilia he had accumulated during a lifetime of public service and private collecting.