 New Affinity Partner
We'd like to welcome Alexander Site Design as a new CRAFT Affinity Partner. Matt Alexander is the web designer who did the American Craft Week website for us. He is offering CRAFT members a 10% discount on web design serviced. To see more examples of his work, visit his website.
Contact: Matt Alexander
575-751-2078
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From AmEx Open Forum, 9 Mistakes to Avoid While Building Your Website
Have you read a blog or an online article that you found interesting or helpful? If it was helpful to you, it will probably be helpful to other gallery owners and artists.
Send it to me at rani@randomactsart.com to be included in our weekly newsletter.
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American Craft Week
We are very close to our goal of having every state listed as American Craft Week participants. If you know an artist, gallery or craft organization in any of the following states, why don't you give them a call or send them an email about American Craft Week. We'd love to have their participation.
Missing States:
Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Idaho, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming
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T3 Teleconference: Preparing for Disaster
Tuesday 21-Sep-10
9:00 AM to 10:00 PM EST
T3 Third Tuesday Teleconferences. One of the best parts of being a member of CRAFT is the ability to network with peers. We host monthly free teleconferences during which any member of CRAFT can call in and talk.
The telephone number you will use is 1-800-898-1908, pin code 19897.
September's T3 will be about preparing for and recovering from a disaster. This T3 will be led by CRAFT board member Maud Boleman, whose Black Mountain Studio was destroyed by a fire in 2009. |
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Online Auction Open!
Let the Bidding Begin!
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) has been active in strengthening and sustaining the careers of craft artists across the United States for a quarter of a century. In celebration of CERF+'s 25th anniversary, we invite you to browse and bid on the many wonderful pieces in twenty5+craftworks 20five years, a collection of one-of-a-kind, fine craft work generously donated by recognized and collectable American craft artists. The auction closes on September 25, so be sure to log on regularly in the weeks ahead. Proceeds support CERF+ programs and emergency services to craft artists like metalsmith Diane Falkenhagen who recalls, here, her contact with CERF+:
I had known about CERF+ since its inception and was an occasional supporter. I gave because I admired CERF+'s mission to aid craft artists in distress, and because I knew of artists who had been genuinely helped by CERF+. But despite living on an island, I never imagined that I would find myself on the receiving end of CERF+'s charity. In September of 2008 Hurricane Ike changed that by literally turning my world upside down. As the hurricane came ashore it flooded my home and studio with five feet of salt water, destroying thousands of dollars in studio equipment and infrastructure.
 | Diane Falkenhagen's studio after being destroyed in 2008 by Hurricane Ike.
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One thing that I learned from Ike is that word travels through the artistic community faster than a hurricane! Within days of the disaster - before I could even think about asking for help, CERF+ became aware of my plight and sought me out to offer unsolicited help. I had never been so touched.
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