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It's Friday March 4, 2011

CRAFT 2011 Survey

 

We have received limited response to our current survey. This survey is to help us understand why you joined CRAFT and what you want from it in the future. If you already completed the survey, thank you. If not, please take 5 minutes to fill it out.

 

Click here to go to the CRAFT 2011 survey. 

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CRAFT on Facebook  

 

  

We have started a CRAFT Group on Facebook. On Facebook, the difference between a Page and a Group is partly that a Group can be set to private. Members must be approved when they join. Anything posted on the Group page is only visible to members of the Group.

 

We have had many complaints about the functionality of our website forums. While we are setting up a committee to work on a new website (any volunteers?), we thought that a Facebook Group would be an easy, quick way for our members to be able to interact and network, without the fear of their customers or the general public reading their posts.

 

 

Click here to go to Facebook and join.

 

CRAFT at BMAC Philadelphia

 

 

It was great seeing all of you who attended the Buyers Market and the CRAFT Social.  Wanted you to know what happened the day before you got there!  The Board of Craft had their annual face-to-face planning meeting.  We recognized the value of all the activities of CRAFT and that it has grown past the capacity of part time volunteers to manage alone.  We voted to look into defining the role, funding and hiring of an Executive Director.  Over the next few months members will be meeting to work on these issues.  Are you interested in participating?  It would involve teleconference meetings to discuss and define what this step would look like and require to accomplish.  We need you!  Please email Karen Hohler at kshohler@gmail.com or call 617-571-5257.

 

 

CRAFT Needs a Treasurer 
  
Do you love numbers and what they mean?  You're just the person we need!  After several years of service, Mary Kesler is retiring as Treasurer for CRAFT.  The job of Treasurer requires running budget and other reports from the Quick Books that Laurie Wickham keeps for us.  You send the reports to the Executive Committee and the Board with highlights of any issues you think they should look at.  Once a month you do the bank reconciliations.  A great, well defined job for someone who likes to do things on their own time.  Help us out!  Please email Karen Hohler at kshohler@gmail.com or call 617-571-5257.

 
  

Craft In America 

The next installment of the Emmy nominated and Peabody Award winning documentary series Craft in America - a filmed journey to the history, artists and techniques of our
nation's rich craft culture - will air nationally on PBS at 8pm on Tuesday, May 24, 2011.

 

This new episode, entitled MESSAGES, looks at the ways many craft artists go beyond skill to personal and political expression. They use craft to tell a story, prove a point, or bring attention to contemporary issues. Often their work is passionate and provocative. The artists selected for Messages express many different interests and points of view, but they have one thing in common: their skill and creativity are of the highest level.

 

Click here to read the full press release.

  
CRAFT is a national organization of artists, retailers & show sponsors working to support American craft, save money, educate & network.